![Prime Minster Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi [SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoaPM_29.jpg?itok=8E54b_4X "Prime Minster Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi [SN file photo]")
Prime Minster Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has downplayed a mass prison break plot, which the Police foiled on Friday, as Cyclone Gita was speeding towards Samoa.
![Tonga's flagbearer Pita Taufatofua leads his country's delegation. [Photo: AFP via RNZI]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tonga%20flag%20olympics.jpg?itok=1N9pbmOH "Tonga's flagbearer Pita Taufatofua leads his country's delegation. [Photo: AFP via RNZI]")
Tonga's bare-chested flagbearer for its one-man Winter Olympics team was given a warm reception by the opening ceremony crowd in sub-zero temperatures.
Tropical Cyclone Gita, which has already wrought significant damage in both Samoa and American Samoa, is now heading towards Tonga and then southern Fiji.
Among the issues to be considered by the 172nd Fisheries council are the following of particular interest to American Samoa, plus any comments from the public on the issues.
![Saturday morning, a look at a home that had its roof blown off during strong winds from Friday’s Tropical Storm Gita. Samoa News observed several homes in Nu’uuli along the main road, had roofs blown off by strong winds. Similar reports were coming from other villages on Tutuila. [photo: Fili Sagapolutele]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/damaged%20house_0819_0.jpg?itok=Ob_BgUU9 "Saturday morning, a look at a home that had its roof blown off during strong winds from Friday’s Tropical Storm Gita. Samoa News observed several homes in Nu’uuli along the main road, had roofs blown off by strong winds. Similar reports were coming from other villages on Tutuila. [photo: Fili Sagapolutele]")
American Red Cross will be conducting damage assessment following the aftermath of Tropical Storm Gita hit American Samoa’s main island of Tutuila.
Na matua osofa’i e le loia a le ali’i Faipisinisi o Salene Singh le eseese o le molimau a le tamaititi e 13 tausaga o lo o tu’uaia na taumafai Singh e fai i ai uiga mataga na ave i Leoleo, ma lana
O le aotelega o i latou na mafai ona auai i le 'Toe Aso nai Moamoa' i le fa'amoemoe o le DOH Tobacco/Diabetes Coalition ina ia tamau ni suiga e fa'aleleia atili ai le tulafono ua mae'a fa'amalosia e taofia ai le ulaula tapa'a, fefa'ataua'iga o tapa'a ma le laiseneina o faleoloa e fa'atau atu ai tapa'a.l [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]
I le folasaga a le DHSS e tusa ai o le fa'atautaia o laisene o pisinisi e mafai ai ona fa'atauina atu i tagata ulaula le tapa'a i le teritori sa nafa lea ma le tama'ita'i o Tanya Atofau, ma ia fa'a
![Emergency crews rushed to the scene a large downws tree in Fagaalu around 7a.m. Friday to clear the road as well as move an aiga bus, which was hit on the front section when the tree fell in the midst of strong gust winds from Tropical Storm Gati. No one was injured. [photo: Fili Sagapolutele]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/downed%20trees_0798.jpg?itok=fMaFmAjE "Emergency crews rushed to the scene a large downws tree in Fagaalu around 7a.m. Friday to clear the road as well as move an aiga bus, which was hit on the front section when the tree fell in the midst of strong gust winds from Tropical Storm Gati. No one was injured. [photo: Fili Sagapolutele]")