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car that ran into powerpole
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A vehicle that got into an accident Friday morning caused a power outage from Futiga to Fagamalo villages. At the same time an unrelated power outage affecting the villages of Masefau, Masausi and Sailele Motorists in the area had reported that the vehicle hit the...
ASPA power plant in Satala
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A spate of electric wire thefts in American Samoa has triggered power disruptions throughout the Tafuna area. Acting Executive Director of the American Samoa Power Authority, Wallon Young, said four thefts had been discovered in the past two weeks. Outages had been...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Expect Damages American Samoa; Winds to 60mph. American Samoa, prepare for Damaging Winds, Destructive Surf and Flooding Rains. An extremely active monsoonal trough in close proximity to American Samoa, will generate increasingly strong winds for the island through...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) has issued an apology to residents of the east side, who have experienced a handful of power outages over the past month. Responding to Samoa News inquiries this week, ASPA said its T&D team have been trying to locate an "...