2009 earthquake & tsunami
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga has ordered all flags in the territory to be flown-at-half staff today and that ASG will observe a half day today — marking the 12th anniversary of the deadly Sept. 29, 2009 tsunami that claimed the lives of 34 people in American...

![A vehicle washed up next to a damaged Samoan fale at Leone village following the devastating tsunami of Sept. 29, 2009. Leone and Pago Pago villages were the hardest hit villages from the tsunami. May we remember all the victims of the Tsunami of 2009, and thank God for our blessings. [photo: Samoa News file] Damaged Samoan fale in Leone from 2009 tsunami](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/leone_fale_n_car_.jpg?itok=t0cjSsoD)