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Sailboat aground near Aua
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This Samoa News photo taken yesterday morning shows a vessel, which ran aground behind the Paepaeulupo’o fautasi site in Aua. Witnesses told Samoa News that the incident happened late at night and government officials were at the scene helping people who were on the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a combined Governmental and Private Sector effort the Unexploded Ordnance discovered in the Village of Aua last month was safely destroyed in a controlled detonation at the McConnell Dowell quarry late last week.  The US Army Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team was...
The surf at the road side in Aua
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It came “out of the blue”. The current rapid rise in sea levels causing water to reach their doorsteps, is why many villagers on the east coast of Tutuila are living in fear. While others are confident that the rapid rise of the sea level is a natural phenomenon, the...
A look at the area in Aua where oil contaminants were found last week
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Oil Contaminants were found Oct. 1, 2018 at Leloaloa, during trenching activity for the sewer main line. According to information from an official at the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA), upon discovery of the oil contaminants, immediate corrective action is to put...