AFP reported that US disaster assistance team reached tsunami-devastated American Samoa and were providing critically needed aid including emergency power and medical supplies.
Federal Emergency Management Agency ( Craig Fugate said that 2 disaster recovery teams arrived on Wednesday on Samoa and that initial assistance carried on through the night into Thursday.
They have have over 140 people on the ground coordinating and supporting staff including members of the US Coast Guard, the Hawaii National Guard and FEMA,
The US agencies had begun distributing food and water, power generators, medical supplies and other emergency aid.
Craig Fugate would not give casualty figures for the US territory which President Barack Obama declared a major disaster zone, but Samoan officials said regional deaths had reached 148, including 31 on American Samoa.
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