Evacuations in Samoa after tsunami

Evacuations are underway in Samoa after a tsunami this morning.
The wave was triggered by a 7.9 magnitude earthquake in the ocean 190 kilometres from Samoa and a three-metre wave came ashore at Apia, damaging waterfront homes.
Emergency services say the whole country is being evacuated to higher ground.
New Zealander Scott Mulholland, who works for a communications firm in Apia, says everyone has fled. He says the evacuation was speedy thanks to the fact that police are on duty at every major intersection at the moment because of the driving change-over from the right to the left hand side of the road.
(Bron)