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Navigators' Islands
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Navigators' Islands: see Samoa Samoa, chain of volcanic islands in the South Pacific, comprising the independent nation of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa), and E of long. 171° W, the islands of American Samoa, under U.S. control. The Samoan islands extend c.
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From a typhoon in the Philippines, a tsunami in the Samoan Islands, an earthquake in Indonesia and a drought in India - all have resulted in the displacement of populations, the destruction to property and heavy loss of life.
Last week's quake and tsunamis near the Samoan islands were followed by a separate quake near the Indonesian city of Padang in west Sumatra which flattened thousands of buildings in the city and left hundreds dead.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued an alert, a week after a tsunami spawned by a major quake killed at least 184 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga.
 
 
 
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