Community education and evacuation planning saved lives in Sept. 29 Samoan tsunami

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Tsunami eyewitnesses are interviewed by Professors Costas Synolakis of USC and Hermann Fritz of Georgia Tech to evaluate warning, evacuation and survival strategies on Manono Island, Samoa.

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