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 LALOMANU, Samoa (AP) - Samoans who fled to the hills as a deadly tsunami tore through their villages last week began searching for materials to build new homes far above the sea that washed away their dwellings and many loved ones.
The tsunami claimed another life Monday as a woman who had been rescued from the raging waters died from her injuries in Samoa's Apia Hospital, police said. The death toll stood at 178, with 137 killed in Samoa, 32 in American Samoa, and nine in nearby Tonga.
Nearly a week after the disaster, hundreds of Samoans remain huddled in the hills above the coast — and none appeared ready to return to life on the beach.
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