DEVELOPING: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck in the ocean off the coast of Western Samoa at 6.a.m. local time on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake is "too small to cause any ...

Western Samoa recently declared a national emergency since more than 4,800 new cases of measles have occurred since mid-October, of which more than 1,100 people have been hospitalized and over 70 have ...

There is a measles epidemic in Western Samoa. Lt. Governor Green and other medical and healthcare professionals gathered earlier today to discuss why and how they will send medical relief to Western ...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A South Pacific tsunami killed an unknown number of people in Western Samoa on Wednesday, a local police spokeswoman said, as the island nation's people fled to higher ground ...

The resilience of Samoan communities in the face of climate change is providing a blueprint for other nations to follow, according to researchers. The resilience of Samoan communities in the face of ...

Samoa has just experienced one of its worst tropical storms on record, Cyclone Evan, which churned through the island chain with 100 mph winds on December 12-13. It has so far resulted in at least two ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Miss Jupp directed the 1956 Census of Western Samoa. In this article she discusses some of the social and economic implications of population ...

A report received here from the Island of Samoa said that A.M. Gurau, the only Jew living in western Samoa, was elected to the western Samcan Legislative Assembly. He is one of five Europeans elected ...

Half of Western Samoa’s foodstuffs were gone: banana, breadfruit and cocoa trees, all flattened by a 100-m.p.h. hurricane. It was the worst since 1889, when another keening, killing wind sank three ...