Ms Hodgin’s daughter Stephanie Hodgins-May this afternoon told The Age she had last heard from her mother via a text message sent about 4am Australian time.
“She sent a text message 7am Samoan time to say there were tremors … we haven’t been able to get her on her mobile since,” she said.
The massive undersea earthquake this morning sent deadly waves of water hurtling into the South Pacific islands of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga.
The confirmed death toll from the earthquake and tsunami had risen to 76 by late this afternoon and was expected to rise further, officials said.
It’s believed about 100 people have been killed, with one hospital in Samoa’s capital, Apia, reporting it had received 79 bodies.
There were at least 47 confirmed deaths in Samoa, 22 in neighbouring American Samoa, near the epicentre of the quake, and seven people died in nearby Tonga.
Dozens more people are missing and feared dead, but officials in the three South Pacific island nations said communication was down to many outlying villages.source
As you have read here in this post, the earthquake nor the tsunami have reached the New Zealand shores. So, my friends and family back home, I am fine.
But, on the other hand, people have died in Samoa and some other islands. I hope God confort those who have been affected somehow by this tragedy.
Bad things might happen, but better days will come.
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