Samoa tsunami aftermath

A destroyed truck and debris in a lagoon at Leone village on the western side of American Samoa Photograph: Eugene Tanner/AP

A New Zealand air force plane surveys damage on the southern coast of Samoa Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images

A beachside road at Lalomanu, Samoa Photograph: Rick Rycroft/AP

A lone house remains standing in Lalomanu, Samoa Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images

A man among debris in Lalomanu Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images

Fresh graffiti on a tsunami-damaged vehicle near Lalomanu Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters

Areas of devastation in Samoa Photograph: AAP Image/Royal New Zealand Air Force, 5 Squadron P3-k Orion/EPA

Dead fish at Maninoa Siumu on the southern coast of Samoa Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters

Police carry the body of a tsumani victim found in the waters near Matavai on the southern coast of Samoa Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters

Police use poles to poke through the sand as they look for bodies on Lalomanu beach Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images

The Sinalei resort in Samoa after it was struck by the tsunami Photograph: Reuters

The governor of American Samoa, Togiola Tulafono, speaks at a news conference about the damage Photograph: Hugh Gentry/Reuters

Wreckage in the village of Leone, American Samoa Photograph: Reuters

Leone in the aftermath of the tsunami Photograph: Reuters

Leone in the aftermath of the tsunami Photograph: Reuters

Water swamps a main road at Fagatogo in American Samoa Photograph: Fili Sagapolutele/AP

Tsunami damage in the village of Si'umu, Samoa Photograph: Dominion Post/AFP/Getty Images

An overturned vehicle among wreckage in Si'umu Photograph: Reuters

Wreckage in Si'umu Photograph: Dominion Post/AFP/Getty Images

Barry Hirshorn and Dr Gerard Fryer talk on the telephone at a tsunami warning centre in Hawaii Photograph: Hugh Gentry/Reuters

People wait for transport as the Tahiti Faa airport in Papeete, French Polynesia, is evacuated Photograph: Gregory Boissy/AFP/Getty Images

A man carries the body of an infant from the rubble Photograph: Newspix / Rex Features/Newspix / Rex Features

Mourning survivors Photograph: Newspix / Rex Features/Rex Features

Damage on Samoa's south-east coast Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features

Grieving relatives identify a body Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features

Searchers among the devastation Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features