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A painful reminder: 16 years on after the tsunami

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By Bethel Peato-Ale 29 September 2025, 8:00PM

Sixteen years after the 2009 tsunami struck Samoa, Sagale Fa’aaliga Fauena still carries the grief of losing most of his family in one morning. Seven members of his family perished on that fateful day.

By Bethel Peato-Ale 29 September 2025, 8:00PM

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