Aews in american samoa

American (Amerika) Samoa is a group of six Polynesian islands in the South Pacific. Fourteen degrees below the equator, it is the United States' southern-most territory. It is known as the heart of Polynesia. If you drew a triangle from Hawaii, New Zealand and Tahiti you would find Samoa in the middle. Western Samoa is a neighboring independent country that shares the same culture. American Samoa became an unorganized U.S. territory in 1900.

The Samoas arguably represent the largest population of polynesian people and they take pride in a strong culture that has survived outside incursions amazingly well.

These pages are an appreciation of fa'a Samoa, the Samoan way. Your suggestions and information are welcome. This was the first home page dedicated to American Samoa and has been on the web since 1995.

A teenager walks around the town area with his umbrella during a drizzling rain as Tropical Cyclone Rene approaches American Samoa on Friday Feb. 12, 2010. In the background are vessels docked at the Port of Pago Pago. The storm packing hurricane-force winds slammed into American Samoa Friday even as residents recovered from last year's deadly tsunami. Rene hit the sparsely populated Manu'a islands with sustained winds of 75 mph Friday afternoon.
 

Cyclone Rene

Teenagers remove their aluminum boat from Pago Pago Harbor, as police officers observe as Tropical Cyclone Rene approaches American Samoa on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010. The storm is expected to arrive at the capital of Pago Pago Friday evening. As of 3 p.m. local time Friday, the storm was 90 miles (144 kilometers) northeast of the city and moving southwest at a rate of about 11 mph (18 kph).

The GHC Reid building, which houses offices for the private sector in the Fagatogo village town area in American Samoa is all boarded up as the territory prepares for Tropical Cyclone Rene, Friday, Feb. 12, 2010.