Phantse kwiiveki nje ezimbini emva kokuba itsunami ishiye abantu abangaphezu kwe-140 beswelekile kwaye bachitha amakhaya kunye namashishini eSamoa, umsebenzi wokuqala wokhenketho apho uvulwe kwakhona.
Ngelixa ithe yazisa kuphela ibha eyakhiwe ngesandla, isebenzisa umkhenkce ukugcina ibhiya ipholile, indawo yokuphumla yaseFaofao inethemba lokuba sisiqalo esitsha kubo nakunxweme olusemazantsi eSamoa.
Ukususela oko itsunami kukho inkxalabo malunga nefuthe layo kukhenketho, kukho iindwendwe ezininzi phakathi kwabo babuleweyo.
Ukuvulwa kwebhari kufike kusuku olusemva kosuku lwesizwe lokuzila kunye nokungcwatywa kwenyambalala yamaxhoba aseleyo kule ntlekele.
Inkulumbuso uTuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi uthe usizi kunye nokunxunguphala okuviwa nguye wonke umntu oswelekelwe ngabantu abathandayo "akunakuchazwa kwaye sinokuba buhlungu kunye nabo".
Ukanti, njengoko abasindileyo bebuyela kumakhaya abo kufuphi nonxweme, iSamoa inomdla wokuxelela ihlabathi ukuba zininzi iindawo apho itsunami ingazange ichaphazele.
Nangomhla wokuzila, enye yeenqanawa ezinkulu zokuhamba ngenqanawa ezikhenketha iPasifiki yamisa e-Apia kwaye yagxotha amawaka ambalwa abakhenkethi ukuba bandwendwele iimarike kunye nabakhenkethi abahlala kwikomkhulu.
Olunye undwendwe luxelele amagosa eRadio Ausralia Pacific Beat Samoa ukuba anyanzelise ukuba inqanawa iqhubeke notyelelo lwayo.
Kuncinci okushiyekileyo kweFaofao beach resort, kodwa ngemali evela eNew Zealand kunye nezakhono zokuchwela zabafundi bezikolo zasesekondari zasekhaya, ibhari sele yakhiwe kwaye ngoku ivulekele ishishini.
Lishishini lokuqala labakhenkethi elivulelekileyo ecaleni konxweme olutshatyalalisiwe.
Ijikelezwe yinkxwaleko yendawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide, imbono yebha yolwandle yonakaliswe kancinane yimoto encinci yaseJapan ejijelwe kwimithi yesundu.
Kodwa sisiqalo kwaye siyamkholisa u-barman u-Auva'a Tabu, wamkela abathengi abasuka eMelika naseNew Zealand.
Iprojekthi yokwakha ngokutsha yayiqhutywa ngumvelisi kamabonwakude osekelwe eNew Zealand uHamish Coleman-Ross, owayefuna ukwenza okungakumbi kunokuhlanganisa nje ibali ngale ntlekele.
Uthe: “Kwaqala ngokufumana iblender kunye neshaker. Sisipho esihle esi.”
Kwiphulo laseNew Zealand, “kwafuneka siqokelele imali yokuqala yokwakha isitezi, ukuze sifumane izinto zokwakha, yaye sakwazi ukuyifumana kangangeeyure ezingama-48.”
Umnumzana Coleman-Ross wabona ingqushu yale ndawo yokuphumla kutyelelo lwakhe lokuqala eSamoa. “Andizange ndikholelwe, andizange ndikholelwe ukuba kulapho ndime khona kwaye ndandifuna ukuzama ukuba ndishiye into ngasemva eyabenza babuyela apho.
“Yinto entle kakhulu ukuba nenxaxheba kubo kwaye ndibanqwenelela amathamsanqa kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba (abatyeleli) bazakuza bazokuxhasa.”