One home destroyed in Fagatogo

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From initial assessments by ASG teams of homes of families being housed in emergency shelters due to strong winds and heavy rains,  one home in Fagatogo was destroyed.

There were 120 people in the shelters yesterday and from the 4pm briefing at the Emergency Operations Center  of persons housed at the 5 shelters,  the Fagatogo home was the onl yone that was destroyed.

The six shelters are LDS Faleniu, Fagatogo Methodist,  Laulii Methodist,  Tafuna Elementary, LDS Aunuu and Pago Pago Elementary.

Pago Elementary did not have anyone in it yesterday afternoon and the 18 people who sought shelter at Tafuna Elementary were to move out yesterday.

A representative of the Department of Human and Social Services said most of the families who moved into the shelters did so because they didn’t feel their homes were safe.

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