HONOLULU, HI — The FBI has released video footage showing the power and destruction of last week's tsunami that hit American Samoa.
The dramatic video released Friday was taken on the morning of Sept. 29 from a stationary security camera at the FBI office in Pago Pago. It shows water rushing through the parking lot and tossing around several cars and trucks.
The two-minute clip also shows a couple of people standing in the parking lot shortly before the wave arrived.
The FBI says because of its second-floor location at Pago Plaza, the office had only minimal damage. No agents were there at the time.
At least 183 people were killed in the Sept. 29 tsunami, including 142 in Samoa. Another 32 people were killed in American Samoa and nine in Tonga.
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