In The Spotlite: Raw Samoan Tsunami Footage: Photos and Video

The Samoan tsunami death toll reaches 150 and climbing. The below photos are raw footage of the destruction wreaked upon Samoa and American Samoa, islands in the South Pacific Ocean about 2,300 miles South of Hawaii where the tsunami hit hard. Click on any photo to enlarge it.

Above left: A damaged shop front is seen after a tsunami hit the village of Si'umu in Western Samoa September 30, 2009 in this photo taken by a resident of Western Samoa and forwarded to Reuters. Above right: A car is seen inside a building after a tsunami struck the village of Si'umu in Western Samoa.

Above left: A boat is stranded among wreckage in the village of Si'umu. Above right: Residents walk past wreckage in the village of Si'umu.

Above left: The roof of a destroyed house sits on a road in Leone, in American Samoa, on Tuesday morning. Above right: Damaged vehicles in Si'umu.

Above left: A destroyed structure is seen among debris near a church in the village of Leone, American Samoa. Above right: The roof of a destroyed house sits on a road in Leone.

Above left: A damaged vehicle is stranded among wreckage after a tsunami hit the village of Si'umu. Above right: Wreckage at the site of a village meeting house in Leone.

Above left: The downtown area of Fagatogo, a town of 3,000 on the shore of Pago Pago Harbor in American Samoa, is submerged by seawater early on Tuesday. Above right: A damaged truck in Leone.

Above left: An earthquake event location map generated and released by the United States National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center shows the location of an earthquake that the center measured as having a preliminary magnitude of 8.3 occurring in the Samoa Islands Region of the Pacific Ocean on September 29, 2009. New Zealand can be seen at center and Australia at left. Above right: An earthquake location map generated and released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) shows the location of an earthquake that the USGS measured as having a magnitude of 8.0 occurring in the Samoa Islands Region of the Pacific Ocean on September 29, 2009.

Above left: A tsunami travel time map and table generated by the United States National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center shows projected travel times.

The following video is raw footage of the tsunami in the Samoan islands provided by the Associated Press: