clean up

The Commissioner of Police, Prisons, and Corrections was in the front foot leading a team of over 100 staff members and prisoners in cleaning up and disposing of flood debris around the Apia Town Area.

In other places residents were bailing out water that had entered buildings.

Extreme heavy rain caused riverbanks to burst.

Dozens of families sheltered in evacuation centres as floodwaters threatened their homes.

Japanese fans certainly had reason to go wild on Tuesday night. Their side won their opening game, beating Colombia 2-1, and securing the team's first victory against a South American side.

But after the team swept Colombia off the pitch, Japanese fans also did their share of sweeping: meticulously cleaning up their rows and seats in the stadium.

Equipped with large rubbish bags they brought along, the fans marched through the rows picking up rubbish, to leave the place just as neat as they had found it.

The cyclone caused widespread flooding, water damage and power outages.

Samoa suffered little structural damage to buildings and infrastructure but some homes were still without power due to downed power lines.

The Electric Power Corporation said it was working hard to restore power to all consumers by the end of the week.

Many homes located by rivers that burst their banks were still cleaning up mud and debris.

Health officials continued to issue warnings about dengue and other water bourne diseases, recommending people boil water.

Cyclone Tuni brought torrential rain, strong winds and rough seas causing some flooding and landslips.

But the head of the Disaster Management Office Filomena Nelson says there has been no other damage and locals are now enjoying sunny weather, forecast for the remainder of the week.

She says crews are out clearing the landslips but it is now business as usual for much of Samoa.