The daily briefings at the Emergency Operations Center at the Department of Hoemland Security are tapering off.
Instead of two meetings daily, there’s now only one briefing in the mornings.
The latest report from the EOC yesterday stated that under the current Emergency Declaration for American Samoa, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing tents as temporary sheltering as direct federal assistance to the American Samoan Government.
The EOC release says: “We are providing temporary shelter to disaster survivors with homes that have been destroyed.
“The families that will have tents set up on their property will be contacted by Office of Samoan Affairs (OSA) when contractors are ready to install them.
“The American Red Cross will visit with families receiving tents to provide welcome kits that will help make the tents livable.”
The distributions will begin with families with homes that have been destroyed or suffered major damages in the villages of Afono, Vatia, Nuuuli and Faga’ima, Tafuna.
