The death toll from a massive South Pacific earthquake and tsunami has risen to at least 36 and is expected to rise significantly, officials said. There were 22 confirmed dead in American Samoa and 14 in Samoa with unconfirmed reports of scores more missing feared dead following the 8.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami. "We have 22 confirmed dead and it could go much higher," Michael Sala, Homeland Security director in American Samoa, told AFP."It could take a week or so before we know the full extent."The eastern part of American Samoa was without power and water supplies after the devastating earthquake, which struck at 6:48 am (1748 GMT). Sala said it was the wall of water, which he estimated at 25-feet (7.5 metres) high, which did most of the damage as it swept ashore about 20 minutes after the earthquake, demolishing buildings in coastal areas. Red Cross officials in Samoa put the initial death toll at 14 but said it would probably rise as communicat
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