Severe Tropical Cyclone Catastrophe Val was considered Deciding to be the worst tropical cyclone Catastrophe to affect Influence the Samoan Islands since the 1889 Apia cyclone Catastrophe .

The overall damages Damaging caused Causation by Cyclone Val in American Samoa have been variously assessed .

The coach was one of three operated Being_in_operation by the Aarschot-based Top Tours company and was transporting Sending mostly Belgian school teachers and students from a skiing holiday in Val d'Anniviers back to their two schools in Belgium .