The confirmed death toll from the tsunami that crashed into the Samoa islands and Tonga has risen to 170, with at least 10 more people unaccounted for.
There are 129 dead in Samoa, 32 in American Samoa and nine people were killed on a nearby island in Tonga.
A magnitude 8.0 earthquake just before 7am on Tuesday triggered the waves which, according to survivors, rose up to nine metres as they pounded coastal settlements.
The 10 missing in Samoa were feared to have died, which would raise the overall toll to 180.
The number of missing was collated by police who have been interviewing families in the villages pounded by the tsunami.
In American Samoa, 100km away, Director of Homeland Security Michael Sala said the confirmed toll there was 32 following a count by all the village mayors.
American Samoa's governor said most search and rescue operations had been halted and the situation was stabilising, a US aid official who spoke with him said.
In American Samoa, more than 1,000 homeless were huddled in emergency shelters, while about 6,000 people were still without power three days after Tuesday's disaster.
In Tonga, nine people were killed on the small northern island of Niuatoputapu and a government spokesman said they were confident everyone had been accounted for.
