(CNN) -- Survivors of a deadly earthquake-triggered tsunami which hit the Samoan islands Tuesday have described how they watched the in rushing sea swallow up coastal towns and villages leaving devastation in its wake.

At least 111 people are confirmed killed in Samoa, neighboring American Samoa and Tonga. But officials in the Polynesia region have expressed fears the toll will rise as rescue workers struggle to reach outlying villages submerged and flattened by the wave.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/