A Briton on the Greek island of Samos filmed the tsunami as it surged into the town square on Friday 30 October.

People are shouting and emergency service sirens sound while the water pours in.

The man, freelance journalist Fareid Atta, also captured firefighters at the scene of a partially collapsed building where a woman was believed to be trapped.

Describing what happened when the tsunami hit, he said: "I was on my bike at the time, taking a video, and as the police were going by screaming 'leave, leave, go uphill' I was hemmed in between two cars and luckily escaped."

"There have been two deaths so far and hundreds of people have had to leave their houses," he added.

At this point the wave had reached the town square. People are screaming, police sirens ring out whilst the water pours into the town.

This video captures the first response to the earthquake. Firefighters set off from the station to rescue a woman from a collapsed building.



I describe what happens when the tsunami hit. I describe how shocked I was trying to cycle away from the wave as I was hemmed in from all sides. I end with condolences to the Samians who have experienced much hardship the last few years.