Samoa's Prime Minister, Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, is calling on families to lift their opposition to a concrete wall on the banks of Apia's main river.
Flooding in Apia Photo: Samoa Disaster Management Office
Tuilaepa who is the chairman of the National Disaster Relief Committee says if the climate change resilience project went ahead as planned it would protect people from flash floods.
Several families living around Vaisigano River had to be evacuated before Cyclone Gita hit Samoa on Friday night.
Red Cross staff checking on people flooded out in Samoa. Photo: Twitter @IFRCAsiaPacific
Tuilaepa says the country's disaster task force is assessing the damage from the cyclone and the cost would be known in two week's time.