Samoa's power utility is negotiating to hire additional diesel generators because damage from Cyclone Evan cut power production by about 60 percent.
The general manager of the Electric Power Company, Tile Tu'imalealiifano, says a head pond at a hydro plant on Upolu was wrecked by a landslide.
And he says flooding washed away a pipe from a second head pond that provided cooling at the main diesel generation plant.
Mr Tu'imalealiifano says that pond is a mass of fallen trees and other debris.
He says with both ponds out of action, the impact is significant.
"Both the power plant as well as the diesel station because the cooling system of our diesel main station feeds from the pipe line of that hydro scheme. So we are not only having problems with the hydro plant itself but the main diesel power station that feeds to whole island. It is about 60 percent of the capacity. So we are trying to cope with what we have."
The general manager of the Electric Power Company, Tile Tu'imalealiifano.
The government has said it hopes to have power available to all the island by tomorrow.
