, iReporters were there documenting the scene . Businesses boarded up , parts of the city were closed off , and protesters and police clashed in the streets . Several citizen journalists captured photos and video of crowds backing away from tear gas and smoke bombs . `` As a person that 's lived in Pittsburgh their entire life ... I have never seen something like this , '' iReporter Emily Rice said . • Tsunami strikes Samoan Islands : Towering tsunami waves triggered by an 8.0 earthquake left dozens dead and entire villages flattened or submerged in the Samoan Islands . iReporters in American Samoa and neighboring Samoa shared incredible images of the aftermath and compelling stories as rescue workers worked to reach outlying villages affected by the natural disaster . • Chris Morrow wins film festival : One of our superstar iReporters , Chris Morrow , made news of her own recently . Her film `` Wyland Earth Day '' debuted at the San Diego Film Festival in California and won the Best San Diego Film Award . The film follows environmental artist Wyland as he paints a huge mural of the Earth on the roof of the
iReporter Doranne Lim chronicles the flooding from Typhoon Ketsana in Pasig City , Philippines . This week in iReport , we received compelling images and stories from major international natural disasters : a tsunami in the Samoan Islands and flooding in the Philippines from Typhoon Ketsana . Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , hosted the G-20 summit , and iReporters chronicled the scene as protesters and police clashed in the streets . One iReporter , Chris Morrow , won an award at the San Diego Film Festival . Check out the video here , or get a better idea of the stories below . • Typhoon Ketsana : Floods from Typhoon Ketsana have left parts of the Philippines under water , killing at least 240 people . Residents in Manila say it 's the worst flooding they 've seen in decades . Residents constructed makeshift rafts to cross the water , some more successful than others . Some of the most compelling images come from photographer Doranne Lim , who showed us the flooding in Pasig City . We put together a gallery of her photos that chronicle the flooding . • G-20 protests : As Pittsburgh hosted the G-20 economic summit