▁high ▁as ▁ ▁recorded ▁at ▁the ▁observ atory . ▁In ▁the ▁F ag ate le ▁Bay ▁of ▁the ▁T ut u ila ▁Island ▁where ▁the ▁H urr icane ▁Val ▁made ▁a ▁direct ▁pass ▁over ▁T ut u ila ▁the ▁cor al ▁re ef ▁was ▁completely ▁destroyed , ▁a ▁large ▁strip ▁of ▁the ▁coast ▁was ▁also ▁er oded . ▁ ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁this ▁dis aster , ▁National ▁Ocean ic ▁and ▁At mos pher ic ▁Administration ▁( NO AA ) ▁dispatch ed ▁an ▁assess ment ▁team ▁to ▁survey ▁the ▁damage ▁to ▁the ▁re ef s . ▁A part ▁from ▁the ▁cable ▁way ▁which ▁was ▁sever ely ▁dam aged ▁and ▁went ▁perman ently ▁out ▁of ▁commission , ▁the ▁TV ▁tower ▁at ▁Ut ule i , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁TV ▁channels , ▁was ▁completely ▁dam aged ▁by ▁Val , ▁resulting ▁in ▁its ▁can n ib al ization ▁to ▁maintain ▁the ▁two ▁remaining ▁channels . ▁The ▁F ag ale le ▁Boys ▁School , ▁which ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁oldest ▁European ▁style ▁buildings ▁built ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁on ▁the ▁west ▁coast ▁of ▁the ▁island ▁in ▁Le one ▁village , ▁was ▁also ▁destroyed ▁by ▁H urr icane ▁Val . ▁ ▁Places ▁of ▁historical ▁interest ▁ ▁At ▁Ut ule i , ▁at ▁Bl un ts ▁Point ▁there ▁are ▁two ▁guns ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁v int age ▁dated ▁to ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁which ▁are ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁two ▁metal ▁tub es ▁project ing ▁from ▁a ▁wall .