Fierce Winds Hit US Pacific Territories as Super Typhoon Bavi Approaches Near Guam
Officials said winds could reach 180 mph as emergency shelters filled and outages spread across Guam and nearby islands.
- On Sunday, residents of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands braced for Super Typhoon Bavi, a Category 5 storm forecast to arrive Monday morning with torrential rains and hurricane-force winds.
- The National Weather Service warned that Bavi could cause "catastrophic wind damage" near its eye, with projected waves of up to 10.7 metres creating "extremely dangerous" conditions at sea.
- Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero transitioned the territory into a heightened state of emergency, urging the combined 210,000 residents to seek shelter and avoid travel.
- Recovery efforts from April's Super Typhoon Sinlaku continue, leaving many in Saipan and Tinian still living in tents without power, complicating preparations for the approaching storm.
- Forecasters predict Bavi may leave areas "uninhabitable for weeks, perhaps longer," while the UN's World Meteorology Service notes that El Nino warmed Pacific ocean temperatures, likely intensifying the cyclone.
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Super Typhoon Bavi, which has devastated the islands of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean with heavy rain and winds, has caused extensive material damage, according to local authorities. The heaviest damage was on the small island of Rota, where winds reached speeds of up to 290 kilometers per hour. According to initial reports, there were no casualties.
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Fierce winds hit US Pacific territories as Super Typhoon Bavi makes landfall near Guam - Regional Media News
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday over a tiny U.S. territorial island in the western Pacific near Guam, bringing powerful winds and torrential rain to the Northern Mariana Islands as residents were urged to stay indoors. The storm started passing through the island of Rota Monday morning local time, according to the National Weather Service. The typhoon threatened other parts of the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. territory east of the Ph…
Super Typhoon Bavi is affecting an area where about 210,000 people live. Electricity cessations and house collapse are reported.
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