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Many remain without electricity as Guam recovers from storm

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Mawar briefly made landfall as a Category 4 storm late on May 24 on the northern tip of the island of roughly 150,000 people. Officials estimate it will be four to six weeks before power is fully restored. High school graduations were indefinitely postponed across Guam. The only hospital on the island where civilians can give birth sustained significant flood damage.

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Many remain without electricity as Guam recovers from storm

HONOLULU — About a week after Typhoon Mawar tore through Guam as the strongest typhoon to hit the U.S. Pacific territory in over two decades, most of the island remained without electricity and the governor appealed for patience during a recovery process expected to take at least a month. Even though Mawar caused no deaths or catastrophic destruction, officials said that as of Wednesday only 28% of power had been restored on the oppressively hot…

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