Super Typhoon Smacks Into US Pacific Island Territories Home to Key Military Bases
The storm brought 180 mph winds and lashing rain, and officials warned of catastrophic damage and life-threatening conditions across the Northern Marianas and Guam.
- On Monday, Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall on the US island of Rota with catastrophic winds reaching 180 mph , the National Weather Service said.
- Rota, the southernmost island of the Northern Marianas, is home to around 1,500 people and was previously devastated by super typhoons Sinlaku in April and Mawar in 2023.
- Residents across Guam and the Northern Marianas boarded up windows as stores closed; Pinky Cubacub spent $500 on plywood for her eatery, saying "I cannot afford to lose so many days."
- Warning of catastrophic damage, the NWS predicted a direct hit could render the island "uninhabitable for weeks, perhaps longer" with total roof failure and wall collapse for non-reinforced homes.
- Warmer oceans, which experienced their hottest June on record, help tropical storms intensify. The World Meteorological Organization warned on July 3 that a strong El Nino has begun in the Pacific Ocean.
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With wind speeds of 290 kilometers per hour, Supertaifun "Bavi" hits the Pacific island of Rota. The US weather service speaks of a life-threatening situation. The island threatens to become uninhabitable for a longer period of time. But there is hope.
"Bavi" hit the US island of Rota with wind speeds of 290 km/h. Meanwhile, the cyclone has moved on.
Super typhoon causes 'major' damage to US Pacific islands
Super Typhoon Bavi, a category-five hurricane, has devastated the US Pacific territories of Northern Marianas and Guam, leaving residents in Rota facing major damage and dire conditions as they seek shelter from winds reaching 290km/h.
Super Typhoon Bavi has caused ‘major damage’ on the island of Rota in the US Northern Mariana Islands. Authorities announced this on Monday, speaking of ‘violent winds and flooding’.
Super Typhoon Bavi brings catastrophic winds to western Pacific islands
WELLINGTON — Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday over a tiny US territorial island in the western Pacific, bringing powerful winds and torrential rain to the Northern Mariana Islands ofGuam, Tinian and Saipan, the US National Weather Service said.The eye of the storm passed over the island of Rota Monday morning local time, bringing winds of more than 150 mph (241 kph). It was traveling at around 9 mph (14 kph) west toward the Philippines,…
The supertaif "Bavi" hit land on the island of Rota in the U.S. outer regions of the Pacific and reportedly "severe damage" there. "Here in the operational center of the mayor of Rota we have to fight with strong winds and floods," said the spokesperson of the center, Lou Rosario, on Monday. Some residents had already "reported significant damage", she added. The U.S. Weather Service (NWS) announced that the typhoon is moving over the island at …
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