Super Typhoon Mawar passing over Guam as Category 4 storm with strong winds, rain

Guam weathers Category 4 super typhoon 'Mawar' without major damage

Guam weathered its most powerful storm in years without major damage on Thursday after Super Typhoon Mawar unleashed winds of up to 150 mph (240 kph) and

Winds intensify as Super Typhoon Mawar batters Guam

The most powerful typhoon to hit Guam in years slowly passed over the Western Pacific island on Thursday after battering the U.S. territory with intensifying wind gusts of up to 150 miles per hour (240 km per hour) and torrential rain.

Winds intensify as Super Typhoon Mawar batters Guam

News is slow to come in after power was knocked out for all but 1,000 of the island's 52,000 homes and businesses, according to the Guam Power Authority

Residents are stockpiling supplies, placing windows with locks and leaving wooden and tin houses for emergency shelters

Powerful Typhoon Mawar slams Guam with heavy rain and damaging winds

CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Rob Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Guam residents were urged to stay home until the island is declared safe for travel, as the strongest storm in decades brought hurricane-force winds and heavy rain to the US territory. The eye of Typhoon Mawar passed just north of Guam, but the eyewall –

Typhoon Mawar lashes Guam, US island territory known as 'Where America's Day Begins'

The powerful Typhoon Mawar that lashed Guam on Thursday has interrupted travel and tropical island life for residents and U.S. military members in one of the nation’s most remote territories.The island in the Pacific Ocean is known for a cheerful greeting drawn from the Indigenous Chamorro language: “Hafa Adai,” which generally means “Hello.” Visitors learn that Guam is “Where America's Day Begins," as it is hours ahead of Hawaii, Alaska and the…