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Super Typhoon Bavi Lashes Mariana Islands with Catastrophic Winds

From The Straits Times · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Super Typhoon Bavi, a Category 5 storm, is lashing the Mariana Islands with catastrophic winds up to 180 mph.
  • Guam, Tinian, and Saipan are experiencing severe tropical storm to typhoon conditions, with Rota facing the eyewall's direct impact.
  • The storm also brings intense showers, risking flash flooding, while Guam's strategic military bases are on alert.

Super Typhoon Bavi is battering the Mariana Islands with catastrophic winds, the U.S. National Weather Service reported Monday. The Category 5 storm is lashing Guam, Tinian, and Saipan, and blasting Rota with destructive gusts.

The storm's eyewall was expected to make landfall at Rota, an island with about 2,000 residents, shortly after dawn local time. Winds of up to 180 miles per hour were forecast, with possible gusts reaching 215 mph. The islands of Guam, Tinian, and Saipan were bracing for conditions ranging from severe tropical storm to typhoon.

catastrophically destructive

— U.S. National Weather ServiceDescribing the expected winds from Super Typhoon Bavi.

Beyond the destructive winds, Bavi is producing intense showers, with 12 to 20 inches of rain possible near the storm's center. This raises the risk of flash flooding through Tuesday night. Guam, a strategic defense hub in the western Pacific, has opened evacuation centers. Governor Lou Leon Guerrero urged residents to stay inside and assured them of the administration's preparedness.

ready and prepared in our planning and our protection of our people.

— Lou Leon GuerreroGuam Governor urging residents to stay inside and assuring them of the administration's preparedness.
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