Super Typhoon Bavi was crossing the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean, lashing Guam, Tinian, and Saipan and blasting Rota with catastrophic winds, the U.S. National Weather Service said.
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The weather service warned residents to take cover as the Category 5 storm moved through the island chain, parts of which are the U.S. commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. territory of Guam.
The U.S. islands are a strategic defence hub in the western Pacific, hosting U.S. military training facilities and bases including Andersen Air Force Base, Naval Base Guam, and Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz.
Guam opened evacuation centres across the territory. In a video on Facebook on Sunday, Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero urged residents to avoid travel and stay inside, adding that the administration was “ready and prepared in our planning and our protection of our people.”
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
