Guam's governor is urging residents to stay home and is warning the island could take a direct hit from Typhoon Mawar
HONOLULU — — Guam's governor urged residents to stay home and warned the island could take a direct hit from Typhoon Mawar as the storm strengthened on its path toward the U.S. territory in the Pacific.
to remain calm and prepare for Mawar, which the weather service said could hit the southern part of Guam at 10 a.m. local time Wednesday. Guam is 20 hours ahead of Honolulu.in Tiyan, Guam, told The Associated Press."If we don't take a direct hit, it's going to be very close." The center of the storm was 260 miles southeast of Guam, where it's already Tuesday and moving 7 mph toward Guam, Doll said.
It's expected to arrive as a “high-end” Category 3 storm, possibly reaching “low-end” Category 4, he said. Sustained winds were at 105 mph , gusting up to 124 mph , he said.The governor said she would place Guam essentially in a lockdown effective 1 p.m. Tuesday. “Unless you’re a first responder, you do not leave your house," Doll said.A storm surge of 4 to 6 feet above the normal high tide was expected and could reach up to 8 feet .
At the island's grocery and hardware stores Monday, people were leaving with shopping carts full of canned goods, cases of water and generators, the
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