HAGATNA, Guam -- Typhoon Mawar barreled into Guam as a powerful Category 4 storm Wednesday, May 24, 2023, pummeling the US Pacific territory with high winds, heavy rains and a...
HAGATNA, Guam -- Typhoon Mawar barreled into Guam as a powerful Category 4 storm Wednesday, May 24, 2023, pummeling the US Pacific territory with high winds, heavy rains and a dangerous storm surge that swamped low-lying areas as residents hunkered down in homes and shelters.
“We have the peak conditions going on for a couple more hours. I think thrashing is the word I would use,” Aydlett said. “There are trees everywhere at this point. Daylight tomorrow is really going to be a shock to a lot of people.” The storm’s center hit Guam around 9 p.m. Wednesday, which is Wednesday morning in the continental United States. Guam lies west of the International Date Line and is ahead of the US mainland and Hawaii, which is 3,800 miles to the east. Manila, the Philippine capital, is 1,600 miles to the west.
Earlier, the US military sent away ships from Guam, President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration and anyone not living in a concrete house was urged to seek safety elsewhere. Residents were warned to stay inside and away from windows. The weather service also advised them not to go outside even if there was calm as its wide eye passed overhead: “Extreme winds will rapidly return.”“The landscape is going to look different,” said Ken Kleeschulte, a lead meteorologist with the weather service in Tiyan, Guam. “The buildings will still be there, for the most part.”
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