After blasting Guam on Wednesday with gusts over 100 mph and more than two feet of rain, Typhoon Mawar has rapidly gained strength and become 2023′s most intense storm. It’s also stronger than any storm that formed in 2022.
The main cause was a well-timed eyewall replacement cycle, a process in which the ring of powerful thunderstorms around the storm’s center degrades while a surrounding area of storms takes over.“What happened in the evolution of the core of Super Typhoon #Mawar was nothing short of a miracle for the small island of Guam,”After pulling away from Guam, Mawar began to rapidly intensify again, its peak winds jumping up to 175 mph.
Short-term forecasts from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center project that maximum winds could peak at around 180 mph before a gradual weakening trend begins.Environmental conditions are expected to remain conducive for an extreme storm system over the next several days. Once tropical cyclones reach Mawar’s current intensity, sustaining such strength is difficult, however. There may be additional eyewall replacement cycles that could temporarily weaken the system.drop to 905 millibars this weekend, which would place Mawar among the strongest storms on record in the region so early in the season. Generally, the lower a storm’s pressure, the stronger it is.
The storm will approach the northern Philippines and Taiwan in about five days, but in a weakened state. Regardless, potential for flooding rain, damaging storm surge and high winds exists in both countries. Rainfall in particular could be extreme given an expected slowing of the storm as it approaches.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Super Typhoon Mawar passing over Guam as Category 4 storm with strong winds, rainThe National Weather Service says Typhoon Mawar has barreled into Guam as a powerful Category 4 storm. It is pummeling the U.S. Pacific territory with high winds, heavy rains and a dangerous storm surge swamping low-lying areas as residents hunker down in homes and shelters. The National Weather Service says the typhoon passed over the northern tip of Guam on Wednesday evening. The weather service earlier warned of a “triple threat” of winds, torrential rains and life-threatening storm surge. Officials were bracing for “considerable damage” including non-reinforced concrete walls being blown down, fuel storage tanks rupturing and overturned cars.
Read more »
Super Typhoon Mawar lashes Guam as Category 4 storm with strong winds, rainThe storm pummeled the U.S. 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.
Read more »
Super Typhoon Mawar Set to Impact Guam as Strongest Storm in Over 2 DecadesBiden declares emergency as Super Typhoon Mawar approaches Guam. Residents urged to evacuate as powerful storm threatens the Pacific territory.
Read more »
Super Typhoon Mawar clobbers Guam with fierce winds, rainsA Category 4 typhoon hit Guam on Wednesday, packing winds of up to 140 miles per hour (225 kmh) and torrential rain, as it inched across the Western Pacific Ocean, but there were no early reports of deaths or injuries.
Read more »
Winds intensify as Super Typhoon Mawar batters GuamThe 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.
Read more »
Typhoon Mawar lashes Guam as Category 4 storm with strong winds, rainTyphoon Mawar is inching over Guam as a powerful Category 4 storm. It was pummeling the U.S. Pacific territory Thursday with high winds, heavy rains and a dangerous storm surge as residents hunker down in homes and shelters.
Read more »