“Our GPA team is prepared to immediately begin restoration as soon as winds decrease to safe levels,” it said. “We are working hard to maintain the last remaining customers through the storm,” the power authority said. Guam Memorial Hospital is currently operating on power from a standby generator, it added. Nearly all of Guam Power Authority’s circuits have been impacted by the storm and only about 1,000 of its 52,000 customers still had electricity, the authority said in a statement on Facebook at around 6 p.m. Additional strengthening is possible over the next 12 to 24 hours and then slow weakening is expected.Įven though the center of the storm’s eye narrowly missed the island, most of its residents have lost power. Mawar will continue to move west-northwest, away from Guam, toward the northern Philippines and Taiwan, but is not expected to threaten land in the next several days. “Mawar is now moving away from Guam,” the National Weather Service in Guam said.Īs of Thursday evening local time, the storm was packing sustained winds of 165 mph and gusts up to 200 mph, the JTWC said, making it the equivalent of a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane. As the storm passed north of the island, Marwar gained super typhoon status with 150 mph winds, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.Ī monster typhoon is barreling toward a US territory with deadly winds and dangerous storm surge The Guam International Airport recorded sustained winds of 71 mph with a gust of 105 mph Wednesday evening. No storm-related deaths had been reported as of Thursday morning local time, the governor’s press secretary, Krystal Paco-San Agustin, said. The governor said the strongest winds from the storm were being felt throughout the island, particularly in the north.

The governor said roads are “passable,” but urged residents to stay off the roads until conditions improve. In a video address on Thursday morning local time (Wednesday night Eastern Time), the governor said “the worst has gone by” but continued to advise residents to stay home “for your protection and your safety” as the island experiences 40 to 50 mph tropical winds. Lou Leon Guerrero implored residents to stay at home until conditions are declared safe for travel in a Facebook address. The eye of Typhoon Mawar passed just north of Guam, but the eyewall – the most powerful part of the storm – pelted the island with hurricane-force winds and heavy rain. The governor of Guam urged residents to continue staying home for their protection and safety a day after the strongest storm to impact the US territory in decades slammed into the island.

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