A powerful typhoon is headed toward Guam, which could be the strongest tropical cyclone to impact the island in decades.
Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero also urged residents on Tuesday to seek shelter immediately as "damaging winds" were expected to start soon.
"Please take all the necessary precautions in an abundance of safety before we feel the full strength of the super typhoon," she said on social media.President Joe Bidenin Guam due to Mawar and ordered federal assistance to support the response to the typhoon. U.S. Coast Guard Station Apra Harbor 45-foot Response Boat Mediums are hauled out and attached to heavy weather tie-downs on May 21, 2023, in advance of Forces Micronesia Sector Guam crews ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Mawar.A super typhoon is used to connote a tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 150 mph.
Mawar could be one of the strongest typhoons to impact Guam since the 1960s -- the start of the satellite era.The most destructive typhoon to hit Guam was Karen in 1962, with 155 mph winds and wind gusts of at least 170 mph, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Most homes on the island were destroyed.
More recently, in 2002, Super Typhoon Pongsona moved near the island with 144 mph winds and gusts up to 173 mph, causing $700 million in damage at the time, according to NOAA.
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