A Category 4 storm hit Guam on Thursday, packing winds of as much as 140 miles per hour (225 kph) and torrential rain, because it inched throughout the Western Pacific Ocean, however there have been no early studies of deaths or accidents.
The slow-moving storm, dubbed Super Typhoon Mawar, delivered rainfall of as much as 2 inches (5 cm) per hour in a single day, the US National Weather Service (NWS) mentioned. Wind speeds positioned the storm in Category 4, the second-strongest designation on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind scale.
Moving northwest at 8 mph, Mawar may produce landslides, flash flooding and life-threatening storm surge, the NWS mentioned in a sequence of warnings for the tropical island, situated throughout the worldwide date line about 6,000 miles (9,600 km) southwest of Los Angeles.
“I’m very worried for our people’s safety and very concerned,” Guam’s Governor Lou Leon Guerrero instructed National Public Radio throughout an interview on Wednesday.
She in contrast the storm with the 1962 storm Typhoon Karen that flattened a lot of the island, a US territory with a inhabitants of about 170,000, together with about 10,000 US army personnel.
According to early studies, Mawar broken homes and compelled the rescue of eight individuals, mentioned Guerrero.
Images posted on social media confirmed ominous clouds drifting over seashores, rains lashing buildings and winds bending palm bushes.
“Lots of us have relocated to the basement. All the units totally flooded, several windows blown out, and the building is shuddering from the wind,” mentioned Twitter consumer Ginger Cruz, who posted a video of winds overturning a pickup truck exterior her residence.
President Joe Biden, who has authorised an emergency declaration authorizing federal help for Guam, was briefed on the storm, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned on Wednesday.
“The White House is in close contact with the government of Guam and has offered as much support as needed to this tragic, tragic major storm,” Jean-Pierre mentioned. — Reuters
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
