The typhoon, which has strengthened rapidly in recent days, is posing a “triple threat” of devastation including deadly winds equivalent to a category 5 hurricane, exceptional storm surge and torrential rainfall, according to the National Weather Service office in Guam.
Mawar has been described as “one that will be remembered for decades,” said Landon Aydlett, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist from the weather service in Guam. It is expected to strike the island – and possibly make a direct landfall – on Wednesday afternoon, local time (around or just after midnight on Wednesday, Eastern Time).
Authorities on the island of Guam have warned residents to take precautions as the remote US territory in the Pacific Ocean prepares for a possible direct hit from an impending storm named Typhoon Mawar.
The National Weather Service (NWS) warned that the storm could arrive in southern Guam Wednesday at noon local time, or Tuesday evening in the continental United States. Governor Lou Leon Guerrero ordered the evacuation of residents from flood-prone areas.
“Mawar is a real threat and possible direct impact on our island,” Guerrero said in a message to residents of Youtube Monday. “I am very concerned and worried for your safety, and I want you to take these warnings seriously.”
If the typhoon does make a direct landfall, the island would be thrashed with the storm’s strongest winds and highest storm surge.
Though Guam is located in the West Pacific Ocean – an area prone to the world’s strongest tropical cyclones – a direct hit from a storm this strength is exceedingly rare, and has only happened around eight times in the last 75 years. The island is just 30 miles long, so the center of a storm moving over would be akin to threading a tiny needle.
Shelters across the United States begin to fill up in anticipation of a powerful storm named Typhoon Mawar.Authorities on the island of Guam have warned residents to take precautions as the remote US territory.
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