Meyer, a destroyer, were south of Japan and expected to arrive in Guam in three or four days, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ship movements not yet made public. The Nimitz, along with the USS Bunker Hill, a cruiser, and the USS Wayne E. The Navy has ordered the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group to head to the island to assist in the recovery effort, according to a U.S. Tossing debris, and roots, and fruit everywhere,” he wrote in an email. “It was the peak that had us questioning our safety. A nearby abandoned building lost many of its windows and part of a wall on the fifth story, Quinonez said. On Friday morning, Mawar was centered 345 miles (555 kilometers) west-northwest of Guam and 360 miles (579 kilometers) west of Rota, Guam’s neighbor to the north, moving west-northwest at 14 mph (23 kph).Ĭarlo Quinonez, who lives near Tamuning, said he rode out the storm in a hotel and felt “very lucky” that the building was largely unscathed. By early Friday, they had strengthened to 175 mph (282 kph), according to the weather service. Mawar had regained its status as a super typhoon on Thursday, with winds reaching 150 mph (241 kph). The swirling typhoon churned up a storm surge and waves that crashed through coastal reefs and swamped houses. The central and northern parts of the island received more than 2 feet (60 centimeters) of rain as the eyewall passed. Water contamination from the heavy rains and runoff was a concern: The Guam Waterworks Authority issued a notice advising residents to boil water before drinking it, and the Guam Environmental Protection Agency warned people to stay out of the sea at all beaches because of high bacteria content. There were 725 people in shelters Friday, down from nearly 1,000 on Thursday, officials said. ![]() About 51,000 customers were without electricity, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Some villages had little or no water Friday, Tapao said. Still, officials said it could take weeks to clean up the mess after Mawar briefly made landfall as a Category 4 storm Wednesday night on the northern tip of the island of roughly 150,000 people, flipping cars, tearing off roofs and leaving trees bare. “Storms have taught our island to be resilient,” he said.
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