The island’s international airport flooded and the swirling typhoon churned up a storm surge and waves that crashed through coastal reefs and flooded homes.
the night before, ripping off roofs, shredding trees and leaving much of the island of about 150,000 people without power and utilities.
The central and northern parts of the island received more than 2 feet of rain as the eyewall passed. “We are waking up to a rather disturbing scene out there across Guam. We’re looking out our door and what used to be a jungle looks like toothpicks — it looks like a scene from the movie ‘Twister,’ with trees just thrashed apart,” Landon Aydlett, a“Most of Guam is dealing with a major mess that’s going to take weeks to clean up,” he added.since 2002, Mawar briefly made landfall around 9 p.m.
The storm is expected to move northwest for days over a large, empty of expanse of ocean and enter the Philippine “area of responsibility” late Friday or early Saturday. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Facebook that officials are preparing, and that the storm could bring heavy rainfall and flooding.
Officials also declared all-clear on Rota, Saipan and Tinian on Thursday. Power was knocked out for all of Rota, the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. said Wednesday. The island has about 2,500 residents. Winds peeled back the roof of Enrique Baza’s mother’s house in Yona, allowing water to damage everything inside.
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