In early July 2026, for the second time in three months, a powerful typhoon crossed the United States Northern Mariana Islands and Guam in the North Pacific Ocean. Super Typhoon Bavi reached its peak intensity as it approached the islands on the night of July 5, bringing winds of 290 kilometers (180 miles) per hour,
On Sunday, heavy rain began to fall in Renhe village in southern China’s Guangxi province. The villagers were used to it. But the rain didn’t stop and suddenly the water rose. In the early hours of Monday, the water had reached their knees. By dawn, the first floor of their houses had completely submerged. “The
A reservoir wall broke in Nanning, China, causing a torrent of water after rivers swelled from a typhoon. At least two people have died from flooding caused by Typhoon Maysak, while another 480,000 have been evacuated across the southern province of Guangxi, authorities say. The province’s emergency flood control response has been raised to its
Residents of Guam and surrounding U.S. island territories in the western Pacific were urged to seek shelter as Super Typhoon Bavi was expected to make landfall early Monday, threatening an area still recovering from another destructive storm earlier this year. Bavi, a huge cyclone approaching the Mariana Islands east of the Philippines, is forecast to
Emergency evacuations are underway in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands as a super typhoon hits the US Pacific territories. Bavi is forecast to make landfall early Monday morning, with winds up to 160 mph (257 km/h), according to the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS). It warned that the “very dangerous” storm could cause “catastrophic”
HONOLULU– Residents of U.S. territories in the western Pacific were bracing Friday for a possible super typhoon, just months after the region was hit by Earth’s strongest tropical cyclone this year. Power has yet to be fully restored to the US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands after super typhoon, Sinlaku, brought fierce winds and
