Guam weathers Category 4 super typhoon without major damage

Guam weathered its most powerful storm in years without major damage after Super Typhoon Mawar unleashed winds of up to 150 mph and torrential rain on the Western Pacific Island. | Reuters

All but 1,000 of the island’s 52,000 homes and businesses lost power, according to the Guam Power Authority, but government officials reported nothing unusual in hospital emergency rooms, and only moderate damage such as flooding, fallen debris, and downed power lines.“I am so glad we are safe. We have weathered this storm. The worst has gone by,” Governor Lou Leon Guerrero said in a video message.

Still, she warned people to stay home for their own safety until the government declared it was safe.

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