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Guam and different U.S. land territories successful the occidental Pacific Ocean connected Monday braced for the astir almighty tempest of the twelvemonth truthful far, which could bring destructive winds and wide flooding implicit the adjacent 48 hours, forecasts show.
Super Typhoon Sinlaku was traveling west-northwest toward the Marianas Islands conscionable aft 9 a.m. ET — oregon 11 p.m. successful the section clip portion — according to the National Weather Service bureau successful Guam, which is location to 3 U.S. subject bases. The Marianas are an archipelago comprising 15 antithetic islands, including Guam, successful the occidental Pacific, astir 1,500 miles eastbound of the Philippines. They are U.S.-held territories.
The typhoon's maximum sustained winds stabilized astatine 175 mph arsenic the monolithic tempest approached the land chain, aft peaking astatine 180 mph connected Sunday. This is the strongest tempest to make successful 2026, down typhoons Narelle and Dudzai, which respectively peaked astatine 149 and 147 mph, said CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan.
Monday, April 13, 2026. Valid astatine 6:37 PM ChST
Typhoon Warning: Rota, Tinian, Saipan
Tropical Storm Warning: Guam, Pagan, Alamagan
Typhoon Watch: Guam
Tropical Storm Watch: Agrihan
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In the Southwest Pacific, "typhoon" is the word utilized to picture a tropical storm that forecasters would telephone a hurricane in the U.S. They're conscionable 2 antithetic names for the aforesaid benignant of upwind system.
Atlantic hurricanes are ranked connected a standard of 1 to 5 that categorizes them by their capableness to origin damage. The highest ranking, Category 5, is assigned to storms that person sustained winds of astatine slightest 157 mph. In the Pacific, a typhoon of that strength is called a "super typhoon."
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Although Sinlaku is expected to weaken earlier crossing the Marianas adjacent the neighboring islands of Tinian and Sapian aboriginal connected Tuesday, forecasters accidental the strategy could inactive get with winds equivalent to those of a Category 4 oregon 5 storm.
Residents of islands successful oregon adjacent the typhoon's way person been advised to hole for thunderstorms and dense rain, perchance causing flooding, successful summation to highly beardown winds. As of the upwind service's latest update, typhoon-force winds extended outward for up to 80 miles from Sinlaku's center, and tropical-storm-force winds extended outward for up to 275 miles.
A typhoon informing was successful spot for the Marianas islands of Rota, Tinian and Saipan, portion tropical tempest warnings were successful spot for Guam arsenic good arsenic the islands of Pagan and Alamagan, and a tropical tempest ticker was successful spot for the land of Agrihan, according to the upwind service. A typhoon ticker was besides effectual for Guam, wherever officials warned radical to stay indoors and retired of the water.
"While the menace of typhoon-force winds has importantly diminished, this remains a superior upwind event," Guam's Joint Information Center said successful an advisory. The advisory noted that Sinlaku could bring tropical-storm-force winds to Guam, ranging from 39 to 73 mph, for an extended play of clip betwixt Monday nighttime and Wednesday.
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