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A dangerous super typhoon in the Pacific Ocean is barrelling towards a group of remote US islands.
Super Typhoon Sinlakua is expected to make landfall on Tuesday in the Northern Mariana Islands and bring destructive winds, widespread heavy rain and flooding, the National Weather Service said on Monday.
Power cuts on the islands could be lengthy, forecasters warned.
Guam, a US territory with American military installations and about 170,000 residents, could also see damaging winds and is under a tropical storm warning. The United States Coast Guard issued flood and high wind warnings over the weekend.
The tropical typhoon – the strongest on Earth so far this year – was producing sustained winds of 278km/h (173mph) on Monday as it neared the islands of Rota, Tinian and Saipan, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre.
While it is expected to weaken slightly over the next few days, Sinlaku should cross near the islands as a Category 4 or 5 typhoon.
About 50,000 people live on the three islands, with most on Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, known for its laid-back resorts, snorkelling and golf.
Saipan was the site of one of World War II’s bloodiest battles in the Pacific, in which more than 50,000 Japanese and American soldiers and local civilians died.


In Guam, where Typhoon Mawar knocked out power for days in 2023, US military officials warned staff to prepare for the storm and shelter in place.
The military controls about one-third of the land on the island, a critical hub for US forces in the Pacific.
US President Donald Trump on Saturday approved emergency disaster declarations for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, allowing for additional help with emergency services.
A super typhoon is a name given to the strongest tropical cyclones that brew in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, where Earth’s most intense storms usually form.
Monitored by the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre in Guam, super typhoons are the equivalent of Category 4 or 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic, with winds of at least 240km/h (150mph). There have been more than 300 super typhoons identified since the warning centre started using that name nearly 80 years ago.


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Trump has approved emergency help for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, where Sinlakua is expected to make landfall on Tuesday


Trump has approved emergency help for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, where Sinlakua is expected to make landfall on Tuesday.


In Pacific Ocean, Super Typhoon Sinlakua bears down on group of remote US islands

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Trump has approved emergency help for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, where Sinlakua is expected to make landfall on Tuesday