Super typhoon smacks into US Pacific island territories home to key military bases
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
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Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.

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Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
Super Typhoon Bavi hit the Northern Mariana Islands with 100+ mph winds, forcing residents indoors as officials warn of life-threatening danger
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall, pounding the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam on Monday. It's the second massive storm to hit the territories since April.
Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday over a tiny U.S. territorial island in the western Pacific near Guam, bringing powerful winds and torrential rain to the Northern Mariana Islands. Th...
The eye of the Category 5 super typhoon passed over the tiny island of Rota Monday morning local time, bringing winds of more than 241 km/h, also hitting the nearby islands of Guam, Tinian...
WELLINGTON, July 6 - Super Typhoon Bavi was crossing the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean on Monday, lashing Guam, Tinian and Saipan and blasting Rota with catastrophic winds, t...
U.S. territories in the western Pacific prepare for storm's landfall Monday.
Guam and the Northern Marianas Islands are being threatened by a super typhoon for the second time this year. Super Typhoon Bavi, packing top winds of 167 miles per hour, was bearing down o...
The storm, with winds of nearly 290km/h (180mph) and gusts of 350km/h, is lashing the island of Rota.
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