Guam braces for Super Typhoon Mawar
Super Typhoon Mawar is bearing down on Guam as the strongest storm to approach the U.S. Pacific territory in decades.




















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This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard overlooking Noverlooking Tumon Bay in Guam, as Super Typhoon Mawar closes in on Tuesday, May 23.NASA VIA AP
This Tuesday, May 23, satellite image released by NASA shows Typhoon Mawar, a powerful storm that could deliver the biggest hit in two decades to the U.S. territory in the Pacific, approaching Guam.THE PACIFIC DAILY VIA AP
An excavator operator constructs a double berm along the shoreline of the Umatac Bay, near the mouth on the Laelae River, Guam as part as storm mitigation measures as Typhoon Mawar approaches the region Tuesday, May 23.THE PACIFIC DAILY VIA AP
Malesso' Mayor Ernest Chargualaf announces over a mobile public address system Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero's executive order to residents living along the coastal or low lying areas, to evacuate and seek shelter as Typhoon Mawar approaches the region in Malesso, Guam Tuesday, May 23.THE PACIFIC DAILY VIA AP
Guam Power Authority personnel conduct tree trimming operations to clear branches away from power lines, near the Veterans Sons & Daughters Pier Park in Malesso, Guam Tuesday, May 23.THE PACIFIC DAILY VIA AP
The Laelae River in Umatac, Guam, becomes swollen with the addition of rain runoff resulting from increased shower activity as Typhoon Mawar approaches the region on May 23.THE PACIFIC DAILY VIA AP
An excavator operator constructs a double berm along the shoreline of the Umatac Bay, near the mouth on the Laelae River, Guam as part as storm mitigation measures as Typhoon Mawar approaches the region Tuesday, May 23.THE PACIFIC DAILY VIA AP
Residents prepare for Typhoon Mawar's approach Monday, May 22, in Tamuning, Guam.THE PACIFIC DAILY VIA AP
Numerous containers line the sidewalk outside the Wellness Water & Ice store in Yigo, Guam, as island residents make preparations for possible inclement weather on Sunday, May 21.