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Invest 92 W gains strength, nears Marianas
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (733+ words) What looked like little more than a disorganized cluster of clouds and rain just days ago is starting to show signs of life. Invest 92 W, the tropical disturbance the National Weather Service has been tracking since last week, strengthened overnight…...
NWS eyes new disturbances
4+ week, 1+ day ago (763+ words) The images from Saipan are hard to shake. Bare, stripped trees line the streets. Root balls reach skyward from toppled trunks. A month after Super Typhoon Sinlaku roared through the Northern Mariana Islands, the destruction is still raw, still being…...
GDOE requests waiver from 180-day instructional mandate
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (646+ words) GDOE: The Guam Department of Education headquarters is seen in Tiyan on May 7. Jonah Benavente/The Guam Daily Post With only six instructional days left in the school year, the 38th Guam Legislature's'Committee on Education, Libraries, and Public Broadcasting convened a…...
NWS tracking 3 disturbances
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (499+ words) OVERVIEW: As of Tuesday, NWS was tracking three disturbances in the region: 92 W near Palau, 93 W near Chuuk, and a newly designated 94 W near Kosrae. Image courtesy of National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office Guam A storm alert issued Tuesday…...
No threat from 2 new disturbances
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (380+ words) With Super Typhoon Sinlaku still fresh in people's minds, two newly designated tropical disturbances are now drawing the attention of the National Weather Service, though forecasters say neither poses a direct threat to Guam or the Marianas. The Joint Typhoon…...
Invest 91 W is gone, but NWS keeps a close watch as new disturbance stirs to the east
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (596+ words) OVERVIEW: The Joint Typhoon Warning Center closed Invest 91 W on Thursday, and the National Weather Service says a typical dry season pattern is firmly in place across the region heading into the weekend. NWS is now watching closely a separate…...
Sinlaku downgraded but moving slow, peak conditions decreasing through morning
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (324+ words) By Sunday afternoon, Typhoon Sinlaku had shifted northward, " Public schools will remain closed Wednesday as Super Typhoon" WAVES: Ocean waves swell at the Jose D. Leon Guerrero Commercial Port as then-Super Typhoon Sinlaku approached Guam on Monday, April 13. Jonah Benavente/The…...
Regardless of track Sinlaku to impact Guam, limited fuel storage permit waived
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (685+ words) A lot has happened in the last 24 hours, from pre-storm preparations to funding emergency response and recovery to Sinlaku gathering typhoon strength and Guam placed in Condition of Readiness (COR) 2 as of 5 p. m. Sunday, but with a slight shift northward a…...
Guam enters COR 3 as Sinlaku bears down with potential typhoon threat
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (701+ words) Guam moved into Condition of Readiness 3 Friday evening as Tropical Storm Sinlaku tracked toward the Marianas with the potential to arrive as a Category 3 or 4 typhoon as early as Monday night into Tuesday. What forecasters yesterday called Invest 90 W has…...
Fung-Wong clears Guam, takes aim at Philippines as typhoon threat looms
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (721+ words) FLOODING: A screenshot from a video of flooding on cross island road circulating on social media. Contributed image Tropical Storm Fung-Wong continued its northwest track away from Guam on Friday morning, bringing improving conditions to the Marianas while threatening the…...