Satellites watched because the powerful Super Typhoon Mawar made its way toward the U.S. island territory of Guam on Wednesday (May 24).
Weather satellites tracked the Category 4 storm because it produced winds of as much as 140 mph (225 kph) while moving northwest past Guam on Wednesday, knocking out power for giant portions of the island and prompting the White House to declare a state of emergency for the territory to be able to provide disaster relief. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stated on Twitter that it was essentially the most powerful storm to hit the island in six many years.
Satellites watched because the storm bore down on Guam this week, swirling and churning over the open waters of the Pacific Ocean. Within the satellite images, the super typhoon dwarfs the island because it travels northwest toward the Philippine Sea.
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NOAA shared a time-lapse of 4 days’ price of infrared imagery captured by Japan’s Himawari 9 weather satellite. Within the animation, which NOAA shared on Twitter, the violent swirling of the storm might be seen because it roils above the Pacific Ocean.
Infrared imagery from the @NOAA/NASA #SuomiNPP satellite shows the intensity of Super Typhoon #Mawar because it approached Guam. The storm’s eyewall clipped the northern tip of the island early this morning, bringing destructive winds, a life-threatening storm surge, and torrential… pic.twitter.com/2bCpqB8fkTMay 24, 2023
Meanwhile, the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-3 satellite that makes up a part of the European Union’s Copernicus Program watched Super Typhoon Mawar in visible light, revealing the huge size of the storm because it hit Guam.
#ImageOfTheDay#Maware 🌀 is ➡️a brilliant typhoon, similar to a category 4 hurricane➡️ some of the powerful typhoons in recent times within the Pacific Ocean➡️ currently lashing the island of Guam, before heading towards the Philippines⬇️Yesterday’s #Sentinel3🇪🇺🛰️ image pic.twitter.com/EwDetKgZdtMay 24, 2023
Super Typhoon Mawar is anticipated to accentuate through Thursday (May 25), because it moves west-northwest at 6 mph (9.6 kph), in response to the National Weather Service.
Guam is situated roughly 1,500 miles (2,400 km) east of the Philippines and is home to around 150,000 residents. The island also houses two major U.S. military installations, Naval Base Guam and Andersen Air Force Base.