Life-threatening Super Typhoon Bavi barrels towards Taiwan, as Northern Mariana Islands deals with aftermath
Super Typhoon Bavi remains a very powerful storm as it continues to barrel through the Western Pacific, headed toward Taiwan and China.
MARIANA ISLANDS - Super Typhoon Bavi remains a very powerful storm as it continues to barrel through the Western Pacific, headed toward Taiwan and China.
This exceptionally powerful system is packing winds of 150 mph and gusts of 185 mph, as it continues its trek as the equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane.
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The super typhoon slammed Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands on Monday afternoon with 180 mph winds, causing widespread power outages and some damage to Guam.
Bavi is the second typhoon to impact the Northern Mariana Islands in the last few months and is creeping westward through an environment of very warm ocean water, which is allowing it to maintain its extreme strength.
The super typhoon is now west of the islands.
However, power outages persist and damage will begin to be surveyed come daylight on Wednesday morning, Guam time.
From there, Bavi is expected to gradually weaken as it heads west-northwest toward Taiwan and mainland China. The system is currently forecast to impact northern Taiwan—including Taipei—this Friday and Saturday Eastern Time.
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The system is expected to bring winds still clocking upwards of 125 mph, which is still a powerful typhoon and a Category 3 equivalent storm, the FOX Forecast Center said.
Impacts to northern Taiwan, including Taipei, as well as the Chinese mainland will be heavy rains, flash flooding, potential landslides and storm surge as the storm passes.
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Typhoon Bavi comes on the heels of another super typhoon that impacted the area back in April, Super Typhoon Sinlaku. That storm fortunately resulted in no deaths, but it caused widespread devastation across Saipan and Tinian, leaving an estimated $1.5 billion plus in damage.
Sinlaku strengthened into a 185 mph storm and achieved a central pressure as low as 890 mb at peak intensity. A similar intensity may happen this time around, according to the FOX Forecast Center.
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