Guam's governor urged residents to stay home and warned the island could take a direct hit from Typhoon Mawar as the storm strengthened on its path toward the U.S. territory in the Pacific.
Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero urged residents in a YouTube message to remain calm and prepare for Mawar, which the weather service said could hit the southern part of Guam at 10 a.m. local time Wednesday. Guam is 20 hours ahead of Honolulu."We may take a direct hit," Patrick Doll, lead meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Tiyan, Guam, told The Associated Press. "If we don't take a direct hit, it's going to be very close.
It's expected to arrive as a "high-end" Category 3 storm, possibly reaching "low-end" Category 4, he said. Sustained winds were at 105 mph , gusting up to 124 mph , he said.The governor said she would place Guam essentially in a lockdown effective 1 p.m. Tuesday. "Unless you're a first responder, you do not leave your house," Doll said.A storm surge of 4 to 6 feet above the normal high tide was expected and could reach up to 8 feet .
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