Rains, winds with typhoon hitting Mariana Islands, eye passes near island of Rota
Sunday, October 5, 2014, 8:04 PM - A typhoon carrying strong winds and heavy rains has passed over the Mariana Islands.
National Weather Service meteorologist Michael Ziobro says it appears the eye of the storm passed about 5 miles north of the small island of Rota around 2:45 a.m.
Monday. He says the eye wall, which packs the strongest winds, probably passed over the island. Rota is home to about 2,500 people.
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Rough seas at the Paseo area this morning with the residual effects of Typhoon Vongfong, now north of #Guam. @GuamPDN pic.twitter.com/lw6usMnvc8
— Masako Watanabe (@Masako2World) October 5, 2014
Typhoon #Vongfong pic.twitter.com/K65Z9wa96X
— Jason R. Hunter (@coreburn) October 5, 2014
The typhoon had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and isexpected to intensify.
Ziobro says Rota and Guam are experiencing heavy rains associated with Typhoon Vongfong, and there were sporadic power outages reported on Guam.
Typhoon #Phanfone recurving along the southern coast of Japan, while Typhoon #Vongfong nearing the Mariana Islands pic.twitter.com/zOiJjGG8qP
— Info y Emergencias (@Cieminfo) October 5, 2014
He says localized flooding is possible in areas with poor drainage.
Wet and windy - but not as windy as at height of last storm - in Hagatna right now. Typhoon Vongfong now an of #Guam. pic.twitter.com/jsk2QLlxRk
— Masako Watanabe (@Masako2World) October 5, 2014
Eyewall of #Typhoon #Vongfong has now passed over the Island of Rota in Guam. Wind reports of up to 100mph there. pic.twitter.com/QMweCkhEZM
— Braxton Womack (@BraxtonWomackWX) October 5, 2014
6 am outside of our apartment... #TyphoonVongfong pic.twitter.com/I0r6GoJXXV
— ✴ⓙⓘⓐ✴ (@_iL0vemiLFs) October 5, 2014
After Guam, Typhoon #Vongfong could become a Super Typhoon, and threaten Japan on a track similar to #Phanfone. pic.twitter.com/WgVxNiVERT
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) October 5, 2014
