Residents and officials of Guam emerged from homes and shelters Thursday to survey the damage done to the U.S. Pacific territory after a long night of hunkering down as Typhoon Mawar’s howling winds shredded trees, flipped vehicles and knocked out utilities.
The central and northern parts of the island received more than 60 centimetres of rain as the eyewall, the most severe part of the typhoon, passed. Most of the rest of Guam received about 30 centimetres of rain during the storm, said Brandon Aydlett, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
The island’s international airport flooded, and the swirling storm churned up
