Guam Enters Highest Alert as Category 5 Typhoon Bavi Closes In

Guam triggered Condition of Readiness 1 on July 5—its top civil-defense alert—as Super Typhoon Bavi approaches with sustained winds of 257 km/h. Waves may exceed 11 metres. The National Weather Service expects catastrophic damage and severe flooding. Officials have ordered mandatory evacuations for the island's 170,000 residents before Monday landfall.