'Catastrophic' Super Typhoon Bavi hits US island of Rota

High waves crash against the coastline at a beach as the forecasted Super Typhoon Bavi approaches in Guam on July 5, 2026. People in Guam and the Northern Marianas moved to emergency evacuation centers and made last-minute preparations on July 5, hours before a “super typhoon” was projected to bulldoze through the US Pacific territories. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) UNITED STATES — A “super typhoon” with equivalent force to a category-5 hurricane made landfall on the US island of Rota in the Pacific on Monday, the National Weather Service said, warning of “catastrophic damage and (a) life threatening situation”.