We currently have no power and water at this time.” Yutu could eventually threatened the Philippines, Taiwan or southern Japan next week as the storm tracks across the open waters of the western Pacific Ocean. “The ferocious Category 5 storm is packing 180 mph winds and quickly approaching the U.S. territories of Saipan, Tinian and Rota.” Weather Underground also commented on the massive storm: “One of the strongest storms ever recorded in the US and its territories is hitting the Northern Mariana Islands, including Saipan and Titian, as Category 5 Super Typhoon #Yutu rolls through with 180mph sustained winds.” And chief meteorologist for KATC Lafayette Rob Perillo described the centre of the storm as nearly “perfect.” He said: “Super Typhoon #Yutu slams N'rn Marianna Islands of Saipan & Tinian (north of Guam) as catastrophic storm w/180mph winds. The super typhoon will gradually weaken as it moves west-northwestward into the Philippine Sea but will remain a potent Category 3 or 4 equivalent typhoon into early next week.
Super Typhoon Yutu makes landfall on Saipan and Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands as a category 5 storm. The typhoon becomes the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike any part of the United States since 1935.