Much of the U.S. Western Pacific territory of Guam was without power and water on Thursday after a typhoon packing ferocious winds and torrential rains battered the island but caused no reported fatalities or major injuries.
Guam residents were ordered to boil their water until further notice as crews repaired generators damaged by Typhoon Mawar, according to local media and the Guam Waterworks Authority.
Crews were working to restore electricity, giving priority to critical infrastructure such as hospitals and wastewater facilities and then to homes and businesses, Guam Power Authority said in a Facebook post. None of the 170,000 people who live on Guam was killed or suffered major injuries in the storm. About 980 people were staying at shelters across the island, Guam Homeland Security said in a statement.
Images posted on social media showed flooded streets, mangled trees and debris strewn across front yards.
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