Super Typhoon Mangkhut is nearing landfall in the northern Philippines as an intense storm with maximum sustained winds of 165 MPH. The super typhoon is on track to strike the northern tip of the island of Luzon on Saturday morning local time. Mangkhut is a textbook super typhoon. A storm surge is a flood of seawater that’s pushed inland by a storm’s strong winds. The center of the storm made landfall on Rota, bringing strong winds, heavy rain, and coastal flooding to the two American territories.

Source: Forbes September 14, 2018 17:15 UTC