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US: Super Typhoon Sinlaku Batters CNMI and Guam With Destructive Weather

Super Typhoon Sinlaku slammed into the Northern Mariana Islands on Tuesday, April 14, lashing Saipan and Tinian with 150 mph sustained winds and torrential rain. Reported damage includes shredded roofs and widespread flooding. While Guam avoided a direct hit, the island still faced high winds and flash floods. President Trump approved emergency disaster declarations for both Guam and the CNMI on April 12.

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US: Super Typhoon Sinlaku Slams Northern Marianas and Guam, Prompting Disaster Declarations

Super Typhoon Sinlaku slammed the U.S. Northern Marianas and Guam in the western Pacific Ocean before daybreak on Wednesday, April 15, bringing high winds, storm surge, and flooding rainfall as the planet's strongest tropical cyclone of 2026 so far. President Trump approved emergency disaster declarations for the area.

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US: Super Typhoon Sinlaku Barrels Toward Northern Mariana Islands and Guam 8

Super Typhoon Sinlaku, the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth so far in 2026, has been barreling toward the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam in the Pacific Ocean, with the National Weather Service warning of potentially "devastating damage." As of Monday, April 13, Sinlaku carried sustained winds of 175 mph — equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane — with typhoon warnings in effect for Saipan, Tinian and Rota, as typhoon conditions were expected by Tuesday. An island-wide power outage hit the Northern Mariana Islands, while flight cancellations were also reported amid the worsening weather.

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US: Super Typhoon Sinlaku Slams CNMI, With Ferocious Winds and Heavy Rain 2

Super Typhoon Sinlaku brought ferocious winds and heavy rain to the Northern Mariana Islands in the northern Pacific Ocean as it passed over Tinian and Saipan on Tuesday, April 14. Island-wide power outages hit Saipan and Rota. Some 303 residents evacuated to shelters in Saipan and Tinian, while around 400 tourists remain stranded after all four international airlines suspended operations.

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US: Super Typhoon Sinlaku Slams CNMI, With Ferocious Winds and Heavy Rain

Super Typhoon Sinlaku brought ferocious winds and heavy rain to the Northern Mariana Islands in the northern Pacific Ocean as it passed over Tinian and Saipan on Tuesday, April 14. Island-wide power outages hit Saipan and Rota. Some 303 residents evacuated to shelters in Saipan and Tinian, while around 400 tourists remain stranded after all four international airlines suspended operations.

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US: Super Typhoon Sinlaku Knocks Out Power Across CNMI as Residents Evacuate and Tourists Stranded

Island-wide power outages hit Saipan and Rota as Super Typhoon Sinlaku batters the CNMI. Some 303 residents have evacuated to shelters in Saipan and Tinian, while around 400 tourists remain stranded after all four international airlines suspended operations.

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US: Super Typhoon Sinlaku Barrels Toward Northern Mariana Islands and Guam 7

Super Typhoon Sinlaku, the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth so far in 2026, has been barreling toward the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam in the Pacific Ocean, with the National Weather Service warning of potentially "devastating damage." As of Monday, April 13, Sinlaku carried sustained winds of 175 mph — equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane — with typhoon warnings in effect for Saipan, Tinian and Rota, as typhoon conditions were expected by Tuesday. An island-wide power outage hit the Northern Mariana Islands, while flight cancellations were also reported amid the worsening weather.

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US: Super Typhoon Sinlaku Barrels Toward Northern Mariana Islands and Guam 6

Super Typhoon Sinlaku, the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth so far in 2026, has been barreling toward the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam in the Pacific Ocean, with the National Weather Service warning of potentially "devastating damage." As of Monday, April 13, Sinlaku carried sustained winds of 175 mph — equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane — with typhoon warnings in effect for Saipan, Tinian and Rota, as typhoon conditions were expected by Tuesday. An island-wide power outage hit the Northern Mariana Islands, while flight cancellations were also reported amid the worsening weather.

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US: Super Typhoon Sinlaku Barrels Toward Northern Mariana Islands and Guam 5

Super Typhoon Sinlaku, the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth so far in 2026, has been barreling toward the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam in the Pacific Ocean, with the National Weather Service warning of potentially "devastating damage." As of Monday, April 13, Sinlaku carried sustained winds of 175 mph — equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane — with typhoon warnings in effect for Saipan, Tinian and Rota, as typhoon conditions were expected by Tuesday. An island-wide power outage hit the Northern Mariana Islands, while flight cancellations were also reported amid the worsening weather.

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US: Super Typhoon Sinlaku Barrels Toward Northern Mariana Islands and Guam 4

Super Typhoon Sinlaku, the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth so far in 2026, has been barreling toward the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam in the Pacific Ocean, with the National Weather Service warning of potentially "devastating damage." As of Monday, April 13, Sinlaku carried sustained winds of 175 mph — equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane — with typhoon warnings in effect for Saipan, Tinian and Rota, as typhoon conditions were expected by Tuesday. An island-wide power outage hit the Northern Mariana Islands, while flight cancellations were also reported amid the worsening weather.

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US: Super Typhoon Sinlaku Barrels Toward Northern Mariana Islands and Guam 3

Super Typhoon Sinlaku, the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth so far in 2026, has been barreling toward the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam in the Pacific Ocean, with the National Weather Service warning of potentially "devastating damage." As of Monday, April 13, Sinlaku carried sustained winds of 175 mph — equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane — with typhoon warnings in effect for Saipan, Tinian and Rota, as typhoon conditions were expected by Tuesday. An island-wide power outage hit the Northern Mariana Islands, while flight cancellations were also reported amid the worsening weather.

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US: Super Typhoon Sinlaku Barrels Toward Northern Mariana Islands and Guam 2

Super Typhoon Sinlaku, the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth so far in 2026, has been barreling toward the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam in the Pacific Ocean, with the National Weather Service warning of potentially "devastating damage." As of Monday, April 13, Sinlaku carried sustained winds of 175 mph — equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane — with typhoon warnings in effect for Saipan, Tinian and Rota, as typhoon conditions were expected by Tuesday. An island-wide power outage hit the Northern Mariana Islands, while flight cancellations were also reported amid the worsening weather.

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US: Super Typhoon Sinlaku Barrels Toward Northern Mariana Islands and Guam

Super Typhoon Sinlaku, the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth so far in 2026, has been barreling toward the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam in the Pacific Ocean, with the National Weather Service warning of potentially "devastating damage." As of Monday, April 13, Sinlaku carried sustained winds of 175 mph — equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane — with typhoon warnings in effect for Saipan, Tinian and Rota, as typhoon conditions were expected by Tuesday. An island-wide power outage hit the Northern Mariana Islands, while flight cancellations were also reported amid the worsening weather.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Japanese Consul to Saipan Akiko Tejima delivers a speech during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, served as the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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WikiLeaks founder Assange freed

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands, June 26 Kyodo - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (front) is pictured after leaving a U.S. district court in Saipan on June 26, 2024. He was freed after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law at a trial in the U.S. overseas territory in a deal that allowed him to return home to Australia. (Kyodo)

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WikiLeaks founder Assange freed

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (front) is pictured after leaving a U.S. district court in Saipan on June 26, 2024. He was freed after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law at a trial in the U.S. overseas territory in a deal that allowed him to return home to Australia.

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WikiLeaks founder Assange freed

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (R) leaves a U.S. District Court in Saipan on June 26, 2024. He was freed after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law at a trial in the U.S. overseas territory in a deal that allowed him to return home to Australia.

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Australia: ‘Free Man’ Julian Assange Arrives Home In Canberra

The plane carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange touched down at Canberra Airport on Wednesday, June 26. Assange arrived from Saipan where he was sentenced to time served after pleading guilty to a single charge of espionage in a U.S. court there.

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Australia: ‘Free Man’ Julian Assange Arrives Home In Canberra 2

The plane carrying WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange touched down at Canberra Airport on Wednesday, June 26. Assange arrived from Saipan where he was sentenced to time served after pleading guilty to a single charge of espionage in a U.S. court there.

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80th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

U.S. soldiers attend a ceremony on Saipan on June 15, 2024, to mark the 80th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II.

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80th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

U.S. soldiers and local residents attend a ceremony on Saipan on June 15, 2024, to mark the 80th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II.

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80th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

U.S. soldiers attend a ceremony on Saipan on June 15, 2024, to mark the 80th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II.

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Japan sees 1st foreign cruise ship arrival in 3 years amid pandemic

A foreign cruise ship docked in a Shizuoka Prefecture port Wednesday to become the first such vessel to arrive in Japan in about three years following a government-mandated suspension of cruises due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 29,000-ton ship, which departed Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands on Feb. 25, is scheduled to leave Shizuoka for Tokyo on Wednesday night. Acceptance of foreign cruise ships was suspended in March 2020 following a mass coronavirus outbreak on the Diamond Princess, which caused thousands to be quarantined in Yokohama in February 2020 and left 13 of the over 700 infected crew and passengers dead.

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Saipan police call off search for missing Japanese sisters

SAIPAN, United States - A diver from the Saipan police searches at sea for two missing Japanese sisters in Saipan, a U.S. territory on the Northern Mariana Islands, on July 8, 2014. The police called off the search hours later for Natsuki Yamada, 33, and her sister Chinatsu, 26, missing since June 29.

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Japanese sisters' disappearance in Saipan

SAIPAN, United States - Officials on the Pacific island of Saipan hold a press conference on July 3, 2014, concerning the disappearance of two vacationing Japanese sisters. They said the disappearance was still being treated as accidental as no signs of foul play have turned up.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Photo shows cenotaphs at Banzai Cliff on the island of Saipan on June 15, 2014, the day of a ceremony on the island to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II. Numerous Japanese soldiers and civilians jumped to their deaths at the cliff during the battle.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Photo shows a sunset at Banzai Cliff on the island of Saipan on June 15, 2014, the day of a ceremony on the island to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II. Numerous Japanese soldiers and civilians jumped to their deaths at the cliff during the battle.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - A local resident watches a sunset at Banzai Cliff on the island of Saipan on June 15, 2014, the day of a ceremony on the island to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II. Numerous Japanese soldiers and civilians jumped to their deaths at the cliff during the battle.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Yoshio Ideguchi (C), an 88-year-old former Japanese sailor, takes pictures with local residents after attending a ceremony on Saipan on June 15, 2014, to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - A ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II is held on the island on June 15, 2014, with around 400 attendees including former Japanese and U.S. soldiers.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Teruki Okazaki (C), a 92-year-old former Japanese heavy artillery soldier, takes part in a parade on Saipan on June 15, 2014, to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - A ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II is held on the island on June 15, 2014, with around 400 attendees including former Japanese and U.S. soldiers.

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70th anniversary of Battle of Saipan

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Folded paper cranes, a symbol of peace, are placed on a cenotaph on Saipan on June 15, 2014, during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II.

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Japanese WW2 soldier's diary published in English

SAIPAN, United States - Japanese translator Ryozo Kimihira holds a copy of "The Taking of Saipan," an English version of a diary written by Japanese soldier Genkichi Ichikawa who was killed in the Battle of Saipan in June 1944, on June 14, 2014.

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Japanese WW2 soldier's diary published in English

TOKYO, Japan - Yohei Ichikawa shows pictures of his uncle Genkichi Ichikawa, a former Imperial Japanese Army soldier who died at age 23 in the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II, at his home in Shizuoka, central Japan, in this file photo taken in April 2014. Genkichi's diary about his life on the island of Saipan has been translated into English and published in the United States.

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Ex-Japanese soldier offers prayers to war dead in Saipan

SAIPAN, United States - Teruki Okazaki, a former Japanese heavy artillery unit soldier who survived the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II, offers prayers on June 14, 2014, at a memorial for those who belonged to the same unit and died on the island. In the background is a 15-centimeter howitzer used by the unit.

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Japanese WW2 soldier's diary published in English

TOKYO, Japan - A diary by former Japanese soldier Genkichi Ichikawa who died in the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II is shown in this undated photo. He writes on the first page: "I thought I should never think or write, but a year ago today was the day my child was born."

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Ex-Japanese WW2 soldier offers prayers in Saipan

SAIPAN, United States - Teruki Okazaki, a former Japanese heavy artillery unit soldier who survived the 1944 Battle of Saipan during World War II, prays on June 14, 2014, in front of a memorial for those who belonged to the same unit and died on the island. The memorial was built around a 15-centimeter howitzer the unit used.

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"Yuru-kyara" local mascot festival

HIKONE, Japan - The annual festival of cute-looking local mascots, collectively known as "yuru-kyara" (loose characters), opens in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on Oct. 20, 2012, with a record number of 244 characters participating, including one from Saipan.

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"Yuru-kyara" local mascot festival

HIKONE, Japan - The annual festival of cute-looking local mascots, collectively known as "yuru-kyara" (loose characters), opens in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, on Oct. 20, 2012, with a record number of 244 characters participating, including one from Saipan.

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Miura's lawyer says he has proof client did not commit suicide

LOS ANGELES, United States - Mark Geragos (L), a lawyer of Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura, who committed suicide at a police detention facility in Los Angeles, speaks to reporters in Los Angles on Oct. 16 with Bruce Berline, Miura's lawyer in Saipan, standing by him. Miura was found to have hung himself on Oct. 10, following his arrival from Saipan to face a trial over the fatal shooting of his then wife in 1981.

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Saipan court turns down appeal by Kazuyoshi Miura

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Bruce Berline, one of three lawyers for Kazuyoshi Miura, speaks at a news conference in Saipan on Sept. 23 after the Saipan Supreme Court rejected his appeal for release and rescinded an earlier order for him not to be transferred to Los Angeles, where he is facing charges in connection with the killing of his his wife in 1981.

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Saipan court turns down appeal by Kazuyoshi Miura

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - William M. Fitzgerald, one of three lawyers for Kazuyoshi Miura, emerges from the Saipan Supreme Court on Sept. 23 after the court rejected his appeal for release and rescinded an earlier order for him not to be transferred to Los Angeles for trial over the fatal shooting of his wife in 1981.

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NMI Supreme Court orders Miura not be transferred to Los Angeles

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Prosecutors on Saipan check papers on Sept. 15 after the Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court ordered that Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura not be transferred to Los Angeles from Saipan where he has been detained since February in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife in the U.S. city in the early 1980s. A lower court ruled Sept. 12 that Miura be transferred to Los Angeles over the case.

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Miura likely to be taken from Saipan to Los Angeles Sept. 18

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Prosecutors explain during a news conference in Saipan on Sept. 15 how to transfer Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura to Los Angeles from Saipan where he has been detained since February in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife in the city in the early 1980s. A local court in Saipan ruled Sept. 12 that Miura be transferred to Los Angeles over the case.

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NMI Supreme Court orders Miura not be transferred to Los Angeles

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Bruce Berline, who is serving as chief attorney on Saipan for Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura, speaks to reporters on Sept. 15 after the Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court ordered that Miura not be transferred to Los Angeles from Saipan where he has been detained since February in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife in the U.S. city in the early 1980s. A lower court ruled Sept. 12 that Miura be transferred to Los Angeles over the case.

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Saipan barely overcoming unprecedented power shortage

SAIPAN, Saipan - The governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Benigno Fitial, has warned that Saipan's main power plant, shown in a photo taken Aug. 25, could explode at any time.

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Miura's lawyer speaks to reporters

LOS ANGELES, United States - Mark Geragos, representing Kazuyoshi Miura, who has been detained on Saipan over the 1981 shooting of his wife, answers questions by reporters on March 7. The press conference by the lawyer was held in Los Angeles, where 28-year-old Kazumi Miura was shot in the head and died about a year later in Japan. Miura was acquitted in Japan in 2003 over the murder.

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Fitial to sign documents ordering Miura's transfer to Calif.

SAIPAN, United States - Benigno Fitial (2nd from L), governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, speaks at a news conference on Saipan on March 7. Fitial said he will sign as early as March 12 documents ordering the transfer to California of Japanese national Kazuyoshi Miura, who has been detained on Saipan as a suspect in the 1981 shooting in Los Angeles of his wife, who later died.

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Attorney opposed to Miura's transfer to California

SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands - Bruce Berline, chief attorney for Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura, speaks to reporters in Saipan on March 2. Berline expressed opposition to the transfer of Miura to California, arguing that such a move would expose his client to double jeopardy. Miura was acquitted in Japan of murdering his wife in Los Angeles in 1981.