Photos Show Damage After Typhoon Mawar Strikes Guam

P​eople in Guam are facing a mess after Typhoon Mawar struck the U.S. island territory, snapping trees and flooding neighborhoods.

P​hotos show the damage left behind by the storm, which struck Guam as a Category 4 storm, making it the strongest typhoon to pass so close to the island since 2002.

Mawar left behind structural damage, flipped cars and, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Landon Aydlett, turned a jungle into "toothpicks," the Associated Press reported. Government officials on the island have reported minor injuries but there have been no confirmed deaths.

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T​he flash flood threat continues in Guam overnight Thursday, and USGS gauges throughout the island measured 12 to 28 inches of rain from Mawar.

S​ince leaving Guam, Mawar intensified back into a super typhoon, reaching Category 5 strength Thursday. The storm, which is now the strongest tropical cyclone since 2021, is moving over the Indian Ocean and could threaten the northern Philippines, Taiwan and Japan next week.

(​MORE: Super Typhoon Mawar Becomes Strongest Tropical Cyclone Since 2021)

C​lick through the photos above to see what Mawar left in its wake.

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