Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall on Monday over the tiny US territorial island of Rota in the western Pacific near Guam, bringing powerful winds and torrential rain to the Northern Mariana Islands.
A cyclone becomes a super typhoon when it has maximum sustained winds of 241 kph or stronger, equivalent to a high-end Category 4 or a Category 5 storm. Authorities on Rota said they had received reports of 'major damage' as winds of up to 290 kilometres per hour were forecast.
