Countries: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands (The United States of America) Source: European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Tropical cyclone SINLAKU made landfall over the central Tinian islands (north-central Northern Mariana Islands) on 14 April after 12 UTC, with maximum sustained winds of 231 km/h (Cat. 4 hurricane), and after that it continued moving north-west over the western North Pacific Ocean. On 15 April at 3. 00 UTC, its centre was located over the ocean approximately 100 km north-west of the Tinian and Saipan islands, with maximum sustained winds of 204 km/h (Cat. 3 hurricane). The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reports, as of 15 April, 306 currently evacuated people in eight shelters across the Northern Mariana Islands and 858 evacuated people in seven shelters across Guam. The governor of Guam declared a state of emergency. SINLAKU is forecast to continue moving north over the ocean over 15-19 April, very far from the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, further weakening and becoming a tropical storm. Over the next 96 hours, heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges are still forecast over most of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam. The typhoon warning issued by NOAA over the Northern Mariana Islands is still in force.
Guam, Northern Mariana Islands (USA) – Tropical cyclone SINLAKU, update (GDACS, NOAA Guam, JTWC, FEMA, IFRC) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 April 2026)
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