Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounds remote US islands in the Pacific Ocean with ferocious winds
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Typhoon Sinlaku continues to bring destructive winds, widespread heavy rain and flooding, and storm surge to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)

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