‘Catastrophic’ Typhoon Yutu Slams Into U.S. Commonwealth in the Pacific The storm was the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane when it destroyed homes in the Northern Mariana Islands, which are northeast of Guam in the western Pacific Ocean. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Syrian Feared to Be Planning Bombing Is Arrested in GermanyOp-Ed Contributor: Britain’s Nuclear Cover-UpSinosphere: Taiwan’s President Calls for New Talks with BeijingSinosphere: With Its Tourists Behaving Badly, China Embarks on Some Soul-SearchingOp-Ed Contributor: A Frog Dies in Atlanta, and a World Vanishes With ItWhat in the World: When You Have to Go, Japanese Rest Stops Won’t Keep You Waiting