Super Typhoon Champi intensifies to a Cat 5 after battering Guam

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSuper Typhoon Champi has strengthened to the equivalent of a Category 5 after battering Guam, and Yale Climate Connections reports on the storm.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIts eye passed about ten miles south of the island's southern tip.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA National Weather Service forecaster said Guam came near a devastating hit, and the winds dropped off quickly within ten to fifteen miles of the centre.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo it was a near miss. I'd call that Champi being respectful of boundaries, and the island showing up for itself.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorElectricity reached about seventy-five percent of the island at five-thirty in the morning, and about fifty percent by seven-fifty, according to the Guam Power Authority.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe governor told people heading to shelters to pack seven days of food and water.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHalf the lights on is a half-full glow, Gloria.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Red Cross says it is the third typhoon to hit the islands in six months, and more than a thousand people sheltered in fifteen sites.

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   Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSchools stay closed Monday, and an emergency declaration has been approved.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThree in six months. So it's a loyalty program.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Weather Network says its winds doubled in twenty-four hours, to two hundred twenty kilometres per hour.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorForecasters call it the world's seventh Category 5 storm this year, and nobody has found the customer service line.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorComing up later, a kitschy hotel that surprised a professional Disney adult. What won her over?

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSixteen babies were delivered at Guam Memorial Hospital with no power loss, which is more than I can say for most ministries I've visited.

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    Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBrock, tell us whether the jet stream has an alibi.