One typhoon will possibly hit the CNMI and Guam directly this year, according to Weather Forecast Office Guam warning coordination meteorologist Charles \u201cChip\u201d Guard on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Guard said there will probably be three typhoons this year and one of the islands in the Marianas region may get a direct hit.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s not a supertyphoon\u2026probably just a category 1 or two typhoon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Guard said the best chance of a direct hit will be in June through September, and in October through December.<\/p>\n
Guard was the lecturer at the Emergency Management Office\u2019s two-day Annual National Weather Service Tropical Cyclone, Disaster Preparedness, and Climate Workshop that kicked off Tuesday at LaoLao Bay Golf Resort Saipan\u2019s Caladium Banquet Hall.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Guard held a three-hour disaster preparedness course with the media at the EMO Building on Capital Hill.<\/p>\n
One of the many topics that Guard discussed was the predicted typhoon risk for islands from June 2012 through May 2013.<\/p>\n
He said in June through September, there will be a 25-percent chance of tropical cyclone risk for the CNMI\/Guam. In October through December, the chance of typhoon risk is 30 percent.<\/p>\n
Guard said in January 2013 to March 2013 the chance is 15 percent, while in April 2013 through July 2013 the chance is only 10 percent.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a chance of getting hit by a typhoon every five years,\u201d he said, citing that Typhoon Chaba directly hit Rota in 2004 and another in 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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