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<\/a>\nDespite this, gusty winds and strong rain were still experienced in Saipan.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, Nangka\u2019s eye was located at 50 miles southeast of Alamagan or 155 miles north northeast of Saipan, according to the 2pm weather bulletin update. It was moving west-northwest at 12 miles per hour.<\/p>\n
Nangka\u2019s maximum sustained winds were at 145 miles per hour. Typhoon force winds extend outward up to 50 miles from the center and tropical storm force winds extend outward to 140 miles.<\/p>\n
Typhoon Condition 1 was maintained until last night by acting governor Ralph DLG Torres for the islands of Saipan, Tinian, Alamagan, Pagan, and Agrihan.<\/p>\n
No communication<\/strong><\/p>\n According to public information specialist L.J. Castro, they were not yet able to contact anyone from the Northern Islands since yesterday.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have been trying our best to get updates,\u201d Castro said, \u201cRight now we haven\u2019t heard anything.\u201d \u201cThey know what to do. They\u2019ve experienced other stronger storms,\u201d Deleon Guerrero said.<\/p>\n According to Deleon Guerrero, 11 residents are in Pagan, two in Alamagan, and seven in Agrihan.<\/p>\n Shelters update<\/strong><\/p>\n Acting press secretary Matt Deleon Guerrero said 157 individuals on Saipan sought refuge and were still in shelters as of last night. Shelters were opened Wednesday.<\/p>\n Castro said Koblerville Elementary School was maxed out with about 46 individuals staying there.<\/p>\n Other shelters were Tanapag Middle School, Garapan Elementary School, Kagman High School, and instead of Dandan Middle School, San Vicente Elementary School was opened.<\/p>\n On Tinian, at least two individuals sought shelter in Tinian Elementary School.<\/p>\n No shelters were opened for Rota but Matt Deleon Guerrero said they don\u2019t have any communication with Rota as well.<\/p>\n Water outages, no major power interruption<\/p>\n Castro said no major interruptions in power as well as infrastructure damages were reported.<\/p>\n However, water outages were experienced in many areas such as Susupe, San Jose, Dandan, San Vicente, San Antonio, Gualo Rai, and Koblerville, according to Castro.<\/p>\n As of 8pm, Matt Deleon Guerrero said the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. fixed the water problem except for Chinatown, which had trouble with its reservoir.<\/p>\n Govt closed for 2nd straight day<\/strong><\/p>\n Matt Deleon Guerrero, meanwhile, said acting governor Ralph DLG Torres decided to shut down all non-essential government offices for a second straight today.<\/p>\n Torres earlier issued an advisory for non-essential government offices to close yesterday.<\/p>\n As of last night, that advisory is still in effect, according to L.J. Castro, public information specialist.<\/p>\n \u201cWe do not have an \u2018all clear\u2019 yet so the advisory remains,\u201d Castro said.<\/p>\n Non-essential government offices were closed yesterday due to Typhoon Nangka.<\/p>\n Essential services including the Homeland Security Emergency and Management, Department of Public Safety, Department of Fire and Emergency Services, among others, are operational.<\/p>\n On Wednesday, offices on Capital Hill, including the Governor\u2019s Office and the Legislature started shutting down as early as 4pm after the advisory was handed down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As Typhoon Nangka moves away from the CNMI, an \u201call clear\u201d is expected on Saipan,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":208717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[650,5865,5963,5945],"class_list":["post-208712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-communication","tag-gerald-deleon-guerrero","tag-matt-deleon-guerrero","tag-typhoon-nangka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cThere are certain outposts there where they can seek shelter,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n