Residents of Guam and surrounding U.S. island territories in the western Pacific were urged to take shelter as Super Typhoon Bavi was expected to make landfall early Monday, threatening an area still ...

For the second time in less than three months, the strongest storm on the planet is bearing down on American islands in the Western Pacific.

Authorities on Guam had said the island could see eight to 12 inches (20 to 30 centimeters) of precipitation, resulting in potential flash flooding.