https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j53zwd/super-typhoon-yutu-category-5-strongest-storm-hits-northern-mariana-islands

The strongest storm on Earth this year, Super Typhoon Yutu, is making catastrophic landfall in the Pacific Ocean’s Northern Mariana Islands.

Typhoon is the regional name for a hurricane. Yutu reached a Category 5 intensity today with sustained winds of 180 miles-per-hour, and gusts exceeding 200 miles-per-hour, reports the Washington Post. The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are home to roughly 52,000 people; the majority are US citizens or US nationals.