The island has over 150,000 residents, and more than 20,000 are military members and their families.
Navy and Marine Corps service members and military retirees who live on the island make up a significant number of residents who suffered losses from the storm. She said in her own home, a condo by the beach, typhoon shutters were torn off the building and the rain came in horizontally.įederal News Network's Cloud Exchange 2023: Discover how agencies across the government use cloud to reimagine government services - from the enterprise to the edge in this 3 day event. The northern part of the island unfortunately had houses that are now uninhabitable,” Fahland said. “The one thing that saved a lot of people here is that many of the structures are concrete. Karen Fahland, the director of the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society and a nine-year resident of the island, said it was the worst storm she had ever seen. Karen Fahland, the director of the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society and a nine-year resident of the island, said it. Although progress is being made to restore utilities, homes sustained damage and residents lost food and possessions as a result of the typhoon’s high winds and heavy rain. In the aftermath of Typhoon Mawar, roughly half the residents of Guam, including military service members and civilian Defense Department employees, still have no power and water.
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