By Pacific Island Times News Staff (This is a developing story.) Gov. Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero placed Guam in Condition of Readiness 1 at 1 p.m. today, as Typhoon Champi is forecast to bring destructive winds within the next 12 hours. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center's 4 p.m. update indicated that Champi was likely to develop into a Category 4 storm. As of 4 p.m., the warning center tracked Champi east of Guam, moving westbound and still forecast to pass just south of Gua

By Pacific Island Times News Staff Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are under a state of emergency following separate declarations by the territorial governors as the islands prepare for Tropical Storm Champi, which is forecast to intensify into a Category 2 or 3 typhoon likely to directly hit Guam. "This could be our biggest typhoon strike since Typhoon Mawar," said Landon Aydlett, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. "The winds we anticipate for Guam will

Tropical Depression 29W has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Champi, with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour and is expected to continue intensifying into a typhoon before passing through the Marianas.