Super Typhoon Mawar wreaks havoc on Guam with record-breaking winds.

Typhoon Mawar, now a Category 5 super typhoon, has become 2023's most intense storm and one of the five most powerful typhoons on record in May. After striking Guam, the storm has resumed rapid intensification, with peak winds jumping up to 175 mph. Rising ocean temperatures spurred by human-caused climate change have made such instances of rapid intensification more frequent in recent decades. The storm is expected to approach the northern Philippines and Taiwan in a weakened state, but potential for flooding rain, damaging storm surge, and high winds exists in both countries.