Typhoon "Mawa" forcefully hit Guam in the United States, is it a natural disaster, or some kind of warning from heaven? According to US media reports, on May 24, 2023, Super Typhoon "Mawa" hit Guam in the United States and passed over the northern part of Guam. It is understood that Typhoon Mawa has the power of a Category 4 hurricane, and has even reached Category 5 at its peak, which has reached the strongest storm to hit Guam in recent years. Affected by the typhoon, strong winds, heavy rain and lightning weather, and caused widespread power outages, trees collapsed, and roads were blocked, but fortunately did not cause much damage.
Geographically, Guam is located in the western Pacific Ocean, the southernmost point of the Mariana Islands, and is a U.S. overseas territory located in Oceania. With an area of 549 square kilometers, 48 kilometers long from north to south and about 6-13 kilometers wide, Guam is an unincorporated territory of the United States and is known as the "unsinkable aircraft carrier" of the US military in the Pacific Ocean. Guam is not only an important overseas military base for the United States, but also a beautiful tourist island. With its beautiful sandy beaches, crystal clear waters, diverse culture and historical sites, Guam attracts a large number of tourists for tourism and vacation every year.
Guam is located at an important strategic point in the Pacific Ocean, and is a liaison point between the United States and Japan and the Philippines, controlling the sea and air traffic in the western Pacific Ocean. Guam is also an important maritime port and trade hub between the United States and the Asia-Pacific region, and it is of great geostrategic significance for U.S. trade and hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region. U.S. bases in Guam include Navy, Army and Air Force bases that are critical to U.S. power and presence in the Asia-Pacific region. A U.S. military base in Guam can monitor and respond to security challenges in the Asia-Pacific region and provide assistance and protect allies in the Asia-Pacific region. The US Navy aircraft carrier group at the home port of the Guam Naval Base will take less than three days to reach the waters around the Taiwan Strait. In other words, in the future, once the mainland takes military action in the Taiwan Strait area, the US military will be able to send ships to the mainland Taiwan Strait within three days to intervene.
As a military power, the United States not only has a vast territory, but also has more than 300 overseas military bases. It is worth mentioning that Guam is also an important overseas military base of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region, covering an area of about a quarter of the total area of the island. Since 2000, the United States has continuously strengthened its military deployment on Guam, and has deployed a large number of strategic weapons on Guam, including Global Hawk UAVs, various types of fighters and aerial tankers, heavy strategic bombers B-52, B-2 and attack nuclear submarines.
The US island of Guam was suddenly hit by the strong attack of Super Typhoon "Mawa", although it did not cause much damage to Guam, but it was comparable to the powerful destructive power of a 17-level typhoon and passed by the United States. Guam is located in the active zone of typhoons in the western Pacific Ocean and is ideally placed for the formation and development of tropical cyclones. During the annual typhoon activity period, the typhoon forms and moves northwest along the "typhoon corridor", part of which passes through Guam. In addition, Guam is located at the junction of temperate oceans and tropical oceans in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and its large water temperature variations, coupled with its low-lying terrain and large coastal plains, make typhoons prone to natural disasters such as floods and wind disasters in coastal areas after landfall.
The U.S. island of Guam is one of the strongholds in the Pacific Ocean and is located in the heart of the Asia-Pacific region. At the same time, Guam is the gateway for economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region of the United States, and its economic influence cannot be ignored. The U.S. military deployment in Guam is an important part of the U.S. "rebalance" strategy in the Asia-Pacific region, and the Guam base can play a deterrent role. In the future, once the United States wants to intervene in the mainland's domestic and foreign affairs, it will have the ability to quickly balance the mainland by deploying its powerful military forces on the Guam base. It can be said that the existence of Guam is a shackle for the mainland to break the US military's military blockade of the mainland. As long as this shackle is broken, it can not only reduce the threat of the US military to the mainland, but also reduce the influence of the US military in the Asia-Pacific region. What are your thoughts on the US island of Guam? Leave a message in the comment area.