HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - China Presses U.S. For Answers After Man Dies Hours After Entering ICE Custody
ICE said a guard at the lockup in Saipan found Lianyong Wei, 51, unresponsive during routine morning checks on Aug. 23.
NPR (Kristin Wright) - Guam and surrounding Pacific islands brace for impact of Super Typhoon Bavi
People in the Northern Mariana Islands – remote U.S. territories in the Pacific Ocean – are preparing for Super Typhoon Bavi, which experts say could bring winds of over 180 miles per hour.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (Grant Newsham) - Wartime-level Northern Marianas typhoon hit tests US commitment
Originally published by Asia Times
FEMA needs to do its job well – but especially carefully, since the commonwealth is a place where money can disappear One hears a lot recently that the United States lacks the wherewithal or the bandwidth to protect its allies, partners and interests in the Asia-Pacific owing to demands of the Iran War. This is said within the context of America deterring or defeating potential Chinese aggression. It’s not just timorous American allies who wonder. US citizens in the US territory of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) are wondering as well. Super Typhoon Sinlaku plowed through CNMI and its main islands, Saipan, Tinian and Rota last week, causing widespread destruction. FEMA (Federal Emergency Management…Open
DAILYCALLER (Christine Sellers) - Coast Guard Searches For US Ship’s Missing Crew After Devastating Storm
The vessel went missing April 15
NPR (The Associated Press) - US Coast Guard spots overturned vessel near Saipan during search for missing ship
The Mariana is a 145-foot dry cargo vessel registered in the U.S. It suffered engine failure Wednesday as a massive typhoon bore down on Saipan and nearby islands.
NPR (The Associated Press) - Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounds remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean
A super typhoon steadily battered a pair of remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean with ferocious winds and relentless rains, shredding tin roofs and forcing residents to take cover.
STRIPES (Alex Wilson) - Guam hunkers down as powerful super typhoon churns toward Northern Marianas | Stars and Stripes
U.S. military bases on Guam are battening down for a near miss from Super Typhoon Sinlaku.
ABCNEWS - Super Typhoon Sinlaku could bring significant impacts to US islands in Pacific Ocean
Super Typhoon Sinlaku is forecast to track close to Guam and potentially bring significant impacts to the Northern Mariana Islands over the coming days.
WAR (Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir, U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia) - Coast Guard, Northern Mariana Islands Strengthen Maritime Security Presence in Western Pacific
Maritime law enforcement agencies patrolled in and around Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands and a U.S. territory, boarding six small vessels and launching new coordination channels that expand the commonwealth's ability to monitor and respond to threats.