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Guam's US bases back to All Clear after a 150-mph super typhoon

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Guam's US bases back to All Clear after a 150-mph super typhoon. NASA Terra satellite true-color image of Super Typhoon Champi southwest of Guam, Oct 17, 23:02 UTC, showing a tight eye inside a large white spiral of cloud over dark blue ocean (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons). Key facts: All Clear at 6 PM Sunday Oct 18 Guam time, 4 AM Eastern, per the Guam Joint Information Center; the eye passed about 10 miles south of Guam at 4:26 AM with 150-mph winds; Joint Region Marianas bases are at TCCOR 4 All Clear and Guam is at COR 4; no widespread major damage seen yet and the far south is unassessed, per the National Weather Service; the storm is 180 miles west-southwest of Andersen Air Force Base, moving west, and may reach Category 5, per the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Sources: Guam JIC, Stars and Stripes, Guam Daily Post. exeindex.com/military. @exeindex.
News cardNASA Terra/MODIS (LAADS DAAC), via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (NASA); card by EXE Index

Oct 18, Guam: US bases returned to All Clear at 6 PM local after Super Typhoon Champi's eye passed about 10 miles south of the island with 150-mph winds. Forecasters say the storm, now heading west, may reach Category 5. Every record is sourced

What
Guam's US bases back to All Clear after a 150-mph super typhoon
Where
Oceania, Guam
When
Oct 18, 2026
Who
Guam Joint Information Center, Stars and Stripes storm tracker (Dave Ornauer), The Guam Daily Post (Walter Ulloa)
Status
reported as stated

Sources

  1. Guam Joint Information Center, JIC Release No. 15 (6:00 PM ChST Oct 18): Guam to COR 4 at 6 PM; Joint Region Marianas and its installations returned to TCCOR 4 (All Clear) at 6 PM after initial post-storm damage assessments; public schools closed Monday Oct 19
  2. Stars and Stripes storm tracker (Dave Ornauer), entry 6:10 PM Oct 18 Guam time: bases in TCCOR All Clear; at 4 PM Champi ~180 miles WSW of Andersen AFB, moving west at 14 mph, 150-mph sustained winds, 185-mph gusts; JTWC projects possible Category 5-equivalent
  3. The Guam Daily Post (Walter Ulloa), Oct 18: eye passed about 10 miles south of Guam's southern tip at 4:26 AM as it was upgraded to a 150-mph super typhoon; NWS: preliminary reports show no widespread significant damage, far south not yet assessed

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