In just 30 hours from October 23-24, 2018, a tropical storm in the western Pacific Ocean exploded into a category 5 super typhoon. Now that storm has made a direct hit on Tinian and Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.Super Typhoon Yutu has tied Super Typhoon Mangkhut as the strongest storm on Earth this year. Captions and Photo source: NASA / Earth Observatory
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US military aircraft laden with emergency supplies flew in to the Northern Mariana Islands Saturday in the wake of destructive Super Typhoon Yutu which destroyed buildings and cut electricity…