[NASA] Super Typhoon Bavi

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Moonlight illuminates the western side of Super Typhoon Bavi’s eyewall at about 15:30 Universal Time on July 5 (1:30 a.m. local time on July 6). The image was acquired with the 

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 (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite)

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on the 

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 satellite.

NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison

In early July 2026, for the second time in three months, a powerful typhoon crossed the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands and Guam in the North Pacific Ocean. Super Typhoon Bavi was at peak intensity when it neared the islands on the night of July 5, bringing winds of 290 kilometers (180 miles) per hour, along with torrential rain and dangerous storm surge.

This nighttime image, captured by the 

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 (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) on the 

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 satellite, shows Bavi’s eye at about 15:30 Universal Time on July 5 (1:30 a.m. local time on July 6). Light from the Moon, which was in the

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, illuminates the eyewall’s western side. The eye passed over Rota, north of Guam, several hours after the image was acquired.

Bavi became a

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in the early hours of July 4 local time while tracking west over the warm ocean. Satellite observations indicated that sea surface temperatures were around

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(86 degrees Fahrenheit) in the region. Bavi was the

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in 2026 to reach category 5 intensity on the 

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The typhoon caused extensive damage across Guam, Rota, and Saipan, according to

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, downing power poles and lines; flooding roads and littering them with debris; and damaging buildings, including a water distribution station on Rota. U.S. Coast Guard crews worked to clear navigation hazards in the waterways around Guam and the Northern Marianas and reopen ports as dangerous marine conditions subsided, according to

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. This damage comes on top of destructive winds and flooding from

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, which crossed the islands in mid-April.

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Super Typhoon Bavi tracked west over the Northern Mariana Islands toward Asia in early July 2026. The storm’s clouds and path are overlaid on a 

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 image built from scenes captured by the 

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 (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer). The

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was captured by the 

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 (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) on the 

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 satellite on July 8, 2026, at about 04:30 Universal Time.

NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison

On July 8, Bavi remained a powerful typhoon as it moved west over the Philippine Sea. In the early afternoon, when the image above was captured, the

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reported maximum sustained wind speeds of 250 kilometers (155 miles) per hour. Forecasts indicated the typhoon’s track could bend northwest toward Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan, and mainland China and weaken over the next several days.

Writing in

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, meteorologist Jeff Masters said that Bavi is the type of storm that might be expected when a strong El Niño event is building, which is

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. El Niño-year typhoons may form farther east, giving them more time over warm water to intensify before curving toward Asia, Masters explained, “resulting in a greater chance of reaching Category 5 intensity.”

NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using data from NASA 

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, and the 

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 (JPSS), and hurricane track data from the

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. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

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References & Resources

• CIMSS Satellite Blog (2026, July 3)
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  . Accessed July 8, 2026.
• Military.com (2026, July 7)
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  . Accessed July 8, 2026.
• NASA Earth Observatory (2026, April 14)
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  . Accessed July 8, 2026.
• National Weather Service (2026, July 8)
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  . Accessed July 8, 2026.
• Weather Underground (2026, July 8)
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  . Accessed July 8, 2026.
• Yale Climate Connections (2026, July 3)
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  . Accessed July 8, 2026.

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