17W Becomes Tropical Storm Saudel and Begins Its Long-Awaited Turn, With Forecast Peak Passing Near Pagan
SAIPAN — Tropical Depression 17W strengthened into Tropical Storm Saudel and began tracking northward Wednesday evening, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said, starting the turn forecasters have watched for all week and setting a forecast path that would carry the storm past Pagan at near-peak typhoon strength this weekend.
NMC Earns 19th Consecutive Clean Audit With Zero Findings
SAIPAN — Northern Marianas College has received an unmodified or “clean” audit opinion for fiscal year 2025, the college announced, marking 19 consecutive years of clean audits with zero findings and a 19th straight year as a federally designated low-risk auditee.
Mariners Told to Seek Safe Harbor as Strong Thunderstorm Crosses Southwest Rota Waters
SAIPAN — Governor David M. Apatang is advising all mariners to seek safe harbor immediately as a strong thunderstorm moves across the southwest coastal waters of Rota, according to a marine weather statement issued by CNMI Homeland Security and Emergency Management at 6:50 p.m. Wednesday.
A Breather Thursday, Then the Weekend Turns: Winds and Seas Build Ahead of 17W
SAIPAN — Saipan and Tinian get one more night of scattered showers and a mostly quiet Thursday before the weekend turns, according to the National Weather Service 6 p.m. forecast, with winds flipping to the west and seas building ahead of Tropical Depression 17W by Friday night.
‘Makes Us All Sweat’: 17W Delays Its Turn as Saipan and Tinian Storm Odds Reach 30 Percent
SAIPAN — Tropical Depression 17W still has not made its long-awaited northwest turn, and its continued westward drift near Chuuk has nudged the forecast track slightly left, National Weather Service Guam Meteorologist in Charge Brandon Aydlett said in a Facebook briefing Wednesday evening, putting Saipan and Tinian at a 20 to 30 percent chance of tropical storm conditions this weekend.
Red Flags at Jeffrey’s Beach and Old Man by the Sea After Bacteria Exceed Standards
SAIPAN — The Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality has red-flagged two east Saipan beaches after water samples collected this week contained concentrations of enterococci bacteria exceeding CNMI Marine Water Quality Standards, advising the public not to fish or swim within 300 feet of the locations for the next 48 hours or until otherwise notified.
Revisionism Without Accountability – A Recipe for Disaster
By Glen Hunter
Op-Ed: We Were Warned: Deep Sea Mining and the Cost of Reactive Government
By Gregorie Michael Towai (Eipéráng)
Nauru Pitches Climate Citizenship to Wealthy Families Seeking ‘Resilience’
YAREN, Nauru — Nauru’s citizenship-by-investment program says global instability is driving increased interest from wealthy families in its climate-linked second passport, pointing to new industry research showing family offices worldwide are repositioning for a wider range of future risks.
FEMA Individual Assistance Opens for Rota as Bavi Recovery Reaches Day 45
SAIPAN — Federal disaster assistance is now available to individuals and households on Rota recovering from Super Typhoon Bavi, the CNMI Joint Information Center announced Wednesday, opening FEMA’s Individual Assistance program on the island 45 days after the storm knocked out power across the Commonwealth’s southernmost island.
