AFTERMATH OF TYPHOON PAKA, GUAM
GUA97122302 -23 december 1997 - SANTA RITA, GUAM: Aftermath of Super Typhoon Paka, Pacific U.S. Territory Guam.... U.S. Navy SeabeeÕs assigned to Mobile Construction Battalion Forty (NMCB 40) work together to clear fallen trees from the tops of Naval housing area on board Naval Station Marianas, Guam. Causing over $200 million in damage and displacing over 2500 people Super Typhoon Paka had sustained winds of 175 mph with one wind gust recorded as the strongest ever recorded on earth at 236 mph. U.S. cc/ Alan Kiniry-USN UPI
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