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.
2026年7月上旬，三个月内第二次强台风横扫北太平洋的美国北马里亚纳群岛和关岛。超级台风巴威于 7 月 5 日夜间接近岛屿时达到了最高强度，带来了每小时 290 公里（180 英里）的风速，并伴随着暴雨和危险的风暴潮。
This nighttime image, captured by the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) on the NOAA-20 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 waning gibbous phase , illuminates the eyewall’s western side. The eye passed over Rota, north of Guam, several hours after the image was acquired.
这张夜间图像由 NOAA-20 卫星上的 VIIRS（可见红外成像辐射计套件）拍摄，显示了巴维的眼睛，时间为世界时间 7 月 5 日 15:30 左右（当地时间 7 月 6 日凌晨 1:30）。处于亏凸阶段的月亮发出的光照亮了眼墙的西侧。拍摄图像几小时后，视线掠过关岛北部的罗塔。
Bavi became a super typhoon 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 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) in the region. Bavi was the third tropical cyclone in 2026 to reach category 5 intensity on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale .
当地时间7月4日凌晨，巴威在温暖的海洋上向西移动时成为超强台风。卫星观测表明，该地区海面温度约为 30 摄氏度（86 华氏度）。巴威是 2026 年第三个达到萨菲尔-辛普森风级强度 5 级的热带气旋。
The typhoon caused extensive damage across Guam, Rota, and Saipan, according to news reports , 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 reports . This damage comes on top of destructive winds and flooding from Super Typhoon Sinlaku , which crossed the islands in mid-April.
据新闻报道，台风对关岛、罗塔和塞班岛造成了广泛破坏，电线杆和电线被吹倒；道路被淹没并散落碎片；并损坏建筑物，包括罗塔的一个配水站。据报道，美国海岸警卫队人员努力清除关岛和北马里亚纳群岛周围水道的航行危险，并在危险的海洋状况消退后重新开放港口。此次破坏是在四月中旬横扫群岛的超级台风“辛拉库”造成的破坏性大风和洪水的基础上造成的。
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 National Weather Service 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.
7月8日，巴威在菲律宾海向西移动时仍然是强台风。下午早些时候，拍摄上述图像时，国家气象局报告最大持续风速为每小时 250 公里（155 英里）。预测显示，台风路径可能向西北方向弯曲，朝向台湾、日本南部的琉球群岛和中国大陆移动，并在未来几天内减弱。
Writing in Yale Climate Connections , 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 currently the case . 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.”
气象学家杰夫·马斯特斯在《耶鲁气候连接》上撰文称，巴威是一种在强烈厄尔尼诺事件正在形成时可能会出现的风暴，目前的情况就是如此。马斯特斯解释说，厄尔尼诺年的台风可能会在更远的东部形成，使它们在转向亚洲之前有更多的时间在温暖的水域上增强，“从而更有可能达到五级强度。”
NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE , GIBS/Worldview , and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), and hurricane track data from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory . Story by Lindsey Doermann.
由 Michala Garrison 拍摄的 NASA 地球观测站图像，使用了来自 NASA EOSDIS LANCE、GIBS/Worldview 和联合极地卫星系统 (JPSS) 的数据，以及来自美国海军研究实验室的飓风轨迹数据。林赛·杜尔曼的故事。