Supertyphoon Pongsona's
maximum sustained winds near the center exceeded 150 miles per hour, damaging
homes, businesses, infrastructure facilities, schools, government buildings,
agricultural farms and vegetation on Rota and Guam. On Saipan, scores of trees
were uprooted as Pongsona passed by the island. Photo by Haidee V. Eugenio
(Marianas Variety, Dec. 10, 2002/banner photo/Saipan, CNMI, USA)
