Together, they secure a majority 313 votes in the lower house, according to Pita, who said: “We definitely will be able to form a government.” Pita, a 42-year-old Harvard alumni, called the coalition “the voice of hope and the voice of change” and said all parties had agreed to support him as the next prime minister of Thailand.
Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of Thailand’s Move Forward Party, which won the largest share of seats and the popular vote in Sunday’s election, said Thursday seven other parties had joined him in a coalition. All rights reserved.Opposition parties intent on preventing the military establishment from remaining in power in Thailand have formed a coalition with the hopes of forming a new government that could radically transform the kingdom if they are successful. AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein and Associated Press writers Audrey McAvoy in Honolulu, Stefanie Dazio in Los Angeles and Sarah Brumfield in Washington contributed.Ĭopyright 2023 The Associated Press. Some people in those areas are still in temporary shelters or tents after Category 5 Super Typhoon Yutu in 2018, Doll noted. Tinian and Saipan, in the Northern Marianas, were under tropical storm warnings. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, was also under a typhoon warning, Doll said. If not, will they be able to go to another place of safety if needed, as fast as possible, and not get in the way of any of the flying debris?” Tanag said by phone. Their home in Tamuning, also in central Guam, is made of concrete, but she worried about it nevertheless.
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They boarded up windows, stocked up on a couple of weeks of food, prepared the generator and filled bathtubs with water. mainland and Hawaii.Īnd an ocean away in Los Angeles, Marichelle Tanag was fretting from afar after her parents, who are in their 70s and have survived many typhoons in their decades on the island. It said the storm could hit Wednesday afternoon in the southern part of Guam, which lies west of the International Date Line and is a day ahead of the U.S. The weather service warned of “considerable damage” from a “triple threat” of winds, torrential rains and life-threatening storm surge of 4 to 6 feet (1.2 to 2 meters), with dangerous surf of 20 to 30 feet (6 to 9 meters). Its center was about 75 miles (120 kilometers) southeast of the island and was moving to the north-northwest. With rain from the storm’s outer bands already falling over the island as of late Wednesday morning, the typhoon had maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (225 kph) with gusts peaking at 170 mph (274 kph), said Landon Aydlett, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Guam. service members are assigned to Guam, according to the Pentagon. Benjamin Nicholson, Joint Region Marianas commander, authorized the evacuation of defense personnel, dependents and employees in areas expected to be affectedĪll ships were moved out to sea as a standard precaution, according to the Navy, and any personnel remaining on the island were sheltering in place. forces in the Pacific, and the Department of Defense controls about a third of the island. “Everything is changing - it is too dangerous to be outside.” Trees are coming down power lines are coming down,” said Brandon Aydlett, a meteorologist with the service. The last time a Category 5 made a direct hit on Guam was 1962.įorecasters at the National Weather Service office in Guam said they were hearing low rumblings and shaking shutters and doors as the storm intensified Wednesday afternoon. military sent away ships, President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration and anyone not living in a concrete house was urged to seek safety elsewhere ahead of the typhoon, which was forecast to arrive as a Category 4 storm with winds of around 140 mph (225 kph) but could possibly strengthen to a Category 5, the most powerful.
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HAGATNA, Guam (AP) - Residents stockpiled supplies, battened down windows and abandoned wood and tin homes for emergency shelters as Guam was buffeted by rains and winds Wednesday from Typhoon Mawar, the strongest storm to approach the U.S.
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