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The recovery efforts on Saipan and Tinian will be slow, said Aydlett. "It's the worst case scenario. That's why the building codes in the Marianas are so severe, "he said. "It will be the storm that will define the scale at which future storms will be compared."
Six of the 10 refuges in Saipan were full, he wrote, and Tinian's shelter was full.
All ports have been closed and flights to Northern Mariana Islands have been canceled, he wrote.
"The Tinian Medical Center has been badly damaged. Fortunately, no patient was present, "he wrote in a message saying that the Commonwealth Healthcare Center and the Rota Medical Center were operating at the generator.
Sablan tweeted later in the day. The mobile and fixed telephony service was irregular in Saipan.
Dean Sensui, Vice President for Hawaii of the Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Board, was in Saipan for a council meeting. He squatted in his hotel room, where he was asked to stay indoors because the winds were still strong on Thursday morning.
"From midnight you could hear the wind," he said in a Facebook message. "In the restaurant, it sounded like a Hollywood soundtrack with intense rain and howling wind."
Because it is in a solid hotel, it was not as scary as living with Hurricane Iniki in 1992, which severely damaged the Hawaiian island of Kauai. "The fact that we always have access to the Internet proves the strength of their infrastructure," he said. "Hawaii and others should study the Marianas to understand how to design and build communication grids that can withstand a storm."
The Northern Marianas have a population of about 55,000.
Waves of 25 to 40 feet were expected around the storm and floods are likely, forecasters said.
A typhoon warning was in effect for Saipan, Tinian and Rota. A tropical storm warning was in place for Guam and other southern islands.
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