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June 2018 is Typhoon Preparedness Month

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Hazardous Surf and Seas Remain; Inexperienced Swimmers Advised to Stay Out of the Water

The National Weather Service (NWS) Guam Weather Forecast Office has the following advisories in effect:

high surf advisory is in effect for Guam, Rota, Tinian, and Saipan until 6 a.m. Wednesday. Hazardous surf of 9 to 13 feet is expected for north, east and west facing reefs. Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion are expected, especially during high tides.

JIC RELEASE NO. 878 - DPHSS Issues Guidance Memo 2022-07; COVID-19 Test Results: 12 New Cases, 11 Hospitalized; Vaccination Clinic at UOG Closes on Wednesday, Dec. 15; SNAP Supplemental Emergency Allotment for December 2021; UPDATED COVID-19 Vaccination a

DPHSS Issues Guidance Memo 2022-07

High Surf Advisory and High Risk of Rip Currents Remain in Effect; Avoid Hazardous Surf

The National Weather Service (NWS) Guam Weather Forecast Office has the following advisories in effect:

high surf advisory is in effect for Guam, Rota, Tinian, and Saipan through Monday night. Surf of 6 to 8 feet will build to between 7 and 10 feet later today and tonight for north and west facing reefs. Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion are expected, especially during high tides.

JIC RELEASE NO. 877 - COVID-19 Test Results: 13 New Cases, 11 Hospitalized; Vaccination Clinic at UOG Closes on Wednesday, Dec. 15; DPHSS Issues COVID-19 Data Update Report; UPDATED COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Schedule; Food Commodities Distribution

11 Hospitalized for COVID-19

CENSUS as of 5 p.m.

GMH

GRMC

USNH

TOTAL

COVID-19 Admission

6

5

JIC RELEASE NO. 876 - Three COVID-19-related Fatalities Reported; COVID-19 Test Results: 15 New Cases, 13 Hospitalized; UPDATED COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Schedule; Food Commodities Distribution Continues

Three COVID-19-Related Fatalities Reported
The Joint Information Center was notified of three (3) COVID-19-related fatalities:

High Risk of Rip Currents Remains Along East Reefs and Beaches; Avoid Large Surf and Dangerous Rip Currents

The National Weather Service (NWS) Guam Weather Forecast Office continues to monitor all activity in the region, including Tropical Storm Nyatoh, as it continues moving away from the Marianas. At 1 a.m., the tropical storm was located 13.1 degrees north latitude and 137.2 degrees east longitude, about 510 miles west of Guam. It was moving west at 7 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.

GHS/OCD to Conduct Test of Alert Beacons; No Action Required from Community

The Offices of Guam Homeland Security and Civil Defense (GHS/OCD) will conduct an initial test of twenty-one (21) out of fifty (50) recently installed Alert Beacons on Thursday, December 2, 2021 from 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

The Alert Beacon serves as an in-building emergency notification system for large facilities such as campuses. The fifty Alert Beacons were procured under GHS/OCD’s Emergency Preparedness Grant Program in an effort to expand alerts and warnings capability and improve delivery of actionable guidance in the event of an emergency.

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