Guam Homeland Security - Office of Civil Defense

X Flooding is a temporary overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry. Flooding may happen with only a few inches of water, or it may cover a house to the rooftop. There are many possible causes of floods including heavy rain, coastal storms and storm surge, waterway overflow from being blocked with debris, or overflow of levees, dams, or waste water systems. Flooding can occur slowly over many days or happen very quickly with little or no warning, called flash floods.

To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/floods

Wildfire

Regularly clean the roof and gutters.
Maintain an area approximately 30’ away from you home that is free of anything that will burn, such as wood piles, dried leaves, newspapers and other brush.
Connect garden hoses long enough to reach any area of the home and fill garbage cans, tubs, or other large containers with water.
Review your homeowner's insurance policy and also prepare/update a list of your home's contents.

Fire Weather

Turn on your TV/radio. You’ll get the latest weather updates and emergency instructions.
Know where to go. If you are ordered to evacuate, know the route to take and have plan of where you will go. Check-in with your friends and family.
Keep your car fueled, in good condition, and stocked with emergency supplies and a change of clothes.

Drought

Conserve water

Take shorter showers.

Turn off the water while brushing your teeth or shaving.
Run the washer less frequently and only when you have a full load.
Water your lawn less frequently and do so when the temperature is cooler in the early morning or late evening.
When you run the tap to heat or cool water, keep a pitcher to store the water and use it to water plants.
Avoid washing your car.

Practice fire prevention

Don't set off fireworks when conditions are dry.
Deposit cigarette butts in the proper receptacle to avoid starting a
Pour water over camp fires and backyard fire pits to ensure they are completely out before leaving them unattended.

Follow directions from local officials. If there are restrictions on water usage, be sure to heed them.

To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/wildfires and https://www.ready.gov/drought

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Typhoons/Hurricanes are massive storm systems that form over the water and move toward land. Threats from typhoons/hurricanes include high winds, heavy rainfall, storm surge, coastal and inland flooding, and rip currents.

“Hurricanes” form in the Atlantic Northeast Pacific region and “Typhoons” form in the Northwest Pacific Region. These large storms are call cyclones in other parts of the world.

To learn more, visit https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes.

National Earthquake Technical Assistance Program Trainings Offered Virtually

The Offices of Guam Homeland Security and Civil Defense (GHS/OCD), in coordination with the National Earthquake Technical Assistance Program (NETAP), will host two web-based trainings, offered to both Guam and Hawaii participants. The following trainings will be held virtually and are free to eligible participants:

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No Threat of Development Detected for Tropical System; Officials Continue to Monitor

The National Weather Service (NWS) Guam Weather Forecast Office continue to monitor the tropical system, Invest 90W. For now, there is not clear evidence of a well-defined circulation. At this time, 90W poses no threat to the Marianas, nor does it appear to pose any threat of development into a tropical cyclone as it passes just south of Guam and continues generally toward the northwest.

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Officials Monitor Disturbance Southeast of Chuuk; Locally Heavy Rainfall Possible Monday through Wednesday

The National Weather Service (NWS) Guam Weather Forecast Office issued a hydrologic outlook for Guam. A disturbance southeast of Chuuk is anticipated to approach Guam from the southeast somewhere in the Monday through Wednesday timeframe.

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JIC RELEASE NO. 688 - More Variants Identified on Guam;Community Reminded to Practice Caution

Today, the Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) received an additional set of results from virus samples collected on Guam which have undergone genome sequencing by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Virus samples were collected between March 2021 and April 2021. To date, a total of 116 SARS-CoV-2 virus samples have been submitted to the CDC for genome sequencing.

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JIC RELEASE NO. 687 - Governor Leon Guerrero Signs Executive Order No. 2021-12; DPHSS Issues Guidance Memo 2020-11 Rev 11 (Amendment 2); COVID-19 Vaccination Verification; Two of 448 Test Positive for COVID-19; COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Schedule;Fo

*Joint Information Center (JIC) releases that report COVID-19 cases will only be issued Monday through Friday to reflect weekday Department of Public Health and Social Services (DPHSS) Surveillance Summaries. Weekend JIC releases may be issued in the event other COVID-19-related information needs to be issued.

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JIC RELEASE NO. 686 - Eleven of 331 Test Positive for COVID-19; UPDATE:COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Schedule; Food Commodities Distribution Continues

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GHS/OCD Promotes Typhoon Preparedness Month – June 2021

Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero will declare the month of June 2021 as Typhoon Preparedness Month (TPM) to promote typhoon hazard preparedness as an active collaboration among federal, territorial and local emergency management agencies, community leaders and the public. The Typhoon Preparedness Month Proclamation Signing will be held virtually on Tuesday, June 1 at 10:30 a.m., via Zoom and can be watched on the Governor’s Facebook page.

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JIC RELEASE NO. 685 - Two of 253 Test Positive for COVID-19; Governor Leon Guerrero Signs Executive Order No. 2021-11; GDOE Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19; UPDATED: COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Schedule; UPDATED: Food Commodities Distribution Co

Results: Two New Cases of COVID-19
Two (2) new cases of COVID-19 were identified out of 253 tests performed Tuesday, May 25. To date, there have been a total of 8,143 officially reported cases of COVID-19 with 139 deaths, 48 cases in active isolation, and 7,956 not in active isolation. The CAR Score is 0.2.