The Offices of Guam Homeland Security and Civil Defense (GHS/OCD) and the Mariana Regional Fusion Center (MRFC) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the recent completion of the MRFC facility on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. at the GHS/OCD in Agana Heights.

The National Weather Service (NWS), Weather Forecast Office Guam advised a large trade-wind swell will maintain hazardous surf for the Marianas. The following advisories remain in effect:

A high surf advisory remains in effect for Guam, Rota, Tinian, and Saipan through Monday night. Hazardous surf of 7 to 9 feet along north facing reefs and 10 to 12 feet for east facing reefs is expected for the Marianas.

The National Weather Service (NWS), Weather Forecast Office Guam advised northwest to northeast swell will produce hazardous surf across the Marianas. The following advisories remain in effect:

A high surf advisory is in effect for Guam, Rota, Tinian, and Saipan through Friday. Hazardous surf of 6 to 9 feet this morning will build to between 8 and 10 feet Wednesday along north facing reefs.

Honoring its commitment to keep the people of Guam safe, the Leon Guerrero-Tenorio Administration respectfully denied a request today from the U.S. State Department to accept entry of a cruise line vessel whose passengers may be infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus.

As of 1:30 p.m. on February 7, 2020, there remain no confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) on Guam. With any change in status, anticipate timely notification.

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

A high surf advisory is in effect for Guam, Rota, Tinian, and Saipan until Monday. Hazardous surf of 7 to 9 feet is expected along north facing reefs.  

A high risk of rip currents is in effect for Guam, Rota, Tinian, and Saipan through Monday. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore. Dangerous and frequent rip currents are expected along north facing reefs.

The National Weather Service (NWS), Weather Forecast Office Guam has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory for Guam until 8:45 a.m. A flood advisory means river or stream flows are elevated, or ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent.

Heavy rain will cause urban and small stream flooding on Guam. Roughly 1.5 to 2 inches of rain has fallen in the past several hours. Heavy rain is approaching Guam.