: Recovery and environmental cleanup are ongoing as of late April [7, 10]. The U.S. Coast Guard has shifted focus to marine safety and port restoration [7], while communications status reports indicate that infrastructure is still being repaired [28, 37]. Typhoon Characteristics & Classification
: It caused extensive damage across the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Northern Mariana Islands , particularly Saipan and Tinian [6, 9, 10]. typhoon
: In the "Typhoon Alley" of the Northwest Pacific [1]. While technically the same phenomenon as hurricanes (Atlantic/East Pacific) or cyclones (Indian Ocean/South Pacific), the name "typhoon" is specific to this region [17, 19, 34]. : Recovery and environmental cleanup are ongoing as