The USS Nimitz carrier strike group and U.S. Coast Guard units are being moved to Guam to assist in the recovery efforts after a Category 4 typhoon slammed the Pacific island on Wednesday. Typhoon Mawar hit Guam on Wednesday, knocking out power for many parts of the island, damaging homes and flooding areas.

Additional troops and supplies started arriving on Friday, a day after the typhoon warning was lifted. The U.S. Coast Guard flew in personnel from Hawaii on Friday, May 26, including a dive team and boat crews. They will assist in clearing waterways and facilities, and searching for any signs of pollution caused by storm damage.

The USS Nimitz carrier group was at sea near Japan. The Navy ordered the ships to move to Guam on Wednesday, and it is expected to arrive before the end of the weekend.

Early Sunday morning the Coast Guard declared that it had cleared and reopened the main port in Guam.

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