TROPICAL STORM 09W UPDATE: Two more northern shelters open at Upi Elementary School and Wettengel Elementary School   JIC News Release No. 16 July 11, 2014, 9:50pm   Shelter update:  Northern residents seeking shelter should proceed to Upi Elementary or Wettengel Elementary Schools, which have just been opened.  The Guam Department of...

TROPICAL STORM 09W UPDATE: New forecast shows strongest winds now expected at 10 a.m. SATURDAY   JIC News Release No. 15 July 11, 2014, 10:00 p.m.   Tropical Storm 09W's closest point of approach is expected to be around mid-morning Saturday. NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist Chip Guard says the change in forecast is based on a...

TROPICAL STORM 09W UPDATE: Gov. Eddie Calvo places the island in COR1   JIC News Release No. 14 July 11, 2014, 8 p.m.   8 p.m. — Gov. Eddie Calvo has placed the island in Condition of Readiness 1. Tropical Storm 09W is expected to make its closest point of approach early tomorrow morning. Maximum sustained winds remain at 40 mph. The...

TROPICAL STORM 09W UPDATE: Machanaonao Elem. Full; Northern Residents seeking shelter should go to Maria Ulloa or Astumbo Elementary instead   JIC News Release No. 13 July 11, 2014, 7:25 p.m.   Shelter Update:  The Guam Department of Education has confirmed Machanaonao Elementary School can no longer accept families, because it has reached...

TROPICAL STORM 09W UPDATE: GMH Accepting Expectant Mother at 8PM (civilian) JIC News Release No. 11 July 11, 2014, 7:15 p.m.   For Guam Memorial Hospital (civilian patients)   UPDATE: Women at least 38 weeks pregnant and all high-risk expectant mothers who are six months pregnant or more can now check into the Guam Memorial Hospital at 8...

TROPICAL STORM 09W UPDATE:   OCEAN NOT SAFE: Stay out of the water! JIC News Release No. 10 July 11, 2014, ​7:08 p.m. Guam will see hazardous surf of 12 to 15 feet ​Please do not go into our beaches, bays, lagoons, rivers, streams, waterfalls, and even the shoreline. ​The approaching storm is causing violent waves, surges, and surfs up to...

JIC News Release No. 9 July 11, 2014, 5:25 p.m.   Residents should be advised that both the local and federal governments plan on going into Condition of Readiness (COR) 1 by 8 p.m. TONIGHT.   The National Weather Service (NWS) has just completed its latest heavy weather briefing at the Emergency Operations Center.  This data is the...

TROPICAL STORM 09W UPDATES:  Shelter transportation available at mayor's offices, hospital suspends all out-patient services and elective surgeries   JIC News Release No. 8 July 11, 2014 - 5:15 p.m.   SHELTER TRANSPORTATION Busses have been dispatched to mayor's offices to begin transporting residents seeking shelter at designated school...

JIC News Release No. 6 July 11, 2014, 3:15 p.m.   Shelter Update:  F.B. Leon Guerrero designated storm shelter is closed.  All nearby residents seeking shelter are being re-directed to Maria A. Ulloa Elementary School. Residents who live in homes they cannot rely on to keep them safe against heavy winds and rains should start making...