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It had maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (258 kph) by late
Monday Asia time, and was not near land.
Champi earlier passed close to Guam, and the governors of Guam
and the Northern Mariana Islands requested emergency disaster
declarations Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump approved the emergency declaration
for Guam. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said federal
assistance was available for the territory to supplement local
response efforts.
Airports, harbors and some health facilities in the territories
were closed. Relief supplies were unlikely to reach the islands
for three to five days, FEMA said Saturday.
Meanwhile, former hurricane Trudy weakened to a tropical storm
early Monday after it lashed parts of Mexico’s Pacific coast
with rain and winds.
The storm had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (100 kph) and
was moving west at 6 mph (9 kph), according to the U.S. National
Hurricane Center in Miami.
Trudy was moving away from the coast and its center was forecast
to pass south of the Baja California Peninsula on Monday and
Tuesday.
Some further rainfall was possible in the region where the
ground has been saturated by successive storms.
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