Watch the eye of Super Typhoon Yutu blast through the U.S territories of Saipan and Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands of the western Pacific Ocean over the past 5 hours. Max sustained winds are at 180 mph (category 5) with wind gusts as high as 220 mph. FYI: Typhoons and Hurricanes are characteristically identical. The only difference is the location where the storm occurs. In the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, the term “hurricane” is used. The same type of system in the Northwest Pacific