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Updated on: April 15, 2026 / 7:45 PM EDT / CBS News

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Typhoon Sinlaku — the strongest tropical cyclone on Earth this year — relentlessly hammered a pair of remote U.S. islands in the western Pacific Ocean early Wednesday local time with extremely powerful winds and heavy rain, with residents reporting tin roofs being torn apart.

Authorities said they were in the early stages of assessing the damage left by the storm, which made landfall on Tuesday.…