• Storm packs sustained winds of 269km per hour, gusts up to 324km per hour • Emergency shelters open as residents stock seven days of supplies; Guam, Northern Marianas under state of emergency • Communities secure homes, evacuate ahead of landfall SAIPAN: People in the US territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands readied themselves on Saturday as the second super typhoon since April drew closer, bringing the equivalent of Category 5 hurricane winds. Super Typhoon Bavi was moving westward with sustained winds of 269 kilometres per hour and gusts of 324km per hour, the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre said in an update at 7pm local time. The eye of the storm was expected to pass Monday very close to the small island of Rota between Guam and Saipan, the main island of the Northern Marianas, with winds set to strengthen to 278km per hour.