Super Typhoon Yutu Takes Horrible Toll On Northern Mariana Islands, Heads Toward Asia

Super Typhoon Yutu is on its way to Southeast Asia, after devastating part of the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. "Many homes have been destroyed," says the mayor of Tinian, an island in the U.S. Pacific territory.

Yutu brought sustained winds of at least 165 to 175 mph when it passed directly over the islands of Tinian and Saipan on Wednesday. As it heads west, it was still packing winds of 165 mph — an intensity that it is expected to maintain through Friday, according to emergency officials in the Marianas.