US Pacific islands brace as Super Typhoon Bavi batters Rota near Guam, bringing extreme winds, flooding rain and urgent shelter warnings.

Guam and Northern Marianas brace for Super Typhoon Bavi as forecasts warn of category-five strength winds, dangerous storm surge and widespread damage.

Residents of Guam and the Northern Marianas boarded up windows and stocked up as a monster weather system upgraded on Saturday to a "super typhoon" -- the equivalent of a…