Category 5 Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall on the tiny US territory of Rota in the western Pacific near Guam on Monday, battering the Northern Mariana Islands with destructive winds, torrential rain and life-threatening conditions."Hang tight. We're coming just out of the peak of conditions. It's going to be a slow improvement, but improvement is coming," National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist Brandon Aydlett said.The storm also lashed other parts of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, where communities were still recovering from another destructive cyclone, Super Typhoon Sinlaku, that struck in April.On Saipan, the international airport recorded wind gusts exceeding 161 kmph (100 mph), the NWS said. Many residents of Saipan and neighbouring Tinian had already been without power