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Saipan has no water, electricity in aftermath of typhoon

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Saipan remains without water, electricity 4 days after Typhoon Soudelor hit US territory
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, The Associated Press
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HONOLULU, Hawaii - Residents of Saipan were without water and electricity and were rationing gasoline four days after Typhoon Soudelor hit the most populated island in the U.S. territory of the Northern Marianas.

The typhoon hit Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on Sunday, knocking out electricity on the 48-square-mile island. About 50,000 people live on the commonwealth's four populated islands, with most of them living on Saipan, which took the brunt of the storm.

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