The storm had winds equivalent to those of a Category 4 hurricane on Thursday. Forecasters warned of torrential rain in the north of the country.

MANILA: The Philippines raised its highest storm alert and evacuated thousands of people on Thursday (Nov 14), as Super Typhoon Usagi barrelled towards its already disaster-ravaged north.

Category 4 Typhoon Usagi and Tropical Storm Man-Yi are next on the list of storms expected to strike the region.

Typhoon Yinxing made landfall in the Philippines on Thursday, bringing dangerous winds and intense rainfall to Luzon, the nation’s most populous island. The tropical cyclone, known locally as Marce, hit the north coast of Luzon twice,

In nearly 75 years of tracking the weather in the North Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea, there have never been more than three tropical cyclones observed at once in November—until now. CNN reports the storms Yinxing,