As authorities prepare for another storm to hit the capital of Manila over the weekend, Typhoon Usagi weakened sharply on Friday ( Nov 15 ) after sweeping its way through the northern provinces of the Philippines.
On Thursday evening, Usagi, also known as Ofel, made its way to Baggao in Cagayan province as a very tornado.
According to Pag-asa, the Asian company for meteorology reports that Usagi has since weakened and is now heading for Taiwan.
This time, the Philippines has experienced 15th cyclones. As the typhoon’s intensification in the eastern Pacific continues to grow, officials are now getting ready for another one, Man-yi, which was hit eastern towns and the region’s capital over the weekend.
Man-yi may be a very tornado early Sunday, Pag-asa said.
Yet as thousands of families who live in disadvantaged areas fled before the introduction of Usagi, no deaths have yet been reported.
The Chino disaster relief office’s mind official, Rueli Rapsing, stated that city officials are also looking into the extent of the storm’s damage.
After Marce ( Typhoon Yinxing ), there were more homes that were partially or completely destroyed. Now, we’re moving around assessing the damage”, Rapsing said on Friday.
On Friday, the first phase of the evacuation of Typhoon Man-yi’s way will start.
A storm surge of up to 3 meters was predicted in coastal cities of the key provinces, according to Pag-asa, who estimated Man-yi’s center to be located 795 kilometers west of Guian, in Eastern Samar state.
The Philippines is dealing with its seventh wind in a month, which affects Luzon, the country’s largest island.
Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoon Kong-rey brought heavy flood and triggered floods, killing 162 people with 22 also missing, according to federal data.
This quarter saw the first storms in the northern Pacific Ocean at once since records first appeared in 1951, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
About 20 tropic hurricanes strike the Philippines each year on average, bringing heavy rains, strong winds and dangerous floods.