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Rescue workers assist residents as the local government implement pre-emptive evacuation in Solana, Cagayan on Thursday.

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Cagayan Valley orders evacuation in Preparation for Super Typhoon Ofel

Agence France-Presse

<div><br/></div><div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABQTL8gkf9pI4q_i&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script></div><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:474px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173155963464320241114-ofelph-cagayan-evacuation-CPIO-2.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:474px"/><span class="fr-inner">Rescue workers assist residents as the local government implement pre-emptive evacuation in Solana, Cagayan on Thursday.  Office of Civil Defense - Region 2</span></span></span>MANILA — The Philippines raised its highest storm alert and evacuated thousands of people on Thursday, as Super Typhoon Ofel barrelled towards its already disaster-ravaged north.</span></div><p>Packing sustained winds of up to 180 kilometers an hour, Ofel is set to smash onto the main island of Luzon in the afternoon local time -- the fifth storm to threaten the country in just three weeks.</p><p>The brutal wave of weather disturbances has already killed 159 people and   <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/13/evacuations-call-for-aid-as-typhoon-ofel-approaches-philippines-1316"></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/13/evacuations-call-for-aid-as-typhoon-ofel-approaches-philippines-1316">prompted the United Nations to request $32.9 million in aid</a></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for the worst-affected regions.</span></p><p>The national weather agency said the winds could cause &quot;almost total damage to structures of light materials, especially in highly exposed coastal areas&quot;, and &quot;heavy damage&quot; to buildings otherwise considered &quot;low-risk&quot;.</p><p>&quot;Intense to torrential rain&quot; and potentially &quot;life-threatening&quot; coastal waves of up to three meters were also forecast over two days, with the storm warning raised to the highest signal on a five-step scale.</p><p>&quot;Evacuations are ongoing&quot; in coastal and low-lying areas of Cagayan province, its civil defense chief Rueli Rapsing told AFP by phone.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/11/13/ofel-expected-to-bring-heavy-rains-in-northern-luzon-provinces-1610">&#x27;Ofel&#x27; expected to bring heavy rains in northern Luzon provinces; storm surge warning issued</a></div><p>He expects local governments to take 40,000 people to shelters, roughly the same number that were preemptively evacuated ahead of Typhoon Marce, which struck Cagayan&#x27;s north coast earlier this month.</p><p>He said more than 5,000 Cagayan residents were still in shelters following the previous storms.</p><p>This was because the Cagayan river, the country&#x27;s largest, remained swollen from heavy rain that fell in several provinces upstream, flooding communities downstream.</p><p>&quot;We expect this situation to persist over the next few days&quot; as Ofel brings more rain, Rapsing said.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/13/ofel-nears-super-typhoon-strength-signal-4-up-over-cagayan-608">Ofel now a super typhoon; Signal 5 up in Cagayan</a></div><p>After Ofel, Tropical Storm Man-yi is also forecast to strike the Philippines&#x27; population heartland around the capital Manila this weekend.</p><p>&quot;Typhoons are overlapping. As soon as communities attempt to recover from the shock, the next tropical storm is already hitting them again,&quot; UN Philippines Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Gustavo Gonzalez said.</p><p>&quot;In this context, the response capacity gets exhausted and budgets depleted.&quot;</p><p>About 20 big storms and typhoons hit the archipelago nation or its surrounding waters each year, killing scores of people and keeping millions in enduring poverty.</p><p>A recent study showed that storms in the Asia-Pacific region are increasingly forming closer to coastlines, intensifying more rapidly and lasting longer over land due to climate change.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/10/3/supercharged-storms-how-climate-change-amplifies-cyclones-1256">Supercharged storms: how climate change amplifies cyclones</a></div>

<p>The Philippines raised its highest storm alert and evacuated thousands of people on Thursday, as Super Typhoon Ofel barrelled towards its already disaster-ravaged north.</p>

The Philippines raised its highest storm alert and evacuated thousands of people on Thursday, as Super Typhoon Ofel barrelled towards its already disaster-ravaged north.

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Philippines on highest alert as super typhoon Ofel approaches

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Published November 14, 2024 11:56 AM PHT

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