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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:961px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173130805991620241027-leon-ph-evacuation-agoncillo-DD795.jpg" style="width:961px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="More than 2,000 residents were evacuated from isolated barangays in the Municipality of Agoncillo, Batangas, in preparation for the possible impacts of #LeonPH as the province reels from the effects of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine. Dennis Datu, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">More than 2,000 residents were evacuated from isolated barangays in the Municipality of Agoncillo, Batangas, in preparation for the possible impacts of #LeonPH as the province reels from the effects of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine. <em>Dennis Datu, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATED</strong>) -- Thousands of people sought shelter and ports shut down in the Philippines on Monday, officials said, as  the disaster-weary nation was struck by another typhoon -- the fourth in less than a month.</p><p>Typhoon Nika [international name: Toraji] hit near Dilasag town, about 220 kilometers (140 miles) northeast of the capital, Manila, the national weather agency said.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re getting hit with strong winds and heavy rain. Some trees are being toppled and power has been cut since yesterday,&quot; Merwina Pableo, civil defense chief of Dinalungan town near Dilasag, told AFP.</p><p>Rescuers said around 7,000 people were moved from coastal areas as well as flood-prone and landslide-prone areas in Aurora and Isabela, the first two provinces to be struck before Nika plowed inland to the mountainous interior of the main island of Luzon.</p><p>In all, the government <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/10/ph-to-evacuate-2-500-villages-ahead-of-severe-tropical-storm-nika-1835">ordered 2,500 villages to be evacuated</a> on Sunday, though the national disaster office does not have the total number of evacuees as of Monday.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7zAq3hKad-Q?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span>In the landfall area of Dilasag, school teacher Glenn Balanag, 31, filmed the onslaught of the howling 130 kilometers (80 miles) an hour winds, which violently shook coconut trees around his rural home.</div><p>&quot;Big trees are falling and we heard the roofs of some houses were damaged. The rain is continuing and a river nearby is rising,&quot; he told AFP.</p><p>The national weather agency warned of severe winds and &quot;intense to torrential&quot; rainfall exceeding 200 millimeters (eight inches) across the north of the country, along with a &quot;moderate to high risk of a storm surge&quot; -- giant waves up to three meters (10 feet) high on the north coast.</p><p>Schools and government offices were shut in areas expected to be hit hardest by the latest typhoon.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/11/10/-walangpasok-class-suspensions-on-monday-november-11-1422">#WalangPasok: Class suspensions on Monday, November 11</a></div><p>Nearly 700 passengers were stranded at ports on or near the typhoon&#x27;s path, according to a coast guard tally on Monday, with the weather service warning that &quot;sea travel is risky for all types or tonnage of vessels&quot;.</p><p>&quot;All mariners must remain in port or, if underway, seek shelter or safe harbor as soon as possible until winds and waves subside,&quot; it added.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/11/10/severe-flooding-expected-in-parts-of-n-luzon-as-nika-roars-toward-landmass-1404">READ: Severe flooding expected in parts of N. Luzon as Nika roars toward landmass</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/11/10/marcos-jr-assures-aid-for-marce-hit-cagayan-ahead-of-nika-landfall-1050">READ: Marcos Jr. assures aid for Marce-hit Cagayan ahead of Nika landfall</a></div><div><strong>- Powerful gusts -</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J6GDMNln4CM?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span>Aurora and Isabela officials said the main impact appeared to be downed trees and power pylons that blocked major roads.</div><p>&quot;I don&#x27;t want to send people out yet to investigate. I do not want them to be caught out by powerful gusts,&quot; said Constante Foronda, Isabela&#x27;s disaster response chief.</p><p>The typhoon was forecast to blow out to the South China Sea late Monday, the weather service said.</p><p>Aurora provincial disaster response chief Elson Egargue told AFP he pushed out crews to clear roads after Toraji left the province in early afternoon.</p><p>After Nika, a tropical depression could also potentially strike the region as early as Thursday night, weather forecaster Veronica Torres told AFP.</p><p>Tropical Storm Man-yi, currently east of Guam, may also threaten the Philippines next week, she added.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KJm-LLbEXjU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span>Toraji came on the heels of three cyclones in less than a month that killed 159 people.</div><p>On Thursday, Typhoon Marce [international name: Yinxing] slammed into the country&#x27;s north coast, damaging houses and buildings.</p><p>A 12-year-old girl was crushed to death in one incident.</p><p>Before that, Severe Tropical Storm Kristine [international name: Trami] and Super Typhoon Leon [international name: Kong-rey] together left 158 people dead, the national disaster agency said, with most of that tally attributed to Kristine.</p><p>About 20 big storms and typhoons hit the archipelago nation or its surrounding waters each year.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/10/3/supercharged-storms-how-climate-change-amplifies-cyclones-1256">READ: Supercharged storms: how climate change amplifies cyclones</a></div><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><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Thousands of villages were ordered to evacuate and ports shut down, officials said Monday, as the disaster-weary Philippines was struck by another typhoon -- the fourth in less than a month.</p>

Thousands of villages were ordered to evacuate and ports shut down, officials said Monday, as the disaster-weary Philippines was struck by another typhoon -- the fourth in less than a month.

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Thousands flee as fourth typhoon in a month hits Philippines

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