by Arlie O. Calalo - Francisco Tuyay - Ed Paolo Salting - Francis Earl Cueto
Nov 12, 2024 12:12 am
TYPHOON Nika has weakened after tearing across Northern Luzon Monday.
By the time it leaves the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Tuesday morning, Nika could be downgraded into a severe storm, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in its 5 p.m. bulletin Monday.
This frame grab taken from video footage on November 11, 2024 and received from the Dinalungan Municipal Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO) shows government workers walking amid fallen banana trees on a highway in Dinalungan, Aurora province, after Typhoon Toraji hit the nation's northeast coast. Thousands of villages were ordered to evacuate and ports shut down, officials said on November 11, as the disaster-weary Philippines was struck by another typhoon -- the fourth in less than a month. (Photo by Handout / Dinalungan Municipal Risk Reduction Management Office / AFP)