TYPHOON Ofel (international name: Usagi) slammed into the country's already disaster-ravaged north on Thursday, as authorities rushed to evacuate thousands of people from coastal areas.
Ofel made landfall in the town of Baggao in Cagayan province at 1:30 p.m. with winds of 175 kilometers an hour, the national weather service said — the fifth storm to strike the country in just three weeks.
