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.

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