Typhoon Toraji has unleashed floods, knocked down trees and caused power outages in the northern Philippines before weakening into a tropical storm and blowing out to the South China Sea.

Forecasters have been watching the progress of no fewer than four tropical storms in the western Pacific over the last few days – with the Philippines bearing the brunt. The first storm, Typhoon Yinxing,

Typhoon Usagi slammed into the Philippines' already disaster-ravaged north on Thursday, as authorities rushed to evacuate thousands of people from coastal areas.Cagayan's civil defence chief Rueli Rapsing said he expected local governments to take 40,