Footage filmed on Friday showed Typhoon Usagi battering the northern Philippine Cagayan province, knocking out a bridge and causing powercut and widespread damage. The fifth storm in less than a month,

Typhoon Usagi slammed into the Philippines' already disaster-ravaged north on Thursday, as authorities rushed to evacuate thousands of people from coastal areas.

Manila: Hundreds of people fled Friday as Typhoon Man-Yi bore down on the Philippines, threatening yet more destruction even as rescuers tried to reach people stranded on rooftops by the last tropical cyclone.