Typhoon Usagi swamped rural villages in floods, knocked down power and displaced thousands more people before blowing away

Tropical cyclone Man-yi has strengthened into a super typhoon, threatening to bring intense rains and high waves on the Philippines’ main island that’s still reeling from a string of storms in recent weeks.

Typhoon Usagi weakened sharply on Friday after bearing down on the Philippines' northern towns, blowing away houses in its path as authorities brace for another storm that could hit the capital Manila over the weekend.

After enduring 12 typhoons this year, including two back-to-back storms in less than a month, communities across the Philippines are bracing for more extreme weather.

Category 4 Typhoon Usagi and Tropical Storm Man-Yi are next on the list of storms expected to strike the region.

The fifth major storm in three weeks is approaching the Philippines, prompting more largescale evacuations and a United Nations request for emergency funds to help the government ease the plight of ha

In nearly 75 years of tracking the weather in the North Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea, there have never been more than three tropical cyclones observed at once in November—until now. CNN reports the storms Yinxing,