Weather & Science
Typhoon Usagi Hits Philippines, Set to Track Toward Taiwan
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Typhoon Usagi struck the northern Philippines on Thursday afternoon, the fifth powerful storm to impact the country in three weeks, with the system set to swing north and move toward Taiwan.
Usagi, known locally as Ofel, has maximum sustained winds of 175 kilometers (109 miles) per hour, according to the Philippines’ weather bureau. The typhoon made landfall in the northeastern rice-growing province of Cagayan, where authorities have ordered evacuations from coastal areas.