Manila — Thousands of villages were ordered to evacuate and ports shut down, officials said Monday, as the disaster-weary Philippines was struck by another typhoon — the fourth in less than a month.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage as Typhoon Nika hit the nation's northeast coast near Dilasag town in Aurora province, about 220 kilometers northeast of the capital, Manila, the national weather agency said.The government ordered 2,500 villages to be evacuated on Sunday, but the national disaster office could not say how many people have taken shelter so far.
Nearly 700 passengers were stranded at ports, according to a coast guard tally on Monday, with the weather service warning that 'sea travel is risky for all types or tonnage of vessels.'The typhoon was forecast to slice across northern Luzon later Monday, with a tropical depression also potentially striking the region as early as Thursday night, weather forecaster Veronica Torres told Agence France-Presse.
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