Typhoon Usagi weakened over the Philippines on Thursday afternoon but was still expected to bring damaging winds to parts of Taiwan early Friday morning.

MANILA: Typhoon Usagi swamped rural villages in floods, knocked down power and displaced thousands more people before blowing away on Friday (Nov 15) from the northern Philippines, which has now been pounded by five major storms in less than a month.

The storm made landfall on the island of Luzon. Forecasters warned of torrential rain and landslides in the north of the country.