Typhoon Ofel continues to weaken Thursday before its projected landfall in Babuyan Islands, state meteorologists said. As of 5 p.m., Ofel was estimated based on all available data in the vicinity of Gonzaga,

Seven areas in Luzon and in the Visayas have been placed under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 as Severe Tropical Storm Pepito (international name: Man-Yi) entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Thursday evening,

Ofel (Usagi) starts weakening early Thursday afternoon, November 14, 'due to increasing interaction with the landmass of Luzon.' But wind and rainfall warnings remain in effect.

Cyclone "Ofel" (International name: Usagi) weakened into a typhoon as it slammed into Cagayan, PAGASA said on Thursday,.

The number of evacuees in Cagayan continues to balloon as Typhoon Ofel made landfall, the sixth storm to hit the province in just over a month.

Ofel made landfall in Cagayan and weakened into a typhoon on Thursday afternoon, the state weather bureau said.

Typhoon Ofel (international name: Usagi) has reached super typhoon status, prompting the state weather bureau to raise Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 5 in the northeastern portion of mainland Cagayan on Thursday morning.

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 4 was raised over three areas in Luzon as Ofel weakened into a typhoon after making landfall in Baggao, Cagayan on Thursday afternoon, PAGASA said.

Signal No. 5 has been raised over the northeastern portion of mainland Cagayan as "Ofel" has further intensified into a super typhoon, the state weather bureau said on Thursday. In its 5 a.m. bulletin,

State weather bureau PAGASA has raised Signal No. 4 over parts of Cagayan as Typhoon Ofel (international name: Usagi) intensifies and nears super typhoon status on early Thursday,.