Nika weakens after cutting across NLuzon

TYPHOON Nika has weakened after tearing across Northern Luzon Monday.

By the time it leaves the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Tuesday morning, Nika could be downgraded into a severe storm, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in its 5 p.m. bulletin Monday.

The typhoon made landfall in Dilasag, Aurora, early Monday, moving west-northwestward at 25 kilometers per hour (kph), packing winds of 120kph gusting up to 200kph,

This frame grab taken from video footage on November 11, 2024 and received from the Dinalungan Municipal Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO) shows government workers walking amid fallen banana trees on a highway in Dinalungan, Aurora province, after Typhoon Toraji hit the nation’s northeast coast. Thousands of villages were ordered to evacuate and ports shut down, officials said on November 11, as the disaster-weary Philippines was struck by another typhoon — the fourth in less than a month. (Photo by Handout / Dinalungan Municipal Risk Reduction Management Office / AFP)

Storm Signal No. 1 has been lifted over Metro Manila, but other storm signals were still raised in many parts of Northern Luzon on Monday, Pagasa said.

Signal 4 remained over Kalinga, Mountain Province, the n