The Philippines raised its highest storm alert and evacuated thousands of people today, as Super Typhoon Usagi barrelled towards its already

The Philippines ordered evacuations ahead of Typhoon Usagi on Wednesday, as the UN disaster office sought $32.9 million in aid for the country after storms that killed more than 150 people. About 20 big storms and typhoons hit the archipelago nation or its surrounding waters each year,

This is the dramatic moment a concrete home collapsed into a river during Typhoon Toraji in the Philippines. The single-storey concrete house crumbled as the nearby river eroded its foundations in Baggao town in storm-battered Cagayan province on the evening of November 11.

The Philippines prepared Tuesday to evacuate potentially tens of thousands of people as the fifth major storm in three weeks bore down on the archipelago shortly after the onslaught of Typhoon Toraji.

Devastating floods struck the northern Philippines on Monday, when Tropical Storm Toraji became the fourth tropical storm to hit the island nation in three weeks.