The latest storm report from the Philippine weather agency PAGASA said that Typhoon Toraji made landfall in the vicinity of Dilasag, Aurora at 8:10 a.m. on November 11. The storm, named Nika in the Philippines and Typhoon No. 23 in Japan, brought strong winds and heavy rains to the northern province of the Philippines.
Strong winds and heavy rains from Typhoon Toraji ripped off roofs of some houses and toppled trees in Dinalungan town near the storm's eye, according to video captured by Philippine station ABS-CBN News.
According to PAGASA's typhoon forecast bulletin, strong winds and heavy rains hit most of Northern Luzon and some areas of Central Luzon as the storm moves overland on November 11.
PAGASA forecasts that Typhoon Toraji will cause more severe and widespread damage, including flooding and landslides.
The US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) noted that Typhoon Toraji is a dangerous system that can bring destructive winds, heavy rains, storm surge, rough seas, landslides and flash floods.
The latest forecast from the Philippine weather bureau highlights that Toraji will move mainly west-northwest until November 14 before turning mainly southwest from November 15 onwards. After making landfall in the Philippines, the storm, which has the potential to become a Category 8 storm in the South China Sea, will head out to sea west of Ilocos Sur on the evening of November 11.
Typhoon Toraji then continued to move west-northwest over the East Sea and exited the forecast area of the Philippines in the morning or afternoon of November 12.
International forecasts predict that Toraji will weaken after passing Luzon, Philippines due to interaction with the mainland. Finally, storm No. 8 in the East Sea may become a low pressure area in the sea near southern China.
Typhoon Toraji made landfall in the Philippines amid four active storm and tropical depression systems in the western Pacific basin.
PAGASA's storm and low pressure bulletin on the morning of November 11 said that Typhoon Yinxing (Philippine name: Marce) has become a tropical depression in the East Sea. This system is about 800 km west of Northern Luzon, Philippines, with maximum sustained winds of 110 km/h near the center of the storm, gusts up to 135 km/h.
Tropical Storm Man-yi is 3,555 km (2,200 miles) east of central Luzon, with maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h (53 mph) near the center and gusts to 105 km/h (65 mph). The storm is moving slowly west.
The fourth system is a tropical depression outside the Philippine PAR forecast area. As of 5 a.m. on November 11, the depression was located 1,620 km east of Eastern Visayas, Philippines, with maximum sustained winds of 45 km/h near the center of the storm. It is currently moving northwest at 35 km/h, with gusts of up to 55 km/h.
Based on the latest track forecast, the tropical depression will gradually move west-northwestward and may enter PAR during the morning of November 12. The tropical depression is expected to intensify into a severe tropical storm within the next 48 hours and may reach its peak intensity before making landfall.
When it enters PAR, the system will be named Ofel, becoming the 15th storm to enter the Philippines this year. Ofel is forecast to make landfall in Northern Luzon and Central Luzon on the evening of November 14 or the morning of November 15.
