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There was also a “moderate to high risk of a storm surge” – giant waves of up to 3m high on the north coast by Tuesday, it added.

Schools and government offices were closed in areas expected to be hardest hit by the latest typhoon.

Nearly 700 passengers were stranded in ports on or near the typhoon’s path, according to a Coast Guard tally Monday, with the weather service warning that “sea travel is hazardous for all types or tonnage of vessels.”

Elson Egargue, the provincial head of disaster response, told AFP he pushed crews to clear roads after Toraji left the province in the early afternoon.

After Toraji, a tropical depression could also hit the region as early as Thursday evening, meteorologist Veronica Torres told AFP.

Tropical Storm Man-yi, currently east of Guam, could also threaten the Philippines next week, she added.

Toraji came on the heels of three cyclones in less than a month, which killed 159 people.

On Thursday, Typhoon Yinxing slammed into the country’s northern coast, destroying homes and buildings.

A 12-year-old girl was crushed to death in an incident.

before that, Severe Tropical Storm Trami and Super Typhoon Kong-Rey Together, 158 people died, the national disaster agency said, with most of that number attributed to Trami.

About 20 major storms and typhoons hit the archipelago nation or surrounding waters each year.

A recent study showed that storms in the Asia-Pacific region are forming closer to the coast, intensifying faster and lasting longer over land due to climate change.