The fifth major storm in three weeks has hit the northeastern Philippines, prompting more largescale evacuations and a United Nations call for emergency funds to help the government ease the plight of

Typhoon Usagi slammed into the Philippines' already disaster-ravaged north on Thursday, as authorities rushed to evacuate thousands of people from coastal areas.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Usagi swamped rural villages ... which was blowing toward southern Taiwan on Friday. In Cagayan province in the northernmost tip of the main Luzon region, a key concrete bridge connecting two towns partly collapsed ...