Severe tropical storm Nika exits PAR

Severe Tropical Storm Nika, internationally named Toraji, has exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) as of Tuesday afternoon.

Nika made landfall as a typhoon in Dilasag, Aurora, on Monday, November 11, and crossed Isabela, Ifugao, Mountain Province, and Ilocos Sur before weakening.

PAGASA announced that Nika no longer poses a threat of storm surge to the country's coastal areas and has lifted Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1.

The storm is forecast to weaken further into a tropical depression and then a remnant low.

Meanwhile, another weather disturbance, Ofel (international name Usagi), has intensified into a severe tropical storm.

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