Typhoon Ofel (international name: Usagi) swamped rural villages in floods, knocked down power and displaced thousands more people before blowing away on Friday from the northern Philippines, which has now been pounded by five major storms in less than a month.

Drone footage reveals the trail of destruction left by Typhoon Usagi in the Philippines' north :: Philippine Red Cross:: Cagayan province, Philippines ::Drone video released by the Philippine Red Cross showed residents walking past destroyed bridges and farmland littered with debris in Cagayan province on Friday.

Hundreds of people fled Friday as Typhoon ‘Pepito’ (Man-Yi) bore down on the Philippines, threatening yet more destruction even