Philippines forcibly evacuates thousands as latest typhoon blows near

A boy tries to sleep in his flooded house after Typhoon Yinxing, locally called Marce, blew past Buguey town, Cagayan province, northern Philippines (AP Photo/Noel Celis)

Thousands of people have been forcibly evacuated from 2,500 villages in the northern Philippines as another typhoon threatened the region already devastated by floods and landslides from three storms in less than a month.

Typhoon Toraji was forecast to blow over the mountainous Luzon region, where president Ferdinand Marcos Jr — just the day before — inspected the damage from the last storm and led the distribution of food packs to residents.