A strong typhoon has hit the northern Philippines, prompting a new round of evacuations in a region still recovering from back-to-back storms a few weeks ago.

The Philippines is prone to storms and sees an average of 20 a year.

Typhoon Yinxing made landfall in the Philippines on Thursday afternoon, bringing dangerous winds and extreme rainfall to Luzon, the nation’s most populous island. The storm had maximum sustained winds of about 144 miles per hour,