Typhoon Marce lashed the northern Philippines, with violent winds and rain damaging houses and toppling power lines, local authorities said on Friday.

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.

PAGASA is now monitoring a low pressure area that formed outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Friday, November 8

The northern towns of Cagayan province are in disarray after Typhoon Marce (international name: Yinxing) wreaked havoc across the region, making landfalls in Santa Ana and Sanchez Mira on Thursday, according to reports.

Typhoon Marce is now over the sea west of Ilocos Norte, with five areas still under Signal No. 4, and expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) this afternoon, according to the Tropical Cyclone Bulletin PAGASA posted early Friday morning.