A road was submerged in heavy flood as Typhoon Toraji battered storm-weary Philippines on Tuesday.

Drone footage shows the deluge swamping a stretch of Don Loreto Road that connects the eastern and central parts of Enrile Town in northern Cagayan province on November 12.

The Cagayan Provincial Information Office said rescue teams were dispatched to evacuate villagers affected by the flood.

Philippine weather agency PAGASA said Toraji, locally called Nika, touched down in Dilasag town in northeastern Aurora province at 8:10 am local time on November 11, with sustained winds of up to 81 miles per hour.

Thousands of residents were forcibly evacuated from their homes in the Philippines' northern provinces which were ravaged by four cyclones in less than a month. Schools and government offices were also closed in areas expected to be hit hardest by the typhoon.

Toraji whirled across the mountainous main island of Luzon before exiting into the South China Sea as a tropical storm. It left the Philippine storm monitoring zone at 2 pm on November 12 but PAGASA said it was now observing Tropical Storm Usagi, which entered the zone at 3 am on Tuesday.

The relentless storms come on the heels of three other cyclones that killed 159 people in less than a month.

The Philippines experiences frequent and intense storms especially during the typhoon season from June to November, due to its location in the Pacific typhoon belt. These storms often bring heavy rain, strong winds, and flooding that cause significant damage to infrastructure, agriculture, and communities.