The last two typhoons and a tropical storm caused more than 160 deaths, damaged thousands of houses and farmlands and affected more than 9 million people, including hundreds of thousands who fled to emergency shelters, after dumping from one to two months’ worth of rain in just 24 hours in some cities and towns.

Typhoon "Toraji" made landfall in the Philippines, in the province of Aurora in the north-east of the country with gusts of up to 111mph. Officials ordered the forced evacuation of around 2,500 villages as a precautionary measure on Sunday.