This handout photo courtesy of Lie Anne Elacion Fabrigas taken and received on Monday shows a woman outside her damaged home in Dilasag, Aurora province after Typhoon Nika (Toraji) hit the nation's northeast coast.AFP, Courtesy of Lie Anne Elacion Fabrigas, AFP/handout

MANILA (UPDATED) — Tropical Storm Usagi entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Tuesday morning and was given the local name Ofel.

Ofel intensified slightly later Tuesday morning.

At 10 a.m. Tuesday, it was located  950 kilometers east of southeastern Luzon with winds of 85 kilometers per hour and gusts up to 105 kph. It is moving west northwestward at 35 kph.

Parts of Cagayan Valley may be placed under Wind Signal No. 1 on Tuesday evening or early Wednesday. Signal No. 4 will be the highest wind warning to be raised.

It is forecast to make landfall over northern or Central Luzon Thursday afternoon or evening, November 14.

It will bring heavy rainfall, severe winds, and possible storm surge that may cause considerable impacts.

The disturbance will then recurve west of Extreme Northern Luzon by the weekend.

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NIKA OUT OF PAR BY MIDDAY

Severe Tropical Storm Nika has meanwhile weakened further as it moves northwestward over the West Philippine Sea.

Wind Signal No. 1 remains hoisted in Ilocos Norte, and parts of Ilocos Sur, Abra, Apayao, and Cagayan.

At 4 a.m. Tuesday, Nika was located 185 km west of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, with winds of 95 kph and gusts up to 115 kph. It is moving northwestward at 30 kph.

Its trough may still bring moderate to heavy rains in Ilocos Norte, Batanes, and Cagayan.

It will exit the PAR before midday Tuesday.