AccuWeather meteorologists say the Western Pacific Ocean is experiencing a surge in tropical activity this week, with four storms stretching from Vietnam to the Mariana Islands. As one typhoon makes its exit from the Philippines Monday,

The Philippines has scrambled to deal with multiple calamities wreaked by four back-to-back typhoons and storms in less than a month.

Trees swayed violently in the wind as Typhoon Toraji pummeled the Philippines on Monday. Footage shows the gales whipping through trees as heavy rain battered Quirino province around 211 miles (339 kilometres) north of the capital Manila on1.