Another tropical storm has barrelled across Philippine islands, causing at least four deaths and the evacuations of more than 433,000 people from landslide- and flood-prone villages long battered by typhoons.

Bualoi, which has weakened since crossing the coast overnight, was the latest of back-to-back storms from the Pacific to threaten Asia.

Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest to hit in years, caused at least 25 deaths in the northern Philippines and Taiwan, mostly from flooding, before making landfall in China and dissipating over Vietnam.

Bualoi made landfall in the Philippine town of San Policarpo in Eastern Samar province late on Thursday with sustained winds of 110km/h, knocking out power in east-central provinces and setting off flooding and two minor landslides, the country's d

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