Typhoon “Ursula” (international name: Phanfone) slightly weakened on Thursday as it moved away from land after wreaking havoc across the central Philippines on Christmas Day, killing 24 people.

ILOILO CITY, Philippines — Typhoon “Ursula” pummeled the central Philippines on Christmas Day, destroying homes and cutting off power with powerful winds and flooding villages with incessant heavy rains on what is supposed to be Christendom’s happiest day.