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Super Typhoon Man-yi batters Philippines' most populous island

Super typhoon Man-yi (Pepito) was still packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometres per hour after making landfall on lightly populated Catanduanes island late Saturday. (AFP)

The weather forecaster has hoisted its second-highest typhoon signal over several provinces along Luzon island's east coast where Man-yi is expected to make its second landfall. (Reuters)

About 20 big storms and typhoons hit the Philippines or its surrounding waters each year. (PNA)

Severe flooding and landslides were expected as Man-yi dumped "intense to torrential" rain over provinces in its path. (PNA)

Super Typhoon Man-yi uprooted trees, brought down power lines and ripped off corrugated iron roofing as it swept across the storm-weary Philippines on Sunday, following an unusual streak of violent weather. (Reuters)

"There have been no reported casualties, perhaps because people followed the evacuation orders," Catanduanes provincial disaster operations chief Roberto Monterola told AFP on Sunday, as clean-up efforts on the island got underway. (PNA)

Man-yi is the sixth storm in the past month to batter the archipelago nation. At least 163 people died in the previous storms, that also left thousands homeless and wiped out crops and livestock. (Reuters)

Photos shared on the Facebook page of Mayor Cesar Robles showed toppled power lines, damaged houses, and trees and corrugated iron sheets strewn on the roads.

More than 650,000 people fled their homes ahead of Man-yi as the national weather service warned of a "potentially catastrophic and life-threatening" impact from the storm. (Reuters)

Source: Reuters/AFP/PNA

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