Man-yi Intensifies Into Super Typhoon, Threatening Philippines
A resident secures the roof of a house ahead of the landfall of Typhoon Man-Yi, in Legazpi, Albay on Nov. 15.
Photographer: Charism Sayat/AFP/Getty Images
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Tropical cyclone Man-yi has strengthened into a super typhoon, threatening to bring intense rains and high waves on the Philippines’ main island that’s still reeling from a string of storms in recent weeks.
Man-yi — known locally as Pepito — has top sustained winds of 185 kilometers (115 miles) an hour, according to the weather bureau’s latest advisory. The storm is forecast to hit land around the island province of Catanduanes Saturday night or early Sunday, then slightly weaken as it crosses the main island Luzon.