Super Typhoon Man-yi smashes power lines, wrecks houses in Philippines

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16 November 2024 at 8:53 pm·1-min read

People react as large waves break along a seawall ahead of the expected landfall of Super Typhoon Man-yi, in Legaspi City, Albay province on November 16, 2024.

Super Typhoon Man-yi slammed into the Philippines, sparking tidal surges and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern Philippines on Sunday in the sixth major storm to hit the country in less than a month.

Super Typhoon Man-yi uprooted trees, brought down power lines and smashed flimsy houses to pieces as it swept across the storm-weary Philippines on Sunday, following an unusual streak of violent weather.

Man-yi was still packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometres per hour (115 miles per hour) and gusts of up to 230 kph, after making landfall on lightly populated Catanduanes island late Saturday.

More than 1.2 million people fled their homes ahead of Man-yi as the national weather service warned of a "life-threatening" impact from the storm.

No deaths have been reported, but there was "extensive" damage to structures on Catanduanes, civil defence chief Ariel Nepomuceno said.

Man-yi is expected to remain a super typhoon as it hits Luzon -- the country's most populous island and economic engine -- forecasters said, warning of a "potentially dangerous" situation in Aurora province.

Severe flooding and landslides were expected as Man-yi dumped "intense to torrential" rain over provinces in its path, with more than 200 millimetres (nearly eight inches) forecast in the next 24 hours, the weather service said.

Panganiban municipality in the northeast of Catanduanes took a direct hit from Man-yi.

"It is still a bit unsafe, there are still bursts of wind and there are many debris."

(AFP)

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