Nearly 180,000 people in the central region of Bicol have been evacuated, data from the disaster agency showed. Man-yi, locally known as Pepito, would be the sixth tropical cyclone to hit the Philippines in a month.

MANILA: A powerful storm sweeping towards the Philippines intensified into a super typhoon on Saturday (Nov 16), the state weather forecaster said, warning of "significant to severe impacts" from the wind and "life-threatening" storm surges.

A super typhoon sweeping towards the Philippines on Saturday was intensifying and could have a "potentially catastrophic" impact, the state weather forecaster warned, with millions of people at risk from storm surges.