Large waves break along a seawall ahead of the expected landfall of Super Typhoon Pepito [international name: Man-yi], in Legaspi City, Albay province on November 16, 2024. Charism Sayat, AFP

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. - A super typhoon sweeping towards the Philippines on November 16 was intensifying and could have a "potentially catastrophic" impact, the state weather forecaster warned, with millions of people at risk from storm surges. (Photo by CHARISM SAYAT / AFP)

Super Typhoon Pepito

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1731832164197AFP__20241116__36MK3ZM__v1__Preview__PhilippinesWeatherTyphoon.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Large waves break along a seawall ahead of the expected landfall of Super Typhoon Pepito [international name: Man-yi], in Legaspi City, Albay province on November 16, 2024. Charism Sayat, AFP"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Large waves break along a seawall ahead of the expected landfall of Super Typhoon Pepito [international name: Man-yi], in Legaspi City, Albay province on November 16, 2024. <em>Charism Sayat, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATED</strong>) -- Super Typhoon Pepito [international name: Man-yi] pummeled the Philippines&#x27; most populous island on Sunday, with the national weather service warning of flooding, landslides and huge waves as the storm sweeps across the archipelago nation.</p><p>Pepito was still packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers (115 miles) per hour, with gusts reaching 305 kph, after making its first landfall late Saturday on the lightly populated Catanduanes island.</p><p>More than 1.2 million people fled their homes ahead of Pepito, including several thousand in the capital Manila, as the weather forecaster warned of a &quot;life-threatening&quot; impact from the powerful storm, which follows an unusual streak of violent weather.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/17/ndrrmc-more-than-24k-families-in-shelters-due-to-series-of-storms-1532">READ: More than 24K families in shelters due to series of storms -- NDRRMC</a></div><p>Pepito uprooted trees, brought down power lines and smashed flimsy houses to pieces after hitting Catanduanes in the typhoon-prone Bicol region.</p><p>No deaths have been reported, but there was &quot;extensive&quot; damage to structures on Catanduanes, civil defense chief Ariel Nepomuceno said.</p><p>Pepito remained a super typhoon as it hit heavily populated Luzon -- the country&#x27;s economic engine -- forecasters said, warning of a &quot;potentially dangerous&quot; situation in Aurora province.</p><p>&quot;I saw roofing sheets flying off the houses around our building. Branches were being torn off trees,&quot; said Julius Fabianes, a rescuer with the Aurora disaster agency in Baler town.</p><p>The weather service forecast &quot;significant weakening&quot; as Pepito traversed the mountainous island.</p><p>But it said severe flooding and landslides were expected as Pepito dumped &quot;intense to torrential&quot; rain over provinces in its path.</p><p>Forecasters also warned storm surges reaching more than three meters could swamp vulnerable coastal communities, including in Manila.</p><p>Panganiban municipality in the northeast of Catanduanes took a direct hit from Pepito.</p><p>Photos and a drone video shared on the Facebook page of Mayor Cesar Robles showed fallen power lines, damaged and destroyed buildings, and trees and corrugated iron sheets strewn on the roads.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/17/pepito-maintains-strength-threatens-northern-quezon-aurora-1208">READ: ‘Potentially dangerous, life-threatening’ situation in Aurora as Pepito maintains strength</a></div><div><strong>- &#x27;So strong&#x27; -</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UXXkknPLHwk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></div><p>&quot;Pepito was so strong, I have never experienced a typhoon this strong,&quot; Robles said in a post, using the local name for Man-yi, as clean-up efforts got underway and people returned home.</p><p>Mother-of-three Marissa Cueva Alejandro, 36, who grew up in Catanduanes and sheltered with a relative during Pepito, said typhoons were getting stronger.</p><p>&quot;Before, we would only experience (typhoon) signal number three to four, but now typhoons are getting as strong as signal number five,&quot; she said, referring to the weather service&#x27;s five-tiered wind warning system.</p><p>Pepito is the sixth storm in the past month to batter the archipelago nation. At least 163 people died in the previous storms, which left thousands homeless and wiped out crops and livestock.</p><p>Climate change is increasing the intensity of storms, leading to heavier rains, flash floods and stronger gusts.</p><p>About 20 big storms and typhoons hit the Southeast Asian nation or its surrounding waters each year, killing scores of people, but it is rare for multiple such weather events to take place in a small window.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/16/watch-satellite-imagery-of-4-typhoons-moving-across-ph-1927">WATCH: Satellite imagery of 4 typhoons moving across PH</a></div><div><strong>- Resorts deserted -</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173183214293820241117-pepito-aftermath-panganiban-MCR.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Devastation hours after Super Typhoon Pepito makes landfall in Panganiban, Catanduanes, on November 16, 2024. Panganiban LGU"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Devastation hours after Super Typhoon Pepito makes landfall in Panganiban, Catanduanes, on November 16, 2024. <em>Panganiban LGU</em></span></span></span></strong>The weather forecaster has hoisted its highest and second-highest typhoon signals over a wide band of provinces stretching from Luzon&#x27;s east coast, where Pepito made its second landfall, across to the western side of the island where it will exit.</div><p>Around 2,000 people were in emergency evacuation shelters in Dipaculao municipality in Aurora province.</p><p>Others have stayed home to protect their property and livestock, or because they were skeptical of the warnings, said Geofry Parrocha, communications officer of the Dipaculao disaster agency.</p><p>&quot;Some of our countrymen are really hard-headed. They do not believe us until the typhoon arrives,&quot; Parrocha told AFP.</p><p>Tourists emptied from coastal resorts ahead of the typhoon.</p><p>&quot;Our facilities are deserted,&quot; said Irene Padeo, reservation officer of the L&#x27;Sirene Boutique Resort in Baler town in Aurora, as Pepito neared.</p><p>&quot;Our outdoor items have all been packed and taken indoors. We tied down all the rest.&quot;</p><p>On its current trajectory, Pepito will cross north of Manila and sweep over the South China Sea on Monday.</p><p>Pepito hit the Philippines late in the typhoon season -- most cyclones develop between July and October.</p><p>This month, four storms were clustered simultaneously in the Pacific basin, which the Japan Meteorological Agency told AFP was the first time such an occurrence had been observed in November since its records began in 1951.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Super Typhoon Pepito 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.</p>

Super Typhoon Pepito 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.

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Super Typhoon Pepito fells trees, power lines in the Philippines

Super Typhoon Pepito fells trees, power lines in the Philippines

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Published Nov 17, 2024 04:30 PM PHT

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