Super Typhoon Man-yi: Philippines evacuates half a million people as storm Pepito makes landfall
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Super Typhoon Man-yi: Philippines evacuates half a million people as storm Pepito makes landfall

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CNN — A super typhoon barreled toward the Philippines’ largest island on Sunday, as more than half a million people sought shelter from the latest in a string of powerful storms to threaten the country. Super Typhoon Man-yi, known locally as Pepito, made initial landfall on the coast of island province Catanduanes on Saturday night then churned through the sea toward the main island of Luzon’s coast. Ahead of Man-yi’s arrival, more than 500,000 people evacuated in Luzon’s Bicol region, a disaster official told DZRH radio, Reuters reported Saturday. Charism Sayat/AFP/Getty Images Civil defense chief Ariel Nepomuceno told Reuters that no casualties were reported, though the typhoon’s strong winds damaged homes, schools and commercial buildings in Catanduanes.

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