The latest storm information from the Philippine weather agency PAGASA said that on the morning of November 17, super typhoon Man-yi continued to be active in the Philippines and was moving over the sea east of the Bicol region.
The center of super typhoon Man-yi is 85 km northeast of Daet, Camarines Norte. This super typhoon near the East Sea has maximum sustained winds of 185 km/h near the center, gusts of up to 255 km/h.
Super Typhoon Man-yi is forecast to move west-northwest over the northern waters of the Camarines provinces (not excluding the possibility of making landfall or approaching the Calaguas Islands) on the morning of November 17.
Philippine typhoon forecasters said that super typhoon Man-yi will hit the coastal waters of Pangasinan or La Union on the evening of November 17 or early morning of November 18. When it becomes the latest storm in the South China Sea, Typhoon Man-yi will continue moving west-northwest on November 18.
The storm news from the Yale University news site, USA, said that when super typhoon Man-yi made landfall on Catanduanes Island in the Philippines at 9:40 p.m. on November 16, local time, the US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) determined that Man-yi was at the intensity of a super typhoon level 5 on the Saffir-Simpson typhoon scale.
The Philippines suffered unprecedented devastation from typhoons in November, of which Man-yi was the fourth typhoon to hit the country in less than 10 days.
The four typhoons that hit the Philippines include: Typhoon Yinxing (level 4) on November 7, Typhoon Toraji (level 1) on November 11, super typhoon Usagi (level 4) on November 14, super typhoon Man-yi (level 5) on November 16.
According to the AP news agency, right before super typhoon Man-yi, three previous storms hit the Philippines in November, killing at least 160 people and displacing more than 9 million.
In addition, 9 other tropical storms or super typhoons caused heavy damage in the Philippines in 2024: Typhoon Ewiniar (landing at tropical storm intensity on May 24-27) killed 6 people, causing a loss of 20 million USD. Typhoon Gaemi (not making landfall, occurred on July 24-25) caused $177 million in damage; Typhoon Shanshan did not make landfall, appeared on August; Typhoon Yagi made landfall as a tropical storm from September 1-9; Typhoon Bebinca appeared from August 13-16, did not make landfall. Tropical storm Soulik made landfall as a tropical storm, affecting from 15-19; Typhoon Krathon, which appeared from 29-30 September, did not make landfall; Typhoon Trami made landfall as a tropical storm on October 24. Super Typhoon Kong-rey did not make landfall, appearing on October 30.
Super Typhoon Man-yi is the fifth Category 5 super typhoon globally in the 2024 typhoon season. Other Category 5 storms include two Atlantic hurricanes - Hurricane Beryl and Hurricane Milton, one western Pacific hurricane - Hurricane Yagi, and one eastern Pacific hurricane - Hurricane Kristy. The strongest super typhoon on the planet in 2024 is Super Typhoon Milton, which tops out at 290 km/h.
On average, there are 5.3 Category 4 super typhoons globally in the period of 1990-2023. Therefore, the 2024 typhoon season, with the presence of super typhoon Man-yi, has become a typhoon season with a near-average number of Category 5 super typhoons. The record is 12 Category 5 hurricanes in a year, set in 1997. The 2023 typhoon season has 9 Category 5 super typhoons.
According to the global database published by Colorado State University, USA, the 2024 typhoon season has recorded 57 tropical storms as of November 16.
