The latest storm bulletin from the Philippine weather agency PAGASA on super typhoon Man-yi released at 2:00 p.m. on November 17 said the center of the super typhoon, locally named Pepito, is moving in the coastal waters of Baler, Aurora.
This super typhoon near the East Sea is moving northwest at 20 km/h, with maximum sustained winds near the center of up to 185 km/h and gusts of up to 230 km/h.
Storm forecasters say the super storm will move west-northwest or northwest and make landfall between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on November 17.
The super typhoon, which is among the top 5 strongest on the planet in 2024, will then cross the northern part of Central Luzon and the southern part of Northern Luzon, sweeping the highlands of Sierra Madre, Caraballo and Cordillera Central between the afternoon and evening of November 17.
Super typhoon Man-yi is forecast to leave mainland Luzon, Philippines tonight or the morning of November 18 to enter the East Sea.
Both domestic and international forecasts have confirmed that Super Typhoon Man-yi will make landfall in the Philippines as a super typhoon. The latest super typhoon will weaken significantly as it passes over Luzon and will weaken further as it moves over the South China Sea under the influence of the northeast monsoon.
Super Typhoon Man-yi is the fourth typhoon to hit the Philippines in less than two weeks — an unprecedented event in Philippine history, according to NOAA's data center. Unlike the previous three storms, Super Typhoon Man-yi is moving further south, affecting more people.
More than half a million people were evacuated from their homes as super typhoon Man-yi made its first landfall along the eastern coast of Catanduanes, Philippines on November 16.
More than 500,000 people in the Bicol region have been evacuated due to the impact of Super Typhoon Man-yi, a Philippine disaster official told DZRH radio. The number is expected to rise.
According to the Philippine state news agency PNA, at least 26,000 people in the country's Northern Samar province were evacuated on November 15 and 16. More than 18,000 others were evacuated in advance from Eastern Samar and Samar provinces, along with patients and staff of the Arteche District Hospital in Eastern Samar.
Super Typhoon Man-yi underwent rapid intensification on November 15, transitioning from a tropical storm early on November 15 to a super typhoon early on November 17.
