A quarter of a million people have fled their homes as Super Typhoon Man-yi bears down on the Philippines.
It will be the sixth major storm to hit the country in the past month, with lethal storm surges predicted.CatastrophePhilippines
Philippines: Mass evacuations as super typhoon approaches
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A quarter of a million people have fled their homes as Super TyphoonMan-yi bears down on the Philippines. It will be the sixth major storm to hit the country in the past month, with lethal storm surges predicted.
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Typhoon Man-yi (C.) has developed as TyphoonUsagi (top left) weakenedImage: AFP
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The Philippines is once more bracing for a major storm as Super TyphoonMan-yi heads for the archipelago nation, carrying gusts of up to 230 kilometers per hour (around 140 miles per hour).
Man-yi is expected to make landfall late on Saturday or early Sunday in the island province of Catanduanes as the sixth major storm to hit the Philippines in the past month.
Four storms brewed in the western Pacific ocean simultaneously this month. This was the first time this had happened since records began in 1951, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
