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Super Typhoon Man-yi batters Philippines' most populous island

Residents walking past destroyed houses in Panganiban town, Catanduanes province, after Super Typhoon Man-yi hit the province on November 17, 2024. [AFP]

Super Typhoon Man-yi slammed into the Philippines' 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.

Man-yi was still packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometres per hour (115 miles per hour) after making its first landfall late Saturday on lightly populated Catanduanes island.

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