WITH Typhoon Ofel already whipping parts of Northern Luzon, another tropical cyclone named Man-yi (which will be called Pepito) was forecast to enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) as a typhoon on Thursday evening, the state-run weather agency said Wednesday.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Man-yi, estimated at 1,965 kilometers east of Eastern Visayas, outside the PAR, could become a super typhoon before making landfall over the eastern coast of Luzon Saturday or Sunday.
ILAGAN RESCUE Rescuers ferry stranded residents from their flooded houses in a village in Ilagan town, Isabela province, on Nov. 12, 2024, a day after Typhoon Nika hit the province. PHOTO BY VILLAMOR VISAYA / AFP