More than 650,000 people have been evacuated due to Typhoon Man-yi (locally known as Pepito).
The typhoon has already begun to impact the Philippines.
It is the sixth major storm to hit the Philippines in the past month.
The typhoon is threatening the island province of Catanduanes and the Bicol region.
Pepito has maximum sustained winds of 195 km/h.
Pepito has gusts of up to 240 km/h.
The eye of the typhoon is 120 km from the city of Virac.
More than 7.6 million people are at risk from storm surges.
Pepito's storm surges could exceed three meters.
This month marks the first time four typhoons have raged in the region simultaneously.
Japanese experts have recorded such phenomena for the first time since 1951.
Meteorologists continue to monitor the movement of Typhoon Man-yi.
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