At least 8 killed in Philippines due to super typhoon Man-yi

At least eight people have died as super typhoon Man-yi hit the Philippines over the weekend, triggering flooding and landslides along its path.

The Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office confirmed that at least seven people died in Ambaguio town after their house was buried in a landslide.

Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos told reporters that a man also died in Camarines Norte province, southeast of Manila.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the country's top disaster coordinator, has yet to report deaths and damages due to Man-yi.

Man-yi is the sixth powerful typhoon that battered the Philippines in less than a month. It is the 16th tropical cyclone to hit the Philippines this year.

The back-to-back cyclones dumped heavy rainfall, flooding, and landslides, wreaking havoc across Luzon and other parts of the archipelago.

Man-yi is expected to exit the Philippines on Monday afternoon.

(Cover: The submerged homes at a village in Ilagan, Isabela Province, the Philippines, November 18, 2024. /CFP)