A potentially catastrophic super typhoon has made landfall in the Philippines - the sixth typhoon to hit the country in a month. Man-Yi, known locally as Pepito, touched down at 21:40 local time (13:40 GMT) with maximum wind speeds of 195 km/h (121mph) along the coast of the eastern Catanduanes island, the state forecaster said.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes as Super Typhoon Man-yi is making landfall along the eastern coast of Catanduanes, Philippines on Saturday.

Super Typhoon makes landfall with sustained winds of up to 125mph, destroying houses and powerlines on it path

Authorities took no chances before Man-yi hit and ordered the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from their homes.

Following a devastating weather week in the Philippines, another super storm is headed towards the rain ravaged island

More than 400,000 evacuated as Super Typhoon Man-yi batters Philippines - Super Typhoon makes landfall with sustained winds of up to 125mph, destroying houses and powerlines on its path

A powerful typhoon has wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it barreled across the northern Philippines in the sixth major storm to pound the Southeast Asian

Packing winds of 185 kph (115 mph), the storm Man-Yi was heading for the eastern part of the main island of Luzon, spurring the weather agency to raise its second-highest alert fo

A powerful typhoon has wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it barreled across the northern Philippines in the sixth major storm to pound the Southeast Asian country in less than a month.