Man-yi reached the Philippines for the first time on November 16 and killed 8 people during its passage on land. Winds up to 260 km/h in Catanduanes and waves about 14 meters high were reported.

Nearly 700,000 people living in the Philippines evacuated out of the country to get to safety in emergency shelters.

This disastrous typhoon hit land for the first time on November 16 on the island of Catanduanes and Dipaculao, in the province of Aurora Province on November 17.

”We evacuated because every time there’s a typhoon the water rises in the nearby river. We have children with us and we’re scared and that’s why we evacuated.” said one of the many people who moved to shelters before Man-yi arrived.

Man-yi caused landslides and flooding and left behind damaged houses and no electricity or water supplies.

According to government officials, 9 million people were affected by the tropical storms and more than 160 people died.

Man-yi is the sixth natural disaster the Philippines has known last month after tropical storm Trami and the typhoons Kong-rey, Yinxing, Toraji and Usagi.

Man-hi is not the only typhoon that caused such destruction. ”There were houses toppled by the strong winds, roads blocked by down trees and electrical posts and vast agricultural lands inundated.” the journalist Ella Mage, from the Philippines capital Manila, affirmed.

All the storms struck the country back-to-back. But Man-yi was still the most powerful one.

Knowing that approximately 20 storms and typhoons hit the Philippines yearly, but 6 in a month is uncommon.  Weather officials have attributed this high number of back-to-back storms to the warming of vast oceans. For the Philippines, it is the Pacific Ocean.

The reconstruction costs have not been shown, but people believe that the costs will be high.

Normally, the typhoon season in the Philippines is from June to September. Man-yi could be the last typhoon to strike the Philippines this year.