Super Typhoon Pepito (international name: Man-yi) is expected to bring intense to torrential rainfall, pouring more than 200 millimeters (mm) of rain down Bicol Region over the weekend. READ: LIVE UPDATES: Typhoon Pepito In its 2 p.

PAGASA warned that there is a high risk of a life-threatening storm surge with peak heights exceeding 3.0 m in the next 48 hours over the low-lying or exposed coastal localities of Ilocos Region (western coast), Isabela, Central Luzon, Metro Manila, CALABARZON, Marinduque, Bicol Region, Northern Samar, Samar, Eastern Samar, and Biliran.

Bicol residents were warned to prepare for a “potentially catastrophic and life-threatening situation” as Super Typhoon “Pepito” intensified further, with

Super Typhoon Pepito (international name: Man-Yi) has strengthened as it approaches the northeastern Bicol Region, with PAGASA warning that it could bring "potentially catastrophic and life-threatening" damages.

MANILA: Super Typhoon Pepito (international name: Man-yi) is approaching peak intensity and is possible to bring “catastrophic and life-threatening situation” over the northeastern Bicol region on Saturday (Nov 16),

MANILA – Super Typhoon Pepito (international name Man-yi) continues to threaten the northeastern Bicol Region, the weather bureau said in a 5 p.m. bulletin on Saturday. The cyclone packs maximum sustained winds of 195 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 240 kph.

Signal No. 4 is up over parts of the Bicol region as "Pepito" has intensified into a super typhoon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Saturday.