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.

MANILA: A powerful storm sweeping towards the Philippines intensified into a super typhoon on Saturday (Nov 16), the state weather forecaster said, warning of "significant to severe impacts" from the wind and "life-threatening" storm surges.

Super Typhoon Man-yi neared the Philippines on Saturday, bringing destructive winds and torrential rain to a nation still recovering from a series of powerful storms that have killed more than 160 people and caused widespread damage.