Thousands flee homes in Philippines as Typhoon Man-yi set to make impact

A powerful storm sweeping towards the Philippines intensified into a super typhoon on Saturday.

Philippines State weather forecaster said significant to severe impacts from the wind and life-threatening storm expected.

Around 255,000 people have abandoned their homes in preparation for Super Typhoon Man-yi, which is likely to make landfall later becoming the sixth big storm to hit the archipelago nation in the past month.

Typhoon Man-yi, with wind gusts of up to 230 kilometers per hour (about 140 miles per hour), was on pace to strike the sparsely populated island province of Catanduanes as a super typhoon.

Up to 14-metre-high seas were expected around Catanduanes, while “significant to severe…