Disaster Profile

Typhoon Man-yi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Pepito, was a powerful and long-tracked tropical cyclone that impacted the Philippines in mid–November 2024. Closely following Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoons Kong-rey, Yinxing, Toraji and Usagi. Typhoon Pepito (Man-yi ) became the sixth and final consecutive tropical system to affect the country in less than a month.

Pepito’s strong winds destroyed houses and trees - about 16,433 houses were destroyed, 500 of which were completely damaged, and even caused a landslide in the province. Around 400 schools were damaged, and over 200 of them were totally destroyed - 108 of them are in Catanduanes Island.