Pepito intensified into a typhoon on Friday morning, as it threatened to ravage areas still reeling from a string of weather disasters. PAGASA said Pepito was 620 kilometers east of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur at 10 a.

Pepito is expected to intensify into a super typhoon on Saturday before making landfall in Catanduanes, state meteorologists said. “Pepito will continue to intensify today and may reach super typhoon category within the next hours prior to its landfall tonight or tomorrow early morning,

Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, and Sorsogon are the first provinces facing significant rain from Typhoon Pepito (Man-yi), which strengthened further on Friday afternoon, November 15

Pepito intensified further and neared typhoon strength on Friday morning while typhoon Ofel continued to weaken after striking northern Luzon, the state weather bureau said. Ofel, which made landfall in Cagayan on Thursday,