Tropical cyclone Man-yi has strengthened into a super typhoon, threatening to bring intense rains and high waves on the Philippines’ main island that’s still reeling from a string of storms in recent weeks.

The Philippines is once again bracing itself for a mammoth typhoon to impact the small island country, as Tropical Storm Man-Yi strengthened into a typhoon overnight. Its path, as predicted by AccuWeather meteorologists yesterday,

Philippine authorities ordered all vessels back to shore and people in coastal communities to leave their homes Saturday as Typhoon Man-yi neared the storm-weary archipelago nation, with forecasters expecting it to intensify before making landfall.