PHOTOS: Latest typhoon lashes the Philippines, causing tidal surges and displacing massive numbers of people Catanduanes officials were so concerned as the typhoon approached that they threatened vulnerable villagers with arrest if they did not follow ...

A powerful typhoon forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it cut across the northern Philippines on Sunday.

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.