Typhoon Man-yi crossed central Philippines to enter the East Sea Sunday night, packing winds of up to 149 km per hour, and is forecast to weaken at sea.

A super typhoon barreled toward the Philippines’ largest island on Sunday, as more than half a million people sought shelter from the latest in a string of powerful storms to threaten the country.

Typhoon Man-yi lashed the Philippines' most populous island on Sunday, with the national weather service warning of flooding, landslides and huge waves as the storm sweeps across the archipelago nation.