Super Typhoon Pepito makes second landfall in Aurora

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After hitting Aurora, Super Typhoon Pepito (Man-yi) starts moving over Quirino on Sunday afternoon, November 17. Wind and rainfall warnings remain in effect.

MANILA, Philippines – Super Typhoon Pepito (Man-yi) made its second landfall in Dipaculao, Aurora, at 3:20 pm on Sunday, November 17, still unleashing violent winds and torrential rain.

After hitting Aurora, Pepito was already in the vicinity of Nagtipunan, Quirino, at 4 pm on Sunday. The super typhoon slightly accelerated, moving northwest at 25 kilometers per hour from the previous 20 km/h.

It continues to have maximum sustained winds of 185 km/h, while its gustiness jumped from up to 230 km/h to 305 km/h.

Pepito’s first landfall had been in Panganiban, Catanduanes, at 9:40 pm on Saturday, November 16. At the time, it had maximum sustained winds of 195 km/h, its peak intensity.

In its 5 pm bulletin on Sunday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) placed more areas in Nueva Vizcaya under Signal No. 5. Here is the latest list of areas where tropical cyclone wind signals are in effect:

Signal No. 5

Typhoon-force winds (185 km/h), extreme threat to life and property

• central part of Aurora (Dipaculao, Baler, Dinalungan, Maria Aurora, Casiguran, San Luis)
• southern part of Quirino (Nagtipunan)
• southern part of Nueva Vizcaya (Alfonso Castañeda, Dupax del Norte, Dupax del Sur, Kasibu, Aritao, Bambang)

Signal No. 4

Typhoon-force winds (118 to 184 km/h), significant to severe threat to life and property

• rest of Aurora
• rest of Nueva Vizcaya
• rest of Quirino
• southern part of Ifugao (Kiangan, Lamut, Tinoc, Asipulo, Lagawe)
• Benguet
• southern part of Ilocos Sur (Alilem, Sugpon, Suyo, Santa Cruz, Tagudin)
• La Union
• eastern part of Pangasinan (Sison, Tayug, Binalonan, San Manuel, Asingan, San Quintin, Santa Maria, Natividad, San Nicolas, Balungao, Pozorrubio, Laoac, San Jacinto, San Fabian, Manaoag, Urdaneta City, Rosales, Umingan, Mangaldan, Mapandan, Villasis, Santo Tomas)
• northern part of Nueva Ecija (Gabaldon, Laur, Bongabon, Pantabangan, Rizal, General Mamerto Nativid