Nika, Ofel, Pepito reportedly killed 7, left P478M damage – NDRRMC Typhoon Man-yi, whose local name is Pepito, left at least seven people dead in a landslide, destroyed houses, and displaced large numbers of villagers before blowing away from the northern Philippines,

Twenty cities and municipalities in Luzon have declared a state of calamity in the aftermath of tropical cyclones Nika, Ofel, and Pepito, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Tuesday.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said that the damage to infrastructure and agriculture sustained by the country due to the trio of storms had reached a combined value of P478 million.

Pepito (Man-yi) is already outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility, and there is no new potential tropical cyclone being monitored as of Monday afternoon, November 18

The threat of a tropical cyclone affecting the Philippines after Pepito left the Philippine Area of Responsibility is unlikely until the end of next week, the weather bureau PAGASA said on Monday. Based on its forecast,

Severe Tropical Storm “Pepito” (international name: Man-Yi) left the Philippine area of responsibility at 12 p.m. on Monday, PAGASA reported.