A powerful typhoon has wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it barreled across the northern Philippines in the sixth major storm to pound the Southeast Asian country in less than a month.

Super Typhoon makes landfall with sustained winds of up to 125mph, destroying houses and powerlines on its path

MANILA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - At least eight people were killed as super typhoon Man-Yi hit the Philippine archipelago over the weekend, unleashing fierce winds and strong rains that triggered landslides and storm surges, authorities said.

Photos show devastation in Philippines from super typhoon Man-yi, the fourth typhoon to hit the nation in less than two weeks.

MANILA: The death toll from Super Typhoon Man-yi in the Philippines has risen to 12, the national disaster agency said on Thursday. Man-yi submerged villages and smashed flimsy buildings in the archipelago nation over the weekend,

The sixth tropical cyclone to hit the Philippines in a month intensified with maximum sustained winds reaching 121 mph.

Man-yi was one of the strongest of six storms to hit the northern Philippines in less than a month, with sustained winds of up to 125 miles per hour.