More areas have been placed under Signal No. 2 as Typhoon Pepito continues to intensify over the Philippine Sea.

Cagayan. Governor Manuel Mamba says they cannot take chances with Typhoon Pepito even if it won't directly hit Cagayan. 'The ground is already saturated.'

Typhoon ‘Pepito’ further intensified late Friday, as it kept moving west northwestward over the Philippine Sea east of Eastern Visayas, with state weather

Ofel was last located 205 kilometers west-northwest of Itbayat, Batanes, moving north-northwestward at 15 kph. The cyclone is also carrying maximum sustained winds of 100 kph and gusts of up to 125 kph.

Typhoon Ofel (Usagi) will start bringing rain on Wednesday, November 13. Meanwhile, Man-yi may enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility, possibly as a typhoon, on Thursday, November 14.

Typhoon Pepito (international name: Man-Yi), which is projected to reach super typhoon category, is expected to make landfall over Catanduanes tonight or Sunday, November 17, morning.

Typhoon Pepito (international name: Man-yi) continues to “rapidly intensify”, which prompted the state weather bureau to raise Tropical Cyclone Wind Signals (TCWS) over more parts of the country Friday afternoon.