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

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.

Super Typhoon Pepito made its landfall in Dipaculao, Aurora Sunday afternoon putting three large areas in Northern Luzon under Tropical Cyclone Wind No. 5.