Typhoon Kalmaegi hits Vietnam
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Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall Thursday north of Gia Lai province in central Vietnam, battering the region with powerful winds and
While Typhoon Kalmaegi is not technically the most powerful storm to hit Southeast Asia this year, it has added to the accumulated impact of months of extreme weather in the region, said Feng Xiangbo, a tropical storm researcher at Britain's University of Reading.
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Typhoon Kalmaegi, which battered the Philippines, was detected to be approximately 405km northwest of Kudat, Sabah, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia).