Philippines, Typhoon Kalmaegi
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Typhoon Kalmaegi — also being called Tino — has claimed at least 85 lives and left 75 others missing across the central Philippines, officials said on Wednesday, as widespread flooding engulfed communities, swept away vehicles, and stranded residents on rooftops in a region still struggling to recover from a deadly earthquake just weeks earlier.
More than 150,000 people have been evacuated across the eastern provinces of the Philippines as Typhoon Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, approaches from the Pacific. Authorities have issued warnings for torrential rains, potentially destructive winds, and storm surges reaching up to three metres (nearly 10 feet).
Typhoon Kalmaegi was approaching the Philippine coast and was forecast to slam the shore later on Monday, as authorities warned that torrential rains could batter the region.