Overview
- Vietnam confirmed at least five deaths in Gia Lai and Dak Lak, with power cut to about 1.3–1.6 million households and thousands of homes damaged as the storm moved inland.
- Authorities evacuated more than 537,000 people and deployed over 268,000 soldiers, with forecasts of up to 200 mm of additional rain and landslide risks in central provinces.
- In the Philippines, Kalmaegi left 188 dead and 135 missing, displaced over 500,000 people and drove nearly 450,000 into shelters, according to the Office of Civil Defense.
- Cebu province absorbed the worst flooding with at least 139 deaths, mostly from drowning, and the national toll includes six crew members killed in a helicopter crash during relief operations.
- Manila placed aviation and emergency services on heightened alert as Tropical Storm Fung-wong (Uwan) intensifies over the Pacific and is forecast to approach northern Luzon late Sunday or early Monday.