Overview
- At least 18 people were confirmed dead from floods, landslides and other hazards in multiple northern and eastern provinces, according to disaster officials.
- The storm made landfall in Aurora province as a super typhoon with 185 kph (115 mph) winds before weakening over Luzon and moving toward Taiwan.
- More than 1.4 million people evacuated to shelters or relatives’ homes, with extensive power outages, damaged homes and blocked roads reported.
- Authorities reported at least 132 villages flooded and over 4,100 houses damaged, and they began clearing slides and restoring services as weather improved.
- Schools and most government offices were shut and hundreds of flights and ferry trips were canceled, while the state of emergency declared after Kalmaegi remains in force.