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Kalmaegi Batters Vietnam After Devastating the Philippines, Death Toll Climbs

Forecasts warn a second cyclone could strike the Philippines within days.

Overview

  • At least 188 people were killed and 135 remain missing in the Philippines, according to the Office of Civil Defense, with more than half a million displaced and nearly 450,000 moved to shelters.
  • Vietnam reported five deaths after landfall, with three people missing, power cut to over 1.6 million households, widespread structural damage and more than 537,000 residents evacuated from central provinces.
  • President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a national state of calamity to speed funding and price controls, as rescue and recovery continued following unprecedented flash floods in Cebu and neighboring islands.
  • Cebu and Negros saw rivers overflow, vehicles and homes swept away, and a deadly landslide around Canlaon; officials and residents cited blocked waterways and flawed flood-control works as factors that worsened inundation.
  • Meteorologists say Tropical Cyclone Fung-wong (Uwan) could intensify and potentially make landfall in northern Luzon late Sunday or early Monday, posing additional risk to areas still recovering.