Overview
- Government figures list at least 204 dead and 109 missing from Kalmaegi in the Philippines, with Cebu accounting for nearly 70% of fatalities.
- Fung-wong has intensified into a super-typhoon with sustained winds near 185 km/h and gusts up to 230 km/h and is expected to make landfall overnight, according to forecasters.
- Authorities suspended operations in hard-hit Cebu on Saturday, warning that the incoming storm could endanger responders and residents.
- In Vietnam, Kalmaegi left five people dead and caused extensive damage, including 57 houses collapsed, roughly 3,000 roofs torn or damaged, 11 boats sunk and power cuts affecting about 1.6 million customers before partial restoration.
- Kalmaegi weakened to a tropical storm over Vietnam but heavy rain persisted along the central coast, as experts link increasingly intense cyclones to human-driven warming and officials note this is Vietnam’s 13th storm of 2025.