Overview
- Authorities report at least 114 confirmed deaths nationwide plus 28 newly tallied in Cebu, with 127 people still missing and more than 500,000 displaced.
- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a national state of emergency to speed aid and price controls, as Cebu emerged as the hardest-hit province.
- Rescue and cleanup crews work around the clock after catastrophic flooding swept away vehicles and even shipping containers, and a military helicopter crash killed six personnel.
- Kalmaegi moved into the South China Sea toward central Vietnam, where aviation authorities temporarily closed multiple airports and provinces prepared evacuations.
- Meteorologists caution that Tropical Storm Fung-Wong could rapidly strengthen to typhoon or even super-typhoon intensity and threaten the Philippines within days.