Overview
- Cebu province reported 39 deaths, with additional fatalities in Leyte and Bohol, surpassing an earlier national tally of 26 casualties.
- Rapid flooding inundated cities across Cebu and neighboring islands, forcing residents onto rooftops as vehicles and shipping containers were swept away.
- Authorities said about 387,000 people were evacuated ahead of the storm, and more than 400,000 have been displaced across the Visayas.
- The Armed Forces confirmed a rescue-support helicopter crashed on Mindanao; six bodies were recovered and identification is underway.
- Kalmaegi first made landfall in the Dinagat Islands with sustained winds near 150 km/h and gusts up to 205 km/h, and forecasters warn three to five more storms could strike before year-end.