Overview
- Vietnam’s central provinces reported at least five deaths, widespread damage and power outages affecting more than 1.6 million households after Thursday night’s landfall.
- Authorities in Vietnam evacuated over 537,000 people and mobilized more than 268,000 soldiers for search-and-rescue as the weakened system pushes inland toward Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.
- The Philippines reports at least 188 dead, 135 missing and more than half a million displaced, with nearly 450,000 evacuated to shelters and a national emergency declared.
- State forecasters say Tropical Cyclone Fung-wong, locally Uwan, is projected to approach northern Aurora late Sunday or early Monday and could impact the Manila region depending on its track and size.
- Researchers cite exceptionally warm sea-surface temperatures in the western North Pacific and South China Sea as factors that intensified Kalmaegi’s winds and rainfall, compounding damage after recent storms.