Overview
- An updated AFP tally reports over 90 fatalities, including at least 49 in Cebu province, with 26 people still missing.
- Nearly 400,000 residents were moved preemptively out of the storm’s path as rapid flooding inundated central islands.
- Cebu bore the brunt of record rains that swept away vehicles and containers, forcing people onto rooftops when some shelters flooded.
- A military helicopter on relief duty crashed on Mindanao, where six bodies were recovered and identification is underway.
- Kalmaegi has weakened while tracking west toward Palawan with winds near 120 km/h as floodwaters recede in parts of Cebu and debris clearing begins.