Destructive Storm Moves Toward Vietnam Following Claiming at Least 114 Deaths in Philippines
Before making landfall in Vietnam, Kalmaegi caused widespread destruction in the Philippines - and at least 114 people dead.
The nation's leader Ferdinand Marcos Jr has announced a state of calamity - the threshold of which involves numerous deaths, major damage to property, and halt to economic activities and the normal way of life for local inhabitants.
The typhoon, called in the region Tino, devastated the heavily populated island of Cebu, submerging entire towns and washing automobiles along avenues.
Many thousands of people had to be relocated, with many taking refuge in designated safe zones.
Disaster Recovery Activities In Progress
Rescue teams have started operations while displaced Filipinos seek shelter in temporary housing.
The scale of this calamity has resulted in large-scale disaster relief throughout the impacted areas.
Photographic Records of Devastation
Emergency responders could be seen engaged in extracting a body at a mudslide area in Cebu City.
Kalmaegi has displaced more than 400,000 people in the Philippines.
Streets are blanketed with mud and photographs reveal stacks of vehicles distributed across the affected areas.
- Mass evacuation activities proceed as the weather system prepares to make landfall
- Temporary housing are functioning at maximum capacity throughout various areas
- Global assistance is being prepared to help the impacted populations