Powerful Storm Approaches Vietnam After Resulting in at Least 114 Lives in Philippines
Before striking in Vietnam, the storm system resulted in catastrophic damage in the Philippines - and at least 114 fatalities.
Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has declared a state of emergency - the threshold of which involves numerous deaths, widespread structural damage, and disruption to means of livelihoods and the normal way of life for people in the affected areas.
The typhoon, called in the region Tino, ripped through the densely inhabited island of Cebu, flooding complete communities and sweeping cars through the streets.
Tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate, others are resting in emergency shelters.
Emergency Recovery Activities Ongoing
Rescue teams have started operations as evacuated residents seek shelter in emergency centers.
The scale of this disaster has resulted in large-scale disaster relief across the devastated zones.
Photographic Records of the Destruction
Disaster teams could be seen engaged in extracting a body at a landslide location in Cebu City.
Kalmaegi has made homeless more than 400,000 people in the Philippines.
Streets are coated with sediment and images show heaps of automobiles spread over the impacted zones.
- Mass evacuation activities proceed as the typhoon prepares to make landfall
- Emergency shelters are working at full capacity in multiple regions
- International aid is being mobilized to help the impacted populations
