Powerful Typhoon Heads for Vietnam Following Causing a Minimum of 114 Deaths in Philippines
Before making landfall in Vietnam, Kalmaegi caused widespread destruction in the Philippines - and at least 114 lives lost.
Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has proclaimed a state of emergency - which is triggered by significant loss of life, widespread structural damage, and disruption to means of livelihoods and the normal way of life for local inhabitants.
The weather system, known locally as Tino, tore through the densely inhabited island of Cebu, inundating whole settlements and carrying vehicles down roads.
Many thousands of people were forced to evacuate, while some are sheltering in emergency shelters.
Emergency Response Efforts In Progress
Disaster personnel are actively operating while affected citizens seek shelter in designated safe areas.
The magnitude of this disaster has resulted in large-scale emergency response across the impacted areas.
Photographic Records of Damage
Emergency responders were captured engaged in extracting a body at a landslide location in Cebu City.
The typhoon has made homeless more than 400,000 people in the Philippines.
Streets are covered in mud and pictures display stacks of vehicles distributed across the damaged regions.
- Mass evacuation efforts continue as the weather system approaches the coastline
- Temporary housing are operating at peak capacity throughout different zones
- Worldwide support is being prepared to support the impacted populations