Deadly Cyclone Heads for Vietnam After Resulting in a Minimum of 114 Deaths in Philippines
Prior to making landfall in Vietnam, Kalmaegi left a trail of devastation in the Philippines - and at least 114 people dead.
Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has announced a state of calamity - the threshold of which involves numerous deaths, widespread structural damage, and disruption to means of livelihoods and the normal way of life for residents of impacted regions.
The weather system, referred to locally as Tino, tore through the populous island of Cebu, flooding complete communities and washing automobiles along avenues.
Many thousands of people have been evacuated, others are resting in designated safe zones.
Disaster Relief Operations In Progress
Rescue teams have started operations while displaced Filipinos take cover in temporary housing.
The scale of this disaster has led to extensive emergency response throughout the devastated zones.
Photographic Records of Devastation
Emergency responders were photographed working on retrieving a casualty at the site of a landslide in Cebu City.
The typhoon has displaced more than 400,000 people in the Philippines.
Streets are covered in mud and images show piles of cars spread over the affected areas.
- Mass evacuation operations persist as the weather system prepares to make landfall
- Temporary housing are functioning at peak capacity throughout different zones
- International aid is being mobilized to support the affected communities
