The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi has risen to 66 as residents in the Philippine province of Cebu confront the devastation left by the storm that flattened homes and displaced thousands.
In Talisay city, survivors waded through debris-strewn streets searching for what little remained of their belongings. Among them was 38-year-old Eilene Oken, who found her home completely destroyed.
“We worked and saved for this for years, then in an instant, it was all gone,” she said.
Oken expressed gratitude that her family, including her two daughters, escaped unharmed.
Cebu, a major tourist hub, has been among the hardest-hit areas, with floodwaters only beginning to recede, exposing the full extent of the destruction. Entire neighbourhoods were reduced to rubble, and cars lay overturned amid piles of debris.
Among the confirmed dead were six military personnel whose helicopter crashed in Agusan del Sur on the island of Mindanao during a humanitarian mission. The national disaster agency said 26 people remain missing and 10 others were injured.
Kalmaegi, locally known as Tino, is the 20th storm to hit the Philippines this year. It slightly strengthened as it crossed the South China Sea on its way to Vietnam, where authorities are preparing for its landfall on Friday.
More than 200,000 people were evacuated across the Visayas region, including parts of southern Luzon and northern Mindanao. The storm caused widespread flooding and power outages, submerging communities and cutting off access to several towns.
The devastation follows a 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck northern Cebu just over a month ago, killing dozens and displacing thousands.
In September, Super Typhoon Ragasa also battered northern Luzon, underscoring the country’s vulnerability to increasingly powerful storms.
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The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi that hit the central Philippines on Tuesday has risen to 39 on the island of Cebu, a local government official said.
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