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Residents question refuge connected rooftops, and cars interval done flooded streets connected the land of Cebu.
Published On 4 Nov 2025
Rain-soaked residents sought refuge connected rooftops, and cars floated done flooded streets arsenic Typhoon Kalmaegi battered cardinal Philippines, sidesplitting astatine slightest 2 people, according to the nationalist catastrophe bureau and media reports.
Hundreds of thousands person been displaced by the almighty tempest crossed the Visayas portion arsenic good arsenic parts of confederate Luzon and bluish Mindanao, arsenic Kalmaegi made landfall soon earlier midnight.
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By noon section clip (04:00 GMT) connected Tuesday, Kalmaegi was moving westwards crossed the islands of Cebu, Negros and Panay with winds of 150km/h (93mph) and gusts of 185km/h, toppling trees and downing powerfulness lines.
A video published by DZRH radio’s Facebook leafage showed homes successful Talisay City successful Cebu wholly submerged, with lone rooftops visible.
Similar scenes successful different parts of Cebu City, wherever vehicles and streets were underwater, circulated connected societal media. In immoderate of the videos, radical were heard pleading to beryllium rescued.
A roadworthy successful the municipality of Tabuelan, besides successful Cebu province, was rendered impassable pursuing a landslide.
On the land of Bohol, 1 idiosyncratic was reported killed aft helium was pinned down by a fallen tree, according to vigor presumption DYMA.
WATCH: Several individuals called for assistance astatine Barangay Dumlog, Talisay City, Cebu connected Tuesday morning.
“We cannot transverse the roofs,” said uploader Godfrey Senecio.
Cebu Governor Pam Baricuatro is present connected her mode to Talisay to measure the situation.
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An aged idiosyncratic drowned aft being trapped successful his residence connected the land of Leyte, according to vigor presumption DZMM.
State upwind bureau PAGASA said the operation of Kalmaegi and a shear enactment had brought dense rainfall and beardown winds crossed the Visayas and adjacent areas.
“Due to enactment with the terrain, Tino whitethorn somewhat weaken portion crossing Visayas. However, it is expected to stay astatine typhoon strength passim its transition implicit the country,” PAGASA said successful a greeting bulletin.
More than 160 flights to and from affected areas person been cancelled, portion those astatine oversea were advised to caput to the nearest harmless harbour instantly and to enactment successful port.
PAGASA warned of a precocious hazard of “life-threatening and damaging tempest surges” that could scope much than 3-metre (10-foot) tallness on coastal and low-lying communities successful the cardinal Philippines, including parts of Mindanao.
On Monday, the country’s Office of Civil Defense reported that immoderate 156,000 individuals had been preemptively evacuated.
Kalmaegi comes arsenic the Philippines, which is deed by an mean of 20 tropical storms each year, is recovering from a tally of disasters, including earthquakes and terrible upwind events, successful caller months.
In September, Super Typhoon Ragasa swept crossed bluish Luzon, sidesplitting astatine slightest 10 radical and forcing authorities enactment and classes to unopen down arsenic it brought fierce winds and torrential rain.
State upwind work specializer Charmagne Varilla told the AFP quality bureau that astatine slightest “three to 5 more” storms were expected by December’s end.
Scientists pass that storms are becoming much predominant and much almighty owed to human-driven clime change.
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