US EditionTens of thousands of people evacuate to safety as typhoon approaches eastern Philippines
Emergency teams prepare shelters and supplies as storm surges up to three metres and winds reaching 150 kph threaten vulnerable coastal communities.
- On 03/11/2025, Typhoon Kalmaegi is approaching Leyte island with 120-kilometre winds and 150 kph gusts, and `Evacuations are ongoing in Palo and Tanauan`, Leyte disaster official Roel Montesa said.
- La Niña conditions are linked to higher cyclone counts, Varilla said Tuesday, warning that Kalmaegi matches the annual storm average and `three to five more` storms could develop before December, while scientists warn human-driven climate change is increasing storm strength.
- Thousands on Samar were moved starting Sunday as three-metre surges were forecast; in Loreto town, the one-storey 'wave breaker' dike may not hold, so disaster official Joy Conales urged evacuations.
- Local governments have ordered forced evacuations in towns like Guiuan, while emergency teams organise food, shelters and medical aid across the Visayas region.
- The archipelago routinely faces annual storms that strain vulnerable communities as the Philippines still recovers from two major September storms, including Super Typhoon Ragasa linked to 14 deaths in neighbouring Taiwan.
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More than 150,000 people were evacuated Monday to the coastal provinces of the Philippines as the powerful typhoon Kalmaegi approached, according to local authorities.
Over 70,000 evacuated, officials on alert as Typhoon Kalmaegi set to hit Philippines with 120 kmph wind speed
Typhoon Kalmaegi was approaching the Philippine coast and was forecast to slam the shore later on Monday, as authorities warned that torrential rains could batter the region.
Tens of thousands of people evacuate as typhoon approaches eastern Philippines
Philippine officials have ordered tens of thousands of people to evacuate to safer ground and prohibited fishermen from venturing out to sea in an east-central region as a typhoon approached from the Pacific
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Typhoon Kalmaegi moves across central Philippines, leaving at least 1 dead and setting off floods
A fast-moving typhoon was raking across the central Philippines after slamming ashore overnight from the Pacific, leaving at least one person dead, causing flooding and power outages and displacing tens of thousands of people.
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