{"id":1214,"date":"2025-11-05T18:14:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2025-11-05T18:14:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:14:50","slug":"philippines-begins-cleanup-as-typhoon-kalmaegi-death-toll-hits-85-weather-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1214","title":{"rendered":"Philippines begins cleanup as Typhoon Kalmaegi death toll hits 85 | Weather News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Residents say the powerful storm brought \u2018raging\u2019 flash floods that destroyed homes, overturned cars and blocked streets.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 5 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">5 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Residents of the central Philippines have slowly begun cleanup efforts after powerful Typhoon Kalmaegi swept through the region, killing at least 85 people and leaving dozens missing.<\/p>\n<p>Scenes of widescale destruction emerged in the hard-hit province of Cebu on Wednesday as the storm receded, revealing ravaged homes, overturned vehicles and streets blocked with piles of debris.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Among the 85 deaths\u00a0were six military personnel whose helicopter crashed in Agusan del Sur on the island of Mindanao during a humanitarian mission. The country\u2019s disaster agency also reported 75 people missing, and 17 injured.<\/p>\n<p>In Cebu City, Marlon Enriquez, 58, was trying to salvage what was left of his family\u2019s belongings as he scraped off the thick mud coating his house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the first time that has happened to us,\u201d he told the Reuters news agency. \u201cI\u2019ve been living here for almost 16 years, and it was the first time I\u2019ve experienced flooding [like this].\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4087045\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4087045\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4087045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/afp_690b76cea519-1762358990.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Residents rebuild their damaged houses in the aftermath of Typhoon Kalmaegi in Talisay, in the province of Cebu on November 5, 2025. (Photo by Jam STA ROSA \/ AFP)\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4087045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents rebuild their damaged houses in Talisay, Cebu province, on November 5, 2025 [Jam Sta Rosa\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another resident, 53-year-old Reynaldo Vergara, said his small shop in the city of Mandaue, also in Cebu province, had been lost when a nearby river overflowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAround four or five in the morning, the water was so strong that you couldn\u2019t even step outside,\u201d he told the AFP news agency. \u201cNothing like this has ever happened. The water was raging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The storm hit as Cebu province was still recovering from a 6.9-magnitude earthquake last month that killed dozens of people and displaced thousands.<\/p>\n<p>The area around Cebu City was deluged with 183mm (seven inches) of rain in the 24 hours before Kalmaegi\u2019s landfall, well over its 131mm (five-inch) monthly average, according to weather specialist Charmagne Varilla.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4087047\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4087047\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4087047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/afp_690b76d1540a-1762358993.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Residents clean up their damaged houses in the aftermath of Typhoon Kalmaegi in Talisay, in the province of Cebu on November 5, 2025. (Photo by Jam STA ROSA \/ AFP)\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4087047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents clean up their damaged houses in Talisay, Cebu province on November 5, 2025 [Jam Sta Rosa\/AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The massive rainfall set off flash floods and caused a river and other waterways to swell. More than 200,000 people were evacuated across the wider Visayas region, which includes Cebu Island and parts of southern Luzon and northern Mindanao.<\/p>\n<p>Before noon on Wednesday, Kalmaegi blew away from western Palawan province into the South China Sea with sustained winds of up to 130km per hour (81 miles per hour) and gusts of up to 180km\/h (112mph), according to forecasters.<\/p>\n<p>The storm is forecast to gain strength while over the South China Sea before making its way to Vietnam, where preparations are under way in advance of Kalmaegi\u2019s expected landfall on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>China has warned of a \u201ccatastrophic wave process\u201d in the South China Sea and activated maritime disaster emergency response in its southernmost province of Hainan, state broadcaster CCTV said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents say the powerful storm brought \u2018raging\u2019 flash floods that destroyed homes, overturned cars and blocked streets. 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