Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves 66 dead
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Residents in a Taiwan town where flooding from a typhoon killed 17 people sought shelter on Wednesday fearing further disaster
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‘Unprecedented’: 66 killed, rescue helicopter downed by Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines
The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines has climbed to 66 – including six members of a downed military helicopter – as residents of hardest-hit Cebu province began picking through homes and businesses devastated by the worst flooding in recent memory.
Typhoon Kalmaegi has made landfall north of Gia Lai province in central Vietnam, lashing the region with fierce winds and torrential rain. The storm hit as the central provinces were already reeling from days of flooding caused by record-breaking rainfall.
Thousands were evacuated in coastal provinces of the Philippines on Monday, ahead of a typhoon due to make landfall in a region hit by some of the country's deadliest storms."Some local governments are resorting to forced evacuations,
Kalmaegi was a typhoon in the Philippine Sea Monday afternoon Philippine Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. Flash flooding can occur well inland and away from the storm’s center. Even weaker storms can produce excessive rainfall that can flood low-lying areas.
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