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Kalmaegi Typhoon: Kalmaegi storm caused huge devastation in Vietnam on Friday. Five people died due to strong wind and torrential rain. There was massive damage in the central provinces of the country.
Kalmaegi Typhoon: Cyclone Kalmegi caused huge devastation in Vietnam on Friday. Five people died due to strong wind and torrential rain. There was massive damage in the central provinces of the country. As soon as the flood waters receded, relief work began in damaged towns and industrial areas. Officials and residents cleared the debris. Repaired roofs for millions of affected people in central Vietnam. According to state media, five people were killed, while three others were missing in Quang Ngai. Six people were injured. 52 houses collapsed and about 2,600 others were damaged. More than 1.6 million homes were affected due to power supply disruptions. In the Philippines, where Typhoon Kalamegi made landfall earlier this week on Monday. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a national emergency on Thursday. Because the country is prepared for another potentially powerful storm, Typhoon Fung-Wong.
4,50,000 people were evacuated to safe places
The weather bureau said Fung-Wong could expand to about 1,400 kilometers in diameter before making landfall in northern Aurora province late Sunday night or early Monday, hitting the densely populated capital region of Manila. At least 188 people were killed and 135 missing as Typhoon Kalamegi struck the Philippines on Monday, displacing more than half a million people, according to the Civil Defense Office. Till Thursday, about 4,50,000 people were evacuated to safe places and more than 3,18,000 people were present there. Trees were uprooted, power lines damaged and hundreds of buildings collapsed in several areas of Vietnam as Typhoon Kalmegi intensified into a tropical storm on Friday and headed towards Cambodia. Roofs of factories were blown off and equipment was damaged due to strong winds in Binh Dinh province. In badly affected Qui Non, residents woke up in the morning to find roofs and household items strewn across the streets.
three fishermen missing
On Friday morning the roads were littered with fallen branches and twisted sheets of metal. Muddy water was accumulated in the low-lying areas. Where the river had risen to a record height overnight. Kalmegi wreaked havoc in Vietnam at a time when the country’s central region was battling floods caused by record-breaking rainfall. Officials said more than 537,000 people were evacuated, many of them by boats, due to rising flood waters and the threat of landslides. It is estimated that the storm could drop up to 24 inches of rain in some areas before reaching Laos and north-eastern Thailand on Friday. Three fishermen were reported missing on Thursday after their boat was washed away by strong waves near Lai Son island near Quang Ngai province. According to government media, the search operation was later halted due to worsening weather.
Loss of 1.36 billion dollars in Philippines
The Philippines experiences about 20 typhoons each year and is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Vietnam, which is hit by about a dozen typhoons each year, is facing a series of typhoons this year. Typhoon Ragasa brought torrential rains in late September. After which came Typhoon Bualoi and Typhoon Matmo, in which altogether more than 85 people were killed or went missing. There was an estimated loss of $1.36 billion. Scientists have warned that a warming climate is intensifying storms and rainfall in Southeast Asia, making floods and typhoons increasingly destructive and more frequent.
