Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate to safer grounds by officials in The Philippines on Monday as a typhoon approached from the Pacific and was set to make a landfall in a region hit by some of the country's deadliest storms.

Typhoon Kalmaegi , also called Tino, 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. Officials also warned about waves surging up to 10 feet as the storm hits.

Locally called Tino , Typhoon Kalmaegi is likely to blow westward overnight and strike the central island provinces on Tuesday. It is also expected to hit Cebu, which is still recovering from a 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit on September 30.

Kalmaegi was expected to further str

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