Manila: Typhoon Kalmaegi, known locally as Tino, swept through the central Philippines on Monday, bringing strong winds, heavy rains, and widespread flooding. The powerful storm has already claimed one life and forced more than 150,000 people to flee their homes as authorities issued urgent warnings of life-threatening conditions.

According to the state weather bureau PAGASA, Kalmaegi made landfall in the early hours over the town of Silago in Southern Leyte with maximum sustained winds of about 150 kilometers per hour and gusts reaching up to 205 kilometers per hour. The storm later moved across Negros Occidental, leaving many areas without power and submerging several low-lying communities.

Local officials reported that an elderly villager drowned in floodwaters in Eastern Visayas, w

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