(CNN) — Typhoon Kalmaegi damaged homes and uprooted trees in central Vietnam late Thursday after cutting a path of destruction through the Philippines, where it killed nearly 200 people.

Kalmaegi, one of the strongest typhoons on record to hit Vietnam, brought torrential rains and destructive winds to an area already saturated by floods due to record rainfall.

The typhoon left a trail of death and devastation as it tore through the central Philippines on Tuesday, reducing entire neighborhoods to rubble and displacing tens of thousands of people. At least 188 people were killed, most in Cebu province, a tourist hotspot, local authorities said.

Kalmaegi strengthened as it barreled toward the coast of Vietnam Thursday, carrying maximum sustained winds of 125 mph, records from the National

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