{"id":2507841,"date":"2025-11-07T06:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/typhoon-kalmaegi-leaves-5-dead-in-vietnam-after-killing-188-in-the-philippines\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T06:50:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:50:43","slug":"typhoon-kalmaegi-leaves-5-dead-in-vietnam-after-killing-188-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/typhoon-kalmaegi-leaves-5-dead-in-vietnam-after-killing-188-in-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves 5 dead in Vietnam after killing 188 in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftyphoon-kalmaegi-leaves-5-dead-in-vietnam-after-killing-188-in-the-philippines%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2507841&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Typhoon Kalmaegi struck Vietnam and the Philippines, causing important destruction and loss of life. In Vietnam, the storm brought strong winds and heavy rains, resulting in at least five deaths, widespread damage to homes, uprooted trees, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-beryls-impact-immediately-felt-as-it-makes-landfall-in-texas-widespread-power-outages-reported\/\" title=\"Hurricane Beryl&#039;s Impact Immediately Felt as It Makes Landfall in Texas - Widespread Power Outages Reported\">power outages affecting<\/a> over 1.6 million households. Residents began recovery efforts amid the devastation. In the Philippines, Kalmaegi caused severe flooding, killing 188 people and leaving 135 missing, especially impacting the Cebu province where many mourned their dead.Over half a million people were displaced, with nearly 450,000 evacuated to shelters. The country remains on alert for another approaching typhoon, Fung-wong. Scientists note that due to warming ocean waters, typhoons in the region are becoming more frequent and intense, with Kalmaegi being one of the strongest storms in the current season. Both Vietnam and the Philippines face ongoing challenges from tropical cyclones exacerbated by climate change.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves 5 dead in Vietnam after killing 188 in the Philippines<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2394552\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>DAK LAK, Vietnam (AP) &mdash;&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/typhoon-kalmaegi-makes-landfall-in-central-vietnam-bringing-destructive-winds-and-heavy-rains-adf579410abb41ea9a0fb076730ebffa\">Typhoon Kalmaegi<\/a>&nbsp;brought fierce winds and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/section-of-calif-highway-1-collapses-following-torrential-rainstorm\/\" title=\"Section of Calif. Highway 1 collapses following torrential ......\">torrential rains<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vietnam\/\">Vietnam<\/a> on Friday, killing at least five people, flattening homes, blowing off roofs and uprooting trees. In the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/philippines\/\">Philippines<\/a>, where the storm left&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/typhoon-kalmaegi-philippines-cebu-province-d6a0d865bfdb6e6ea57d927fce0da7b7\">scores dead earlier in the week<\/a>, survivors wept over the coffins of their loved ones and braced for another typhoon.<\/p>\n<p>As the storm moved on,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/warm-waters-make-the-western-pacific-a-hotspot-for-typhoons-f1f2c9b7256e49ec815d35d2aa50346e\">recovery work began in battered towns and villages<\/a>&nbsp;in both countries. Across central Vietnamese provinces, people cleared debris and repaired roofs on their homes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3876404\/obama-star-power-burns-bright-one-year-harris-disappointment\/\">Obama shows his star power still burns bright one year on from Harris disappointment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3878922\/elise-stefanik-new-york-governor-bid\/\">Elise Stefanik launches long-awaited bid for New York governor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3872214\/us-brazil-relations-trump-administration-tariffs\/\">Trump and Brazil&rsquo;s leftist leader pledge to put in place closer economic ties<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Jimmy Abatayo, who lost his wife and nine close relatives after the typhoon unleashed flooding in the central Philippine province of Cebu, was overwhelmed with sorrow and guilt as he ran his palm over his wife&rsquo;s casket.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was able to swim. I told my family to swim, you will be saved, just swim, be brave and keep swimming,&rdquo; said Abatayo, 53, pausing and then breaking into tears. &ldquo;They did not hear what I said because I would never see them again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mourning-the-dead-in-the-philippines\">Mourning the dead in the Philippines<\/h2>\n<p>In Cebu, 139 people died, mostly in floodings. Villagers on Friday gathered to say goodbye to their dead, including at a basketball gym turned funeral parlor where relatives wept before a row of white coffins bedecked with flowers and small portraits of the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>A state of national emergency declared by President&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ferdinand-marcos-jr\">Ferdinand Marcos Jr.<\/a>&nbsp;on Thursday was still effect in the Philippines, as the country braced for another potentially powerful storm, Typhoon Fung-wong, known locally as Uwan.<\/p>\n<p>Across the country, Kalmaegi left at least 188 people dead and 135 missing, the Philippines Office of Civil Defense said, and more than half a million people were displaced.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 450,000 were evacuated to shelters, and over 318,000 remained there as of Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The weather bureau said Fung-wong would come early next week and predicted it would span an estimated 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) before making landfall late Sunday or early Monday in northern Aurora province. It could also potentially affect the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >densely populated capital region<\/a> of Manila.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-toll-in-vietnam\">The toll in Vietnam<\/h2>\n<p>State media said five people were killed in Vietnam &mdash; three in Dak Lak and two in Gia Lai provinces &mdash; while three remained missing in Quang Ngai.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty-two houses collapsed and nearly 2,600 others were damaged or had their roofs blown off, including more than 2,400 in Gia Lai alone. Power outages affected more than 1.6 million households.<\/p>\n<p>Factories lost their roofs and equipment was damaged because of flooding in Binh Dinh province. In hard-hit Quy Nhon, residents woke up to find corrugated metal roofs and household items scattered along the streets.<\/p>\n<p>As the skies cleared and sunlight broke through on Friday morning, residents in Dak Lak province stepped out to assess the wreckage left behind.<\/p>\n<p>Streets were littered with fallen branches and twisted sheets of metal, and muddy water still pooled in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tropical-storm-henri-makes-landfall-in-r-i-threat-of-flooding-across-southern-new-england\/\" title=\"... Henri makes landfall in R.I., threat of ... across southern New England\">low-lying areas<\/a> where the river had surged to record heights overnight. Shopkeepers dragged out waterlogged goods to dry in the sun, while families swept mud from their doorsteps and patched together missing roof tiles.<\/p>\n<p>Many areas in Vietnam reported uprooted trees, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-to-hunker-down-ron-desantis-warns-floridians-in-immediate-path-of-hurricane\/\" title=\"\u2018Time To Hunker Down\u2019: Ron DeSantis Warns Floridians In Immediate Path Of Hurricane\">damaged power lines<\/a> and flattened buildings as Kalmaegi weakened into a tropical storm and moved into Cambodia on Friday.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tropical-cyclones-slamming-the-region\">Tropical cyclones slamming the region<\/h2>\n<p>Kalmaegi struck Vietnam as the country&rsquo;s central region was still&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/vietnam-floods-typhoon-rains-1d0f0ed7931f6e06a3d5b63375d25eaa\">reeling from floods caused by record-breaking rains<\/a>. Authorities said more than 537,000 people were evacuated, many by boat, as floodwaters rose and landslides loomed. The storm was forecast to dump up to 24 inches (600 millimeters) of rain in some areas before moving into Laos and northeast Thailand later on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Three fishermen were reported missing Thursday after their boat was swept away by strong waves near Ly Son Island off Quang Ngai province. Search efforts were later suspended due to worsening weather, state media said.<\/p>\n<p>The Philippines experiences about 20 typhoons and storms each year and is among the world&rsquo;s most disaster-prone countries.<\/p>\n<p>Vietnam, which is hit by around a dozen storms annually, has endured a relentless series this year. Typhoon Ragasa dumped torrential rain in late September, followed by Typhoon Bualoi and Typhoon Matmo, which together left more than 85 people dead or missing and caused an estimated $1.36 billion in damage.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists warn that a warming climate is intensifying storms and rainfall across Southeast Asia, making&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/typhoon-cyclone-hurricane-kalmaegi-philippines-vietnam-72ac117cb7aa91ea4ca1539a48945ed2\">floods and typhoons increasingly destructive<\/a>&nbsp;and frequent.<\/p>\n<p>Kristen Corbosiero, a professor of atmospheric and environmental sciences at the University at Albany, said a normal year has 23 named storms by this time, but Kalmaegi and Fung-Wong are the 26th and 27th named storms. Kalmaegi is the fourth strongest typhoon this season, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you look at the climatology for the Philippines and for Vietnam, it&rsquo;s almost the entire year that they can get them because the warm waters that fuel the storm just are there,&rdquo; Corbosiero said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Typhoon Kalmaegi kills 5 in Vietnam, 188 dead in Philippines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2634,"featured_media":2507842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/typhoon-kalmaegi-in-Vietnam.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[33918,14194,66650,66649,5603],"class_list":["post-2507841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-natural-disaster","tag-philippines","tag-storm-casualties","tag-typhoon-kalmaegi","tag-vietnam"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/typhoon-kalmaegi-in-Vietnam.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2634"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2507841"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507850,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507841\/revisions\/2507850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2507842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2507841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2507841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2507841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}