Manila [Philippines], November 6: The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines has risen to 91, with 75 missing and over 430,000 displaced, the national disaster agency said on Wednesday.
Seventeen people were also reported injured in floods and other accidents caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi, as the weather system dumped heavy rains over 24 provinces in the main Philippine regions of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
A total of 706,549 people in 24 provinces were affected by the typhoon, including 436,911 forced to flee their homes, the disaster agency said.
Kalmaegi was packing maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometres per hour and gusts of wind of up to 170 km/h as it moved away from the Philippines' western coast, the bureau's latest advisory said. It was moving north-westward at 30 km/h and was expected to exit the Philippines late on Wednesday or early Thursday as it headed towards Vietnam, the bureau added. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune
