At least 204 people are now known to have died in the Philippines as a result of the earlier storm, while more than 100 are still missing. Five people also died in Vietnam, where strong winds uprooted trees, tore off roofs, and smashed large windows.

Local missionaries sent back pictures, saying people in the Philippines are wading in mud up to their knees following a typhoon.

Political analysts say persistent natural disasters could sustain public frustrations and anti-government protests.

Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in central Vietnam late Thursday after killing more than 100 people in the Philippines and cutting a path of destruction.

Super Typhoon Fung-wong, the biggest storm to threaten the Philippines this year, started battering the country's northeastern coast ahead of landfall on Sunday, knocking down power, forcing the evacuation of more than a million people and prompting the defence chief to warn many others to evacuate to safety from high-risk villages before it's too late.

One Canadian recounts the harrowing 24 hours spent trying to locate family members in the Philippines amid the chaos of a deadly typhoon.

Activists blame unregulated nickel mining in the Philippines for aggravating the climate crisis, as a Climate Rights International report links the industry to deforestation, rights abuses, and increased climate vulnerability.