Typhoon Kalmaegi DEVASTATES Philippines
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Tens of thousands of people evacuated before the storm brought heavy rain and flooding. But many others were trapped in homes and buildings.
Typhoon Kalmaegi intensified as it made landfall in the central Philippines on Tuesday, with the state weather bureau warning of "life-threatening" conditions as it placed large parts of the Visayas region under the second-highest storm warning.
More than 150,000 people have evacuated to safer ground in eastern Philippine provinces as a typhoon approaches from the Pacific.