A Philippine army helicopter crashed throughout search and rescue operations, killing all six individuals on board.
Printed On 4 Nov 2025
The dying toll from Hurricane Kalmaegi within the Philippines has reached 46, together with six individuals on a army helicopter that crashed through the highly effective storm that unleashed heavy rains and floods throughout the central area of the nation.
Floodwaters trapped many individuals on their roofs and submerged vehicles on Tuesday, and whole cities on the island of Cebu have been inundated.
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A minimum of 39 individuals had been killed within the central province of Cebu, native authorities stated. One particular person was reported useless on the close by island of Bohol.
The Huey helicopter went down in Agusan del Sur on the island of Mindanao, the place it was conducting a humanitarian catastrophe response mission, the army stated. Six our bodies of the crew had been recovered and an investigation was underneath manner.
Within the 24 hours earlier than Hurricane Kalmaegi, domestically named Tino, made landfall shortly earlier than midnight on Monday, the world round provincial capital Cebu Metropolis was deluged with 183 millimetres (seven inches) of rain, nicely in extra its 131-millimetre month-to-month common, state climate specialist Charmagne Varilla instructed AFP.
“The water rose so quick,” Don del Rosario, 28, instructed the information wire AFP from Cebu Metropolis. “By 4:00am, it was already uncontrollable — individuals couldn’t get out [of their houses].”
“I’ve been right here for 28 years, and that is by far the worst we’ve skilled.”
In a Fb publish on Tuesday, provincial governor Pamela Baricuatro known as the state of affairs in Cebu “unprecedented”.
“We had been anticipating the winds to be the harmful half, however … the water is what’s actually placing our individuals in danger,” Baricuatro stated on Fb. “The floodwaters are simply devastating.”
Though the storm regularly misplaced power on Tuesday, it continued to lash the nation with winds of 120km/h (74.5mph) and gusts of 165km/h (102.5mph) because it swept throughout the Visayas islands headed for northern Palawan and in direction of the South China Sea.
Tens of 1000’s of residents had been evacuated throughout the Visayas area, together with components of southern Luzon and northern Mindanao, authorities stated. The storm was anticipated to depart the Philippines late on Wednesday or early Thursday.
“Attributable to interplay with the terrain, Tino could barely weaken whereas crossing Visayas. Nonetheless, it’s anticipated to stay at storm depth all through its passage over the nation,” state climate company PAGASA stated in a morning bulletin.
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The Philippines is hit by a mean of 20 storms and typhoons every year, routinely hanging disaster-prone areas the place hundreds of thousands stay in poverty. The Philippines was hit by two main storms in September, together with Super Typhoon Ragasa, which killed no less than three individuals and compelled 1000’s to evacuate from villages and faculties in Northern Philippines.
Kalmaegi is forecast to make landfall on Thursday night time in Vietnam’s central areas, which have already suffered heavy floods that killed no less than 40 individuals and left six others lacking over the previous week.
