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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.

Tens of thousands of people evacuated before the storm brought heavy rain and flooding. But many others were trapped in homes and buildings.

A fast-moving typhoon barreled across the central Philippines Monday after slamming ashore overnight from the Pacific, leaving at least two people dead, setting off flash floods that trapped residents …

Forceful floodwaters in Cebu province, Philippines, picked up and rolled shipping containers on 4 November. At least one person has died as residents were forced to seek shelter from the high water on rooftops. Ahead of the typhoon, the Office of Civil Defence said “close to 150,000” people had been evacuated.

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 been evacuated across the eastern provinces of the Philippines as Typhoon Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, approaches from the Pacific. Authorities have issued warnings for torrential rains, potentially destructive winds, and storm surges reaching up to three metres (nearly 10 feet).

South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean formally pitched to Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. its bid to build KSS-III PN submarines for the Philippine Navy.

More than 150,000 people took shelter in coastal provinces of the Philippines on Monday as powerful Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in a region hit by some of the country’s deadliest