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Typhoon Kalmaegi death toll rises to at least 66 in the Philippines

Typhoon Kalmaegi death toll rises to at least 66 in the Philippines

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Dozens of people are dead and hundreds of thousands displaced by Typhoon Kalmaegi’s flooding rains and intense winds; six more people died when a military helicopter crashed en route to the coastal city of Butuan to support relief operations.

Raffy Alejandro
1. It was the major cities that got hit (with floods), highly urbanized areas.
2. All the floods have subsided. Our challenge now is the clearing of this debris that is blocking our roads.
Pamela Baricuatro
1. We were expecting the winds to be the dangerous part, but... the water is what's truly putting our people at risk.
Maria Christina Basco
Philippines Armed Forces
1. We're waiting to confirm the identities via forensics in order to ascertain their identities.
Reynaldo Vergara
1. The river overflowed. That's where the water came from.
2. Around four or five in the morning, the water was so strong that you couldn't even step outside ... nothing like this has ever happened. The water was raging.

Typhoon Kalmaegi death toll rises to at least 66 in the Philippines

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