Philippines declares state of emergency as Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves hundreds dead or missing
According to the Office of Civil Defense, nearly 2 million people have been impacted by the typhoon's devastation, with some 560,000 villagers currently displaced.
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00:00A state of emergency has been declared in the Philippines after Typhoon Kalmegi left at least 140 people dead with fears the debt toll may rise in what is the biggest natural disaster to hit the country this year.
00:15President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his state of national calamity measure will allow the government to disburse emergency funds faster and prevent food hoarding and overpricing.
00:27The typhoon on Wednesday began to blow away from western Palawan province into the South China Sea with sustained winds of up to 130 km per hour and gusts of up to 180 km per hour.
00:42The Philippines Office of Civil Defense said nearly 2 million people have been impacted by the typhoon's devastation.
00:50Local officials said around 127 people were still missing, many of them in the severely affected central province of Cebu, a bustling province that was still recovering from a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck in September.
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