Typhoon Kalmaegi brings ‘life-threatening’ conditions to central Philippines

With sustained winds of 150 kph and gusts of up to 205 kph, Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, is forecast to move across the Visayas and emerge over the South China Sea by Wednesday.

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.