Death toll from typhoon flooding in Philippines rises to over 40; thousands displaced

Cebu: More than 40 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced as rains driven by Typhoon Kalmaegi flooded swathes of the central Phil...

Cebu: More than 40 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced as rains driven by Typhoon Kalmaegi flooded swathes of the central Philippines on Tuesday.

Entire towns on the island of Cebu have been inundated, while cars, trucks and even massive shipping containers could be seen swept along by muddy floodwaters in videos verified by AFP.

In Cebu province alone, 39 people have been confirmed dead, provincial information officer Ainjeliz Orong told AFP, a figure she said did not include fatalities in provincial capital Cebu City, which are tallied separately.

This handout photo taken and released on November 4, 2025 by the Bureau Fire Protection-Toledo City station shows personnel help evacuate people on a makeshift boat made from a discarded refrigerator from their flooded homes following heavy rains brought about by Typhoon Kalmaegi in Toledo City, Cebu province, central Philippines. (Photo by Handout / AFP) 

At least five deaths have been recorded in other provinces, including an elderly resident who drowned in an upper floor of their home in Leyte province and a man struck by a falling tree in Bohol.