Typhoon Kalmaegi

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Typhoon Kalmaegi, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Tino, was a strong, deadly and extremely impactful tropical cyclone that affected portions of the central Philippines, particularly in Cebu, causing freshwater flooding due to record-breaking rains. It later struck Central Vietnam as one of the strongest typhoons on record in the area during early November 2025. The deadliest typhoon to strike the Visayas since Typhoon Rai in 2021, Kalmaegi is the twenty-fifth named storm and eleventh typhoon of the 2025 Pacific typhoon season. Kalmaegi originated from an area of convection on October 30. The following day, it was later classified as a tropical depression as the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) at 02:00 UTC. At 12:00 UTC, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded the system to a tropical storm and assigned it the name Kalmaegi, as environmental conditions became increasingly favorable for development. The JTWC followed suit at...

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