Rescue teams raced to reach people stranded in central Philippines after Typhoon Kalmaegi barrelled through overnight, causing flooding across multiple provinces, leaving at least five people dead and many trapped on rooftops.
Locally referred to as Tino, the typhoon made landfall around midnight in Silago in the eastern province of Southern Leyte, with sustained winds of up to 140kmph and gusts of up to 195kmph.
