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Residents walk along a mud covered street in the aftermath of Typhoon Tino in Liloan, in the province of Cebu on November 6, 2025. The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi in the central Philippines climbed past 100, as the devastating impact on Cebu province became clearer after the worst flooding in recent memory. Jam Sta Rosa, AFP

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1762391711498AFP__20251106__837U3C3__v1__MidRes__PhilippinesTyphoonWeather.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Residents walk along a mud covered street in the aftermath of Typhoon Tino in Liloan, in the province of Cebu on November 6, 2025. The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi in the central Philippines climbed past 100, as the devastating impact on Cebu province became clearer after the worst flooding in recent memory. Jam Sta Rosa, AFP</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>CEBU — Typhoon Tino killed at least 140 people and left another 127 missing after unleashing devastating flooding across the central Philippines, official figures showed Thursday, as the storm headed towards Vietnam.</p><p>Floodwaters described as unprecedented rushed through Cebu province&#x27;s towns and cities this week, sweeping away cars, riverside shanties and even massive shipping containers.</p><p>The national civil defense office confirmed on Thursday 114 reported deaths, though that tally did not include an additional 28 recorded by Cebu provincial authorities.</p><p>In Liloan, a town near Cebu City where 35 bodies have been recovered from flooded areas, AFP reporters saw cars still piled atop each other by floodwaters and roofs torn off buildings as residents attempted to dig out of the mud.</p><p>Christine Aton&#x27;s sister Michelle, who has a disability, was among Liloan&#x27;s victims, trapped in her bedroom as the floodwaters rose inside their house.</p><p>&quot;We tried to pry open (her bedroom door) with a kitchen knife and a crowbar but it wouldn&#x27;t budge.... Then the refrigerator started to float,&quot; Aton, 29, said.</p><p>&quot;I opened a window and my father and I swam out. We were crying because we wanted to save my older sister.</p><p>&quot;But my father told me we couldn&#x27;t do anything for her, that all three of us might end up dead.&quot;</p><p>On neighbouring Negros Island, where at least 30 people were killed, Tino&#x27;s driving rain loosened volcanic mudflow that buried homes in Canlaon City, police Lieutenant Stephen Polinar told AFP on Wednesday.</p><p>&quot;Eruptions of Kanlaon volcano since last year deposited volcanic material on its upper sections. When the rain fell, those deposits rumbled down onto the villages,&quot; he told AFP.</p><p>The national death tally included six crew members of a military helicopter that crashed while on a typhoon relief mission.</p><div><iframe width="734" height="413" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y0nxtS_dgvE" title="&#x27;We lost everything&#x27;: Survivors confront destruction in Tino&#x27;s wake | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>‘THE WATER WAS RAGING’</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>On Wednesday, residents of Cebu&#x27;s most-affected areas were busily cleaning up streets that had been rivers less than 24 hours earlier.</p><p>&quot;Around four or five in the morning, the water was so strong that you couldn&#x27;t even step outside,&quot; said Reynaldo Vergara, 53, adding that everything in his small shop in Mandaue had been lost when a nearby river overflowed.</p><p>&quot;Nothing like this has ever happened. The water was raging.&quot;</p><p>In nearby Talisay, where an informal settlement along a riverbank was washed away, AFP found 26-year-old Regie Mallorca already at work rebuilding his home.</p><p>&quot;This will take time because I don&#x27;t have the money yet. It will take months,&quot; he said as he mixed cement and sand atop the rubble.</p><p>The area around Cebu City was deluged with 18.3 centimeters (around seven inches) of rain in the 24 hours before Tino&#x27;s landfall, well over its 13.1 centimeter monthly average, weather specialist Charmagne Varilla told AFP.</p><p>On Tuesday, provincial governor Pamela Baricuatro called the situation &quot;unprecedented&quot; and &quot;devastating&quot;.</p><p>Scientists warn that storms are becoming more powerful due to human-driven climate change. Warmer oceans allow typhoons to strengthen rapidly, and a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture, meaning heavier rainfall.</p><p>In total, nearly 800,000 people were moved from the typhoon&#x27;s path.</p><div><iframe width="734" height="413" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T_cwy8S8A5g" title="Drone view captures trail of destruction in Cebu after Typhoon Tino | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>‘URGENT AND DANGEROUS’</strong></div><div><strong> </strong></div><p>Tino was gathering strength on Thursday as it headed towards neighbouring Vietnam, where fear was mounting that the typhoon could compound the damage of a week of flooding that has already claimed 47 lives.</p><p>As of 8 am, the storm boasted wind speeds of 155 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 190 kph.</p><p>The typhoon is forecast to make landfall in central Vietnam late Thursday, bringing waves as high as eight meters (26 feet) and powerful storm surges, according to the national weather bureau.</p><p>Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha urged local authorities to treat Tino as &quot;urgent and dangerous&quot;, calling it &quot;a very abnormal&quot; storm in a statement Wednesday.</p><p>Ten typhoons or tropical storms usually affect Vietnam, directly or offshore, in a given year, but Typhoon Tino is set to be the 13th of 2025.</p><p>The Philippines has already reached its average of 20 such storms a year with Tino, weather specialist Varilla told AFP, adding at least &quot;three to five more&quot; storms could be expected by December&#x27;s end.</p><div><br style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"/></div><div><br/></div><div><br style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"/></div>

<p>Typhoon Tino killed at least 140 people and 127 are missing after unleashing devastating flooding across the central Philippines, official figures showed Thursday, as the storm headed towards Vietnam.</p>

Typhoon Tino killed at least 140 people and 127 are missing after unleashing devastating flooding across the central Philippines, official figures showed Thursday, as the storm headed towards Vietnam.

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Tino death toll passes 140 as typhoon heads towards Vietnam

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Published November 06, 2025 09:18 AM PHT

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