In the 24 hours before Typhoon Kalmaegi's landfall, the area around provincial capital Cebu City was deluged with 183mm of rain, well over its 131mm monthly average.

CEBU (Nov 4): At least five 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 floodwatersRead More