Typhoon Kalmaegi Leaves 52 Dead, Mainly in Philippine Province Still Recovering From Deadly Quake

TOPSHOT – A motorist drives past a fallen electric post and trees on a highway in the aftermath of Typhoon Kalmaegi in Mayorga, Leyte province on November 4, 2025. Residents sought refuge on rooftops and cars floated through flooded streets on November 4 as Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines, leaving at least two people dead. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 52 people dead with 13 others missing in the central Philippines, mostly in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away scores of cars in a hard-hit province still recovering from a recent deadly earthquake. Six people were killed in a separate incident when a Philippine air force helicopter crashed in the southern province of Agusan del Sur on Tuesday while en route to help provide humanitarian help to provinces battered by Kalmaegi, the military said without providing other details, including what could have caused the crash. Kalmaegi was forecast to blow away into the South China Sea on Wednesday.