MANILA, Philippines.— This Monday, the philippine authorities they ordered tens of thousands of people move to safer places and prohibited fishermen from going to sea in the central-eastern region, given the imminent arrival of the Typhoon Kalmaegi that was approaching over the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Authorities warned of torrential rain and potential deadly storm surges of up to three meters.
The most recent data placed the Typhoon Kalmaegi about 235 kilometers east of the killed Him in the Eastern Samar Provincecon sustained winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 150 km/h, and it was forecast to make landfall this Monday afternoon or evening.
Kalmaegi (TinoPH) is certainly trying very hard but thankfully too late and not enough for some of the higher end up outcomes to come true. Still it should be a dangerous Typhoon (C2-C3 SSHWS, ~150-160 kph 10 min) when it reaches land tonight. Signal 4 in effect. pic.twitter.com/Mauu4lbxNI
— Sausiuswx (@Sausius_wx) November 3, 2025
Typhoon Kalmaegi to make landfall in Cebu
Typhoon Kalmaegi was expected to move westward overnight and could hit central island provinces on Tuesday, including Cebu, which is still recovering from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake on Sept. 30. The quake killed at least 79 people and displaced thousands of people after their homes collapsed or were severely damaged.
Kalmaegi, called Tino in the Philippinesstrengthened further over the Philippine Sea before making landfall in the town of Guiuan or nearby municipalities, where the governor of Eastern Samar, RV Evardonesaid it had issued mandatory evacuation orders starting Monday with the help of army troops, police, firefighters and disaster mitigation contingents.
LOOK | NEWS UPDATE: Winds and rain brought by #TinoPH felled trees in Carmen, Cebu early dawn on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. The storm made landfall in Silago, Southern Leyte earlier at midnight.
| via Fe Marie Dumaboc, GMA Regional TV Balitang Bisdak pic.twitter.com/iosQJcB6Dp
— GMA Regional TV News (@GMARTVNews) November 3, 2025
More than 70,000 people in the coastal towns of Guiuan, Mercedes and Salcedo were ordered to move to refugee centers or concrete houses and buildings certified as strong enough to withstand the impact of the typhoon. Coastal areas were warned of storm surges up to three meters high, Evardone said.
Typhoon Haiyan of 2013 caused thousands of deaths
He Tifon Haiyanone of the most powerful tropical cyclones on record, made landfall in Guiuan in November 2013 and then devastated the central Philippines. More than 7,300 people were killed or missing, entire towns were razed and dozens of ships were stranded inland. Haiyan demolished around a million homes and displaced more than four million people in one of the country’s poorest regions.
Typhoon #TinoPH / #Kalmaegi strikes the island of Leyte in the central Philippines, bringing heavy rain and strong winds of 165 km/h (105 mph). pic.twitter.com/fUhiJRyF71
— Zoom Earth (@zoom_earth) November 3, 2025
“No one complains among the residents because of their experience with Yolanda. They know it’s better to be safe than sorry,” Evardone said, referring to the Filipino name of Haiyan. “Then they saw bodies scattered everywhere in the streets. Many lost everything.”
Thousands of villagers were also being evacuated from island provinces near Eastern Samar, officials said, and disaster response agencies, including the coast guard, were on alert.
The Philippines is hit by around 20 typhoons and storms every year. It is often hit by earthquakes and has more than a dozen active volcanoes, making it one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world.
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