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Prior to striking in Vietnam, the typhoon resulted in catastrophic damage in the Philippines - including a minimum of 114 lives lost.
Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has announced a state of calamity - which is triggered by significant loss of life, major damage to property, and interruption of income sources and everyday existence for residents of impacted regions.
The typhoon, called in the region Tino, devastated the heavily populated island of Cebu, flooding complete communities and carrying vehicles down roads.
Numerous individuals of people had to be relocated, while some are sheltering in designated safe zones.
Disaster personnel are actively operating as evacuated residents find refuge in designated safe areas.
The scale of this catastrophe has prompted massive emergency response in the impacted areas.
Emergency responders were photographed engaged in extracting a casualty at a mudslide area in Cebu City.
The severe weather has displaced more than 400,000 people in the Philippines.
Thoroughfares are covered in debris and images show piles of cars spread over the impacted zones.
A tech journalist and cultural critic with over a decade of experience covering digital transformation and societal impacts.