Philippine Typhoon Deaths Climb to 116 as New Storm Looms

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Typhoon Kalmaegi killed at least 116 people in the Philippines, becoming the deadliest storm to hit the Southeast Asian nation in a year, with dozens more missing.

The typhoon, locally known as Tino, also displaced more than half a million people as widespread floods submerged homes and trapped residents on rooftops. The central province of Cebu, which is still reeling from a recent earthquake that killed dozens, reported the most casualties, according to disaster response officials on Wednesday.

A Philippine Air Force chopper deployed to aid typhoon response crashed, killing six crew aboard, the military

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