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Typhoon Kalmaegi

Kumari Sonali

Typhoon Kalmaegi:

Typhoon Kalmaegi struck Vietnam’s central coast, forcing flight cancellations and mass evacuations after killing over 114 people in the Philippines, where it caused widespread flooding, destruction, and displacement.Typhoon Kalmaegi is a tropical cyclone that developed over the western Pacific Ocean, characterized by strong winds, torrential rains, and high tidal waves. It intensified rapidly before making landfall in the Philippines and Vietnam.
Kalmaegi formed over the Philippine Sea, moving westward toward Luzon (Philippines) before crossing the South China Sea and hitting central Vietnam.
It is named after the Korean word for “seagull.”

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