HANOI: The death toll from a week of flooding and record rains in central Vietnam rose to 40 on Tuesday (Nov 4), authorities said, as another powerful storm bore down on the battered region.Vietnam's central belt has been deluged by torrential rains,

Typhoon Kalmaegi is expected to slightly weaken after passing through central Philippines on Tuesday, but then regain strength to 134–149 kph winds upon entering the East Sea on Wednesday, posing a high risk of thunderstorms for south central Vietnam from Thursday.

Thousands were evacuated in coastal provinces of the Philippines on Monday, ahead of a typhoon due to make landfall in a region hit by some of the country's deadliest storms."Some local governments are resorting to forced evacuations,

More than 150,000 people have been evacuated across the eastern provinces of the Philippines as Typhoon Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, approaches from the Pacific. Authorities have issued warnings for torrential rains, potentially destructive winds, and storm surges reaching up to three metres (nearly 10 feet).