The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines has risen to 40, officials said on Tuesday, as the powerful storm unleashed heavy rains and floods across the central region, submerging homes and forcing thousands to evacuate.

Two people have died in the Philippines after Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall overnight, flooding multiple provinces. Torrential rains, strong winds and storm surges forced tens of thousands to evacuate from their homes. Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, hit the country with sustained winds of up to 150 kilometres per hour, and gusts of up to 205kph.

A fast-moving typhoon barreled across the central Philippines Monday after slamming ashore overnight from the Pacific, leaving at least two people dead, setting off flash floods that trapped residents on roofs and submerged cars in two villages,

At least 26 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced as rains driven by Typhoon Tino flooded swathes of the central Philippines on Tuesday. Entire towns

For wage-earning Alaskans who were displaced by the remnants of Typhoon Halong, a powerful storm that lashed the western coast of the state earlier this month, qualifying for one special type of federal assistance could be a cinch.

As Typhoon Halong swept through western Alaska, it laid bare how centuries-old policies made Native villages particularly vulnerable to climate change.