Typhoon Kalmaegi killed more than 50 people in the Philippines, most in flooding that swept through towns in central provinces, officials said on Wednesday, just over a month after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake killed nearly 80 people.

Hundreds of thousands fled their homes as one of the year's strongest typhoons ripped through the Philippines.

Typhoon Kalmaegi intensified as it made landfall in the central Philippines on Tuesday, with the state weather bureau warning of "life-threatening" conditions as it placed large parts of the Visayas region under the second-highest storm warning.

MANILA — Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 26 people dead in the Philippines, mostly in flooding set off by the storm, which barreled across the central part of the country on Tuesday, disaster response officials said. Flood waters trapped scores of people on their roofs and submerged cars.

More than 40 people were killed by flooding from Typhoon Tino in the Philippines. Unfortunately, another typhoon is inbound.