Overview
- Officials now count at least 140 fatalities nationwide, with 127 people still missing as tallies are consolidated.
- Cebu province saw catastrophic flooding that swept vehicles and shipping containers after roughly 183 millimeters of rain fell in 24 hours.
- Authorities evacuated roughly 387,000 to 400,000 people in advance of the storm across central islands.
- On Negros, heavy rain unleashed a lahar from Mount Kanlaon that buried homes in Canlaon City, killing at least 30 people.
- A military helicopter crashed during relief operations, killing six crew members, while the storm heads toward Vietnam under maximum alerts with waves forecast up to eight meters.