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Typhoon flooding kills 26, strands thousands in central Philippines

A fallen tree blocks a road uprooted during Typhoon Kalmaegi in Silago

Children are evacuated on a makeshift boat made from a discarded refrigerator.

Two children gather coconuts washed ashore by of Typhoon Kalmaegi in Mayorga town.

A rescuer assists a resident as they walk past cars washed away by floods at the height of Typhoon Kalmaegi in a subdivision of Cebu City in the central Philippines.

Rescuers evacuate a resident from their flood-hit home following heavy rains brought by Typhoon Kalmaegi in a subdivision of Cebu City in the central Philippines.

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

Rescuers evacuate a resident from their flood-hit home following heavy rains brought by Typhoon Kalmaegi in a subdivision of Cebu City in the central Philippines (2)

Source: AFP

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