Typhoon Tino victims - Philippines Fund

Typhoon Tino (international name: Kalmaegi) has killed 114 people in the Philippines, is barrelling towards central Vietnam with increasing windspeeds. As it wreaked havoc through heavy rains and severe flooding, mainly in the Visayas region. Tino entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Nov. 2, intensifying into a Severe Tropical Storm and into a typhoon the next day. Early morning of Nov. 4, it made landfall at Silago, Southern Leyte, eventually moving to Borbon, Cebu, and Sagay, Negros Occidental. Life-threatening conditions continue to affect Cebu and Negros Island regions. Cebu City alone was deluged by 183 millimeters of rain, 24 hours before Tino's landfall, according to PAGASA. Entire towns in the province were submerged, with vehicles and shipping containers visibly stacked and swept away by floodwaters. The storm has flooded entire towns on Cebu, the region's most populous island, where 71 deaths were reported. Another 127 are missing and 82 injured, according to officials. Most of the deaths in the Philippines were due to drowning, reports said. The storm sent torrents of muddy water down hillsides and into towns and cities. Damage to Cebu's residential areas was extensive, with many small buildings swept away and a thick carpet of mud left by the retreating floodwaters. Local officials described the havoc wrought by the storm as "unprecedented". Residents returning to their destroyed homes are reeling from the deadly floods earlier this week.