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Typhoon Tino (Kalmaegi), the Philippines’ 20th tropical cyclone for 2025, is also the deadliest for the year, so far. Based on local data, at least 150 fatalities have been reported, a big majority of them from Cebu.
Tino unleashed moderate to torrential rain and strong to destructive winds in the Visayas, portions of Mindanao, and several areas in Southern Luzon. It made landfall eight times — once in the provinces of Southern Leyte, Cebu, Negros Occidental, Guimaras, and Iloilo, as well as thrice in Palawan — before finally leaving the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Thursday, November 6.
Bookmark this page for the latest news in the aftermath of the typhoon, including the situation in affected areas, government response, and relief efforts.
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Residents in Cebu continue to plead for aid
More than a week after Typhoon Tino (Kalmaegi) struck Cebu, residents in Compostela and Liloan are seen on the streets holding placards requesting food, water, and other essentials on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
Photos by Jacqueline Hernandez/Rappler
WATCH: A week after Typhoon Tino, Cebu village struggles with looting, loss of gov’t assets
Mary Ann Dumdum-Oño, a secretary of Barangay Owak in Asturias, Cebu, shares with Rappler on Monday, November 10, their barangay’s struggle with losing important government assets and cases of looting happening in their area a week after Typhoon Tino (Kalmaegi) caused heavy flooding in the town.
WATCH: A family and 14 dogs survive Tino-induced floods in Balamban, Cebu
Roger Barcenas retells how his family and their 14 dogs survived severe flooding caused by Typhoon Tino (Kalmaegi) in Balamban town, Cebu.
Barcenas told Rappler on Monday, November 10, that his family clung on to banana trees while their dogs swam through the tragedy.
WATCH: In Balamban, Cebu, aid barely reaches typhoon-hit homes
Ringo Rallos, barangay captain of Nangka, Balamban town in Cebu, tells Rappler that a week since Typhoon Tino (Kalmaegi) hit the province, roads remain so inaccessible that aid almost never arrives. On Monday, November 10, 2025, residents in the village wait from 6 am to noon at the barangay hall for aid to arrive.
Cebuano’s’ blood in your hands,’ protesters tell corrupt officials, contractors
The August Twenty One Movement (ATOM) continued its weekly protest walk at the Ayala Triangle in Makati City on Sunday, November 9, citing the more than 180 casualties in the aftermath of Typhoon Tino in Cebu.
“Our fellow Filipinos have suffered again in Cebu…. This is unacceptable. All of this could have been avoided if not for the massive corruption that failed our flood control projects,” said Volt Bohol, ATOM president.
“To all the corrupt officials and contractors, you have blood in your hands.”
The Walk Against Corruption is held during the carless Sundays along Ayala Avenue. Its is meant as a build-up to the White Ribbon Walk vs. Corruption in Makati on November 14, Friday, and the Trillion Peso March rally on November 30.
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