TYPHOON Kalmaegi made landfall north of Gia Lai province in central Vietnam today, lashing the region with fierce winds and torrential rain.

The storm hit as the central provinces were already reeling from days of flooding caused by record-breaking rainfall.

Forecasters warned that Kalmaegi could dump more than 24 inches of additional rain in some areas, raising fears of deadly landslides and flash floods.

Power outages were reported in several provinces, while trees were uprooted and roofs torn off homes. Authorities also warned of flooding risks in major cities, including Danang and Ho Chi Minh City.

High tides are expected on the Saigon River, while parts of Ho Chi Minh City could see up to 4 inches of rain.

The storm hit Vietnam after causing havoc in the Philippines which caused the country’s President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to declare a state of emergency today. Kalmaegi left at least 114 people dead and more than 100 missing in central provinces in the deadliest natural disaster to hit the country this year.

The deaths were mostly from drowning in flash floods and 127 people were still missing, many in the hard-hit central province of Cebu. The tropical cyclone blew out of the archipelago on Wednesday into the South China Sea.

In the Philippines, the typhoon’s onslaught affected nearly 2 million people and displaced more than 560,000 villagers, including nearly 450,000 who were evacuated to emergency shelters, the Office of Civil Defence said.

President Marcos’s “state of national calamity” declaration came after Kalmaegi dumped about one-and-a-half months’ worth of rainfall in just a day on Tuesday in metropolitan Cebu, state forecaster Benison Estareja said.

It set off flash floods and caused a river and other waterways to swell in Cebu city and outlying towns, killing at least 71, mostly due to drownings, while 65 others were reported missing and 69 injured, the Office of Civil Defence said.