While Typhoon Kalmaegi is not technically the most powerful storm to hit Southeast Asia this year, it has added to the accumulated impact of months of extreme weather in the region, said Feng Xiangbo, a tropical storm researcher at Britain's University of Reading.

Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. approved a state of emergency declaration on Thursday as the storm response continued.

Typhoon Kalmaegi damaged homes and uprooted trees in central Vietnam late Thursday after cutting a path of destruction through the Philippines, where it killed nearly 200 people.

After Typhoon Kalmaegi unleashed record rainfall and flooding as it tore through the central Philippines, an AI-generated image was shared in posts falsely claiming it showed houses destroyed by the storm.