Authorities in Vietnam prepared Thursday as Typhoon Kalmaegi approached after battering the Philippines. In Gia Lai province, authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of residents. Authorities have banned vessels from going to sea and suspended construction projects.

The Philippines has been hit by one of the strongest storms this year. A state of calamity has been declared so that the government can more easily help the people who have been affected by the extreme weather.

Typhoon Kalmaegi, which battered the Philippines, was detected to be approximately 405km northwest of Kudat, Sabah, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia).

Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 66 people dead with 26 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away scores of cars in a hard-hit province still recovering from a deadly earthquake,