Philippines declares state of national calamity as typhoon death toll climbs

Uniunea Europeana

Nov. 6 (UPI) -- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines declared a state of national calamity on Thursday, as the Asian nation continues to reel from the devastation caused by Typhoon Kalmaegi. The typhoon, called Tino in the Philippines, first hit the archipelago on Tuesday, and was moving past the Kalayann Islands toward Vietnam on Thursday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said in a statement . It also comes as a second typhoon, named