The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines has exceeded 90, according to official figures compiled by Agence France-Presse on the disaster, which caused severe flooding.
A spokesman for the central province of Cebu told AFP that 35 more bodies had been found in a coastal village, bringing the death toll in the region to 76.
The National Civil Defense earlier confirmed that at least 17 more people had died in other parts of the country, bringing the total to 93.
Typhoon Kalmaegi arrived in the east of the country before midnight on Monday and made landfall at the level of the island province of Dingat, according to the national meteorological service.
Over the past 24 hours, 183 millimeters of rain fell on the area around Cebu City, above the monthly average of 131 millimeters, meteorologist Charmagne Varilla told AFP.
Governor Pamela Baricuatro said it was an unprecedented situation.
"We expected the winds to be dangerous, but it was actually the water that endangered our population," she told reporters, adding that the floods were "devastating."
Today at around 11:00 local time (4:00 Central European Time) the typhoon headed west towards tourist resorts in the Palawan area, with winds of 130 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 180 kilometers per hour.
Every year, about 20 storms or typhoons hit or come close to the Philippines, with the country's poorest regions generally being hit hardest.
Meteorologists expect three to five storms to hit the Asian nation before the end of the year.
According to experts, climate change is contributing to more frequent and intense extreme weather events.
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