STORY: At least five people died in Vietnam after Typhoon Kalmaegi pummelled coastal regions with destructive winds and heavy rain, officials said on Friday (November 7), following the storm's deadly passage through the Philippines where it killed at least 188 people.

The typhoon made landfall in central Vietnam late on Thursday (November 6), uprooting trees, damaging homes, and triggering power outages, before weakening as it moved inland.

In Gia Lai province where Kalmaegi directly made landfall, people were seen gathering at places with a power generator to charge their mobile phones, while in another community, villagers brought containers to carry clean water home from a small waterfall nearby.

Vietnam's disaster management agency reported seven injuries and damage to approximately 2,800 homes after Typhoon Kalmaegii left Vietnam. Large scale power outages also affected about 1.3 million people, it said.

Authorities have warned of more heavy rainfall in central provinces and said rising river levels from Hue to Dak Lak could trigger flooding and landslides.

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Villagers in Vietnam scramble for supplies after Typhoon Kalmaegi power outage

VIDEO SHOWS: FALLEN TREE BRANCHES AND ELECTRIC POLES, AND DAMAGED MATERIALS CAUSED BY TYPHOON KALMAEGI / VILLAGERS GATHERING TO CHARGE MOBILE PHONES / VILLAGERS COMMENTING ON DISRUPTION CAUSED BY TYPHOON

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SHOWS: GIA LAI PROVINCE, VIETNAM (NOVEMBER 7, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF FALLEN ELECTRIC POLES

2. VARIOUS OF TRAFFIC PASSING FALLEN POWER LINES

3. TRAFFIC ON ROAD

4. MOTORBIKES PARKED IN FRONT OF MOBILE PHONE SHOP

5. PEOPLE GATHERING AROUND POWER OUTLETS TO CHARGE MOBILE PHONES

6. GENERATOR RUNNING

7. PHONE CHARGERS PLUGGED INTO POWER OUTLETS

8. PEOPLE SITTING BESIDE PHONES CHARGING

9. VARIOUS OF WOMAN LOOKING AT HER PHONE

10. GROUP OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR THEIR PHONES TO CHARGE

11. PEOPLE GATHERING AT SMALL WATERFALL BY ROADSIDE TO COLLECT WATER AND WASH

12. WATER FLOWING INTO PLASTIC CONTAINER

13. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WASHING CLOTHES AT WATERFALL

14. ELECTRIC CART CARRYING WATER AWAY

15. (SOUNDBITE) (Vietnamese) NHON HAI VILLAGER, NGO THANH DIEP, 50, SAYING:

"This storm was a very strong one. I have lived here all my life and I have never been so scared like last night.”

16. NHON HAI VILLAGERS GATHERING AROUND WATERFALL

17. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CARRYING WATER CONTAINERS ON MOTORCYCLE

18. (SOUNDBITE) (Vietnamese) NHON HAI VILLAGER, NGUYEN VAN TOAN, 42, SAYING:

"This storm has done severe damage to the people of Nhon Hai village. Many houses had their roofs blown away. Water is cut off, so is electricity."

19. EXTERIOR OF NHON HAI HIGH SCHOOL

20. VARIOUS OF VILLAGERS CLEARING FALLEN TREE BRANCHES

21. WOMEN SITTING BESIDE DAMAGED METAL SHEETS AND FRAMES

22. DAMAGED METAL SHEETS ON SIDEWALK

23. VARIOUS OF FAMILY WITH CHILDREN PLAYING ON DAMAGED METAL SHEET

24. TRAFFIC ON MAIN ROAD IN NHON HAI VILLAGE

25. DESTROYED HOUSE IN VILLAGE

26. VARIOUS OF HOUSE OWNER, PHAM THI HAO, CARRYING REFRIGERATOR WITH OTHERS

27. CHILDREN PLAYING ON RUBBLE

28. HAO SEARCHING FOR USABLE ITEMS IN RUBBLE

29. (SOUNDBITE) (Vietnamese) NHON HAI VILLAGER, PHAM THI HAO, 37, SAYING:

"My house had never collapsed before during previous storms. They only took my roof, which I could fix, and (I could) live in the house again. But this time it took the whole house and everything else I own."

30. VARIOUS OF HAO'S DAMAGED HOUSE / PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR HOUSEHOLD ITEMS