Dhaka, Nov. 7 -- Typhoon Kalmaegi has made landfall in central Vietnam with strong winds and heavy rain, after killing at least 142 people across the Philippines.
Kalmaegi - one of the world's deadliest cyclones this year - crashed into Gia Lai province late on Thursday, packing sustained winds of up to 149km/h (92.5mph) with much faster gusts, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said.
"The wind is so so strong, nothing can resist," Vu Van Hao, 48, told the news wire AFP
as he surveyed the shards of windows shattered by the storm in the lobby of a hotel in Gia Lai.
The storm produced waves as high as 10 metres (33 feet) as it hit the central region's coast, according to Vietnam's national weather forecaster.
"We here have...