Philippine President Marcos declares 'national calamity' after typhoon death toll tops 140

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declared a "state of national calamity" on Thursday after Typhoon Kalmaegi kills at least 140 people and leaves another 127 missing after unleashing devastating flooding across the central Philippines.

The move authorizes the government to release funding for aid and impose price ceilings on basic necessities. The typhoon is so far the globe's deadliest of 2025, according to disaster database EM-DAT. Trami, also in the Philippines, was last year's third-deadliest typhoon with 191 fatalities.