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Relief Helicopter Crashes During Mission in Philippines
(MENAFN) A helicopter crashed Tuesday in the southern Philippines during a humanitarian and disaster relief mission, as Typhoon Kalmaegi has claimed at least 26 lives across the country.
Col. Maria Christina Basco, spokeswoman for the Philippine Air Force, said the aircraft was carrying five people on board, according to initial reports, local media reported.
The helicopter was part of a four-aircraft group that had departed from Davao to Butuan to assess damage caused by the typhoon.
Junie Castillo, spokesman for the Office of Civil Defense, said most fatalities occurred in Central Visayas, with two in the Negros Island Region and one in Eastern Visayas.
About 387,000 residents were preemptively evacuated in anticipation of the typhoon, Castillo added.
In Sulu’s provincial capital of Jolo, high waves caused by the storm led to a collision between a passenger vessel and a vehicle carrier ship at a pier, authorities said.
Typhoon Kalmaegi, known locally as Tino, made two landfalls early Tuesday on the central Visayas islands. The storm is expected to leave the Philippine "area of responsibility"—monitored by the country’s meteorological agency—by Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.
Col. Maria Christina Basco, spokeswoman for the Philippine Air Force, said the aircraft was carrying five people on board, according to initial reports, local media reported.
The helicopter was part of a four-aircraft group that had departed from Davao to Butuan to assess damage caused by the typhoon.
Junie Castillo, spokesman for the Office of Civil Defense, said most fatalities occurred in Central Visayas, with two in the Negros Island Region and one in Eastern Visayas.
About 387,000 residents were preemptively evacuated in anticipation of the typhoon, Castillo added.
In Sulu’s provincial capital of Jolo, high waves caused by the storm led to a collision between a passenger vessel and a vehicle carrier ship at a pier, authorities said.
Typhoon Kalmaegi, known locally as Tino, made two landfalls early Tuesday on the central Visayas islands. The storm is expected to leave the Philippine "area of responsibility"—monitored by the country’s meteorological agency—by Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.
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