Typhoon Kalmaegi raged across Vietnam on Friday, claiming five more lives after its devastating passage through the Philippines saw 188 people killed.

Vietnam evacuated thousands of people from coastal areas as Typhoon Kalmaegi, already among the world's deadliest cyclones this year, closed in on the country's storm-battered central belt on Thursday.

Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in central Vietnam on Thursday, unleashing destructive winds and torrential rain just days after devastating the Philippines. The storm has forced mass evacuations, airport closures, and raised fears of further flooding and agricultural damage across Southeast Asia.

Most of the deaths were reported in the central province of Cebu, which was pummeled by Kalmaegi on Tuesday, according to a local official.

After five hours of battering central Vietnam on Thursday, Typhoon Kalmaegi destroyed numerous restaurants and coastal resorts in Quy Nhon, a popular beach town in central Vietnam, causing billions of dong of damage.

Mercy Malaysia is deploying an emergency response team to the Philippines and Vietnam following the landfall of Typhoon Kalmaegi, one of the most