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Typhoon Kalmaegi slammed into Vietnam on Thursday, forcing authorities to cancel hundreds of flights and order people to stay indoors, two days after the storm started sweeping across the Philippines, killing at least 114 people.
Kalmaegi hit packing winds of up to 149 kilometres per hour, according to the national weather forecaster. The typhoon blew roofs off houses and downed trees and telegraph poles and whipped up waves as high as 10 metres (30 feet) as it hit the central region's coast, the agency added.
Officials closed six airports and the government said more than 260,000 people in Gia
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