Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 26 people dead in the Philippines, mostly in flooding set off by the storm, which barrelled across the central part of the country on Tuesday, disaster response officials said.
Floodwaters trapped scores of people on their roofs and submerged cars.
A further six people were killed when a Philippine Air Force helicopter crashed in a separate incident in southern Agusan del Sur province while transporting humanitarian aid to provinces battered by Kalmaegi.
The bodies of all those aboard the Super Huey chopper that crashed near Lore
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