ISTANBUL

The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Kalmaegi rose to 188 Friday as it left the country and moved into Vietnam, where it killed two people.

A total of 135 people remain missing and 96 others were injured due to the devastation caused by Kalmaegi, locally known as Tino, said Diego Mariano, deputy spokesman for the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), according to local media outlet the Inquirer.

Cebu City in Central Visayas accounted for 139 fatalities, while the remaining deaths were reported in Cebu Province, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Agusan del Sur, Capiz and Southern Leyte, with one death each in Antique, Iloilo, Guimaras, Bohol and Leyte.

An official report said a total of 2,258,782 people were affected by the typhoon, with at least 397,634 still in evacuation centers.

Before leaving the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Thursday, a designated region in the northwestern Pacific Ocean where the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) monitors weather disturbances, Kalmaegi made landfall eight times, wreaking havoc across several parts of the Visayas and Mindanao regions.

A total of 9,585 homes across the country were damaged, including 264 that were completely destroyed.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a state of national calamity due to the impact of Typhoon Kalmaegi and in anticipation of an upcoming typhoon, local media reported Thursday.

The Philippines is expected to be hit by Super Typhoon Fung-wong, locally known as Uwan, during the weekend.

The devastation comes after a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck Cebu on Sept. 30, killing many people and displacing thousands.

Two people were killed and another two were injured in Vietnam's central Dak Lak province due to Kalmaegi after it made landfall in central provinces late Thursday, according to the Vietnam News website, citing official reports.

The storm tore roofs off hundreds of houses, flooded many roads, uprooted trees and power poles, disrupted traffic and caused large-scale power outages, according to the state-run Vietnam News Agency.

Twelve houses were also completely destroyed, while over 500 were partially damaged.

Over 9,000 people have been evacuated from at-risk areas.

According to the Provincial Civil Defense Command, by Friday morning, the typhoon had weakened into a tropical depression.