Parts of the central Philippines have been hit by heavy flooding due to Typhoon Kalmaegi. Photo: AP PHOTO

At least one person is dead and more than 150,000 others have been evacuated as Typhoon Kalmaegi sweeps through the central Philippines.

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Kalmaegi was blowing over the city of Sagay in central Negros Occidental province with sustained winds of up to 150km/h and gusts up to 185km/h after making landfall in the town of Silago in the eastern province of Southern Leyte.

Kalmaegi, the 20th tropical cyclone to batter the Philippines this year, was moving northwestward at 25km/h and wa

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