Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall Thursday north of Gia Lai province in central Vietnam, lashing the region with fierce winds and torrential rain after leaving more than 100 people dead and dozens missing in the Philippines.

An unusually strong storm for the region in November, it was packing sustained winds of about 183 kph with gusts reaching up to 220 kph over the South China Sea as it approached Vietnam, said forecasters.

Vietnam’s central provinces are already reeling from floods due to record-breaking rains. Kalmaegi is forecast to dump more than 600 millimetres of rain in some areas.

Authorities said more than 537,000 people were evacuated from five provinces, including Hue, Da Nang, and Dak Lak, as flood waters rose and landslides loomed.

In Ly Son Island, in the Quang Ngai provin

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