<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian travellers are being warned of a dangerous storm cell that is forecast to sweep through several tourist hotspots in South-East Asia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tropical Cyclone Kalmaegi is set to hit Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos in the coming days, triggering a Smart Traveller warning to Australians who are either in these countries or heading to them.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Heavy rain and dangerous winds are expected, which may cause flash flooding and landslides," the website said today.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>MELBOURNE CUP LIVE BLOG:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.nine.com.au/sport/horse-racing/melbourne-cup-results-2025-live-winner-horses-race-time-tips-scratchings-full-finishing-order-placings-20251027-p5n7iu.html" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Bars pumping as racegoers shell out for drinks</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Transport, including airport closures and flight cancellations, along with essential services, may also be affected.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If you're travelling, contact your airline or travel provider [and] check media for updates and follow the instructions of local authorities."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It comes as more than 150,000 people evacuated to safer ground in eastern provinces of the Philippines as the cyclone approached from the Pacific Ocean on Monday, with authorities warning of torrential rains, potentially destructive winds and storm surges of up to 3 metres.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/wild-weather/australia-travel-warning-cyclone-kalmaegi-vietnam-laos-cambodia-philippines/94e9d15a-1271-4876-b945-26e95f09b57b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cyclone Kalmaegi was forecast to make landfall on Monday night or early Tuesday. It was last spotted about 95 kilometres south-east of Guiuan town in Eastern Samar province, where sustained winds of up to 140km/h and gusts of up to 170km/h were recorded.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-free-solar-power-solar-saver/0e4e34e2-2537-4ebd-86d0-0e461c44f94f" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Millions of Aussies to get free power - but there's a catch</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was expected to blow westward and batter central island provinces, including Cebu, which is still recovering from a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on September 30 that left at least 79 dead and displaced thousands of people when houses collapsed or were severely damaged.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Displaced residents staying in flimsy tents would be moved to sturdier shelters, the Office of Civil Defence said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On central Negros island, villagers were warned that heavy rains could cause volcanic mudflows on Kanlaon volcano, which has been emitting plumes of ash and steam in recent months, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, was forecast to further strengthen over the Philippine Sea before possibly making landfall in Guiuan town or nearby municipalities.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-new-south-wales-western-australia-police-drug-bust/d8b984f5-037c-4dae-b250-093e0d6386fc" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Eighteen people charged over $60m drug bust</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful tropical cyclones on record, slammed ashore into Guiuan in November 2013 and raked across the central Philippines, leaving more than 7300 people dead or missing, flattening entire villages and sweeping scores of ships inland.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Haiyan demolished about a million houses and displaced more than 4 million people in one of the country’s poorest regions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>“Nobody’s complaining among the residents because of their experience with Yolanda. They know it’s better to be safe than sorry,” Eastern Samar Governor RV Evardone told The Associated Press, referring to Haiyan’s Philippine name.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nearly 156,000 people had been evacuated by nightfall in eastern and southern provinces, including in Dinagat Islands province south of Eastern Samar, Office of Civil Defence Administrator Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV said. Disaster response agencies, including coast guard search and rescue units, have been put on alert.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Inter-island ferries and fishing boats were prohibited from venturing into increasingly rough seas, stranding more than 3500 passengers and cargo truck drivers in nearly 100 seaports, the coast guard said. A number of domestic flights were cancelled.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Philippines is battered by about 20 typhoons and storms each year. It is often hit by earthquakes and has more than a dozen active volcanoes, making it one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>Reported with Associated Press</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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