The tropical depression spotted 1,690 east of Northeastern Mindanao may enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility this weekend and eventually become a super typhoon, the state weather bureau said on Tuesday.

Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated across the Visayas islands, as the storm, locally named Tino, made landfall early on Tuesday.

MANILA (Reuters) -Typhoon Kalmaegi intensified as it made landfall in the central Philippines on Tuesday, with the state weather bureau warning of "life-threatening" conditions as it placed large parts of the Visayas region under the second-highest storm warning.

MANILA: Residents sought refuge on rooftops and cars floated through flooded streets on Tuesday (Nov 4) as Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines, leaving at least two people dead.

Typhoon Tino weakened further Tuesday afternoon as it decelerated over the Iloilo Strait, but Signal No. 4 remains in effect over parts of Western Visayas and the Cuyo Islands, PAGASA said Tuesday. In its 2 p.m. weather advisory, PAGASA raised the following Tropical Cyclone Wind Signals: