In Vietnam, at least five people were killed after Typhoon Kalmaegi battered coastal regions with torrential rain and gushing winds. The storm made landfall in central Vietnam Thursday, destroying homes, uprooting trees and causing widespread power outages for an estimated 1.2 million people. The typhoon left a trail of destruction in the Philippines, where the death toll rose to nearly 200 people on Friday. The typhoon has weakened to a tropical storm as it moved toward Cambodia and Laos.

On Thursday, the U.N. World Meteorological Organization warned 2025 is on track to rank among the three warmest years on record, coming after last year set a record as the hottest year ever observed.