A typhoon blew out of the northern Philippines on Monday, leaving at least two people dead and setting off floods and landslides, according to Reuters.
Eight other people died when big waves and strong winds from the storm sank a stalled ferry over the weekend, Reuters reported.
The government weather bureau said Typhoon Kalmaegi was over the South China Sea on Monday afternoon, about 303 miles west of northern Laoag and moving northwest toward southern China at 19 miles per hour, according to Reuters.
The storm, which slammed into land Sunday, had sustained winds of 80 mph and gusts of 93 mph, Reuters reported. It is expected to make landfall in southern China around midday Tuesday.
Before hitting land, the typhoon whipped up big waves that sank a stalled ferry off Southern Leyte province in the central Philippines late Saturday, according to Reuters.
Rescuers plucked 110 survivors from the rough waters and recovered eight bodies after the ferry sank and at least one person remains missing, said government spokeswoman Annette Villaces of Surigao city, Reuters reported.
Alexander Pama, who heads the government's disaster mitigation agency, said constant warnings and preemptive steps by officials prevented a large number of casualties, according to Reuters.
Schools in five regions, including metropolitan Manila, were suspended Monday and dozens of flights were canceled. Hundreds of ship passengers were stranded in ports, according to Reuters. Some 7,800 residents were moved to evacuation centers at the height of the typhoon, but many returned home after the weather cleared.
Typhoon Kalmaegi, the Korean word for seagull, slammed into the boundary of northeastern Cagayan and Isabela provinces and scythed across Luzon island without causing major damage, officials said, Reuters reported.
Residents in at least nine northern provinces, which have been drenched by days of rains, were earlier warned to take precautions and stay away from already soggy mountainsides and swollen rivers, while several provinces lost power, according to Reuters.
Kalmaegi was the 12th weather disturbance to batter the Philippines this year, Reuters reported
