Thousands of residents were evacuated after water levels reached a critical point in Camarines Sur province, the Philippines during Typhoon Molave.

They brought sleeping beds, some clothes, and a few valuables and stayed at school buildings in Buhi town that were converted into evacuation centres on October 26.

More than 200,000 residents were affected, mostly in the Southern Tagalog region where, typhoon Molave, or Quinta as it is also known, made landfall multiple times.

Most of the evacuees were from villages that are prone to landslides, flash floods, storm surges, and mudflows.

Typhoon Molave is expected to exit the country today October 27 although it has already moved away from the landmass and is now hovering the West Philippines Sea as it moves towards Vietnam.

Officials in Vietnam, which is still reeling from severe tropical storms this month, have prepared to evacuate more than 1.3 million people. Typhoon Molave is then expected to move into Cambodia and Thailand.