Storyline: People in central Philippine's Cebu Province recalled horrific moments of climbing onto the roof to avoid the flooding brought by the Typhoon Kalmaegi. The death toll from the typhoon, which made landfall in central Philippines on Tuesday and left the country on Thursday, has reached 188, with 135 others missing, the country's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Friday. In many villages of Cebu, homes were reduced to rubble, streets became thick with mud and families had to pick through the wreckage of what used to be their lives. Floodwaters tore through homes, sweeping away furniture, appliances and memories and leaving residents to salvage whatever they can from the mud-soaked debris. Metch Sinday said she and her family had to climb onto the roof as the flood water swallowed their home. "The water rose so fast that you could barely see our house. The only thing visible was our roof. We have babies in the house, one is just seven months old, and we also have children and elderly. We passed them from one person to another to get up our roof," she said. Lucy Cuajo had gone ahead to the evacuation center to prepare a place for her elderly parents. But when she returned to fetch them, the entire village was already underwater. Panic and fear set in as she realized her parents, who could barely walk, were trapped in the rising flood. "I was so worried because my mother and father are elderly and can barely walk. With the help of our neighbors, they used a ladder to climb up to the roof and then crossed over to the next village," she said. Kalmaegi, the 20th typhoon to slam the Philippines this year, has affected more than 700,000 people across the regions of Visayas and Mindanao, according to the NDRRMC. Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos had declared a state of national calamity due to the impact of Typhoon Kalmaegi and in anticipation of an upcoming typhoon, local media reported Thursday. Shotlist: Cebu Province, Philippines - Nov 6, 2025: 1. Various of mud, debris on street; people walking in mud water 2. SOUNDBITE (Filipino) Metch Sinday, typhoon victim: "The water rose so fast that you could barely see our house. The only thing visible was our roof. We have babies in the house, one is just seven months old, and we also have children and elderly. We passed them from one person to another to get up our roof." 3. People clearing home 4. Various of mud, debris on street 5. SOUNDBITE (Filipino) Lucy Cuajo, typhoon victim: "I was so worried because my mother and father are elderly and can barely walk. With the help of our neighbors, they used a ladder to climb up to the roof and then crossed over to the next village." 6. Various of mud, debris on street [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]