The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Kalmaegi rose to 114 with another 127 people still missing, the disaster agency said on Thursday, as the storm that devastated the country's central regions regained strength as it headed towards Vietnam.

The storm, Asia's most powerful tropical storm this year, has already killed at least 114 people in The Philippines.

Typhoon Kalmaegi was barrelling on Thursday morning toward Vietnam after leaving a trail of destruction in the Philippines. The storm was expected to make landfall later on Thursday or early on Friday,

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared a state of emergency after Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 241 people dead and missing in central provinces

Authorities in Vietnam prepared Thursday as Typhoon Kalmaegi approached after battering the Philippines. In Gia Lai province, authorities evacuated hundreds of thousands of residents. Authorities have banned vessels from going to sea and suspended construction projects.

Typhoon Kalmaegi left a trail of death and devastation as it tore through the central Philippines this week, reducing entire neighborhoods to rubble and displacing tens of thousands of people.

The storm, Asia's most powerful tropical storm this year, has already killed at least 114 people in The Philippines.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared a state of emergency after Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 114 people dead and more than 100 missing in central provinces