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's declaration of emergency is intended to speed up relief efforts, disbursement of government funds, and allow price controls on basic goods.
Typhoon Kalmegi dumped a month and a half's rainfall on Cebu City in one day, causing severe flooding.
More than 2 million people were affected and more than half a million residents were displaced.
The dead include six people killed when an Air Force helicopter on a relief mission crashed on the island of Mindanao.
Even as authorities grapple with the effects of Typhoon Kalmegi, they're preparing for the arrival of another powerful typhoon in the country's north early next week.
Anthony Kuhn in PR News, Seoul.
En route to Tokyo, President Trump said he looked forward to meeting Prime Minister Sanae Takeuchi, who he noted was a great friend of the late ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
During Trump's first term, Abe entertained him with golf and Wagyu burgers to ease trade tensions.
Abe's protege, Takeuchi, will try to do the same by purchasing U.S.
rice, soybeans, and pickup trucks.
President Trump will also pay a visit to Japan's Emperor Naruhito and stop by the aircraft carrier USS George Washington at its home port in Yokosuka, Japan.
Trump also said he expects to reach a deal in a meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a regional economic summit in South Korea.
There's some criticism in the region that ASEAN and APEC are multilateral forums.
They're promoting regional integration and free trade, while the U.S.
seems to be focused on great power competition and trade protectionism.
President Trump wants to preside over a Thai-Cambodian ceasefire deal, apparently to burnish his peacemaker image, which has led to some criticism in the region that Trump is more focused on himself than Southeast Asia.
There's some criticism in the region that ASEAN and APEC are multilateral forums.