Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves at least 26 dead in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine disaster response officials say that Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 26 people dead. The officials said Tuesday that most of the victims were killed in flooding. Kalmaegi barreled across the central Philippines where floodwaters trapped scores of people on their roofs and submerged cars. Separately, a Philippine air force helicopter with six personnel on board crashed in a separate incident in southern Agusan del Sur province while flying to help provide humanitarian assistance to provinces battered by Kalmaegi. The bodies of all six personnel aboard the Super Huey chopper were recovered after a search, the military’s Eastern Mindanao Command said, without providing details or a cause.

Passenger train collides with cargo train in central India, killing at least 8 people

NEW DELHI (AP) — A passenger train crashed into a cargo train in central India Tuesday, killing at least eight people and injuring several others, a senior government official said. The incident happened near the city of Bilaspur, about 70 miles northeast of Chhattisgarh’s state capital of Raipur. Local television channels showed images of one train colliding with another. Rescuers were searching through the debris for survivors. The local passenger train hit the cargo train from behind, and one of the coaches ended up on top of a wagon of the cargo train, senior government official Sanjay Agarwal told The Associated Press.

Israel says the remains of a hostage have been turned over in Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) — The remains of a hostage in Gaza have been turned over and are now in Israel, the military said Tuesday, in the latest sign of progress under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Ahead of the announcement, Hamas had returned the remains of 20 hostages to Israel under the ceasefire that began Oct. 10. If the latest remains are confirmed during forensic testing, that would leave the remains of seven others in Gaza. The ceasefire is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and the Palestinian militant group.

Hurricane death toll rises to 43 in Haiti as aid pours in across the northern Caribbean

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government said Tuesday that the death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose to 43, with 13 others still missing. Crews were still trying to reach people in the country’s southwest region, where landslides and floodwaters devastated more than 30 communities. At least 25 deaths occurred in the southwestern coastal town of Petit-Goâve, one of the hardest hit communities. The Category 5 storm, one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, flooded nearly 12,000 homes and destroyed nearly 200 others after its outer bands battered Haiti last week.