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Over the past decades, the Philippines has been labeled as one of the
most disaster-prone countries in the world mainly because of its
geographic and geologic location, and physical characteristics.
The country lies along several
active fault lines. All over the
country, there are active, inactive
and potentially active volcanoes.
We record an average of 20
earthquakes per day and around
100-150 earthquakes felt per year.
Climate risks bring with it
exposure to super typhoons, El
Nio-related droughts,
projected rainfall change and
projected temperature increase.
In addition, flooding is another
hazard facing the country due to
rains brought about by
typhoons and the monsoon.
Aside from natural causes, the
Philippines also experiences
humaninduced disasters. These
are brought about by hazards that
are of political and
socioeconomic origins and
inappropriate and illapplied
technologies.
A sudden movement of the earth's
crust caused by the release of stress
collected along faults or by volcanic
activity
Heres a list in recorded history of the deadliest earthquakes in the
Philippines in terms of casualties.
Earthquake at Negros
February 2012
Is a series of traveling ocean waves of long length and period usually
caused by a seismic disturbances in the ocean floor or confines, which
upon reaching the shore, losses speed but increases in height.
Depending upon the residual force upon arrival, such waves may rush
in shore and cause devastation to human settlements and
infrastructures along the shoreline.
ST. BERNARD
LANDSLIDE
Feb 2006
These extreme weather events have one thing in common persistent torrential rains, causing
landslides and flash floods, killing people and destroying properties along its path.
Volcanoes have erupted
violently in the Philippines
as a result of complex
interactions of the
Philippines and eurasian
Plates
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Philippines/Maps/map_philippines_volcanoes.html
June 15, 1991
Luzon, Philippines
Drought/
El Nino
El Nino, an abnormal warming of
surface ocean waters in the eastern
tropical Pacific, is one part of what's
called the Southern Oscillation.
The Southern Oscillation is the see-
saw pattern of reversing surface air
pressure between the eastern and
western tropical Pacific; when the
surface pressure is high in the
eastern tropical Pacific it is low in the
western tropical Pacific, and vice-
versa. Because the ocean warming
and pressure reversals are, for the
most part, simultaneous, scientists
call this phenomenon the El
Nino/Southern Oscillation or ENSO
for short.
This is just a part of the vast farmland
that has been dried up due to the El
Nino phenomenon. For a country whose
primary source of food and livelihood
is agriculture, the effects of global
warming are very much felt.
Unfortunately, the only quick fix
solution for now is to outsource basic
food commodities like rice and corn
from neighboring Asian countries.
National authorities
involved in disaster
management
THE NATIONAL DISASTER
COORDINATNG COUNCIL
(NDCC)
PAGASA
TKEHQUAEAR
2. Is a series of traveling ocean waves of
long length and period usually caused by
a seismic disturbances in the ocean floor
or confines, which upon reaching the
shore, losses speed but increases in
height
AMIUTNS
3. Can be triggered and/or exacerbated by:
1) Water (from precipitation during a tropical
storm, hurricane, or typhoon), or
2) Vibrations (from earthquake ground
shaking.
DSLNIDElA
4. A temporary rise of the water level, as in a
river or lake or along a seacoast, resulting
in its spilling over and out of its natural or
artificial confines onto land that is
normally dry
DLOFO
5. An average of 20
ticaplro ceynclos hit the Philippines
every year, each one categorized
according to its strength or intensity.
6. icVolcan onptErui is a result of complex
interactions of the Philippines and eurasian
Plates
7. Tropical storm occurred last July 2008 that
greatly affected Panay and other regions.
Thoonpy nFkra
7-10. Name three typhoons mentioned in
the report.