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Climate Change In The Philippines

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Introduction Climate change has become one of the vastest issues the country is facing during the recent years. This change occurring in the climate has an impact on the natural phenomena like changing rainfall distribution and temperature, to name some. It is a fact that annually, 20 tropical cyclones enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), on the average. Among the total tropical cyclones, not all are developed to become a strong typhoon, which brings disasters and serious destruction to the environment that severely affects humans. The disasters being described are forest fires, soil erosion, flooding, etc (ERDB 2011). Flood is an overflow of water that submerges land which is usually dry. This is the most frequent event brought …show more content…

From its 21 major tributaries, 7% is from Sta. Cruz River. Laguna has 29 lakeshore municipalities and among these, Sta. Cruz, Pila, Victoria, Pagsanjan and Calauan are the municipalities most vulnerable to flooding. The said areas are covered by the Sta. Cruz River Watershed. The lakeshore barangays of Sta. Cruz are in danger especially when strong typhoons with heavy rains are experienced (Arias et al 2014). This disaster may lead to long-term flooding of the lakeshore barangays for at least 5 months depending on the specific …show more content…

Wind Direction and Velocity On the months of October to May, the recorded mean speed on normal condition is 2 mps with a direction of Northeast while during the months of June to September, the wind direction is Southwest at a mean speed of 1 mps. C. Geology and Soils From the management plan of the watershed, it was stated that based on Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), Sta. Cruz watershed is geologically located in the Era of Cenozoic under the period of Quarternary. The geological formations found in the area are Quartenary Vulcanics and Taal tuff. The latter is the formation that comprises the large portion of the watershed are. The soils in the area are grouped into two according to the mode of development. The first is the soil developed from the recent alluvial deposits and the second is the soil developed in a mountainous and rugged terrain. D. Flora and Fauna The flora and fauna of Sta. Cruz subsists in the interior portion of the Mt. Banahaw, San Cristobal National Park, Laguna side as claimed by the CENRO Report on the latest record of Resources Profile Proclamation 1636, National Park, Wildlife Sanctuary and Game Refuge in Laguna, which was dated on December 11, 2000. E. Land use and Land

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