Floods In The Philippines

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Introduction

Floods are considered to be the hazard that affects more people and causes more damage to property than any other. A flood occurs when water overflows or covers land that 's normally dry. This can happen in a massive amount of ways and the most common is when rivers or streams overflow their banks due to excessive rain. Most floods take hours or even days to develop, providing residents enough time to prepare or evacuate. When a river overflows its banks or the sea drives inland, structures poorly equipped to withstand the water 's strength are no match. Bridges, houses, trees, and cars can be carried off. Over recent decades, possibly due to global climate change, hundred-year floods have been occurring worldwide with …show more content…

Storm surges accompany tropical depressions and cause extreme flood occurrences. They devastate many low-lying coastal areas. Damaged watersheds, massive squatter colonies living in danger zones and the neglect of drainage systems are some of the factors that have made the chaotic city of 15 million people much more vulnerable to enormous floods. (Macaraig, 2012). Floods are by no means the only natural hazard to affect the island of Luzon or the metropolitan area of Manila but they are surely the most evasive and chronic. Eighteen to 20 flood events occur in Metro Manila each year. (Daligdig&Besana, 1993)
These events cause stress to the victims due to loss of lives, serious injuries, and loss of property and devastation of the whole community. Victim responses, based on research, vary as shock, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and impaired interpersonal relationships (Crabbs&Heffron, 1981; Hartsough, 1982). There is a likelihood that stress from such events, if not properly addressed, might pave way to the development of psychological …show more content…

Furthermore, this study seeks to:
1. Identify the specific needs of victims during post-flood period with reference to the first to third level needs of Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs.
1.1. Physical needs (e.g. food, shelter, clothes)
1.2. Needs for security
1.3. The need for love and belongingness

2. To know the strengths and the coping strategies of the victims in terms of:
2.1. Physical
2.2. Emotional
2.3. Mental

3. To formulate the psychological intervention plan suitable for the victims of flood.

Significance of the Study
1. The study will delve on the current mental state and coping strategies of the victims of the monsoon flooding in Brgy. Sta. Rita, Olongapo City, province of Zambales and from there, develop a comprehensive intervention plan.
2. To decrease the likelihood of developing psychological disorders and employment of avoidance coping strategies among victims through the formulation and utilization of the intervention plan.

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