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Natural Disasters In The Philippines

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Introduction
Background of the Study Floods are surrounded by earth’s most common and destructive natural disasters. It can cause many problems and take lives as well. Due to a heavy rainfall, people need to prepare for the possible floods and landslides in several parts of the country, that’s why in the Philippines it’s a major problem because the country is prone to natural disasters particularly typhoons, floods, earthquakes, landslide, etc. The Philippines is in the fourth most disaster-prone country in the world with a total of 274 natural calamities over the past two decades. It is according to a study “The Human cost of Weather Related Disasters” conducted by Geneva-based United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and …show more content…

According to Jackson (2011) prolonged rainfall is the most common cause of flooding. Preventing flood is necessity because it has negative impacts like damaging property to even taking lives. It can also transport some sediment to other places that can pollute the habitats of wildlife. If the floods are to make their way into urban areas it may cause to interrupt traffic, constrain drainage and cause electrical problem. According to a study about the Flood hazard in Metro Manila (2000) it will take decades to complete the construction of flood control due to inefficient management, lack of political will of government officials, unwise spending of resources and confusion over inter-agency cooperation on flood mitigation. Approximately P 200 million pesos are needed in order to build the flood controls per year. The percentage of Metro Manila flood control and drainage is on …show more content…

Civil engineers can build anything for the constructions of road to eliminate the hazard of flooding with complex development. With the use of structural measures that attempt to reduce the flood damage by passing through the surface. There are four (4) structural measures to control floods which are diversion, dikes, reservoir, and channel improvement. These four structural measures are not effective because it can destroy by natural disasters and can start a flood. In this study, it focuses on the impacts of natural disasters: flood in Laguna to resolve the issue and to make a plan on how to address the issue. These are only some recommendations on controlling floods that can affect the livelihood of the people. The researchers decided to focus on the impacts of natural disasters: flood since everyone has a knowledge about the cause and effects of flood in their area. In addition, flood can cause psychological effects to the people especially kids because of shock.
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