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Red Cross trains youth in disaster risk reductionRed Cross TRaining on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) wants the youth to be more involved in disaster risk reduction during calamities. In partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresc…
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ASEAN LIDAR Training on DRRMThe use of LIDAR (Light Imaging, Detection And Ranging) in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) is one of the steps in preparing for natural and man-made disasters. LIDAR training was given to 17 representatives from ASEAN or the Associatio…
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Asia-Pacific: Still Has Insufficient Resilience Against DisastersThe Pacific Ring of Fire Thirteen years after the Great Asian Tsunami that killed 200,000 people and 4 years after the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest storm in recorded history, the Asia-Pacific region still has not caught up to the dem…
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The Perfect Flood of Ondoy. When a Hard Rain Fell 8 Years AgoOrtigas Ave. Ext. Pasig City during Ondoy Floods The morning of September 26, 2009, will go down in history as the day when one of the worst floods to hit the Philippines. The rains were brought by Tropical Storm Ondoy (International Name: Ketsan…
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Compact Weather StationsThe Philippines is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. An average of 20 tropical cyclones affects the country annually. This is why there is RA 10121 that is also known as the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act. T…
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PH Red Cross to launch app Soon!The International Federation of the Red Cross has launched a mobile app that will be of great help in addressing natural and man-made disasters in the Philippines. Virtual Volunteer is an app that helps refugees that give access to medical, psychol…
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Diwata – 1 to Monitor Extreme WeatherDiwata - 1 Microsattelite Diwata – 1, the first Filipino micro-satellite will be tasked to gather and monitor information about extreme weather phenomena in the Philippines. Among its myriad functions such as agricultural, military and terrain mapp…
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Resilience Institute launched in UPUP RI Launch Keynote Speaker Se. Loren Legarda Climate Change is a reality and the Philippines is one of the most vulnerable countries with regards to natural disasters that has even gone worse because of climate change. The country needs to addres…
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Pasig City CDRRMO: Alert and ReadyThe Pasig City Disaster Risk Reduction and management Office (PCDRRMO) has recently operationalized its Unmanned Firefighting Vehicle (UFM). This is but only 1 of the efforts being undertaken by the city government of Pasig. Pasig City is part of th…
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Unmanned Firefighting MachineThe UFM being demonstrated in front of Pasig City hall Pasig City has the distinction of acquiring and operating the first Unmanned Firefighting Machine (UFM) in the country. The UFM was officially operationalized last April 24, 2017 by no less than…
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Earthquake preparedness: Addressing hazards before the disastersMetro Manila: Bracing for The Big One Earthquake preparedness: Addressing hazards before the disasters BY ARCHITECT FELINO A. PALAFOX, JR. THE Philippines is an earthquake-prone country, with trenches on both its eastern and western portions (except…
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NCR Vulnerability on the Big One: MMEIRS Study Part 2Ruby Tower collapse. Manila earthquake 1968 The recent earthquakes with epicenters in Batangas province has brought to the fore the vulnerability of the National Capital Region (NCR) to the expected movement of the West and East Valley Fault Systems…
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UP takes over Project NOAHOne of the anchors of the country’s disaster risk reduction and management (drrmo) is Project NOAH. Learning the lessons brought about by Storm Ondoy in 2009, there was a need for a more accurate forecast of the weather. It was no longer enough to b…
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Lists of Evacuation Centers In Case of 7.2 Magnitude Manila EarthquakeManila Earthquake 1968. Collapsed Ruby Tower Last April 4, 2017 at 8:58 PM, a temblor rocked Southern Luzon. It was a 5.4 Magnitude earthquake with its epicenter at Tingloy, Batangas. It was felt all the way to Metro Manila where it registered at Ma…
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The Big One and the MMEIRS Study7.2 Magnitude 1991 Earthquake Baguio City Hyatt Terraces The Philippines is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. Aside from being visited by an average of 20 cyclones a year, the country is also located in the Pacific Ring of Fire.…
