'Odette' is a wake-up call not to be ignored

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Climate experts have been pointing to global warming as the culprit behind extreme weather episodes, but few government leaders have sounded a call to action. Many wanted hard proof that rising ocean temperatures and more intense cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons were correlated.

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Warm waters are both the breeding ground and fueling station of storms. The warmer the water, the more intense the storm.

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Odette casts doubt on the NDRRMC's capability to adequately respond to super-sized typhoons. That is troubling, considering that more catastrophic storms will be coming our way. According to renowned meteorologist Kerry Emanuel, storms have grown almost twice as destructive during the past three decades.

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Gaps between government, disaster management practitioners and stakeholders in applying resiliency principles must be plugged. Competency-based disaster management programs "should be developed and continually conducted in order to be effective and responsive to the needs of communities and institutions," the plan recommends.

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