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The government of the Philippines has been warning about the possibility of a massive earthquake for years. While some measures have been taken, the warnings were ignored in other areas. The recent earthquake in Central Luzon serves as a wake-up call and provides lessons to be learned about earthquake preparedness and response.
The Philippines' Department of Finance (DOF) said that the country will sign the disaster risk insurance facility in May. It aims to build the financial resilience of countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) against climate and disaster risks. This program provides coverage for national and local government assets against natural hazards.
The Filipino Department of Agriculture will begin cloud seeding in areas where El Niño helped trigger droughts. Agricultural damage has reached P463.3 million, with P6.1 million worth of crops damaged in Negros Occidental. Amid the dry spell, Senate hopeful Rodrigo Manicad Jr. has called for radical steps to mitigate losses.
FireCheck, a new fire hazard mapping and modeling project, will help authorities facilitate assessments and determine where flames may spread in the Philippines. FireCheck's maps also help identify dense residential areas in at-risk cities. Researchers have also developed an app that can display the information needed for pre-fire response planning in a community.
The Office of Civil Defense in the Philippines spearheaded the observance of World Tsunami Awareness Day and a simultaneous earthquake drill in the municipality of Malabrigo. The tsunami and earthquake drills were participated in by some 400 community residents at a high school that was designated as the area's evacuation centre.
Coinciding with World Tsunami Awareness Day, Filipino Senator Loren Legarda, the Global Champion for Resilience of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, has urged national and local officials to implement community-based early warning systems and other risk reduction measures to save lives and mitigate damages from tsunamis and other disasters.
Philippines' authorities are waging a war against fake volcanologists who suddenly sprouted in the social media after the Mayon Volcano’s quiet eruption last week.
The League of Municipalities of the Philippines, holding on 9 February its General Assembly and Mayors’ Forum at the Marriott Hotel in Pasay City, will celebrate their successes in disaster mitigation and then prepare for better risk reduction and management in times of calamities. The theme this year is 'LMP: Celebrating Three Years of Unity, Solidarity and Progress'...
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