PH Disasters and Environmental Issues

The unexpected ‘thief’ in the lives of the Filipinos

• Disasters

• Risk

• Reduction

• Management

These are adverse events that result from the Earth’s natural processes.

• Natural Disasters

• Human Risk

• Disaster Reduction

• Risk Management

Environmental phenomenon that occurs when warm ocean surface water temperature results in severe drought.

• La Niña

• El Niño

• Typhoon

• Landslide

Environmental phenomenon that occurs when the ocean surface water temperature cools and causes intense rainfall and floods.

• La Niña

• El Niño

• Typhoon

• Landslide

Disasters usually formed over large bodies of water and a usual 'visitor' of the PH causing class suspensions

• La Niña

• El Niño

• Typhoon

• Landslide

An abnormal increase of water level in seashores when a storm nears coastal lines

• La Niña

• El Niño

• Typhoon

• Storm Surge

Frequent in low lying areas. This may be caused by typhoons, intense rain and prolonged rainfall

• La Niña

• El Niño

• Floods

• Storm Surge

Occurs when there is continuous rainfall in high places, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and deforestation

• Landslides

• El Niño

• Floods

• Storm Surge

A natural disaster that occurs when your country lies in the Pacific Ring of Fire

• Landslides

• Volcanic Eruptions

• Floods

• Storm Surge

Sudden rapid shaking of the Earth caused by breaking and shifting of rock beneath the Earth’s surface

• Landslides

• Volcanic Eruptions

• Earthquakes

• Storm Surge