Part 3 NSTP

The Philippines is considered as one of the most vulnerable countries in the world.

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The country lies between two of the world’s major tectonic plates:

• Pacific and China

• Eurasian and China

• Pacific and Eurasian

This results to an average of 16 perceptible earthquakes in a year and an average of 3-5 non perceptible earthquakes in a year.

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• FALSE

the country has 220 volcanoes, 22 of which are considered active and destructive and out of these 5 are being monitored.

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• FALSE

The Philippines is also located along the typhoon belt on the North Pacific Basin in the Pacific where 75% of the typhoons originate.

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• FALSE

There are 10 to 20 typhoons passing through the country, 5-7 of which can be destructive (NDCC 2008).

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• FALSE

As a consequence of extreme rainfall events, flash floods, flooding and landslides have become more prevalent since 2000. On average, 20 cyclones cross the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) with about 8-9 making landfall each year.

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• FALSE

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The natural risks associated with those trends are aggravated by human activities particularly in the exploitation of resources such as forests and minerals and development interventions that do not incorporate responsible risk assessments. According to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Philippines was the fourth most accident-prone country in the world. Accordingly, 31, 835 Filipinos were killed and 94,369,462 others were affected by natural disasters and calamities in a span of 20 years.
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are natural processes or phenomena occurring in the biosphere that may constitute a damaging event. It can be classified by origin: geographical, hydro-meteorological and biological

• Man-made disasters
• Natural Hazards

• Alien invasions
• Natural disasters

Natural earth processes or phenomena in the biosphere, which include geological, neo-tectonic, geophysical, geomorphological, geotechnical and hydro-geological nature. Examples: earthquakes, tsunamis; volcanic activity and emissions; mass movements i.e. landslides, rockslides, rockfall, liquefaction, submarine slides; subsidence, surface collapse, geological fault activity.

• Geographical Hazards

• Hydro-Meteorological Hazards

• Biological Hazards