Phillipines Extreme Weather
Aaron Flores
Week 10 Blog
Extreme weather includes unexpected, unusual, unpredictable severe or unseasonal weather. Often, extreme events are based on a location's recorded weather history and defined as lying in the most unusual ten percent. My country, the Philippines, placed 2nd among 178 countries that have suffered the most extreme weather events such as flooding and typhoons last year, according to the 2014 Global Climate Risk Index. Extreme weather affected the Philippines and Pakistan the most, killing 530,000 people and causing losses of more than US$2.5 trillion. This extreme hazard for weather in the Philippines is due to their plate tectonics as well as their dangerous location in the Pacific Ring of Fire. The Philippines needs to provide adequate financial and institutional support to help boost their disaster preparedness and resilience. Because of these hazards, the Philippines is trying to limit their pollution and waste to help prevent extreme weather. Also, a post for technology and more money for resources is being implemented by the government as well
Links used: https://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/6488-Philippines-among-worst-affected-by-extreme-weather-over-last-2-years/en
Week 10 Blog
Extreme weather includes unexpected, unusual, unpredictable severe or unseasonal weather. Often, extreme events are based on a location's recorded weather history and defined as lying in the most unusual ten percent. My country, the Philippines, placed 2nd among 178 countries that have suffered the most extreme weather events such as flooding and typhoons last year, according to the 2014 Global Climate Risk Index. Extreme weather affected the Philippines and Pakistan the most, killing 530,000 people and causing losses of more than US$2.5 trillion. This extreme hazard for weather in the Philippines is due to their plate tectonics as well as their dangerous location in the Pacific Ring of Fire. The Philippines needs to provide adequate financial and institutional support to help boost their disaster preparedness and resilience. Because of these hazards, the Philippines is trying to limit their pollution and waste to help prevent extreme weather. Also, a post for technology and more money for resources is being implemented by the government as well
Links used: https://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/6488-Philippines-among-worst-affected-by-extreme-weather-over-last-2-years/en
Hi, I wanted to make the point to say that xtreme weather is NOT related to tectonics...Earthquake, tsunami, and volcano risks are though....but weather has more to do with the location of the country in the planet, as in latitude, atmospheric circulation, etc.....FYI
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