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PREPAREDNESS
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Philippines is an archipelago of
over 7,107 islands that seats on
the “pacific rim of fire” and is
described as Asia’s “typhoon mat”
as the seas around it spawn
destructive typhoons and
monsoon.
A situation where normal living conditions are seriously disrupted
MAN MADE NATURAL
FIRE TYPHOON
POLLUTION FLASH FLOODS
EPIDEMIC LANDSLIDES
CIVIL DISTURBANCE EARTHQUAKE
VOLCANIC ERUPTION
TSUNAMI
An average of 20 tropical
cyclones hit the Philippines
every year, each one
categorized according to its
strength or intensity.