Philippines: The Role of the Philippine Nurses Association in Disaster Preparedness and Response During Typhoon HaiyanConsidered as one of the deadliest tropical cyclones to have hit the Philippines and the strongest typhoon recorded at landfall, Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) swept across ...
Floodplain Managementmeans the operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive measures for reducing flood damage, including but not limited to emergency preparedness plans, flood control works and floodplain management regulations.
“I want to express my deepest condolences and President Trump’s deepest condolences to the people of the Philippines who have been affected by Super Typhoon Goni and Typhoon Vamco. The United States stands with the Philippine people during this very difficult time and this natural disaster,” O...
Finally, local governments are required to allocate 5% of their regular revenues to the Local Disaster Risk Reduction Management Fund “to support disaster risk management activities such as, but not limited to, pre-disaster preparedness programs including training, purchasing life-saving rescue ...
Typhoon is the term used for a tropical cyclone that is located in the northwest Pacific Ocean, close to the Philippines, Japan and China. Similar to hurricanes, typhoons have sustained surface winds around 74 mph, and produce heavy rainfall and storm surges.Typhoon season in the Northwestern ...
Humanitarian aid groups in Manila say problems are only beginning for the poor, after weeks of heavy rain in the Philippines brought floods that claimed at least 109 lives and displaced about 300,000 people. The Philippines government has now announced a plan to clear metro Manila of low-lying...
preparednesssensemakingChapterPeer reviewedSummary: Modern societies are increasingly threatened by disasters that require rapid response through ad-hoc collaboration among a variety of actors and organizations. The complexity within and across today's societal, economic and environmental...
Situational Reports Regarding Preparedness Measures and Effects for Typhoons; NDRRMC: Quezon City, Philippines, 2009–2023. [Google Scholar] Aosier, B.; Kaneko, M.; Takada, M. Evaluation of the forest damage by typhoon using remote sensing technique. In Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International...
With the paradigm shift between the WMO and the U.S., several countries around the world (including the United Kingdom, France, Japan, and China) adopted the concepts of “readiness” and “preparedness” in relation to tropical cyclones, such as typhoons and hurricanes, to establish proactive...
sustainability Article A Typology Framework for Trade-Offs in Development and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Case Study of Typhoon Haiyan Recovery in Tacloban, Philippines Heidi Tuhkanen 1,2,* ID , Michael Boyland 2,3, Guoyi Han 2,4, Anjalee Patel 5, Karlee Johnson 2,3, Arno Rosemarin 4 ID...