The Philippines

The Philippines

1. Disasters in The Philippines (1905-2007)

   • Droughts
     • Number of events: 6
     • Total killed: 8
     • Total injured: 6
     • Total homeless: 0
     • Total affected: 6 million
     • Damage ($m): 64 000
     • E.G. April 1998 - 2.5 million severely affected
   • Earthquakes
     • Number of events: 21
     • Total killed: 9,580
     • Total injured: 13,051
     • Total homeless: 3,985
     • Total affected: 2.25 million
     • Damage ($m) 844 485
     • E.G. Manila 1990 - 6,000 killed
   • Floods
     • Number of events: 72
     • Total killed: 2,716
     • Total injured: 570
     • Total homeless: 500,000
     • Total affected: 11.25 million
     • Damage ($m) 446 361
     • E.G. July 1972 - 2.7 million affected
   • Slide
     • Number of events: 25
     • Total killed: 69
     • Total homeless: 23,000
     • Total injured: 381
     • Damage ($m) 12 258
     • Total affected: 310,663
     • E.G. February 2006, 1,126 killed
   • Volcano
     • Number of events: 20
     • Total killed: 2,996
     • Total injured: 1,188
     • Total homeless: 79,000
     • Total affected: 1.5 million
     • Damage ($m) 23,961
     • E.G. Taal, July 2011, 1,335
   • Tsunamis
     • Number of events: 5
     • Total killed: 69
     • Total injured: 0
     • Total affected: 5,250
     • Damage ($m) 6,000
     • E.G. Worst Tsunami 1976
     • Total homeless: 0
   • Typhoon
     • Number of events: 241
     • Total killed: 35,983
     • Total injured: 29,178
     • Total homeless: 6.25 million
     • Total affected: 86 million
     • Damage ($m) 9,018,574
     • E.G. November 1991, 6000 killed

2. Location

   • An island arc in Southeast Asia.
   • Consists of 7,000 low lying islands.
   • Islands at latitudes between 5 and 20 degrees North of the Equator.
   • It lies in a belt of tropical cyclones and astride an active plate boundary.
   • The dense oceanic Philippine plate is being sub ducted beneath the lighter continental Eurasian plate at a rate of 3 cm per year.
   • The Philippines is vulnerable to Earthquakes and has 17 active volcanoes such as Mount Pinatubo because of its location.
   • There is a tropical monsoon climate and the country is subject to heavy rainfall.
   • Flooding can lead to landslides because of deforestation.
     • The Philippines has lost 56% of forest cover since 1945

3. Population

   • It is a lower-middle-income country which is developing quickly.
   • 45% of the population are under 18
   • Average of 240 people per km squared 2,000 people per km square in the Megacity of Manila