‘Ondoy’s’ hardest hit cities form partnership vs disasters
While tropical storm “Ondoy” was classified in September 2009 as a mere
tropical storm, its rainfall turned out to be way too much to tolerate
as the entire national capital region and adjoining province of Rizal
were submerged under floodwaters that literally destroyed government
infrastructures and hundreds of thousands of residential houses while
paralyzing all economic activities — translating the pitiful sight into
an extreme hardship for the close to five million residents.
After
suffering what has so far been the worst flood incident in the region,
adjoining cities of Pasig, Marikina and Quezon along with the localities
of Antipolo, Cainta, San Mateo and Rodriguez towns in Rizal have forged
a cooperating partnership designed to minimize the risk and potential
damage of weather disturbances this year..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/index.php/metro-section/item/542-%E2%80%98ondoy%E2%80%99s%E2%80%99-hardest-hit-cities-form-partnership-vs-disasters
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