A year after deluge, RP remains unprepared
09/26/2010
One year after Typhoon “Ondoy” brought death and destruction to Manila, the Philippines remains unprepared for such disasters, the government yesterday said.
Lack of funds has prevented officials from taking all measures necessary to minimize the risk from weather systems such as Ondoy which flooded the capital and left over 400 persons dead, National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) executive officer Benito Ramos said.
Nor is there enough money to relocate thousands of families still living in ramshackle or precarious conditions susceptible to — and exacerbating — flooding during the current typhoon season, he added.
At the start of the wet season in June the government estimated there were at least 2.7 million squatters in Manila, including about half a million... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100926hed4.html
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