Nearly every day so far in January, heavy rains have caused a town or city to issue emergency warnings, order evacuations or respond with relief efforts. At least 28 have died this month, after 50 were killed in severe weather during the holidays.
Still, the Philippines has significantly improved its resiliency, especially since Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, which killedObstacles remain. Joshua Agar, an assistant professor at the University of the Philippines’ Institute of Civil Engineering, said political will and attention in the Philippines are often misplaced.“Due to our political culture, much focus was put on disaster relief rather than on disaster prevention ,” he wrote in an email.
The term “natural disaster” can be misleading, he said, because deaths during naturally occurring hazards can be reduced with proper response and prevention. To be more resilient, said Kristoffer Berse, director for research and creative work at the University of the Philippines’ Resilience Institute, cities should improve drainage systems, build infrastructure such as levees to protect coastal areas, and improve risk assessment and early-warning systems.
“What we need to prepare for is the increasing complexity of cascading disasters — events that happen successively, if not as a result of or aggravated by a prior disaster,” Berse said.
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