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The Philippines - disaster hotspot
- Earthquakes
- The
Philippine
and
Eurasian
plate can
become
locked
together
and cause
pressure
to build.
- Earthquakes
also occur at
fault lines,
where the
plate has
cracked under
pressure.
- 7.8 earthquake - Luzon
Island - 1990 - killed over
1500
- The
Philippine
and
Eurasian
plate can
become
locked
together
and cause
pressure
to build.
- Volcanoes
- Philippines
near a
destructive
plate
boundary.
- Islands
were
formed by
folding at
the
boundary
and
volcanoes
formed
from
rising
magma.
- Mount Pinatubo - 1991 - people
evacuated - buildings collapsed etc.
- Philippines
near a
destructive
plate
boundary.
- Tsunamis
- Earthquakes in any surrounding oceans cause tsunamis.
- 7.9 earthquake - 1976 - Moro Gulf tsunami -
thousands killed - several cities devastated.
- Earthquakes in any surrounding oceans cause tsunamis.
- Typhoons
- 10 typhoons every year.
Developing in the Pacific Ocean
and moving westwards.
- Typhoon Xangsane -
Manila - 2006 - high
winds - torrential rain -
caused flooding -
landslides - loss of power
and water.
- 10 typhoons every year.
Developing in the Pacific Ocean
and moving westwards.
- Flood
- Floods
caused by
typhoons
and
heavy
rain.
- Lowland
areas of
Manila -
1970's -
and
recently -
crops
devastated.
- Floods
caused by
typhoons
and
heavy
rain.
- Drought
- Some areas have distinct wet and dry seasons e.g.
Manila
- Drought can occur when
there has not been
enough rain to last a dry
season or the dry season
is particularly harsh.
- Drought -
Luzon island -
2005 -
reduction in
rainfall -
affected power
production
from
hydroelectric -
economic and
social activity
severely
reduced.
- Some areas have distinct wet and dry seasons e.g.
Manila
- Landslides
- Philippines gets a lot of rain, if it smalls in a
short space of time landslides can occur. They
can also be triggered by earthquakes
- A landslide on Leyte Island - 2006 - heavy
rain for 10 days - whole village buried -
hundreds killed.
- Philippines gets a lot of rain, if it smalls in a
short space of time landslides can occur. They
can also be triggered by earthquakes
- Vulnerability - low
capacity to cope.
- Hazards strike in densely
populated areas , greater risk it
will become a disaster.
- Population pressures led to
deforestation, increasing risk
of landslides
- Fast growing economy
but many still live under
the poverty line, they will
be severely affected.
- Fast
growing
settlements
built near
hazardous
areas
- Many
people
live in
unstable
locations
e.g.
tribes
- Hazards strike in densely
populated areas , greater risk it
will become a disaster.
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