Buklod: Govt remains ‘ineffective’ in handling typhoons, disasters

THE Philippines very recently suffered extreme flooding and other destructions caused by four strong typhoons that came successively a few days apart. The last two typhoons caused much destruction in property, infrastructure and agriculture, particularly in the Bicol area in the case of Typhoon Rolly, the earlier one, and particularly in some parts of Metro Manila, Cagayan and Isabela in the case of the most recent typhoon.

Typhoon “Ulysses” is something else. It poured some 356 millimeters of rain that caused widespread flooding in most areas of Luzon. As a result, a large number of citizens were driven out of their homes in the middle of the night.