SM Marikina stands tall above a 23-meter Marikina River water-level rise because it sits on 246 stilts and an additional 20 meters farther than the suggested 90-meter distance from the Marikina River centerline. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
SM Marikina stands tall above a 23-meter Marikina River water-level rise because it sits on 246 stilts and an additional 20 meters farther than the suggested 90-meter distance from the Marikina River centerline. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

A STUDY from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) in 2018 showed that 47.5 percent of all the respondents said they had not done anything to prepare themselves for a disaster within the past five years, and only 36 percent felt prepared enough.

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