Note what is going on in Europe, a developed continent with working rivers and presumably First World drainage facilities. Then again, European countries are not used to heavy rainfall as we are in this part of the world. It may have been the reason no warnings were sent out or explain their complacency. But even Japan and Indonesia that are used to heavy rains have had deaths and damage from recent heavy rains.
Climate change is here and explains it. During Ondoy, where the equivalent of a month's worth of rain poured down in one day, my neighbor's house just down the street from mine about 50 meters and on a down slope experienced a flash flood that ruined their household contents, including valuable documents, i.
Flash floods like that cause a lot of damage, even tragedy. Well, there is some glimmer of good news on flood prevention and mitigation since Ondoy brought us to a standstill with vast damage to Marikina and many other places in Metro Manila.
The plan basically consists of structural and nonstructural steps. Meaning that it will confront technical and social challenges to mitigate flooding. Metro Manila will always flood during heavy rains as it is in a delta. The idea is to make the floods recede quickly and cause no damage. The Flood Management Master Plan is in its initial stages. One technical step is improving the pumping stations around the city that pump out water during flooding.
There are too few of them, and too old and therefore inadequate for the needs of today. Adding and improving the pumping stations is one of the steps being taken. It will not happen overnight, but it is beginning to happen. Second is the social problem of removing informal settlers near waterways.
They live in inadequate housing, which is a danger to them, but they also partly cause the flooding because of the pollution of the waterways they engender.
But implementation has begun though again is in its initial stages. Third is the desilting of the rivers and the abatement of Manila Bay pollution. Desilted waterways will make the water from the heavy rains and floods flow out faster to Manila Bay and keep them less in the streets and homes. Government has reported a number of flood control projects around the Philippines 11, Again, they have not made a widespread visible impact yet.
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