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This is the famous MacArthur Bridge, that connects Leyte and Samar. 

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Hello! My name is Ramon, and I'll be your virtual tour guide for today.  I would like to give you a quick tour of my hometown Leyte. 

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Hello! My name is Ramon, and I'll be your virtual tour guide for today.  I would like to give you a quick tour of my hometown Leyte. 

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Leyte is a 4th class municipality, that is located in the Visayas Region, in the far east near the pacific ocean.

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There are currently 1,776,847 Filipinos living in Leyte. Most of them are Bisaya and Warays.

There dialect also are called Bisaya and Waray. Which is mostly used in the Eastern Visayas Region.

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Here's how 10 of the largest and most important naval battles in modern history played out SOURCE: https://www.businessinsider.com/largest-naval-battles-modern-

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The battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle in modern history. It took place from Oct. 23-26, 1944

It was an attempt by the Japanese Navy to push back against the American invasion of the Philippines.

it involved over 300 ships and maritime craft, as well as over 400 planes.

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Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898.

Though a battle that featured pre-dreadnought ships, the Battle of Manila Bay involved massive steamships with large turrets and guns that were the precursors of those that would be seen on battleships in WWI and WWII.

The first battle of the Spanish-American War, the Battle of Manila Bay saw the c omplete destruction of Spain's Pacific Squadron by the American Asiatic Squadron, led by commodore George Dewey.

Out of the 13 total ships in the Spanish squadron, eight were sunk - seven cruisers and one transport. Spanish forces suffered 77 dead and over 200 wounded.

US casualties were extremely low - only one US cruiser damaged, one sailor dead (reportedly due to heatstroke), and nine sailors wounded.

The battle showed that the US was a global power capable of taking on traditionally powerful European countries like Spain. It also enabled the US to occupy Manila which eventually led to Spain surrendering control of the Philippines to the US.

Battle of Tsushima, May 27-28, 1905.

Known in Japan as the Naval Battle of the Sea of Japan, the Battle of Tsushima saw the Empire of Japan, then a rising power, take on the combined forces of the Russian Empire's Baltic Fleet and Pacific Squadron.

Russia's Navy had prevented Imperial Japan from controlling the sea, and intended to swarm the Japanese Navy with their combined forces, hopefully ending the Russo-Japanese War.

The stakes were so high that Japanese Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō told his sailors just before the battle, "the Empire's fate depends on the result of this battle, let every man do his utmost duty."

The Japanese sailors would end up virtually destroying the Russian Navy. Two-thirds of Russia's fleet, some 21 ships, were sunk in the battle - with six more captured. Over 4,000 Russian sailors were killed and 5,000 more were captured.

Japanese casualties were just three ships sunk, over 100 dead, and around 530 wounded. Sir George Sydenham Clarke, a British officer and colonial administrator at the time, wrote that "the battle of Tsu-shima is by far the greatest and the most important naval event since Trafalgar."

Like the Americans at the Battle of Manila, Tsushima proved that the Japanese Empire was a major power. The Russians would concede defeat at the Treaty of Portsmouth four months later.

Battle of Coronel, November 1, 1914.

One of the first naval battles of WWI, the Battle of Coronel was fought between Britain's Royal Navy, and the German Empire's Imperial Navy. The battle did not take place in Europe or Asia, but in neutral South America, off the coast of Chile.

Germany's East Asia Squadron had retreated from its base in China after the British Navy and the Australian Navy overran the Pacific, and Japan entered the war on the side of the allies.

German Vice-Admiral Maximilian von Spee decided to use his ships as raiders to attack merchant ships off the coast of South America to disrupt commerce. Britain sent its West Indies Squadron, under the command of Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock to deal with von Spee.

Von Spee would end up crushing Cradock's squadron - two of its four ships were sunk, and over one and a half thousand sailors died, including Cradock himself.

The Germans had suffered no fatalities, virtually no damage, and docked in the Chilean port of Valparaiso before setting off to continue its raiding mission.

Battle of the Falkland Islands, December 8, 1914

A month after von Spee's victory at Coronel, the Royal Navy had its vengeance. The British Admiralty sent reinforcements to von Spee's only obstacle in the region - the naval base at the Falklands Islands, a small British colony.

Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Doveton Sturdee, the Chief of War Staff at the Admiralty, took personal command of the force, which numbered seven ships in total.

Von Spee, not expecting a large defense of the Falklands, decided to attack the naval base and set course for the islands. His squadron was virtually destroyed in the ensuing battle - four cruisers were sunk, and two were captured and scuttled.

Almost 2,000 German sailors were killed, including von Spee and his two sons. Those who survived were taken prisoner. British casualties were around 10 dead, and 14 wounded.

Von Spee had lived up to his words: "I cannot reach Germany. We possess no other truly secure harbor. I must fight my way through the seas of the world doing as much mischief as can, until my ammunition is exhausted, or a foe far superior in power succeeds in catching me. But it will cost the wretches dearly before they take me down."

Battle of Jutland May 31-June 1, 1916.

The Battle of Jutland was the largest naval battle of WWI, and one of the largest in History. It saw Britain's best ships, known as the Grand Fleet, face off against Germany's best ships, known as the High Sea Fleet.

The battle involved more than 250 ships and 100,000 men. The large numbers were because it was an attempt by Germany to break the blockade of its navy by the Allies, who made it almost impossible for Germany's to get its surface ships past Denmark.

The battle lasted over 36 hours, and was technically a stalemate. British casualties were much higher than Germany's; 14 ships destroyed, over 6,000 men killed, and more than 600 wounded. Germany, on the other hand, lost 9 ships, over 2,500 men, and around 500 wounded.

Because of the higher British losses, the Germans claimed victory. Kaiser Wilhelm II told the sailors of the High Sea Fleet when they returned that "the English were beaten. You have started a new chapter in world history."

But the German High Sea Fleet was no longer seaworthy, and Royal Navy was still in better standing overall. The Germans failed to break the blockade, and its surface ships were forced to stay in German ports.

"Our Fleet losses were severe. On 1 June 1916, it was clear to every thinking person that this battle must, and would be, the last one," a German naval expert wrote in 1918.

Battle of Cape Matapan, March 27-29, 1941.

The Battle of Cape Matapan was an engagement between ships of the British Navy and the Australian Navy against Benito Mussolini's Regia Marina. Mussolini had long desired to throw foreign navies out of the Mediterranean so that Italy could dominate it.

But the British control over strategic points like Gibraltar, Malta, and the Suez Canal made that impossible. With the Vichy French fleet destroyed at Mers-el-Kébir, and the German Navy's surface ships blockaded like they were in WWI, Italy had to go it alone.

But Italy was having a very tough time. A number of naval battles with the British proved inconclusive, and the Royal Navy was able to achieve a number of victories that crippled the Regia Marina.

As Britain began to aid Greece during Italy and Germany's invasion, plans were drawn up to kick the British out of the Mediterranean once and for all. The Italians gathered a fleet of 22 ships and sent it to attack a British convoy around Crete.

But the British had intercepted Italian communications, and surprised the Italians with a fleet of their own. The British sank five Italian ships and heavily damaged two others. 2,300 Italian sailors were killed, and as many as a thousand were taken prisoner.

British losses were only three killed, four damaged cruisers, and one torpedo bomber. Italian hopes of turning the Mediterranean into an Italian lake were utterly destroyed.

Battle of the Coral Sea, May 4-8, 1942.

The Battle of the Coral Sea saw 27 ships from the US Navy and the Australian Navy square off against 53 ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

It was the first battle in naval history in which aircraft carriers engaged each other. In fact, most of the fighting was conducted by air.

The allies had two aircraft carriers with 128 aircraft and the Japanese had three carriers with 127 aircraft.

Just five months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese had decided to invade Port Moresby in southeastern New Guinea and Tulagi in the southern Solomons. Upon learning of the invasion fleet, the Allies sent an interception force.

After light skirmishes, the fleets found each other on the morning of May 7. What followed was a battle that was relatively inconclusive, but can be considered a strategic Allied victory.

Japanese aircraft managed to sink three ships, including the aircraft carrier USS Lexington. The other carrier, USS Yorktown, was heavily damaged, 69 aircraft were lost, and over 600 US servicemen were killed.

The Allies sank one Japanese carrier and four other ships. Three other ships were damaged, including the carrier Shōkaku. 92 aircraft were lost - so many that Japan's third carrier, Zuikaku, lost its entire air wing, and over 900 servicemen were killed.

The Japanese invasion force called off their invasion of Port Moresby, and three of their aircraft carriers were out of commission.

Battle of Midway, June 4-7, 1942.

One month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander of the Combined Fleet, determined that the US carrier fleet needed to be destroyed. The US Navy was numerically inferior, so Yamamoto needed to lure them out into a trap.

The Japanese had been planning to seize Midway Island to use as a base for future attacks against the US in Hawaii and the Pacific. Yamamoto decided to go ahead with the invasion, and destroy American reinforcements with a massive force.

What Yamamoto did not know, was that US intelligence had cracked the Japanese codes, and were fully aware of Japan's plans. They sent their own force of three aircraft carriers and prepared Midway's air component for battle.

The following battle was a massive loss for the Japanese. All four of Japan's heaviest aircraft carriers, Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu were sunk. The Japanese also lost one cruiser, 292 aircraft, and over 2,500 sailors and airmen.

The US lost the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown - which was repaired after it was damaged in the Coral Sea - a destroyer, and 145 aircraft. 307 US sailors and airmen were killed.

Crucially, the Japanese aircraft carriers that were lost or damaged in the Battle of the Coral Sea were not able to participate in the battle, an element that helped secure an American victory.

The battle proved to be a turning point. Japan had lost its largest aircraft carriers and best naval aviators, and the Allies went on the offensive in the Pacific, with the Battle of Guadalcanal starting two months later.

Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 19-20, 1944.

Despite their losses at Midway, the Japanese carrier fleet - and the Imperial Imperial Navy as a whole - was still a major threat.

But the Allies had made progress - they had launched an offensive at the heart of Japan's defense system. After the success of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, they headed for the Marianas, a group of islands vital to the defense of Japan.

The Japanese determined that the only way to win the war at this point was through total control of the sea. Mineichi Koga, Yamamoto's successor after he was killed in 1943, wanted to defeat the Americans in a single decisive battle.

To that end, the Japanese sent a massive force to destroy the US Navy as they approached Saipan. What followed was the largest "carrier-versus-carrier" battle in history, and the last major one between American and Japanese naval forces.

Japanese losses were high - three out of the nine aircraft carriers were sunk, as well as two oil tankers, 395 carrier-based planes, and over 2,000 sailors and airmen. American aviators described it as a "turkey shoot."

US losses were extremely light in comparison - one battleship damaged, 130 aircraft destroyed, and a little over 100 killed.

After the battle, the Japanese lost the bulk of its carrier force, something it was never able to fully recover from.

Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 23-26, 1944.

The Battle of Leyte Gulf is considered the largest naval battle of WWII, and, by some historians, the largest naval battle in history. With both sides combined, it involved over 300 ships and maritime craft, as well as over 400 planes.

The Battle of Leyte Gulf refers to a number of engagements fought between Imperial Japan and the Allies in the waters around the Philippine islands of Leyte, Samar, and Luzon. It was an attempt by the Japanese Navy to push back against the American invasion of the Philippines.

The Japanese Navy believed that the loss of the Philippines would essentially mean the loss of the South China Sea, and sent a massive naval force divided into three groups to lure the Allies out to sea and destroy them.

The following three days resulted in catastrophic losses for the Japanese that forever crippled their Navy. Twenty-six Japanese ships were lost, including all four carriers and three battleships.

Around 300 planes were destroyed - either by anti-aircraft fire or from kamikaze attacks - and over 10,000 Japanese sailors and airmen died.

American losses were six ships - three carriers, two destroyers, and one destroyer-escort. 200 planes were lost, and around 3,000 sailors and airmen were killed.

The Japanese Navy's surface vessels ceased to function as an effective force after the battle. Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, the Minister of the Navy said of Leyte after the war, "I felt that that was the end."

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Here's how 10 of the largest and most important naval battles in modern history played out

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Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898. Though a battle that featured pre-dreadnought ships, the Battle of Manila Bay involved massive steamships with large turrets and guns that were the precursors of those that would be seen on battleships in WWI and WWII.

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Famous line by Douglas McArthur: "I shall return"

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Their livelihood consists mostly of Agriculture, and Farming since there are lots of rice fields and coconut tree plantations around Leyte.

Because also of their beautiful beaches they are a tourist destination for swimming, and also diving.

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If ever you're thinking of another white sand beach besides from Boracay, why not try Kalanggaman Island.

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Enjoying the culture and festivities, is seen really in the festivals that each provinces has to offer. These festivals tell a story of the history of the people in the provinces. The different festivals seen in the Leyte Province are:
1. Pintados Festival
2. Sanggutan Festival
3. Lubi Lubi Festival
4. Pasaka Festival
5. Alikaraw Festival

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The Philippine Eagle is endemic to Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao. It is currently critically endangered, and only has 400 breeding pairs 

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The Philippine Tarsier is famous to be seen in the Province of Bohol, but it can also be found across Leyte, Samar, and Mindanao.

But it is critically endangered

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As seen in the past years, the typhoons of the past has become much more stronger, and has dealt more damage. Since they are the gateway to the Pacific Ocean, they are sure to deal with lots of incoming typhoons. With the cases of Typhoon Yolanda and the recently hit Typhoon Odette. With damages to not only livelihood, roads, but also to people's lives. The once sunny Leyte, wouldn't be the same after Typhoon Yolanda. Since every time I went back home, it was always cloudy and every year there was always a chance that there would be a major storm coming.

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LONG LASTING EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO EASTERN VISAYAS

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LONG LASTING EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO EASTERN VISAYAS

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Philippine Coast Guard/Reuters

The Department of Agriculture will provide at least P1.35 billion worth of aid to affected farmers and fisherfolk

MANILA, Philippines - Farming and fishing losses caused by Typhoon Odette (Rai) have so far reached P333.4 million, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday, December 20.

The estimate covers areas in the regions of Calabarzon, Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Soccsksargen, Davao, and Caraga.

A total of 12,750 farmers and fishers have been affected, with volume of production loss at 19,640 metric tons, spanning 23,198 hectares of agricultural areas.

Affected commodities include rice, corn, high value crops, and fisheries.

The DA, through its regional field offices, will provide at least P1.35 billion worth of readily available assistance:

P1 billion from the Quick Response Fund (QRF) for rehabilitation of affected areas

P148 million worth of rice seeds

P57.6 million worth of corn seeds

P44.6 million worth of assorted vegetables

P100 million under the Survival and Recovery Assistance Program of the Agricultural Credit Policy Council

P1.64 million worth of fingerlings and assistance to affected fisherfolk from Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

P625,150 worth of drugs and biologics for livestock and poultry needs

There are also available funds from the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation for farmers.

For inquiries, affected farmers may contact (02) 8929-0140 or 09616965099. - Rappler.com

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Typhoon Odette wipes out at least P333 million in agricultural goods

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Philippine Coast Guard/Reuters The Department of Agriculture will provide at least P1.35 billion worth of aid to affected farmers and fisherfolk MANILA, Philippines - Farming and fishing losses caused by Typhoon Odette (Rai) have so far reached P333.4 million, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday, December 20.

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INTENSIFIED AND INCREASED NUMBER OF STRONG TROPICAL TYPHOONS

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INTENSIFIED AND INCREASED NUMBER OF STRONG TROPICAL TYPHOONS

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According to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), “The rate of intensification and number of strong tropical cyclones have increased, and tropical cyclone tracks likely migrated poleward.”

According to Mei, W.& Xie, S. (2016), Typhoons hitting East Asia and Southeast Asia had intensified 12-15% since the late 1970s. The proportion of severe typhoons and super typhoons in the East and Southeast Asian region has also doubled. It was found out that Climate change affects the temperature of the oceans making it warmer. Because of this warmth, the typhoons that are formed in these oceans become much more powerful.
RESEARCH ARTICLE SOURCE: https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2792

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Typhoons are no joke. They can be immensely destructive and even life-threatening with barrelling winds screaming at speeds in excess of 250 km/h (equivalent to the average pace of a bullet train), extreme rainfall that can trigger deadly landslides and mudslides and storm surges capable of engulfing entire coastal communities.

While typhoons, or as they are more generally called, tropical cyclones, are natural weather events, and people have been preparing and protecting themselves for centuries against their worst effects, climate change is altering how typhoons are being formed and changing how they impact us.

And not in a good way.

The last report from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) looked at tropical cyclones region by region. For East Asia they said:

"The rate of intensification and number of strong tropical cyclones have increased, and tropical cyclone tracks likely migrated poleward."

In this article, we sift the latest science to unpack exactly what that means, why it's happening, and what we should do about it.

Typhoon over planet Earth - satellite photo.

There are three key takeaways from the IPCC statement above. Let's take each one in turn.
The IPCC says: "Rate of intensification has increased"What this means:
While there is no firm evidence that the average annual number of tropical cyclones forming in the Western Pacific (that's the part of the ocean around East Asia and Southeast Asia) has significantly changed, typhoons on average are getting stronger. This study published in 2016 found that typhoons hitting East Asia and Southeast Asia had intensified 12 to 15% since the late 1970s.

Pedestrians pass through under an uprooted tree on a street, after Typhoon Mangkhut hit Shenzhen, Guangdong province on September 17, 2018.

The IPCC says: "Number of strong tropical cyclones has increased"What this means:
That same study also found that the number of category 4 and category 5 tropical cyclones (these are storms with sustained wind speeds greater than 209 km/h and 252 km/h, respectively) at least doubled since the late 1970s. Since the number of typhoons has not significantly changed, the proportion of severe typhoons and super typhoons in the East and Southeast Asian region has also doubled.

In East Asia alone, severe typhoons and super typhoons have nearly quadrupled from less than one per year to more than four per year since the late 1970s. As a proportion of the total number of typhoons, they have jumped to 60% from around 20%. That means more than half of all typhoons have a good chance of belonging to the most destructive categories.
If you want to know more about super typhoons and the worst ones to strike East Asia in recent history, click here.

Collapsed bamboo scaffolds of a residential building are seen as Typhoon Lionrock hits Hong Kong, China October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik

The IPCC says: "Tropical cyclone tracks likely migrated poleward"What this means:
Typhoons are changing where they start and then, where they go.
Typhoon genesis - or where they first form - is shifting northwards (or polewards). And once they are formed they are tracking more often in a northwesterly direction. This has three main outcomes - (1) typhoons reach their peak intensity at higher latitudes; (2) they are more likely to be at a higher intensity when they hit land; and, (3) they are hitting China mainland, Korea, and Japan more frequently and Hong Kong and Taiwan less frequently. This study, which documents this migration, also warns that climate change may exacerbate these changes in the years to come.
Why is this happening?
Climate science is complicated but there is good consensus that these changes are at least partly due to how climate change is warming the oceans. In this study, mentioned above, they tracked sea surface temperatures and found that they had risen a lot in the waters around East and Southeast Asia between 1977 and 2013. However, in the middle of the Pacific, the jump was much smaller. Typhoons in East and Southeast Asia have become measurably more powerful, while those in the open ocean have changed little.

For the most simplest explanation, we can think of warmer waters as having more energy, so when a typhoon forms over an expanse of warm ocean, they get that extra boost from that extra energy.

Hurricanes and typhoons at their peak intensities are shifting away from the equator and towards the poles.

Why does this matter?
The more intense a typhoon is, the more damage potentially it can do when it makes landfall - ripping out trees, destroying buildings, flooding cities, and burying villages under mudslides causing untold losses.

Tropical cyclones have inflicted great devastation in both economic terms and human lives. Between 1970 and 2019 in Asia, almost 1 million lives were lost and $2 trillion were reported in economic damages from natural disasters. Almost half of these disasters were floods and more than a third were caused by storms.
What can we do?
Coming up at the end of this month and running through to 12 November, the next big world summit on climate change - this one called COP26 - will be held in Glasgow in Scotland. The IPCC's recent 6th Assessment Report confirmed that the 1.5C warming limit is still within reach, from a physical perspective, but only with cuts that bring carbon emissions to Net Zero and beyond.

This is it.

This is the key moment when global leaders - who all know what climate change is, who all know what climate change is doing to our planet, and who all know what we can do about it - have the chance to act like real global leaders. They must agree to cut fossil fuels and those cuts have to be huge and they have to be fast. We must halve global emissions by 2030 to avoid the worst effects of the climate crisis.

We need them to ensure their words count, that their promises count. They need to have strong, concrete, feasible and tangible roadmaps to making those cuts and making those cuts starting now.

This is the last decade we have to stop a full-blown and runaway climate crisis; that's why the world will be watching what goes on at COP26. But it's not only about averting a global crisis, world leaders also have a unique opportunity at this summit to create a stronger and fairer global economy by focusing on building wealth with green industries and helping poorer nations meet their carbon neutrality goals.

If the world continues to fail to act big, the cost of saving ourselves in the future will be exponentially higher until we will reach a point when it will no longer be possible.

On the 27th of September, youth climate activists and students organized a climate strike. The strike mobilized over 1,000 thousand citizens.

Final words
While we've quoted dry scientific papers and data in this blog, none of what is happening to our weather is just academic. It is happening now.

For example, while this blog was being written, Typhoon Kompasu was tearing through Hong Kong. The signal 8 superstorms (out of a scale up to 10) shut down the city closed schools, financial markets, and halted flights. Earlier it had led to the deaths of at least nine people from flooding and landslides in the Philippines. The impacts of the climate crisis are already here.
Act now and demand your government to lead by example and show ambitious emissions-cutting plans and real solutions to halve global emissions by 2030.

FILE PHOTO: People take part in the 'Global march for climate justice' while environment ministers meet ahead of Glasgow's COP26 meeting, in Milan, Italy, October 2, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

Typhoon over planet Earth - satellite photo.

What this means:

Pedestrians pass through under an uprooted tree on a street, after Typhoon Mangkhut hit Shenzhen, Guangdong province on September 17, 2018.

What this means:

Collapsed bamboo scaffolds of a residential building are seen as Typhoon Lionrock hits Hong Kong, China October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik

What this means: Why is this happening?

Hurricanes and typhoons at their peak intensities are shifting away from the equator and towards the poles.

Why does this matter? What can we do?
This is it.

On the 27th of September, youth climate activists and students organized a climate strike. The strike mobilized over 1,000 thousand citizens.

Final words

FILE PHOTO: People take part in the 'Global march for climate justice' while environment ministers meet ahead of Glasgow's COP26 meeting, in Milan, Italy, October 2, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo

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How the climate crisis is making typhoons worse - Greenpeace East Asia

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While typhoons, or as they are more generally called, tropical cyclones, are natural weather events, and people have been preparing and protecting themselves for centuries against their worst effects, climate change is altering how typhoons are being formed and changing how they impact us.

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WHAT WE COULD DO TO BATTLE THIS CLIMATE CHANGE

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WHAT WE COULD DO TO BATTLE THIS CLIMATE CHANGE

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We have all seen that we could do our little things, like using reusable bags when buying groceries, even not using plastic straws, and waking or biking to our place of work. But in reality, it is a small solution to be able to solve this climate change. We must ask bigger companies, to stop using these harmful chemicals that affect our environment, even the mining that causes the rivers to dry up, must be lessened. We must speak up on whatever is destroying our environment, to be able for the higher-ups to hear what is happening to the world.

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TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT: WEATHER FORECASTING, AND BUILDING STRONGER FOUNDATIONS FOR BUILDINGS

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TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT: WEATHER FORECASTING, AND BUILDING STRONGER FOUNDATIONS FOR BUILDINGS

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Because of the geographic location of the Leyte province as a natural hazard prone province, since it is a gateway to the Pacific, which means countless number of typhoons would surely hit them. A way to be able to help these is by creating bridges, and roads that are able to withstand the strength of the Typhoons, since these are essential in the relief or the giving of help to far flung areas. As seen in this research article, with the help of NSAID they were able to determine which areas would be prone to flooding, etc. through their geographical location. Because of the different typhoons that are in their, it is best to improve the weather forecasting system, but people shouldn't rely solely on this, since as seen in the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda, still many people didn't heed the call to evacuate their homes, because of miscommunication of the term "storm surge".

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Abstract

The Philippines is recognized as one of the most natural hazard prone country in the world. The December 4, 2012 Super Typhoon Bopha (referred is the Philippines as Typhoon Pablo) and the November 8, 2013 Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) are recent major disasters which The Louis Berger Group (Louis Berger) was requested by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to rapidly respond to.Louis Berger quickly identified partners and appropriate technologies, which it applied during these post-disaster recovery activities, strengthening the requested response and building local capacity and preparedness for future natural disasters and responses.This paper is based on the vulnerability assessment (VA) component of the Louis Berger's contracted role in responding to the Typhoon Pablo event. The major USAID-funded Louis Berger response to Typhoon Yolanda is on-going with current contract completion scheduled in June 2016.

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climate change vulnerability assessment

application of vulnerability assessment findings

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Almost all of the provinces in the Philippines has their cases of poverty. Because of many factors, like not much job opportunities, small working wage, and also climate change dealing damage to the agricultural products of the people in Leyte. As I was going around Leyte, there were "sleepy towns" wherein it was very difficult to get basic necessities, because they were really far away from the nearest grocery. The only way they could be able to get these was either to travel to the nearest town or buy from their local market. Most of the occupation of the people in Leyte, were either fisherman, pedicab drivers, or office workers.

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What's the 40 poorest provinces in the Philippines? Check out the list below, according to latest data of National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC)

NAPC is the organization created by law to oversee and implement the Philippine Government's Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Agenda (RA 8425)

Chaired by President Rodrigo Duterte himself with Atty. Noel K. Felongco as secretary and lead convenor, the NAPC will oversee, monitor and recommend measures to ensure effective formulation, resource allocation and management of the program. It will lead in evaluating the project towards policy formulation.

NAPC said that the 40 provinces that were identified as the poorest and most vulnerable to climate change are the following:

● Lanao del Sur
● Maguindanao
● Northern Samar
● Saranggani
● Sulu
● Bukidnon
● Siquijor
● Zamboanga del Norte
● Sultan Kudarat
● Agusan del Sur
● Western Samar
● Eastern Samar
● Masbate
● Negros Oriental
● Lanao del Norte
● Catanduanes
● North Cotabato
● Sorsogon
● Occidental Mindoro
● Surigao Del Sur
● Mt. Province
● Southern Leyte
● Basilan
● Misamis Occidental
● Romblon
● Camarines Norte
● Apayao
● Agusan del Norte
● Kalinga
● Surigao Del Norte
● Camiguin
● Davao del Norte
● Ifugao
● Zamboanga Sibugay
● Cotabato City
● Leyte
● Davao Oriental
● Negros Occidental
● Abra
● Camarines Sur (one of the recently typhoon-stricken provinces)

According to NAPC, the country's poverty incidence currently stands at 21.6%, but they are targeting it to go down at 14% once "government services are brought closer to the 14 basic sectors of society without let-up."

Felongco said that NAPC has figured out a formula-that combines social reform agenda and poverty reduction activities- in sustaining government services to these basic sectors.

Source: One Media PH

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3 nga probinsya han Samar, Leyte ngan Southern Leyte apil ha 40 poorest provinces ha Pilipinas - RMN Networks

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What's the 40 poorest provinces in the Philippines? Check out the list below, according to latest data of National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) NAPC is the organization created by law to oversee and implement the Philippine Government's Social Reform and Poverty Alleviation Agenda (RA 8425) Chaired by President Rodrigo Duterte himself with Atty.

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Because Leyte is a Agriculture Province, the hitting of strong and multiple typhoons has always dealt a big blow to their economic growth and for them to earn money. Poverty also has different factors like corruption, no good job opportunities.

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Poverty stems from different problems. It has been a problem for almost centuries. But to be able to lessen this problem, it takes 1 step, which is to create livelihood programs that could be sustainable for the people. Since agriculture is their main source of products in Leyte, why not give seeds or develop a website, where farmers could directly sell their products to consumers. Or there could be an app where the farmers could be able to see data to what products people are finding nowadays, and what products sell best during this time of the year, so that they could be able to track and pick what produce they want to farm.

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Since Leyte is mainly an agriculture province, and in some places there is difficulty in the water irrigation, there is a need for technological advancement for the increase of water irrigation system in the province. Also not only that, farmers are also in need of monetary support from the government, to buy fertilizers, seeds, and others. The need for technology to support the farming, and easy harvesting of the crops is needed by the farmers not only in Leyte province, but also in the whole of Philippines.

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