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Anatomy of A Disaster JRMC

Typhoon Ketsana, known as Tropical Storm Ondoy, struck the Philippines in September 2009. It caused massive flooding and landslides, affecting over 4.9 million people. Infrastructure and agriculture suffered $1.1 billion in damages. Marikina City experienced severe flooding. While wind speeds were only 165 kph, over 455 mm of rain fell in 24 hours, more than a month's average. This heavy rainfall was not predicted and caught people off guard. The disaster resulted in 464 deaths and highlighted weaknesses in disaster preparedness. It led to a new law enhancing the Philippines' management of natural calamities.

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Anatomy of A Disaster JRMC

Typhoon Ketsana, known as Tropical Storm Ondoy, struck the Philippines in September 2009. It caused massive flooding and landslides, affecting over 4.9 million people. Infrastructure and agriculture suffered $1.1 billion in damages. Marikina City experienced severe flooding. While wind speeds were only 165 kph, over 455 mm of rain fell in 24 hours, more than a month's average. This heavy rainfall was not predicted and caught people off guard. The disaster resulted in 464 deaths and highlighted weaknesses in disaster preparedness. It led to a new law enhancing the Philippines' management of natural calamities.

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SEMINAR ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION & INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

ANATOMY OF A DISASTER
Typhoon Ketsana “Tropical Storm Ondoy”
Disaster Profile Engr. Joseph Rei Mark Co – 11893044 Impacts
Tropical Storm Ondoy (International Name: Ketsana)  Due to the large area encompassed by Ondoy, it ranked as the 4th worst
 2nd most devastating tropical cyclone in 2009 natural disaster in the Philippines in terms of number of people affected.
 Struck the Philippines on September 26, 2009  Marikina City was severely affected by the onslaught of Typhoon Ondoy
 Damage to infrastructure and agriculture: P11 billion in Metro Manila. Marikina is a 1st class highly urbanized city with a total
 People affected: 4,901,234 area of 21.52 sq. km. Back in 2007, it has a total population of 424,610.
 Families affected: 993,227
 People killed: 464  According to the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, it is estimated that
 People injured: 529 126,721 hectares of rice-farming lands and 1,374 hectares of corn
 People missing: 37 Max. wind speed plantations were destroyed.
 Families evacuated: 15,798 165 kph  Ondoy caused a leptospirosis outbreak due to the flooding with 383
 Number of evacuation centers: 244 Lowest pressure cases reported in 9 Metro Manila hospitals.
 State of calamity: Metro Manila and 25 provinces 960 hPa
Weak Points:
Photos  It can be seen from the second photo that the typhoon signal warning
issued by PAGASA was only Signal No. 1 & 2 since this is based on the
maximum sustained wind speeds. However, typhoon Ondoy dumped a
very high volume rain. The amount of a month’s rainfall was released in
only 6 hours. A record high amount of rainfall at 455 mm. in 24 hours.
As such, it was not properly predicted that this typhoon would cause so
much damage and caught people off-guard.

Lessons Learned:
 As a result of the destruction caused by Ondoy, Republic Act No. 10121
or the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010
- State of calamity massive flooding was enacted to enhance the government’s preparedness and capability
- Confirmed deaths in dealing with natural calamities.

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