Masalonga, Joyce Ann D.
BSN 1-3
ACTIVITY #6
The Nature Twin’s Disaster: Flooding and Landslides
I.
Floods and Landslides are natural disaster that caused by heavy rainfall. Floods
can have a devastating effect on communities, endangering human life and causing
major damage to houses, farms, and infrastructure. However, landslides can be caused
by a number of things, such as powerful storms, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and
human activity like building or deforestation. Landslides pose serious dangers to
people's lives, property, and infrastructure in impacted areas since they can happen
quickly and without much notice. Rescue and recovery operations can be difficult
because they can demolish buildings, obstruct roads, and interfere with communication
and transportation networks. Both flood and landslide are cause by a heavy rainfall and
can damage our nature. We can prevent the flood and landslide if we start to plant more
tree and stop cutting trees. With that we can avoid the landslide and flooding and we
can make our nature more beautiful and greener.
II.
Causes Effects Solution
Encroachment of concrete Flooding due to reduced Elevation of roads and
surfaces natural drainage construction of retention
basins under streets
Obstruction of waterways Blocked water flow, Design retention basins to
by informal settlers causing floods drain directly into the
nearest stream channel
Forest degradation creating potential flood Reforestation and forest
debris and increasing the protection initiatives
potential for landslides
Severe weather events Life-threatening floods, Flood management
traffic disruption infrastructure and
emergency response
planning
Clogging of floodways by Blocked drainage systems, Improved waste
garbage exacerbating flooding management systems
Traffic problems caused by Economic losses, Elevated roads,
urban surface floods increased gas construction of retention
consumption, traffic jams basins, improved drainage
design
The causes, effects, and solutions of flooding and landslides are discussed on
the table. According to IWA Publishing, floods damage property and endanger the lives
of humans and other species. Rapid water runoff causes soil erosion and concomitant
sediment deposition elsewhere. The spawning grounds for fish and other wildlife
habitats can become polluted or completely destroyed. Some prolonged floods can
delay traffic in areas that lack elevated roadways. Floods can interfere with drainage
and the economic use of land, such as by interfering with farming. Structural damage
can occur in bridge abutments, bank lines, sewer lines, and other structures within
floodways. Waterway navigation and hydroelectric power are often impaired. Financial
losses due to floods are typically millions of dollars each year. To reduce flood damage
and landslides, we must take care of our mother earth, and we should start to reduce
what causes them, like forest degradation, because when we cut trees, it can cause
floods and landslides during heavy rainfall.
III.
As a student, there’s a flooding because we intended to cut trees that can absorb
the water by heavy flooding because of rain. There’s also flooding because of the trash
that we did not throw on the trash bin and we throw it on the ground and when the rain
starts to fall, the garbage will flow into the canals and it will stop the flow of water that
may cause flooding. And lastly, it is cause by a heavy rainfall or when there’s a storm,
when it rains heavily, the ground soon becomes saturated, and any extra water is
unable to be absorbed, resulting in runoff. This runoff accumulates in low-lying areas
and causes rivers and streams to exceed their banks.
IV.
1. ESSC Admin (2011). Forest and Flashfloods. Retrieved from
https://essc.org.ph/content/view/578/1/#:~:text=Logging%20generally
%20exposes%20forest%20areas,less%20hold%20on%20the%20soil.
2. IWA Publishing. Flood Control and Disaster Management. Retrieved from
https://www.iwapublishing.com/news/flood-control-and-disaster-management
3. Purposive Communication Book
