WEEK SEVEN

Day 2, July 31, 2019

At the end of the lesson, the learners will be able to
1. Define Hydrometeorological Hazards;
2. Identify and describe each hazards that may
happen in the wake of tropical cyclones,
monsoons, floods, or ipo-ipo.;
3. Realize the importance of disaster risk reduction
and preparedness.
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL HAZARD
Process or phenomenon of atmospheric,
hydrological or oceanographic nature that
may cause loss of life, injury or other
health impacts, property damage, loss of
livelihoods and services, social and
economic disruption or environmental
damage. (UNISDR,2007)
EL NIÑO
Associated with having no
rain, hence the fear of
drought and consequently
dried-up fields and low
water level in dams and
reservoirs.
EL NIÑO
Spanish “the boy child”
Commonly accepted term
to describe the warming
of the central and eastern
tropical pacific ocean.
LA NIÑA
Associated with heavy
rainfall and hazards
such as flood.
Spanish “the girl
child”
 The Philippines is very
vulnerable to climate-
related hazards because
of its location.
 An average of 20
tropical cyclones
enters the Philippine
Area of Responsibility
(PAR) and 90 percent
of them affect the
country.
FLOOD
Affect low-lying and
coastal areas due to
the overflowing of
water from lakes,
streams and other
bodies of water.
FLOOD
Accumulation of
rainwater in
drainages.
Floods are caused
natural and human
activities.
STORM SURGE
Filipinos became
more aware of
storm surge
because of
Typhoon Yolanda
that hit Tacloban
City in 2013.
STORM SURGE
Before this, people had very
little understanding of how
storm surge can cause
disaster. It was never
imagined that a storm surge
can be 18 feet high and go
as far as 2 kilometers away
the shoreline.
STORM SURGE
PAGASA-DOST describes
storm surge as a sudden rise
of sea level above the normal
level on the coast due to a
drop in atmospheric pressure
and the force of the wind as a
tropical cyclone approaches
the coast.
DOST PAG-ASA
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration
(Pangasiwaan ng Pilipinas sa Serbisyong
Atmosperiko, Heopisiko at Astronomiko,) is the
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
(NMHS) agency of the Philippines mandated to
provide protection against natural calamities and
to insure the safety, well-being and economic
security of all the people, and for the promotion of
national progress by undertaking scientific and
technological services in meteorology, hydrology,
climatology, astronomy and other geophysical
sciences.
DOST PAG-ASA INSTITUTIONAL VIDEO