• The Philippines, officially called the Republic of the Philippines, is an island nation located in the

western Pacific Ocean in Southeast Asia between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea.

• The country is an archipelago near the countries of Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

• As shown by the Philippine islands Measurements Project in their latest count (2016), there were
actually 7,641 islands.

• The typography of the islands is mostly mountainous with narrow to large coastal lowlands
depending on the island.

• The Philippines has 17 regions and is divided into three parts: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

• Its climate is tropical marine with a northeast monsoon form November to April and a
southwest monsoon from May to October.

• Like many other tropical island nations, the Philippines has problems of deforestation, soil
pollution, water pollution and air pollution due to the large populations in its urban centers.

• According to CIA 2017, the Philippines has a population of 104,256,076 and life expectancy of
67.6 years.

• Filipino is the official national language while English is the official language of government and
education.

• As stated by the CIA in 2017, the Philippines has also eight major dialects namely: Tagalog,
Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon or Illonggo, Bicol, Waray, Pampango and Pangasinan.

• REGIONS…

2-7 introduction

8-10 disaster and its classification

11-18 natural disaster and man maed

19-21 disaster risk pro of the ph

22-26 typhoon to volcanic eruption

27-32 earthquakes to terrorism

33-37 top 10 natural disasters to number 4

38-43 no. 5 up to no. 10