GEOLOGIC HAZARDS

IN THE PHILIPPINES
 ON JANUARY 12, 2020, A TRAUMATIC OCCURRENCE OCCURRED. AS
A RESULT, MANY INFRASTRUCTURES WERE BLANKETED IN ASH. THE
ASHFALL DID NOT SIMPLY HARM THE VOLCANO'S IMMEDIATE
VICINITY; IT ALSO IMPACTED METRO MANILA. A LARGE NUMBER OF
ANIMALS PERISHED AS WELL. IT HAD AN IMPACT ON 736,000
PEOPLE. HOUSES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED, AND HIGHWAYS HAVE
BEEN OBSTRUCTED. THE POWER AND WATER SUPPLIES WERE ALSO
DISRUPTED. IT ALSO HAS POISONOUS GASES WHICH IS VERY
DANGEROUS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LUNG PROBLEMS.

ERUPTION OF TAAL VOLCANO

 THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED IN SOUTHERN MINDANAO ON OCTOBER
16, 2019. IT TOOK THE LIVES OF FIVE PERSONS. IT RESULTED IN
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. IT LEVELED 1,200 HOMES AND OBLITERATED
TEN SCHOOLS. THE EARTHQUAKE ALSO CAUSED A LANDSLIDE,
WHICH OBSTRUCTED ROADS AND MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR
RESCUERS TO REACH THE VICTIMS.

6.6 MAGNITUDE OF EARTHQUAKE

 THIS CALAMITY OCCURRED IN NOVEMBER, JUST AS CHRISTMAS
WAS BEGINNING. 67 FILIPINOS WERE KILLED AS A RESULT OF THIS.
THEY HAD TO GO TO THEIR ROOF TO SURVIVE SINCE THE RIVER
WAS SO HIGH. MANY ANIMALS DIED AS A RESULT OF BEING CAGED
AND ON A LEASH AFTER THEIR FUR PARENT LEFT THEM. TREES CAN
BE SEEN FALLING. MORE POWER POLES WERE KNOCKED DOWN,
MAKING THE SITUATION EVEN MORE DANGEROUS.

TYPHOON ULYSSES
 ON DECEMBER 16, 2017, THIS LANDSLIDE OCCURRED. TYPHOON
URDUJA IS TO BLAME FOR THIS LANDSLIDE. THERE WERE 42 DEATHS
AND 14 PEOPLE WHO WENT MISSING AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT.
THE LOCATIONS HAVE UNSTABLE GROUND DUE TO ROAD BUILDING
AND FARMING, ACCORDING TO THE MINES AND GEOSCIENCES
BUREAU.

2017 BILIRAN LANDSLIDE