Every year the Philippines as an archipelago in Asia hits by more than 20 typhoons due to

its location located near at the equator and at the same time on the Pacific Ocean where
all typhoons develop. As one of the receiving countries of typhoons, it is undeniably sad
and devastating to think the damages it brought to the land. 
November 8 of the year 2013, Tacloban, other provinces like Capiz, and my hometown
President Roxas had their greatest fear and nightmare to date. A category of
supertyphoon with windspeed of 278kmph hits these places. It was the supertyhoon
“Yolanda”—the unforgettable name that marked on the minds of every individual
affected by it. 
As a person who experienced the devastation first hand, can still recall and clearly see
what happened that day. Strong winds, trees falling, roofs and leaves flying, infrastratures
breaking, families sadly looking at their houses falling, children crying and the terrifying
noise of the wind in a silent surrounding. People can do nothing but to look at the things
they workhard falling apart. Yes, It is really heartbreaking to think how can we start
again from scratch. But despite of what happened, life must go on. 
As the years passed by, everyone was slowly moving on, was slowly accepting what
happened, was slowly keeping their heads up straight to their goals and most especially
was slowly going back in the track. 
Only we thought that was the last, that everything was going smoothly not until
December 25, 2019, on Christmas eve and Christmas day itself came. Another typhoon
hits my hometown. It was typhoon “Ursula” who visited the country. The happy and full
of joy Christmas turned into something that again, we can never forget. Unlike Yolanda
who brought damages through its strong winds, Ursula on the other hand brought
damages trough its heavy rains. Nonstop rain poured into my hometown. The President
Roxas at that time was drowned in waters where the water level hits the level where you
can barely walk and breath. It was a first for my hometown, the first where the “banwa”
itself experienced flood. 
The aftermath of that typhoon left the people of President Roxas a lot of questions.
Questions filled with “what was that?” “what could be the reason?” “why was the banwa
had flood?”. 
I interviewed some people in my hometown regarding on the possible reason why the
president roxas had flood during Ursula. Some of the people i interviewed includes a
mdrrm officer in the municipality, a farmer at the upland area of tge municipality, a
knowledgeable individual living at the town. So here are their responses…
Mdrrmo… The flood in the town of Pres. Roxas was very unpredictable since the town
was not been experience that severe flood. As a MDRRM officer I can say that the main
reason of the flooding was the to much rainfall during the day and night, so since the soil
cannot hold to much of the water it leads to flooding.
Farmer… “Ang baha nga na experience namun nagbilin gd sng dako nga halit sa amun
pananum. Ang nahibaluan ko gid nga rasun amu nga tuman ka damol ang ulan. Kag
dugang pa nga wla na sang gamot sang tanom nga magahigop sng tubig tungod nga ang
mga puno sng kahoy naubos na pang utod sng mga tawo nga wala malang kabalaka sa
environment natun. 
Teacher… The flood in town bring us the fear that we didn’t experience in a long time. In
my own opinion the reasons of the flooding was (1) lack or drainage system due to the
construction of the road, (2) deforestation in the upland brgy of Pres. Roxas, since the
mountain today was been converted into an agricultural land were the farmers cuts the
trees in order to grow their crop to this reason the water from the mountains will flow to
the low laying areas in the town and leads to flooding. Moreover, the flood in the town
was not only due to natural cause but also due to mans made.