5.

PROVINCE/MUNICIPALITY/CITY CALAMITIES AND DISASTERS

Way back in August 2012 when Typhoon Helen struck in San Fernando that heavily affected the
areas of District VI and IX, causing flood and casualties, resulting in 4 injured individuals, one
deceased, along with displaced agricultural crops, damaged fisheries, and infrastructures, with
a combined estimate cost of damage worth 146,522,968 pesos. Years after the massive
typhoon, Typhoon Egay followed in July 2015, causing damage to agricultural crops, public
properties, and damaged fisheries. The said typhoon occasioned a combined cost of damage
estimate worth 1,937,950 pesos.
Three years after, a southwest monsoon – Habagat – struck in the following districts; III, IV, VI,
VIII, XI, X, and XII, resulting in damaged infrastructures and agricultural crop worth more than 7
million. It was followed by Typhoon Ompong in late September 2018, affecting areas of districts
I, III, IV, VII, VIII, IX, XI and XII. It caused heavy rains and landslides, disrupting the livestock
and agricultural crops, even damaging infrastructures with over 6 million worth of damages.
In the year 2020, A lightning strike incident in October had caused casualties to 4 individuals;
three dead and one injured as they were swimming at sea amidst a storm surge. Recently,
typhoon Ulysses, which was considered to be a super typhoon, hit the municipality of San
Fernando, La Union that resulted in damages to infrastructures and agricultural crops, having an
estimated cost of damage worth 326,000,000. The table below shows the incidents that had
affected the City in the past decade.
Table (?) - List of Past Disasters that had affected in the City (2012-present)

Type of Disaster Location Date/Time Occurred No. of Dead/Injured/ Estimate Cost of

(District) Displaced Damage

Flood VI August 2012 4 injured, and 15,537,948

Agricultural crops,
and Damaged
Infrastructures
Flood IX August 2012 1 died, and Damaged 130,985,020
fisheries, and
infrastructures,
Flood VI July 2015 Agricultural crops 1,045,975.00
Landslide VI July 2015 Public properties 481,975.00
Flood VII July 2015 Damaged fisheries 410,000.00
Habagat III September 2018 Damaged 2,471,178.85
infrastructures and
agricultural crops
Habagat IV September 2018 Damaged 583,440.46
infrastructures
Habagat VI September 2018 Damaged 66,743.32
infrastructures and
agricultural crops
Habagat VIII September 2018 Damaged 363,655.84
infrastructures
Habagat XI September 2018 Damaged 1,194,568.45
infrastructures and
 agricultural crops
Habagat X September 2018 Damaged 2,014,117.67
infrastructures and
agricultural crops
Habagat XII September 2018 Damaged 484,719.2
infrastructures and
agricultural crops
Typhoon I September 2018 Damaged 478,060.70
infrastructures
Typhoon III September 2018 Damaged 400,000.00
infrastructures
Typhoon IV September 2018 Damaged 856,849.69
infrastructures
Typhoon VII September 2018 Damaged 650,000.00
infrastructures and
agricultural crops
Typhoon VIII September 2018 Damaged 305,000.00
infrastructures and
agricultural crops
Typhoon IX September 2018 Damaged 1,091,608.68
infrastructures and
agricultural crops
Typhoon XI September 2018 Damaged 1,423,162.27
infrastructures and
agricultural crops
Typhoon XII September 2018 Damaged 1,115,481.46
infrastructures and
agricultural crops
Lightning Strike V October 2020 3 dead, 1 injured 0
Landslide - November 16, 2020 Damaged 326,000,000.00
Infrastructures and
Agricultural crops
SOURCE: City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMO) 2021

6. HAZARD MAPS
LANDSLIDE AND FLOOD HAZARD MAP OF SAN FERNANDO CITY, LA UNION,
PHILIPPINES
SOURCE: REGION I Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – San
Fernando, La Union /https://region1.mgb.gov.ph/geology-and-geohazard-maps/1-10-000-
geohazard-maps/la-union/per-municipality-quadrants
Map A: Flood Hazard Map

Map B: Landslide Susceptibility Map

Source: https://region1.mgb.gov.ph/images/mgbr1_files/images/2016/Maps/la_union.pdf
Map C: Tsunami Prone Areas Map

Source: PHIVOLCS https://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/index.php/tsunami/tsunami-prone-areas

7. DISASTER RISK ASSESSMENT
The following districts; District II, III, V, VII, IX, and X are flood-prone area due to its geological
and geographical state, which are situated near creeks and rivers. As depicted in Map, District
III, V, VII and IX are observed to be labeled as Medium Hazard, with the height ranging from 0.5
meter to 1.5 meters. Although Districts II and X are unlabeled by the 2016 flood susceptibility
report, recent observations proved that the mentioned districts are now susceptible.
The Landslide Susceptibility for San Fernando, La Union is labeled into two. According to Map
B, Districts II, III and VI have low susceptibility to landslides while the remaining districts; I, XIII,
XI, and XII have high susceptibility.
As for Districts IV and V, since the two districts are near the shorelines, these are considered
tsunami-prone areas as indicated by Map C.
Table below shows the number of population vulnerable to flooding, landslide, and tsunami.
Table (?) - Type of hazards prone/susceptible to the districts

Population at Risk
Hazards Locati No. of Male Female Infant/ Elderly Pregnant Persons
on Famili Children (6 women with
(Distri es yrs. & Disabilitie
ct) below) s (PWD)
Flood II 1,335 3,405 3,429 1,142 677 N/A 10
III 3,459 7,571 7,622 2,468 1,447 N/A 23
V 3,071 6,373 6,416 1,835 1,460 N/A 19
VII 4,291 9,698 9,764 3,263 1,850 N/A 29
IX 2,871 6141 6,183 1949 1,291 N/A 18
X 1,922 5,452 5,490 1,757 1,055 N/A 16
Landslide I 755 3,071 1,897 514 450 N/A 6
II 1,335 3,405 3,429 1,142 677 N/A 10
III 3,459 7,571 7,622 2,468 1,447 N/A 23
VI 1,650 5,028 5,062 2,611 971 N/A 15
VIII 1,743 3,991 4,019 1,446 720 N/A 14
XI 1,183 2,413 2,429 856 537 N/A 7
XII 640 1,769 1,782 603 471 N/A 5
Tsunami IV 2,613 6,973 7,021 2,611 1,252 N/A 21
V 3,071 6,373 6,416 1,835 1,460 N/A 19
SOURCE: Population Census 2015, Philippine Statistics Authority

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