Natural

Hazards
Climate Change as a Natural
Hazard
Learning Targets : To understand the effects of
climate change.
 Natural Hazards, Mitigation,
and Adaptation
• Events that occur as part of the natural cycles of earth
and may cause potential damage to a community.
• An event that causes widespread losses (human,
economic, and environmental) and disrupts the normal
functioning of a community is called a disaster
• Vulnerability- defined by the UN Office for
Disaster Risk Reduction, it refers to the
“characteristics and circumstances of a
community, a system, or asset that make it
susceptible to the damaging effects of a
hazard.”
Climate Change
• A key driver of increasing hydrometeorological
disasters, especially global warming and sea
level rise.
• A challenge to humankind.
• A 1 metre sea level rise would make at least 56
million peop le environmental refugees in the
developing world.
 • Flooding is a global concern & increasing
in its intensity. It is forecasted that
temperature increase of 3-4 could result in
displacement of nearly 330 million people
only through flooding.
 Some Climate Change Impacts
(IPCC)
• In 2100 : half of the world’s population will suffer from water stress
• Subtropical zones: Less precipitation and increased desertification
• Tropical zones: Increased health risks High latitudes: permafrost
decrease
• Coastal zones: coastal erosion; storm surges; salt water intrusions
• Cost of global warming in 2050: 300 billion USD per year
Learning Experience

What do you think would be the worst-

case scenario if human will not respond to
mitigate the effects of rapid climate change?
Disaster
Preparedness
Learning Targets : To understand the
importance of disaster preparedness.
REPUBLIC ACT 10121
PDRRM ACT of 2010
An act strengthening the
Philippine Disaster Risk
Reduction and
Management System.
A law that requires the country’s
government and its citizens to
be prepared for disaster.
PHILIPPINE RISK PROFILE
Out of 173
countries assessed
for their exposure to
hazards, the
Philippines placed
THIRD. (World Risk
Index, 2016)
PHILIPPINE RISK PROFILE
Factors that make people
more vulnerable to
disasters include poverty,
slum housing, limited
access to medical services,
clean water, corruption and
weak law enforcement.
WHY WAS RA 10121 IMPLEMENTED?
To prevent the loss of
lives during disasters
To reduce the loss of
structures
To prepare for the
upcoming Typhoons,
Earthquakes, Landslides,
Etc.
NDRRMC IS EMPOWERED TO DO THE FOLLOWING
FUNCTIONS
-DEVELOP -ESTABLISH A -MANAGE
THE NDRRM NATIONAL AND MOBILIZE
FRAMEWORK EARLY WARNING RESOURCES
-DEVELOPMENT AND ALERT -MONITOR
OF NDRRM PLAN SYSTEM AND PROVIDE
-ADVISE THE -DEVELOP GUIDELINES
PRESIDENT ON THE APPROPRIATE ON LDRRMF
STATUS OF DRRM RISK TRANSFER -DEVELOP
IN THE COUNTRY MECHANISMS ASSESSMENT
-ENSURE A -MONITOR THE TOOLS IN
MULTI- DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION W /
STAKEHOLDER AND THE CLIMATE
PARTICIPATION ENFORCEMENT OF CHANGE
THE ACT COMMISSION
NDRRMC IS EMPOWERED TO DO THE FOLLOWING
FUNCTIONS
-DEVELOP -RESEARCH AND -TASK OCD TO
VERTICAL AND TECHNOLOGY CONDUCT PERIODIC
HORIZONTAL DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT AND
COORDINATION ON DRRM PERFORMANCE
MECHANISMS -FORMULATE MONITORING OF
-FORMULATE A AND IMPLEMENT THE MEMBER
NATIONAL A FRAMEWORK AGENCIES
INSTITUTIONAL FOR CCA AND -COORDINATE THE
IMPLEMENTATION
CAPABILITY DRRM
OF THE
BUILDING -CONSTITUTE COUNTRY’S
PROGRAM A TECHNICAL OBLIGATION W /
-FORMULATE A MANAGEMENT DISASTER
NATIONAL GROUP MANAGEMENT
AGENDA TREATIES
4 PART SYSTEM OF NDRRMC
1. Disaster Preparedness
2. Disaster Mitigation and
Prevention
3. Disaster Response
4. Disaster Rehabilitation
& Recovery
Learning Experience

What do you think would happen if there

were no plans about disaster preparedness in
the Philippines?
Geologic Hazard:
Earthquake
Learning Targets : To understand the concept of
earthquake.
GEOLOGIC HAZARDS
1. Volcanic Eruption
2. Landslide
3. Earthquake
FACES OF RECENT GEO DISASTERS
Volcanic
Eruption
FACES OF RECENT GEO DISASTERS
FACES OF RECENT GEO DISASTERS
Landslide
FACES OF RECENT GEO DISASTERS
Earthquake

Batanes, 5.4
VOLCANIC
ERUPTION
Mt. Pinatubo The worst
volcanic eruption of the
century June 1991800 -
dead P10.6B - damage
LANDSLIDE
Landslide caused 85
deaths in Itogon, Benguet
EARTHQUAKES
EARTHQUAKE
An Earthquake is a
result of a sudden
release of energy in
the Earth’s Crust that
creates seismic
waves.
EARTHQUAKE
Earthquakes are
recorded with a
seismometer,
also known as a
seismograph
EARTHQUAKE FACTS
The largest recorded
earthquake in the United
States was a magnitude
of 9.2 that struck Alaska
on a Good Friday,
March 28, 1964.
EARTHQUAKE FACTS
The largest recorded
earthquake in the
world was a
magnitude of 9.5 in
Chile on May 22,
1960.
a) Ground Shaking- the vibration of the ground due to plate
movement or seismic waves during an earthquake.
b) Surface faulting- the tearing of the ground when the
movement of a fault deep within Earth breaks through to
ground surface.
c) Tsunamis- very high, large waves or seismic sea waves
caused by the sudden movement of the ocean floor due to
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, man-made explosions,
and on some occasions, landslides.
EARTHQUAKE FACTS
World’s deadliest
recorded
earthquake occurred
in 1556 in Central
China killing an
estimated 830,000
people.
EPICENTER
Epicenter of an
Earthquake is the
location directly
above the
hypocenter on the
surface of the
earth.
HYPOCENTER
Hypocenter of an
Earthquake is the
location beneath
the earth’s surface
where the rupture
of the fault begins.
MAGNITUDE
Is a measured value of
the earthquake size. The
magnitude is the same
no matter where you
are, or how strong or
weak the shaking in
various location.
INTENSITY
Is a measure of the
shaking created by
the earthquake and
this value does vary
with location
Learning Experience

Explain what is earthquake and how

earthquake occur?