WEEK SEVEN

Day 2, July 31, 2019

At the end of the lesson, the learners will be able to
1. Define Hydrometeorological Hazards;
2. Identify and describe each hazards that
may happen in the wake of tropical
cyclones, monsoons, floods, or ipo-ipo.;
3. Realize the importance of disaster risk
reduction and preparedness.
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL HAZARD
Process or phenomenon of atmospheric,
hydrological or oceanographic nature that
may cause loss of life, injury or other health
impacts, property damage, loss of
livelihoods and services, social and
economic disruption or environmental
damage. (UNISDR,2007)
EL NIÑO
Associated with having no
rain, hence the fear of
drought and consequently
dried-up fields and low
water level in dams and
reservoirs.
EL NIÑO
Spanish “the boy child”
Commonly accepted
term to describe the
warming of the central
and eastern
tropical pacific ocean.
LA NIÑA
Associated with heavy
rainfall and hazards
such as flood.
Spanish “the girl
child”
The Philippines is very
vulnerable to climate-
related hazards
because of its location.
 An average of 20
tropical cyclones
enters the Philippine
Area of Responsibility
(PAR) and 90 percent
of them affect the
country.
FLOOD Affect low-lying and
coastal areas due to
the overflowing of
water from lakes,
streams and other
bodies of water.
FLOO Accumulation of
D rainwater in
drainages.
Floods are caused
natural and human
activities.
STORM SURGE Filipinos became
more aware of
storm surge
because of
Typhoon
Yolanda that hit
Tacloban City in
STORM SURGE
Before this, people had very
little understanding of how
storm surge can cause
disaster. It was never
imagined that a storm surge
can be 18 feet high and go
as far as 2 kilometers away
the shoreline.
STORM SURGE
PAGASA-DOST describes
storm surge as a sudden rise
of sea level above the normal
level on the coast due to a
drop in atmospheric pressure
and the force of the wind as a
tropical cyclone approaches
the coast.
DOST PAG-
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and
ASA Astronomical Services Administration
(Pangasiwaan ng Pilipinas sa Serbisyong
Atmosperiko, Heopisiko at Astronomiko,) is the
National Meteorological and Hydrological
Services (NMHS) agency of the Philippines
mandated to provide protection against natural
calamities and to insure the safety, well-being
and economic security of all the people, and for
the promotion of national progress by undertaking
scientific and technological services in
meteorology, hydrology, climatology, astronomy
and other geophysical sciences.
DOST PAG-ASA INSTITUTIONAL VIDEO