Editorial—Allotting Calamity Funds for Flood Protection of Philippine Critical Infrastructure
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How safe is the Philippine critical infrastructure? Is it always ready to stand against calamities like floods?
In an interview with Rappler, National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Council (NDRRMC) Spokesperson Mark Timbal remembered his experience when tropical storm Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) ravaged Eastern Visayas on November 8, 2013, leaving? over 6,000 dead and about 1800 missing.?
Timbal said that the transportation of equipment and supplies was hindered at that time, because all entry points were closed. Airplanes couldn’t touch down at the airport as a lot of scattered remains were on the tarmac. It was totally a “logistical nightmare” as Timbal called it.?