GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -With the average of 20 TCs in this region per year, with about 8 or 9 of them crossing the Philippines. The peak of the typhoon season is July through October, when nearly 70% of al typhoon develop.

Detailed explanation-2: -Typhoons occur very often in the Philippines. On average, they happen about 15 times a year. The hardest hit regions are Calabarzon, Bicol and Central Luzon. The typhoon season in the Pacific usually begins with less severe storms in April and does not end until November.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Philippines is prone to tropical cyclones due to its geographical location which generally produce heavy rains and flooding of large areas and also strong winds which result in heavy casualties to human life and destructions to crops and properties.

Detailed explanation-4: -Located along the typhoon belt in the Pacific, the Philippines is visited by an average of 20 typhoons every year, five of which are destructive. Being situated in the “Pacific Ring of Fire” makes it vulnerable to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Detailed explanation-5: -July 5–7, 2000: Typhoon Kai-tak (Edeng) meanders over the western coast of Luzon while bringing torrential rainfall and landslides. 160 people were killed and 150 were missing on Luzon as a result.