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The Philippine Star
|December 06, 2024
The season of regular flooding is over, but it shouldn't mean losing focus on flood control projects.
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The dry season is a better time for assessing the efficiency of the projects, when people aren't busy responding to weather-related emergencies.
Following the devastation unleashed by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine last month, questions were raised on the status of flood control projects, particularly in the Bicol Region. Kristine brought what weather scientists described as the highest 24-hour rainfall recorded in the region since the 1920s. It spawned the worst flooding in Bicol since 1969, with scenes in Naga City reminiscent of those in Metro Manila at the height of Tropical Storm Ondoy in September 2009. Kristine left at least 162 dead, with 22 missing.
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