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    Erica R. de Guzman Bsed: Effect of Typhoon Ulysses

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    Typhoon Ulysses caused widespread flooding in parts of northern Luzon in the Philippines, affecting over 150,000 families. The release of water from the Magat Dam due to the typhoon submerged homes in Cagayan and Isabela provinces. Over 24 deaths occurred due to landslides, drowning and electrocution, with millions of damages to agriculture and infrastructure. Officials noted the need to improve early warning systems to better monitor flooding and allow more time for evacuation in low-lying areas vulnerable to future typhoons.

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    Typhoon Ulysses caused widespread flooding in parts of northern Luzon in the Philippines, affecting over 150,000 families. The release of water from the Magat Dam due to the typhoon submerged homes in Cagayan and Isabela provinces. Over 24 deaths occurred due to landslides, drowning and electrocution, with millions of damages to agriculture and infrastructure. Officials noted the need to improve early warning systems to better monitor flooding and allow more time for evacuation in low-lying areas vulnerable to future typhoons.

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    Typhoon Ulysses caused widespread flooding in parts of northern Luzon in the Philippines, affecting over 150,000 families. The release of water from the Magat Dam due to the typhoon submerged homes in Cagayan and Isabela provinces. Over 24 deaths occurred due to landslides, drowning and electrocution, with millions of damages to agriculture and infrastructure. Officials noted the need to improve early warning systems to better monitor flooding and allow more time for evacuation in low-lying areas vulnerable to future typhoons.

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    Typhoon Ulysses caused widespread flooding in parts of northern Luzon in the Philippines, affecting over 150,000 families. The release of water from the Magat Dam due to the typhoon submerged homes in Cagayan and Isabela provinces. Over 24 deaths occurred due to landslides, drowning and electrocution, with millions of damages to agriculture and infrastructure. Officials noted the need to improve early warning systems to better monitor flooding and allow more time for evacuation in low-lying areas vulnerable to future typhoons.

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    Erica R.

    De Guzman BSED

    ACTIVITY

    PLACES AND LANDSCAPE IN A CHANGING WORLD

    EFFECT OF TYPHOON ULYSSES


    Over the weekend, people were shocked as residents of parts of Cagayan and Isabela saw their homes
    submerged underwater as Magat Dam released water due to the recent Typhoon Ulysses. The flooding,
    which local government officials consider to be the worst they had experienced in four decades, left
    many with no choice but to run to their roofs as they waited to be rescued. In his presentation before
    the House Special Committee on North Luzon Growth Quadrangle on Monday, Office of Civil Defense-
    Region 2 Acting Director Harold Cabreros said that the flooding brought by Typhoon Ulysses affected 21
    municipalities and one city in Cagayan; and 22 municipalities and three cities in Isabela.

    Cabreros added that flooding due to Typhoon Ulysses was also reported in 15 municipalities in Nueva
    Vizcaya and five municipalities in Quirino.

    Further, the OCD official said that more than 151,600 families—composed of 583,493 individuals—were
    also affected by Typhoon Ulysses in the Cagayan Valley region, leaving more than 2,200 families in
    evacuation centers.

    There were also at least 24 casualties in the region due to the typhoon due to various reasons such as
    landslides, drowning, and electrocution. Three sustained injuries and another three were reported
    missing, Cabreros’ presentation showed. The typhoon likewise left millions of damages in the region’s
    agriculture and infrastructure.

    Cabreros said that based on initial reports from the Department of Agriculture, the typhoon left P73.788
    million damages in the region’s agriculture sector. Meanwhile the Department of Public Works and
    Highways reported damage of P44.955 million in infrastructure.

    In the same hearing, OCD-CAR Regional Director Albert Mogol said that the recent flooding brought by
    the typhoon underscored the need to upgrade the capabilities of the early warning and monitoring
    facilities in the region.

    “Ang nakikita namin is dapat maging effective and efficient ang ating early warning system para may
    time pa na mag-evacuate at makapaghanda ang mga nandun sa low-lying areas particularly Cagayan
    Valley,” he added.

    (We see that we need an effective and efficient early warning system so there is time to evacuate and
    those in low-lying areas, particularly in Cagayan Valley, can prepare.)

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