Sixteen-year-old Ramilmarko Tolledo was watching television one morning in September 2009 when he noticed water seeping through the marble floors of his living room in Marikina. As their homes were quickly filled with water and muddy, it was quickly hit by Tropical Storm Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Ondoy.The Philippines is one of the most stormy countries in the world, with as many as 20 tropical storms each year.In 2017, typhoons and related disasters in the slotxocountry caused approximately $ 120 million in damage to agriculture and infrastructure. United StatesWithin three to four hours the water rose to chest level … and I was 6 feet [high], Tolledo recalls, who remembered seeing animals such as dogs, cats and rats running through him in the fast-flowing water. It took days for the mud to be taken from his home and the valuables recovered.We think maps like these will show roads and waterways that either exist or have disappeared. Maricor Soriano, University of the Philippines Diliman The country's flooding problems after tropical storms and other meteorological events have worsened due to poor development planning, according to landscape architect and city planner Paulo Alcazaren.This includes poorly maintained drainage systems, informal settlers encroaching on waterways and a lack of green space to absorb storm water. But one of the main factors contributing to flooding in parts of the country's 145 cities and nearly 1,500 are … water losses, Alcazaren said.
