which of these natural hazards is the philippines subject to?
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The Philippines has a high vulnerability to natural hazards which are attributed to the nation's geographic position in Southeast Asia. Natural disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and fires affect the country.
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The natural resources of the Philippines include copper, timber, nickel, petroleum, silver, gold, cobalt, and salt.
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['1.1 Avalanches and landslides.', '1.2 Earthquakes.', '1.3 Sinkholes.', '1.4 Volcanic eruptions.']
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The volcanoes of the Philippines are produced at the junction of the Philippines tectonic plate and the Eurasian plate. ... Lahars (mud flows) are very common in the Philippines, because the archipelago has often heavy rains. Tsunamis accompany eruptions in the Philippines more often than in any other volcanic region.
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Tagalog. sigwa n. tempest; storm at sea; typhoon; heavy rain.
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Whether referred to as hurricanes, cyclones or typhoons, these storms are most common in the Western Pacific, such as the Philippines, Guam, southeast Asia (including China and Taiwan) and Japan. The Philippines, for example, can be hit by more than 20 storms in a single year.
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But Philippines is divided into 3 main island regions; they are LUZON which is the northern region, VISAYAS which is the central region and MINDANAO, the southern region.
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A natural disaster is a naturally occurring weather event that impacts a large geographical area with many people. Typically, property and infrastructure damage is on a large scale. A catastrophe occurs when inadequate forecasts are produced, evacuation of residents is not carried out and communication is lacking.
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A natural disaster is a natural event, such as an earthquake, flood, or hurricane, which negatively affects society, either through damage to property or through loss of life. A natural hazard is a disaster that has not yet occurred.
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Natural disasters cause destruction of property, loss of financial resources, and personal injury or illness. The loss of resources, security and access to shelter can lead to massive population migrations in lesser-developed countries.
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['Geophysical (e.g. Earthquakes, Landslides, Tsunamis and Volcanic Activity)', 'Hydrological (e.g. Avalanches and Floods)', 'Climatological (e.g. Extreme Temperatures, Drought and Wildfires)', 'Meteorological (e.g. Cyclones and Storms/Wave Surges)', 'Biological (e.g. Disease Epidemics and Insect/Animal Plagues)']
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We face countless environmental hazards every day. To better understand them, we can think of them as falling into four categories: physical, chemical, biological, and cultural. Physical hazards are physical processes that occur naturally in the environment.
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In the Philipines, it is called typhoon. Hurricanes occur in the Atlantic and typhoons, in the Pacific. Basically, hurricanes and typhoons form over water and are huge, while tornados form over land and are much smaller in size. A tornado is a violent windstorm characterised by a twisting, funnel-shaped cloud.
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West Philippine Sea is the official designation by the Philippine government of eastern parts of the South China Sea which are included in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone. The term is also sometimes incorrectly used to refer to the South China Sea as a whole.
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Severe geo-physical or climatic events, such as volcanic eruptions, floods, cyclones and fires that threaten people or property, are termed as natural disasters. Man-made disasters are events which are caused by human activities (e.g. industrial chemical accidents and oil spills).
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A natural hazard is a threat of a naturally occurring event will have a negative effect on humans. This negative effect is what we call a natural disaster.
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PHILIPPINES MAJOR SOIL TYPE Based on interpretation of the Soil Map of the Philippines (Mariano and Valmidiano (1972), as cited by Badayos (1994)), the country's soils may be grouped into six soil orders, namely: Ultisols, Alfisols, Inceptisols, Vertisols, Entisols and Oxisols.