Mga sakuna't ibang trahedya na hinarap ng Pilipinas ngayong taon

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Hindi na bago para sa Pilipinas ang masalanta ng mga sakuna at mapinsala ng iba pang mga trahedya.   Binalikan ng aming senior correspondent AC Nicholls ang ilan sa mga mababagsik na pangyayari na hinarap ng bansa ngayong taon.    Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/  Follow our social media pages:  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines

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00:12 and reached 230 kilometers per hour.

00:18 Even though the typhoon category weakened after the landfall, the number of weeds did not fall below 30.

00:24 The agriculture cost 6 billion pesos and the infrastructure cost 8 billion pesos.

00:32 This happened because the rains were much, much heavier than we have had in recent times.

00:44 There are cases where even though the typhoon entered the country weakly,

00:48 it hit the coastline and caused heavy rainfall.

00:53 Some places like Bulacan and Pampanga were under the state of calamity because of the floods that hit the coastline.

01:00 In Metro Manila, heavy traffic resulted in heavy rainfall and floods.

01:05 Thousands of families living in low-lying areas were evacuated.

01:10 In November, when the state of calamity declared in the eastern and northern summer,

01:15 they were also flooded due to heavy rains at the end of the shearline and low-pressure area.

01:21 In November, when magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit, the Sarangani-Davao Oriental

01:30 was hit by a landslide, killed and wounded 16 people.

01:33 Thousands of houses, houses and infrastructure were damaged due to the landslide,

01:39 as well as the subsequent aftershocks and landslides.

01:43 The 7.4 magnitude earthquake also hit the Surigao del Sur when it entered in December.

01:51 One person was confirmed dead in the so-called strongest landslide in Mindanao in the last four decades.

01:57 Every time the land is flooded, we run away because we are near the sea.

02:04 We are afraid that aftershocks will hit us.

02:08 The volcano Mayon was under alert for a whole year.

02:12 From alert level 1, it reached alert level 2 in June.

02:16 The alert level 3 was also reached because of the continuous activity of the volcano

02:22 that could lead to a hazardous eruption.

02:24 It is estimated that 3,000 families living in the 6-kilometer permanent danger zone

02:30 fled and remained in evacuation centers for several months.

02:34 If only we could, we can't.

02:36 We are here to survive.

02:39 If we are in evacuation, it will be difficult.

02:43 Aside from natural disasters, various tragedies have also been witnessed this year.

02:49 In February, the MT Princess Empress hit Oriental Mindoro.

02:53 An 8,000-liter tanker of industrial oil.

02:58 It took almost four months for the oil spill to clean up.

03:02 It severely affected the livelihood of fishermen in Oriental Mindoro.

03:07 It is estimated that the damage amounted to P7 billion

03:11 to coral reefs, sea grasses, mangroves, and fisheries

03:14 according to the Environment and Natural Resources Department.

03:18 More than 30 people were in the area when the MV Mary Joy 3 exploded in Basilan

03:24 while traveling to Hulusulu last March.

03:28 Aside from the dead, the number of injured will not decrease to 23.

03:32 A.C. Nichols, CNN Philippines.

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