Flooding every time when there is rain

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                 The Philippines is known as one of the most hazard-prone countries in the
world. Over the past decades, millions of Filipinos have been adversely affected by natural disasters such as typhoons,earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and their resultant effects like floods, flash floods, landslides and tsunamis due to the
Philippines’ geographical location and physical environment. As an archipelago situated in the Pacific ring of fire,
with more than 7,000 islands and 36,000 kilometers coastline, the Philippines is highly vulnerable to the impacts of
natural disasters, including the global phenomenon of climate change. With global warming, environmental
degradation, high population density and poverty conditions, impacts of natural disasters are exacerbated. 

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What causes the Flash floods in the Philippines?

   Most rivers flow fairly gently as they slope slowly towards the sea. Therefore, when a river floods it does so quite slowly as it takes time for the rain to percolate through the ground and into the rivers and out to sea − allowing time for some warning. With flash flooding there is often very little time between the rain falling and flash flooding occurring.

Flash flooding commonly happens more where rivers are narrow and steep, so they flow more quickly. It can also occur away from small rivers in built-up urban areas where hard surfaces such as roads and concrete don't let the water drain away into the ground. This leads to surface overflow and can often overwhelm local drainage systems leading to flash flooding

Effects of Flooding

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            Floodwater can seriously disrupt public and personal transport by cutting off roads and railway lines, as well as communication links when telephone lines are damaged.Floods disrupt normal drainage systems in cities, and sewage spills are common,which represents a serious health hazard,along with standing water and wet materials in the home. Bacteria, mound and viruses, cause disease, trigger allergic reactions, and continue to damage materials long after a flood.Floods can distribute large amounts of water and suspended sediment over vast areas,restocking valuable soil nutrients to agricultural lands. In contrast, soil can be eroded by large amounts of fast flowing water, ruining crops, destroying agricultural land / buildings and drowning farm animals.                     

                                                                                             -www.environment-agency.gov.uk/fun

What is the case of Poverty in the Philippines?

In almost all of the places in the Philippines today, inequality—the gap between the rich and the poor—is quite high and often widening. Poverty has always been present. It is one of the biggest and most evident problems in the Philippines. Poverty is the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support. (Merriam Webster Dictionary, n.d.) Poverty and inequality in the Philippines remains a challenge.

There is several causes on why a huge number of people in the Philippines experience poverty:                                  

1. Inequality in the income distribution - The rich earns higher income than the poor. This unequal income distribution will cause the rich and their families to get richer and the poor to only get poorer to the point of not being able to acquire basic necessities. 

2.Another cause is the lack of quality education. Since not all people are able to have the best quality of education, many of them will have a hard time competing with graduates from other countries in terms of getting a job.

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3.The lack of jobs is another factor on experiencing poverty. (Asian Development Bank, 2009. ) Since there is a lack of jobs, it would increase the number of unemployed people. Unemployed individuals will not be able to earn a living thus need to depend on others who are employed for basic needs.

4. Also, overpopulation contributes on why a huge number of people in the Philippines experience poverty. With a rapidly growing population, it will be hard to accommodate all the people in the labor force. It will be hard to ensure the every Filipino will be able to get a job and earn a living. 

5. Another cause is corruption. Instead of having to improve the country by the means of the money of the people, it ends up in the pockets of some unjust politicians causing the condition of the country to worsen. (Shah, 2014)

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      In order to avoid Poverty:

• We should solve the causes such as unequal income distribution, lack of quality education, lack of jobs, overpopulation, and corruption. 
• If we are able to solve this problem, we would lessen poverty, thus, would help lessen health problems, crime rate and child labor.                                                                                                                   Information taken from:-C39GARCHITORENAYLA

What is my blog all about?

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              My blog is all about the Common Problems of the Philippines. This blog provides you some information about the Economic Problems of the the Philippines that we are facing today. It's content have some information on how to prevent or to solve those specific problems in our country.

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The reasons why I want to blog this:

   
     I want to blog this because, I want to inform my fellow countrymen how terrible our country today because of the so many problems.I want to spread some information through words. Through this way, people in the Philippines will be united to solve this problems.

What is my goal and purpose for blogging this:

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            One of my purpose is to encourage people;not only people in the Philippines, to avoid illegal acts to decrease the cases of crimes or any illegal doings that make our country Philippines down. In addition, to make our government and not only people in the Philippines would unite to be able prawns problems in 
our country.