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PHILIPPINES: Bracing for La Niña
web MANILA, 1 September 2010 (IRIN) – The Philippines is bracing for severe flooding over the next few months as a result of the La Niña weather effect, which is expected to whip up heavy storms. Some specialists are saying the country is not adequately prepared. With the country’s infrastructure and emergency safety mechanisms still reeling from the effects of Tropical Storm Ketsana and super typhoon Parma last year, the country is now racing against time to prevent large-scale destruction, said Heherson Alvarez, chairman of the country’s Climate Change Commission
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