Whwt should have been a typically regular (and supposedly relaxing) Sunday morning for everyone after a busy week was jolted when the Pagasa announced that an approaching typhoon named Karding was elevated to supertyphoon status. Know more:
WHAT should have been a typically regular Sunday morning for everyone after a busy week was jolted when the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration announced that an approaching typhoon named Karding was elevated to supertyphoon status.
The rest of Luzon, including Bulacan, Pampanga, Rizal, Zambales, Bataan, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, including Metro Manila, all experienced torrential downpours that led to massive flooding, landslides and other upheavals. Classes and work were suspended in these areas, while flights were also canceled. Though this is still largely debatable, many still believe that the Sierra Madre mountain range greatly helps in dissipating, even in the slightest manner, the strongest typhoons coming from the Pacific Ocean that ever hit Luzon.
It was a crucial decision in choosing Mount Bangkaan, where the forest cover was largely denuded already, even if it is considered a huge part of the micro basin of the Laiban Watershed, a vital potential source of water for Metro Manila. Helen Yuchengco Dee, YGC chairperson, thanked their dedicated partners such as the DENR for the 100 hectares it entrusted to YGC and for continuously sharing its expertise in forest management, and to the IPs of Mount Bangkaan—the Dumagats and the Remontados—who have warmly embraced this project from the start and faithfully nurtured the trees as their own.
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