Last December 15, 2011, Typhoon Sendong or the International name Typhoon Washi hit the Philippines specifically the Mindanao area. The Typhoon Sendong continued to intensify as it moves to its new target Palawan. It is said that the typhoon Sendong hopefully the last weather disturbance in the country 2011 crossed the Mindanao. In the latest weather bulletin from the Philippines Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA, it was the last tracked at 180 kilometers West of Dumaguete City with the maximum winds of 75 kilometers per hour, The typhoon Sendong is moving West NorthWest at 30 kph. It is stated that the signal number 2 is hosted over Palawan, Southern Negros and Zamboanga Del Norte while the signal number 1 is raised over Southern Cebu, Siquijor and Northern Negros, Zamboanga Del Sur, Misamis Occidental and Cuyo Island.
Typhoon Sendong hit a portion of the Philippines that does not see tropical storms and typhoon very often. The Mindanao is thus hit only about once every twelve years by a significant tropical storms or typhoon.
There is a rumors that the legal logging is the cause of the flash flood in the Philippines. President Benigno Aquino ordered an investigation into a flash floods and landslides that sent a mud and logs crashing down on the residents killing about 1,000 people on a Southern Island. The typhoon Sendong left 957 death and 49 missing people on Mindanao according to the National disaster agency. Most of the casualties were in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Illigan and tens of thousands remain homeless. The disaster agency said that it is more than 338,000 people in 13 provinces were affected by the disaster with nearly 43,000 still in schools, churches and gymnasium more than 10 thousands houses were damaged by the typhoon and the flashflood of which is nearly a third were ruined. Most of the schools, roads and bridges also badly damaged. There are more than 15 million pesos or $340,000 worth of crops, it is mostly rice and corn were damaged. Although the Agriculture Department said that losses were minimal as the crops were in the early planting stage.
All the foundations like ABS-CBN Foundation, GMA Foundation etc. help the people who suffer in Mindanao and in places that are affected by typhoon Sendong. Most of the dead are women and children. The mass graves are being dug for casualties, survivors continue to ask for the help. It is urgently needed in evacuation centers including the body bags, food, water, medicine, blankets, kerosene, lamps or even money will do.
Some people are saying that the Philippine Government should blame, it is the government’s fault. People should know that no one wants this kind of tragedy, calamity or disaster. The Philippine Government do their best to prevent the country by this kind of calamity. There is no one who can stop this calamity. What should people do now is to help other people who are now suffering, because of typhoon Sendong. This kind of calamity that happened in Cagayan de Oro will surely repeated in the future. Therefore people should always be ready in any kind of calamity that will happen in the Philippines.
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