Abnormal weather events in 2009, increased precipitation and disastrous impacts in the Philippines
Abnormal weather events in 2009, increased precipitation and disastrous impacts in the Philippines
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2009年异常天气事件，菲律宾降水增加，造成灾难性影响
作者：
G. Yumul;C. Dimalanta;N. Servando;N. A. Cruz
菲律宾最近经历了天气模式的明显变化，造成了灾难性的后果。2009年明显感受到的这些变化包括：1.全年降雨量过多；2.一些地区降雨量大，而该国其他地区处于干旱和干旱状态；3.天气模式异常和变化(例如，厄尔尼诺事件期间热带气旋多次进入；热带气旋持续时间较长；偏离正常热带气旋路径)。随着灾害风险管理计划的实施，该国已经设法降低了损失成本和与天气有关的灾害造成的伤亡人数。然而，在某些情况下，由于其他因素(例如生态系统退化、土地使用管理不善以及人们和社区拒绝承担风险)，灾害风险应对工作变得困难。不过，一般而言，受灾民众的复原能力和恢复能力以及社区支助系统的可获得性是应对这些灾难性事件的最佳手段。这一点很重要，因为气候变化预计将给该国的天气和气候模式带来更多变化，到目前为止，这些变化已经对人民产生了不利影响。
The Philippines has recently experienced distinct changes in the weather patterns with disastrous results. These changes which were distinctly felt in 2009 included: 1. too much precipitation throughout the year; 2. some areas received a lot of rain while other parts of the country went through dry spell and drought conditions; and 3. abnormalities and variance in weather patterns (e.g. multiple entry of a tropical cyclone during an El Niño event; longer duration of tropical cyclone; deviations from the normal tropical cyclone path). The country, with its disaster risk management program in place, has managed to bring down the cost of damage and number of casualties due to weather-related disasters. However, in some instances, disaster risk response was made difficult due to other factors (e.g. degraded ecosystem, ill-managed land use and risk denial by people and communities). In general though, the resiliency and ability to recover by the people devastated by these disasters and the availability of community-based support systems provided the best means of coping with these catastrophic events. This is important as climate change is projected to bring more variations in the country’s weather and climate patterns which, as of now, are already adversely affecting the people.