CLIMATE CHANGE BLAMED FOR STORMS, FLOODING, DROUGHT

Monday, 03 October 2011 00:37

By Cathy Yamsuan, Kristine L. Alave, Philippine Daily Inquirer Officials have warned Filipinos to brace against the inconvenient truth of devastating storms, flooding and drought unless policies and projects are put in place to mitigate climate change. Undersecretary Graciano Yumul of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said that  in the next 20 to 50 years, the Philippines would find “the dry seasons drier and the wet seasons wetter.”