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The Iloilo Flood Control Project (IFCP) is a project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Iloilo City, Philippines. The project aims to reduce flood damage, which has been an almost yearly occurrence. Financed by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), the project is being implemented in two stages.
Today, there was critical flooding in Casiguran in Aurora province, caused by torrential rain over the previous two days. Typhoon Ambo is the first typhoon to hit the Philippines this year in the ...
The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides wrought by Tropical Storm Trami in the Philippines has reached nearly 130 and the president said Saturday that many areas remained ...
Keep your home dry and protected from flood damage. We evaluated sandbags, expandable walls, and self-inflating dams to help you choose. Protect Your Home From Water Damage With These 5 Flood Barriers
A weir was built on the Humber River (Ontario) to prevent a recurrence of a catastrophic flood. Flood management describes methods used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. Flooding can be caused by a mix of both natural processes, such as extreme weather upstream, and human changes to waterbodies and runoff.
From the official protected landscape area, the Marikina River then flows through its namesake city, Marikina. Near the boundary of Marikina and Pasig cities, the river meets the gates of the Manggahan Floodway, a controlled waterway used to prevent flooding in Manila during heavy rains by diverting most of the water of the Marikina towards Laguna de Bay (i.e. Laguna Lake) instead of the Pasig ...
Metro Manila was hit by some of its worst flooding in years as Typhoon Vamco passed over the city and surrounding areas on November 11-12.This footage of the storm’s aftermath was captured by ...
The unsurprising result of these and related policies is that out of 17 million hectares of closed forests that flourished early in the century only 1.2 million remain today. The Philippines had a 2018 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 5.91/10, ranking it 91st globally out of 172 countries. [29]