Philippines Disaster Hotspot

Question 0

What has caused flooding and landslides in the Philippines?

Answer 0

High levels of deforestation

Question 1

What is Manila’s population density?

Answer 1

2000 people per km2

Question 2

How much did forest cover decrease by in the post war period?

Answer 2

56%

Question 3

How many people died in the 2006 Guinsaugon village landslide?

Answer 3

1,800 people

Question 4

What percentage of the population is under 18?

Answer 4

45%

Question 5

What percentage of the country live in poverty?

Answer 5

27%

Question 6

How many people live in the slums?

Answer 6

20 million

Question 7

Name a district with poor quality housing.

Answer 7

P. Casal

Question 8

How many active volcanoes are there in the Philippines?

Answer 8

Approximately 25

Question 9

How many people were killed by lahars in the 1991 Pinatubo eruption?

Answer 9

100

Question 10

What are the two tectonic plates that form the destructive plate boundary?

Answer 10

Eurasian and Philippines plates

Question 11

What causes antecedent rainfall from May - October?

Answer 11

Tropical monsoon climate

Question 12

What does the tropical monsoon season coincide with?

Answer 12

The typhoon season.

Question 13

What percentage of the country is at risk from earthquakes?

Answer 13

100%

Question 14

How many people have died from landslides in the last 100 years?

Answer 14

3000

Question 15

What weather pattern was linked to the February 2010 droughts?

Answer 15

El Niño

Question 16

How many metric tonnes of rice & corn were lost in the 2010 droughts?

Answer 16

2.5 million

Question 17

How much was the economic loss to the agricultural industry from the 2010 droughts?

Answer 17

US$ 30 million

Question 18

What is the population of the Philippines?

Answer 18

105 million

Question 19

What is the GDP per capita?

Answer 19

US$ 4,500

Question 20

What is the HDI?

Answer 20

0.75

Question 21

What percentage of the population is under 14?

Answer 21

34%

Question 22

Which three features promote mass movement?

Answer 22

Steep slopes, heavy rainfall and mountainous terrain.

Question 23

What is the average population density in the Philippines?

Answer 23

300 people/km2

Question 24

What was the population of the Philippines in 2012?

Answer 24

103 million

Question 25

Which two climate features cause heavy, antecedent rainfall?

Answer 25

Tropical cyclones and the southwest monsoon.

Question 26

Which latitudes are the Philippines situated between?

Answer 26

5 and 20N

Question 27

When did Mount Pinatubo last erupt?

Answer 27

1991

Question 28

What caused the 1991 Mt Pinatubo eruption?

Answer 28

Subduction of the Philippine plate along the destructive plate margin to the west of Luzon.

Question 29

How much farmland was buried by lahars after the 1991 volcanic eruption?

Answer 29

100km2

Question 30

How many people were displaced by the 1991 eruption?

Answer 30

20,000

Question 31

What was the final death toll of the 1991 eruption?

Answer 31

Almost 800

Question 32

When did the Guinsaugon mudslide occur?

Answer 32

2006

Question 33

How many houses in Guinsaugon village were destroyed?

Answer 33

300

Question 34

Overall, how many people were affected by the Guinsaugon landslide?

Answer 34

16,000

Question 35

What was the main cause of the 2006 Guinsaugon landslide?

Answer 35

Extreme rainfall associated with a La Niña event in the western Pacific.

Question 36

Name 3 contributory causes of the Guinsaugon landslide.

Answer 36

1. Steep slopes and weathered volcanic rock.
2. Widespread deforestation
3. A small 2.6m earthquake

Question 37

Where is the village of Guinsaugon?

Answer 37

Southern Leyte province, Leyte, Philippines.