Wetter storms, deforestation: Manila faces worsening floods

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This photo taken on December 1, 2022 shows workers building a trail in the Masungi Georeserve in Baras. In Manila, where more than 13 million people live, low-lying areas are often inundated when storms lash the Sierra Madre mountain range, which lies east of the city and acts as a natural barrier to severe weather.

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MANILA, Philippines — From her house in a Manila suburb, Rowena Jimenez can't see the bare mountains around the built-up city. But she feels the impact of deforestation every time her living room floods.

 

Slash-and-burn farming, illegal logging, open-pit mining and development fueled by population growth have stripped the once-densely forested Philippines of much of its trees. 

 

In Manila, where more than 13 million people live, low-lying areas are often inundated when storms lash the Sierra Madre mountain range, which lies east of the city and acts as a barrier to severe weather.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/climate-and-environment/2023/02/22/2246798/wetter-storms-deforestation-manila-faces-worsening-floods

 

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