On 11 March, 2019, Prof. Jun Matsumoto and Dr. Lyndon Olaguera of the Tokyo Metropolitan University gave talks focusing on the monsoon seasons of the Philippines at the Manila Observatory. Prof. Matsumoto’s talk, entitled “Complex climatological summer monsoon onset processes over the Philippines,”...
In August 2012, Metro Manila and its environs experienced the effect of an enhanced Southwest monsoon season (locally known as habagat) which brought continuous heavy rains over a few days. Many called the disaster a “disaster with no name” as there was no associated tropical cyclone activity that was responsible...
With the support of Sentinel Asia, the International Charter Space and Major Disasters and the Canadian Space Agency, GED generated several Flood Footprint maps for the heavy rainfall events of the southwest monsoon season in 2012 in the greater Metro Manila area. The ...
In August 2012, Metro Manila and its environs were affected by a period of heavy and continuous rainfall caused by an enhanced monsoon season (Habagat). The disaster affected millions because of flooding and rainfall-induced landslides. Christian Aid, a UK-based international development and relief ...