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Back-to-back typhoons a test of Philippine resilience as Fung-wong claims 25 lives
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- Super Typhoon Fung-wong caused 18 deaths in the Philippines, but preemptive evacuation of 1.4 million people limited the number of fatalities due to improved disaster preparedness.
- Typhoon Kalmaegi caused over 200 deaths in Cebu due to systemic gaps in planning and enforcement, highlighting issues like corruption and environmental degradation.
- Experts urge a shift from reactive disaster response to proactive prevention through smarter land use, ecosystem restoration and climate literacy, to reduce typhoon impacts.
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MANILA – When Super Typhoon Fung-wong barrelled across the main island of Luzon in the Philippines at the weekend, torrential rain swallowed homes and snapped power lines, and entire villages vanished under flood waters.
The storm’s sheer power had many bracing themselves for the worst.
