UMAY

• RA 10121 - basic policies and coordination mechanism for DRRM through the DRMMC at the national, regional, and local levels
• sendai framework for disaster risk reduction 2015-2030 - substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural, and environmental assets of person, business, community, countries
• emergency kit

  1. shelter
  2. water
  3. food
  4. tools
  5. fire starting
  6. light and signaling instruments
  7. first-aid kit
  8. personal effects and hygiene kits
• la nina - represents period of below-average sea surface temperature across the east-central equatorial pacific
• landslide - ground movement on a sloping terrain
• landslide

  1. soil creep landslide
  2. slumping landslide
  3. debris flow landslide
  4. rock fall landslide
• sinkhole - when groundwater dissolves the underlying limestone bedrock
• sinkhole

  1. cover collapse sinkhole
  2. cover subsidence sinkhole
  3. dissolution sinkhole
  4. artificial sinkhole
• hyogo framework for action (HFA) 2005-2015 - world conference on disaster reduction
• hyogo framework for action (HFA) 2005-2015 - comprehensive, action-oriented response to international concern about the growing impacts of disaster on individuals, communities, and national development
• flashflood - caused by heavy or excessive rainfall in short period of time
• flashpoint - lowest temperature at which vapors above a volatile combustible substance ignite in air when exposed to flame
• fire - rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermal chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products
• heat - an energy that flows through object
• fuel - any material that can be burned such as liquid, solid, gas
• oxygen - an element, estimated 21% of it can be found in the air
• oxygen - serves as an oxidizing agent for combustible materials
• El nino - large- scale ocean atmosphere climate interaction linked to a periodic warning in sea surface temperature across the central and east-central equational pacific
• thunderstorm - powerful, short-lived weather disturbance, associated with lightning, thunder, dense clouds, heavy rain or hail, and fast, roaring winds
• hydrometeorological hazard - process or phenomenon of atmospheric, hydrological that causes loss of life, etc
• hydrometeorological hazard

  1. typhoon
  2. flood
  3. flashflood
  4. storm surge
  5. thunderstorm
  6. la nina
  7. el nino
• weather map - displays the air pressure, wind, temperature, and humidity distribution trends at various atmospheric rates
• tropical cyclone - an intense circular storm that originates over warm tropical oceans and is characterized by low atmospheric pressure, high winds, and heavy rain
• storm surge - irregular sea- level rise during tropical cyclone accurs