詳細な統計を見るまでもなく、フィリピンでは、災害により毎年1000人以上の生命が失われている。そのうち、台風による被害は、死者の74％、被害総額の62%、農業セクターへの損害の70％を占めている。 2013年11月にフィリピンを襲った、現地では大型台風ヨランダとして知られる台風ハイヤンは、観測史上最大規模である。同国はまた、地震や火山噴火など様々な災害リスクに晒されている。
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