Lab 4: Philippine typhoon death toll reaches 82

UPDATE

Last week I blogged on the Typhoon Nesat where the death toll was at 35. A week later and the death toll has risen up to 82. Already in a chaos, another typhoon (Nalgae) has been the blame for an increased death toll. Meteorologists said Nesat and Nalgae were the most powerful storms this year to hit the Philippines. Nesat triggered dramatic storm surges in the capital Manila, while its massive rain band caused flooding across Luzon's agricultural plains that forced people on to their roofs.Water as high as 3.6m swamped dozens of towns across Luzon's fertile rice growing central region, stranding residents on their roofs or the upper floors of their homes for a week before they started subsiding.The damage bill for infrastructure and agriculture has reached $A230 million, the office says.
Looking from the complexity paradigm approach, there has to be a long-term solution to reduce death tolls and infrastructure costs and not just for the short term. The philipines, on average get about 20 typhoons a year. With that said, maybe its time for them to upgrade infrastructures. In the report, the damage bill for infrastructure and agriculture has only reached $230 million. If i knew there were atleast 20 tornados dont you think I would want a basement, atleast. I know that economy plays a part in what people can and can't do, but I hope that the Philippine government will find a long term solution to typhoon disasters.