CAMIGUIN (PIA)--In response to the provincial government's requests for additional training in ensuring the safety of people, the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DSHUD)-10 conducted a seminar on Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) in Camiguin, January 10.
The CDRA is a six-step activity that helps local government units (LGUs) create community development plans through an understanding of the risks caused by natural hazards and climates.
"Ang climate kay gabalik-balik naman gud siya. Mapansin ninyo nga sige'g ulan unya inig pila ka tuig mubalik na pud siya. So kailangan nato siya mabal-an para dili na pud mautro kay kani siya nahimo mani siya kay tungod atong Sendong. Dadto ni siya nagama unya karon kay mas gi-enchance lang nila," Tanya Pinsoy of DSHUD said during the Alerto! radio program, January 10.
(Climate is cyclical. If you notice when it rains a lot, a storm returns in a couple of years. That's why we need to learn about it so that it doesn't happen again, because this [CDRA] was created as a result of Typhoon Sendong. This was made from that; they just recently enhanced it)
Fellow DSHUD technical officer Rambrandt Paclar added on the program that the CDRA is a tool for LGUs to assess and analyze the risks of potential disasters in the community. The CDRA is integrated into the LGU’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) to reduce casualties and wasted expenses in flood-prone or hazardous areas in the community.
"Kung mausab ang klima, maka-generate na siya og mga hazard. Mao na siya nga kusog na dayon ang pag-ulan nga mag-resulta og baha, nga pwede pud mag-resulta og landslide kung dili na kaya sa yuta ug uban pud nga mga hazard or disaster nga pwede ikamatay or makadaot sa mga properties sa mga tao," Paclar said.
(If the climate changes, it may generate hazards. That’s why the rain gets stronger and results in floods that may also result in landslides and other hazards or disasters that may kill people or ruin people’s properties)
DSHUD also continues to direct other local government units in the preparation of CLUP. (TAAG/PIA-10/Camiguin)
