Hell or high water: Filipino schools lashed by climate extremes

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MANILA: Just weeks after thousands of Filipino students were sent home from sweltering classrooms during a brutal heatwave, the country's schools are bracing for a new climate change

, the country's schools are bracing for a new climate change challenge ahead of the start of the typhoon season in Southeast Asia.

Filipino meteorologists have also predicted"stronger and more destructive typhoons" due to climate change. "I think it's just right now that schools, learners, and all the stakeholders are learning about the impacts of climate change. It’s a hard lesson," de Castro told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

One tool being used is the Rapid Assessment of Damages Report mobile and web application, used by teachers to quickly deliver updates when schools are caught up in disasters. Data from the app showed that earthquakes were the most frequent hazard experienced by schools, while tropical storms received the highest number of reports because of damage caused.

 

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