Legarda distributes geohazard maps

MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Loren Legarda started her information campaign on geohazard maps by distributing them during her visit to Compostela Valley yesterday.  

“Our local officials need to have the valuable, life-saving information regarding risks present in their communities, all of which can be found in the geohazard maps,” Legarda, chairperson of the Senate committee on climate change, said.

“These maps show where it is safe and unsafe to reside or to build infrastructure,” she said. 

Legarda said she would distribute geohazard maps in other provinces even as she urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to brief local government officials to ensure that the maps are understood and used properly. 

“With the knowledge of the risks present in our communities and with early warning signals at least seven days before any typhoon arrives, we should be able to radically minimize the casualties and damages when a natural hazard strikes,” she said.