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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Lessons of 1990 Earthquake lost on vulnerable Baguio

Volcanologists point to the possibility of another big earthquake hitting Baguio, where communities are built atop sinkholes and on steep slopes. Its population nearly doubling during the summer, Baguio has only one fire station and four functioning fire trucks. Typhoon Pepeng and a recent horrific bus crash exposed the city's woeful lack of disaster preparedness.
 

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