Mga hakbang ng pamahalaan para tugunan ang epekto ng El Niño, tuloy-tuloy; paghahanda sa La Niña, sinimulan na
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00:00 The government's efforts to address the effects of El Niño are continuing.
00:05 Preparations are also underway for the expected victory of the country's landline.
00:11 Here is the report.
00:13 The number of states and provinces that have declared the state of calamity of the effects of El Niño has already exceeded 277.
00:25 At present, the cost of agriculture is already P6 billion.
00:31 The Department of Agriculture and DSWD has also distributed more than P2.6 billion,
00:39 aside from the separate assistance from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
00:44 The Task Force El Niño also promised that they will continue their short-term and long-term intervention in affected areas.
00:52 El Niño is about to end but it is recurring every two to seven years.
00:58 The interventions like fixing irrigation systems, canals and food storage facilities are just continuous to ensure that we have food security and water security in the coming years.
01:15 Now, the effects of El Niño are slowing down. The government is also preparing for the possible entry of the landline in the second half of the year.
01:25 According to the Task Force El Niño, they have already started updating the hazard map or map of areas where there is often flood and landslide.
01:36 It is also accompanied by the preparation of local government units in areas included in the hazard map.
01:42 The preparation of the Task Force El Niño also includes the long-term solution to problems whenever there is calamity.
01:50 It is also included in the preparation of water impounding facilities and catchment systems so that not only the flood can be reduced,
02:00 but we can also save excess water for droughts or recurrence of El Niño.
02:11 The rivers also have desilting and dredging so that the heavy rains during the El Niño can be prepared.
02:24 The Agriculture Department also announced that they do not expect the El Niño to be a flood-affected area in their sector,
02:32 especially since they have already prepared the rice for the wet season.
02:36 Dominic Almelor for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.