Philippine floods "new normal" amid shocking corruption; Singapore PBS 45-min Oct 10 report w guide n quotes at Heating Planet blog

"This is not an extraordinary situation anymore. This is the new normal" Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. president of the Philippines

Female: People are angry with this romanticization of resilience as if it's an endemic Filipino trait.

[Man’s name] has lived in Hagonoy for three decades. During the typhoon in July, flood waters outside his house reached chest level. Like many others, his family had to find ways to live with water. [Video shows home with furniture raised on cinder blocks where the family lives.]

More quotes grabbed Heating Planet blog style below:

Watch: Resigned To Floods In The Philippines? How Filipinos Have Changed The Way They Live- CNA Insight Singapore Public Broadcasting

No transcript available but here is a guide to the program:

00:00 Why flooding is the "new normal" for Filipinos 05:32 How are typhoons intensifying in the Philippines? 10:24 Evacuations measures for pets 13:07 A neighbourhood underwater 15:55 Flood control corruption scandal 20:53 Why is the Philippines prone to flooding? 25:51 What is climate anxiety? 29:18 Young Filipinos feel most anxious about climate change 30:39 Floods disrupt everyday life 35:19 More places now at risk of floods and landslides 37:56 How Filipinos are preparing for more extreme weather 40:32 Are Filipinos resigned to live with the "new normal"?

Heating Planet blog grabbed quotes from show by using 2 laptops, speakers, and Google Docs Voice Typing:

Due to the changing climate, typhoons and rains are expected to intensify in the coming decades. Because a warmer atmosphere retains more moisture, each degree in temperature rise could bring 7% more rain.

Typhoons pound the Philippines with heavy downpours even if they do not make landfall.

Mass ended just on time as water began seeping into the church as the tide outside rose. Hagonoy is a coastal city north of Manila Bay; during the rainy months, rivers and streams running through the area overflow from the downpours. Due to regular flooding, Filipinos Have had to change the way they live. 

There are flood projects where corner cutting is evident through the country, which President Marcus Jr blamed on Corruption during his state of the nation address in July. Greenpeace estimate a whopping 17.6 billion US Dollars was plundered since 2023. This makes it one of the country's largest corruption scandals in decades sparking protests in September.

Local media reporting indicated that there could be over 100 ghost projects. Quezon City man John Belmonte said that 35 flat projects in the city could not be located. Female Student: A lot of students like me have been struggling for years going to school because of flooded transportation in public transport. I think our future was stolen.

With inclement weather intensifying, many parts of the Philippines are in need of better or upgraded flood control systems.

There's a growing number of people who are distressed by what's happening with the climate. Man: Sometimes climate anxiety is like feeling angry about the lack of government action to stop climate change, feeling frustrated, feeling afraid and betrayed.

[footage of people walking in waist high water to work, to school, as if it's normal.]

Interviewee: So let me me show you Justice or climate Injustice for that matter. We've seen the Philippines only account for 1% of the carbon emissions but developed countries account for like more than 70% of the carbon emissions. Yet again, the Philippines experiences much of the brunt of the climate crisis. [KE Blogger looks at his face and thinks, they are mad at us.]

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