Flashfloods of greed and the 5Rs

The Manila Times 31 Aug Philippines

THE murderous flash floods in Nepal last week did not happen without any warning. We are shocked by its scale of devastation and thousands of dead or missing. Yet, scientists and engineers had warned of the dangers that such flashfloods might indeed occur at such devastating speed to kill thousands in an instant. Neither is the Philippines a stranger to devastating flashfloods and mudslides. The r

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