Floods in the Philippines

Philippines is a tropical country where typhoons are a common occurrence. Mainly, there are two types of climate in the Philippines, these are wet and dry seasons. An ordinary day for the Philippines would be hot and humid. The months of January to June are known to be the dry months where the sun is at its highest while the rest is considered as the wet or rainy season where rains are expected to pour. Because it is a tropical country, typhoons of different proportions frequented the area.

Climate in the Philippines is fairly simple to understand since it has only two and the months they occur are also equally divided between them. Life in the Philippines, even if poverty is an issue that never goes away, is plain, simple and manageable. This is the exact situation when the effects of climate change suddenly hit the country.

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Drought Effects in California

For the last three years, several counties in California have been putting up with the tremendous effects of drought and farmers are in the verge of giving up altogether. In fall of 2006, there was a noted below average amount of rain or precipitation in the area according to authorities, but they were far from dreaming that a drought like that would last this long and it seems that the drought is far from over.

At first it was only the farmers who worried about their irrigation system and water supply for their crops. All hopes were gone when the drought brought about continuing water shortage, enough to alert even California’s locals to fear for the day when there would be no more water to drink and sustain human existence. Of course, the hardest hit must be endured by California farmers whose main source of income is largely dependent on water. Indeed, local economies are hurt by drought and the situation is expected to worsen if the climate won’t change even for a bit. Agriculture-based businesses are now cutting back on manpower, if not shutting down, causing the employment rate to decrease dramatically in drought-stricken areas.

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