What I Can Do: Experience during a Calamity
Super Typhoon Goni, the world's most powerful tropical cyclone in 2022, hit Luzon on November 1, 2020, bringing torrential rainfall, severe winds, mudslides, and storm surges. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the typhoon, locally known as Rolly, left extensive destruction and damage in its path, killing at least 25 people, injuring 399, and affecting 2 million people in 8 of the country's 17 regions (DSWD). An estimated 845,000 individuals were affected by the typhoon and needed assistance and protection. https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/10/31/powerful-typhoon-rolly-to-hit-hard-quezon-aurora-bicol-pagasa/ Personally, in my 17 years of existence, I have not experienced a calamity or disaster that has almost destroyed my life. But, in general, a disaster that I will never forget is Super Typhoon Rolly. My family had been warned about the impending st