Expect less rains especially in Visayas and Mindanao by October due to El Niño, according to the state weather bureau.
More than a thousand rice and corn farmers in two towns of Isabela received indemnity checks totaling almost P14 million to cover losses due to a drought that hit the province early this year, the Department of Agrarian Reform announced Saturday.
Local governments in Central Luzon’s seven provinces have shifted to disaster preparedness in anticipation of a drought associated with the El Niño weather phenomenon and stronger typhoons in the next six months, a civil defense official said.
Zamboanga Archbishop Romulo dela Cruz has urged the people to pray more as the country will be facing typhoons as well as periods of drought brought by the El Niño phenomenon in 2014.
Cordillera mayors are asking for upland-lowland cooperation to manage the watersheds to reduce the impact of droughts or floods that plague much of the food-producing areas in Luzon.
