Tacloban City: In Tacloban City, people are on their toes. Houses are being rebuilt, businesses are reopening, and malls are reconstructing 5 months after Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). But every time a storm warning is raised, there is an unspoken fear you could see in everyone’s eyes: the fear of another Yolanda.
To date, there have been 4 tropical depressions that entered the Philippine area of responsibility, most of them coming from the Pacific Ocean. And with Tacloban facing the largest ocean in the world, we need to be prepared. After Yolanda, we picked up a few lessons. More people now understand better how storms work.
Below is a list, I have gathered from Taclobanons themselves on what they prepare before another disaster strikes.
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