Manila: A week after Super Typhoon Yolanda lashed the country, the executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) admitted that the government is unprepared for the scale of devastation left by this year's most powerful tropical cyclone.
"We have a concrete system (on typhoon preparedness and response). Ang hindi lang natin napaghandaan ay 'yung ganitong magnitude. Napakalaki," Undersecretary Eduardo del Rosario said in a televised interview with reporters on Thursday November 14.
Compared to previous incidents such as the Zamboanga City standoff, Del Rosario said Yolanda's devastation covers a bigger scope. |
