Climate change at kakulangan sa disiplina ng mga tao ang sinisisi sa malawakang pagbaha noong July 24 bunsod ng pinagsanib pwersa ng bagyong Carina at hanging habagat.
Nag-iimbestiga na ang Senado sa posibleng sanhi ng baha na nangyari dalawang araw matapos ipagmalaki ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ang mahigit 5,500 flood control projects ng kanyang administrasyon.
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Senate of the Philippines YouTube Channel, Committee on Public Works, Aug. 1, 2024
RTVMalacañang, Media Interview in the City of Malabon 7/25/2024, July 25, 2024
ABS-CBN News, Marikina River water level as of July 24, 10 AM | ABS-CBN News, July 24, 2024
ABS-CBN News, Overpopulation, poor urban development, garbage blamed for NCR floods, July 27, 2024
Office of Civil Defense, Information Chart ng Mamamahayag tungkol sa mga Sakuna at Kalamidad, 2023
Philippine News Agency official website, DPWH: Over 5K new flood control projects ongoing, July 27, 2024
BusinessWorld, In the aftermath of Typhoon Carina: ‘Ineffective’ flood-control projects hit, July 26, 2024
SciDev.Net, Philippine reclamation projects halted amid flood fears, Nov. 8, 2023
Inquirer.net, Senators, green groups blame Manila Bay reclamation for floods, July 25, 2024
(Editor’s note: This fact check was produced with the help of journalism students of the University of the Philippines Diliman and Los Baños as part of their internship at VERA Files.)
