BANGKOK — The Philippines was braced for the worst....
Rivers overflowed, tree branches flew and wet concrete-like mudflows poured down the slopes of a volcano.“ Thanks be to God we were largely spared, ” said Francisco Domagoso, Manila’s mayor....
But it remains starkly exposed to a multitude of natural disasters. The country is situated on the so-called Ring of Fire, a seismically active swath encircling the Pacific Ocean that is roiled by earthquakes and volcanoes....
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2020-11-01 00:00:00.0