A TOTAL of twenty-two typhoons this year along with the more recent 7.2-magnitude earthquake in the Philippines serves a timely reminder to Filipinos to be prepared for all and any eventualities.
Typhoons (or hurricanes as they known in the Western hemisphere) are, of course, nothing new – in any one year the Philippines can expect to be battered by up to 25 extreme weather events, methodically counted off on the letters of the alphabet through successive male or female names.
