Lesson 6

HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL and GEOLOGICAL HAZARD (Part 1)

Intended Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this module, the students must have:
1. identified and analyzed the given illustrations using picture analysis and guide questions.
2. analyzed the given illustrations about hydrometeorological hazards using the given questions.
3. arranged the different terminologies/concepts relevant to hydrometeorological and geological
hazards using jumbled letters.
4. written the preparedness and mitigation, response and rehabilitation for every hydrometeorological
and geological hazards through supplying information in the table.
5. created a brochure about the signs of hydrometeorological and geological hazard exposure.
INTRODUCTION
The Philippine Islands are prone to all kinds of natural to do hazards because of their geographical location and
physical environment. The country is strategically located in the path of turbulent and destructive cyclones in the Pacific,
and the “Ring of Fire”. This situation has adverse effects, not only on the lives and properties of the Filipino people, but
also on the economy of the nation, as hazard impacts may result in widespread environmental and property damages.
Natural hazards may cause danger to people, structures or economic assets, and may lead to a disaster if they are
not mitigated against and prepared for. Phenomena that are atmospheric, hydrometeorological or oceanographic and
geographical in nature may cause the loss of life or injury, property damage, social and economic disruption and/or
environmental degradation.
Hydrometeorological and geographical hazards can be single, sequential or a combination in origin and effects.
The common hazards associated with these are heavy rains, strong winds, storm surge, flood and landslides/ mud slide
/mud flow.
Geological hazards are normal and their processes occur as irregular events with direct interaction with the
environment. They are capable of causing significant negative impact on human well-being. Their non-rhythmic
occurrence makes their predictability difficult.
An important characteristic of many geological hazards is their prime land preference – the characteristic of
preferentially occupying areas targeted by man for his use. Almost all types of geological hazards occur in the Philippines
except hazards associated with glaciers and seasonal snowfall. Hazards arising from volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and
other related geotectonic phenomena such as landslide, tsunami and faulting are the most mitigated ones due to the
frequency of their occurrence.

ACTIVITIES
Learning Activity No. 1
Direction: Match the sketches with their corresponding terms. Then, if the sketch shows a geological hazard, write GEO;
if it shows a hydrometeorological hazard, write HYDRO. Write your answers on the table that follows.
 HAZARD LETTER CLASSIFICATION
1. Drought
2. Flood
3. Tsunami
4. Landslide
5. Bushfire
6. Earthquake
7. Tornado
8. Typhoon
9. Volcanic Eruption

Activity No. 2
Directions: Identify the Hydro-meteorological Hazard in the given pictures. Write your answer on a space provided for.
Activity No. 3 “Jumbled Words”
Directions: Given the definition of the jumbled words, write the correct term on the blank provided.

_______________1. PHYNOTO - is a low-pressure area, or a wide and violent tropical cyclone. It rotates in the
counterclockwise direction.
_______________2. LFODO - is characterized as superfluous water that swamps normally dry land and properties.

_______________3. AÑNIAL - represents periods of under-average sea surface temperatures across the Equatorial
Pacific in the eastcentral.
_______________4. MRSTO GRSUE- is an abnormal rise in sea level during tropical cyclones or "bagyo".

_______________5. MROTSREDNUHT – is local storm created by cumulonimbus clouds and are often accompanied by
lightning and thunder, usually with strong wind gusts, heavy rain and occasionally hail
and/or tornado.
_______________6. ÑNOELI - refers to the large-scale ocean-atmosphere climate interaction linked to a regular
warming of sea surface temperatures around the Equatorial Pacific region and east-
center.
_______________7. AFLSOHFLOD - is often caused by heavy rainfall in a short time span, typically less than 6 hours.