"Extreme droughts in the Western Pacific region are expected to persist over the next three months. Parts of the #MarshallIslands, #Guam, #Palau, #MarianaIslands, and the Federated States of #Micronesia (#FSM) are now designated under extreme and exceptional drought. These conditions are causing a massive strain on agriculture, water supply, and daily life.."
If I'm going to interpret this, the natives of Taiwan survived as the primary people in what we know today as the Philippine archipelago. From the Philippines, they spread everywhere.
In other words, they're all #Filipino! ᜑᜑᜑᜑ 😹 (Or, native Taiwanese to be exact.)
Federated States of Micronesia President Wesley Simina has declared a national emergency due to severe drought, and sent it to his country's Congress for review. The president's signed declaration said the nation has been experiencing "extremely and unusually low levels" of rainfall, and it is anticipated that this condition...
A decade after Typhoon Haiyan: reflections from a survivor
This helped me learn about the worsening impacts of climate change but also saw how local communities, especially marginalized groups (e.g., women, children, differently-abled persons, elderly) were increasingly vulnerable
Their are actually countries in the world that voted AIGAINST a humanitarian truce !
These are the 14 countries that voted against the UN's general assembly resolution for an immediate humanitarian truce in #Gaza (120 in favor, 14 against, 45 abstained):
The Philippines can provide Micronesia with the necessary workforce, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said. The lifting the deployment ban for overseas Filipino workers in Micronesia would change the dynamics and enable Filipinos to see certain things that can be done in the island nation, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said...
We are contributing €100,000 to the Disaster Response Emergency Funding of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, to strengthen drought preparedness in #Micronesia.
A severe El Niño-induced drought is expected to affect the area in the coming weeks.
'Realities of climate change': Federated States of Micronesia declares state of emergency amid severe drought (www.rnz.co.nz)
Federated States of Micronesia President Wesley Simina has declared a national emergency due to severe drought, and sent it to his country's Congress for review. The president's signed declaration said the nation has been experiencing "extremely and unusually low levels" of rainfall, and it is anticipated that this condition...
Philippines ready to deploy overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Federated States of Micronesia: President Marcos (politics.com.ph)
The Philippines can provide Micronesia with the necessary workforce, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said. The lifting the deployment ban for overseas Filipino workers in Micronesia would change the dynamics and enable Filipinos to see certain things that can be done in the island nation, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said...