Landslide

• The Philippines construction equipment rental market was estimated at 175.9 million in 2023 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.06% from 2023-2029.
• Caterpillar, Komatsu, Volvo CE, Hitachi Construction Machinery, XCMG, and SANY are leaders in the Philippines construction equipment rental market.
• JCB, Kubota, Kobelco, Zoom Lion, and Sumitomo Construction Machinery are emerging in the Philippines construction equipment rental market.
• This effort targets improving national and communal irrigation systems to boost farmer productivity and profitability while driving demand for earthmoving machinery rentals in government-led projects in the Philippines construction equipment rental market.

• These cracks soon became a landslide affecting several homes overlooking the Gill, ultimately swallowing tonnes of land and trees and leaving chunks of our properties at the bottom of the valley.
• The local council has forced my family out of our home, which is now teetering on the edge of a cliff.

• This is worrying, as events like these will become more and more common in the years to come.
• Although Hastings is a coastal town, our property is inland, so this could happen to anyone, anywhere.

No one wants to take responsibility

• This response – or lack thereof – reveals a troubling incentive structure, where the fear of assuming liability results in inaction.
• Our attempts to be rehoused or to have the landslide damage addressed were met with challenges at every turn.

Previously rare events aren’t factored in

• The landslide reveals current climate governance frameworks are inadequate, since they simply don’t consider previously rare events like these.
• This means landslide victims have to do it themselves, at enormous personal cost, and often without any prior technical or policy experience.

A call for systemic change

• In an ideal world, this issue would be dealt with by local authorities or utility companies.
• So we need policies that empower (or force) local authorities and utility companies to act without fear of legal liability.
• As the climate changes, catastrophes like this one can happen to anyone, no matter how secure we may feel.

Ralitsa Hiteva is a member of the Green Party.

• Commissioned by FIRST ONSITE, the Weather and Property Survey explores Canada’s top disaster fears (including climate change, spring flooding, wildfires, landslides, etc.)
• Six-in-10 Canadians expressed fears of severe rains and flooding (60%), with British Columbia (67%) and Quebec (66%) leading the way.
• This makes sense considering B.C.’s history of severe flooding events, including the Pacific Northwest Floods of November 2021 and Québec’s record wet July of 2023.
• Flooding concern was next highest in Ontario (60%) and Atlantic Canada (59%) and lowest in Manitoba and Saskatchewan (47%) and Alberta (43%).

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• If the incident is vetted and confirmed by trained emergency staff, firefighters respond quickly to extinguish the fire.
• Prediction, preparation, mitigation, and response to floods, landslides, and other natural disasters can also benefit from artificial intelligence and monitoring.