A tsunami hurtling toward Manila Bay can generate waves up to two stories high and submerge the city up to 4 to 5 kilometers inland. This means that areas like the University of Santo Tomas campus on España Boulevard, already flood-prone as it is, will be inundated within minutes, this time by debris and sea water. This is one of the worst-case scenarios that the Manila city government will use when it holds its first citywide disaster drill next Wednesday, an activity made urgent by the 5.7-magnitude earthquake that hit the capital and other parts of Luzon on the night of June 25.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 22:56:59 +0000
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