Lethal cocktail (Philippine Daily Inquirer) Philippines – Among the country’s 126 cities, the most vulnerable to dry spells is Cebu. How will El Niño affect a city crammed with migrants, collapsing aquifers, salt contaminated wells and biologically dead rivers? City Hall couldn’t be bothered.
The 1997-1998 El Niño, for example, compelled “excessive draw downs,” recalls Leonardo Liongson of UP’s National Hydraulic Center. That triggered irrigation water cuts for over 10 months. El Niño’s reappearance in 2001-2003 forced “low or zero” allocations over brief periods for irrigation.
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