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Rapidly growing cities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to disasters in the East Asia Pacific region due to poor planning, with economic losses increasing dramatically as the region grows wealthier, says a new World Bank report.

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The Philippines is one of the most prepared countries for the onslaught of natural disasters, a report released by the World Bank (WB) said.

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Urban flooding is a serious and growing development challenge for countries in East Asia including the Philippines, underscoring an urgent need to build flood risk management into regular planning of cities and towns, said a new World Bank guidebook released today.

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A World Bank study has warned that the city of Manila – and most of Metro Manila – lies dangerously close to the tectonic fault lines that are showing seismic activity and generally result in earthquakes, along with other megacities in Asia like Jakarta, Penang and Tokyo-Kobe.

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Urban flooding is a serious and growing development challenge for countries in East Asia including the Philippines, underscoring an urgent need to build flood risk management into regular planning of cities and towns, said a new World Bank guidebook released today.

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A World Bank study has warned that the city of Manila – and most of Metro Manila – lies dangerously close to the tectonic fault lines that are showing seismic activity and generally result in earthquakes, along with other megacities in Asia like Jakarta, Penang and Tokyo-Kobe.

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