The December 2012 Mayo River debris flow triggered by Super Typhoon Bopha in Mindanao, Philippines: lessons learned and questions raised

Rodolfo, Kelvin S.; Lagmay, A. Mahar F.; Eco, Rodrigo C.; Herrero, Tatum Miko L.; Mendoza, Jerico E.; Minimo, Likha G.; Santiago, Joy T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2683-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2683-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2683-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 12

Research article

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15 Dec 2016

Research article |

| 15 Dec 2016

The December 2012 Mayo River debris flow triggered by Super Typhoon Bopha in Mindanao, Philippines: lessons learned and questions raised

Kelvin S. Rodolfo, A. Mahar F. Lagmay, Rodrigo C. Eco, Tatum Miko L. Herrero, Jerico E. Mendoza, Likha G. Minimo, and Joy T. Santiago

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Final revised paper (published on 15 Dec 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 11 Apr 2016)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Revision of "The December 2012 Mayo River debris flow triggered by Super Typhoon Bopha in Mindanao, Philippines: Lessons learned and questions raised"', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 May 2016
- SC1: 'Reply to Reviewer #1', Kelvin Rodolfo, 04 Jun 2016
- SC2: 'Additional comment', R. Eco, 08 Jun 2016
RC2: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Jun 2016
- SC3: 'Reply to Referee #2.', Kelvin Rodolfo, 13 Jun 2016
AC1: 'Responses to comments from Referees #1 and #2', R. Eco, 01 Jul 2016

Short summary

In 2012, a village in southern Philippines was wiped out by catastrophic debris flows generated Super Typhoon Bopha. This area of the country is seldom hit by strong typhoons; nevertheless, geologic evidence shows that such events have happened in the past. We put this in the context of the expansion of human settlements to understand why the disaster happened. Doing so will enable communities that are not used to such events to prepare for them.