00:00How did it happen that instead of white, we now know that it's brown water that entered their bodies?
00:06Isn't this also dangerous to their health, Marianne?
00:10For us, flooding is a combination of natural and human factors.
00:15If there's too much water that falls, compared to the water that comes out because of the rivers and so on,
00:22it will really flood.
00:24So when we say tropical monsoon climate, the countries in the tropics,
00:29so it's close to the equator, are affected by monsoon winds.
00:34So what we call Habagat, every June, July, August,
00:38and what we call Amihan, around December, January.
00:45Another natural factor is because the Philippines is located in what's called the Pacific Typhoon Belt.
00:50We are at the peak of this typhoon belt.
00:53That's why we are definitely the ones who are affected the most.
00:57In these times, there's a stronger and longer-lasting experience of rain that leads to flooding.
01:04So when we built these roads, buildings, and so on,
01:10the water flow, of course, we stopped it.
01:13And this is the human cost.
01:17What happened is that we increased the flooding.
01:20In this barangay in Batasan Island of Tubigon, Bohol,
01:24there are different types of people.
01:26Some are dancing in the middle of the flood.
01:32While others are still swimming in the middle of the road.
01:39The water here is crystal clear.
01:42Wow, that's different.
01:45But the sad truth is that this flood continues to rise
01:51because the flood is brought by the sea.
01:56The island started to sink after the strong typhoon Bohol in 2013.
02:03Now, the situation is below sea level
02:06and the life and education of the people there is affected.
02:10The residents of Batasan Island were forced to leave the island.
02:16Let's go back to Marianne.
02:18When we were taking out the water,
02:21they were already hiding.
02:22So when we took out the water, it was white.
02:25They were wondering why the color was like that.
02:29She's still joking.
02:30Because the hearts of the people here are good,
02:33that's why they experienced the flood like that.
02:35Or we experienced it.
02:37Don't make fun of us, Marianne.
02:40What really happened to you?
02:41The last time my friend painted,
02:44he only left the gloss latex,
02:48the final coat of his painting.
02:51So the tendency was,
02:53since the water rose,
02:55the bottom of the painting rose.
02:58Then it sank,
03:00and that's what caused the water to sink.
03:03That's why our water turned white.
03:06Oh, by the way,
03:07the remaining gloss latex was mixed with the water
03:10that entered their house.
03:13This is the room that we painted white.
03:16This is also where the remaining paint that was thrown into the water came from.
03:19That's why the water in our living room turned white.
03:24The next day,
03:25they continued to remove the water.
03:28It's also a bit itchy
03:30because the paint sticks to our skin.
03:33But the smell is gone
03:36because the paint mixed with the water was made odorless.
03:41But isn't it dangerous for their feet to get wet
03:44from the water that was mixed with the paint?
03:48In that case, it's dangerous
03:50because the water that was mixed with the paint
03:55contains volatile substances.
03:58It can be diluted and put in the eyes
04:01and cause conjunctivitis.
04:03It can also cause dermatitis.
04:05It can also cause skin irritation.
04:07As much as possible,
04:08we should avoid getting our feet wet from the water.
04:13If we can't avoid it,
04:15we can use boots.
04:18We should wash our hands and feet.
04:22During a typhoon,
04:24it's important to be alert.
04:26Make the necessary preparations
04:28to avoid possible accidents or dangers.
04:31Not only outside,
04:32but also inside our house.
04:34Aha!
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