The Philippines is one of the countries most prone to natural disasters in the world. It is exposed to multiple natural hazards from typhoons,earthquakes,volcanic eruptions,and especially flooding. Serious aggravating factors are envirommental degradation,climate change. And uncontrolled urbanisation. The government will need to take concerted action to build the country's disaster reduction and management capacity. It must sustain that effort, make it holistic, and reinforce it with measures to contain rampant urbanisation.