Prepare for El Niño, use water wisely

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Anticipating hotter and drier days ahead, Malacañang is urging households to conserve water to prevent water rationing when El Niño strikes in June. The weather phenomenon comes with unusually warm ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. Palace Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma said Sunday, May 4, “We need proper discipline in our water consumption, conservation, and usage.” El Niño may last for 9 months and change normal rainfall patterns in the country. “We should be ready for the possibility that fewer but stronger typhoons might hit our country this year,” Coloma said.

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