Tagalog. General santos. Mindanao. Manila. 81 dead as Pablo rips through Mindanao. Why so many people died in Mindanao. The question is why: Why did so many people die in Mindanao in spite of early warnings by Pagasa, by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), and by local government units?
In fact, some families had left their homes and gone to evacuation centers. Still so many people died. Why? Photographs of the disaster scenes give a clue. Many logs can be seen scattered among the ruins or floating in the waters around them. Chocolate Hills. The Chocolate Hills is a geological formation in Bohol Province, Philippines.[1] There are at least 1,260 hills but there may be as many as 1,776 hills spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometres (20 sq mi).[2] They are covered in green grass that turns brown (like chocolate) during the dry season, hence the name.
The Chocolate Hills is a famous tourist attraction of Bohol. They are featured in the provincial flag and seal to symbolize the abundance of natural attractions in the province.[3] They are in the Philippine Tourism Authority's list of tourist destinations in the Philippines;[4] they have been declared the country's third National Geological Monument and proposed for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List.[4] Description[edit] Locator map of the Chocolate Hills.
Dark brown indicates the greatest concentration of the Chocolate Hills in the Bohol municipalities of Sagbayan, Batuan, and Carmen.