Yep and the government and law enforcers need to eliminate / tie down the loggers both the legals and the illegals, to help anchor the soil and to help the soil retain more runoff water to reverse the adverse affects of heavy rainfall.
I think a chap has been appointed to try and enforce a logging ban, even going as far as using the army potentially....
"Upon his assumption last week, Hataman had imposed a total log ban in his region after assessment showed that illegal logging have contributed to the deadly flash floods that hit Ili.gan City when typhoon “Sendong” struck the country."