Philippines:

Geothermal Company Builds Typhoon Proof Classrooms on Leyte (Manila Standard Today)

Philippines company Energy Development Corp. (EDC), which operates the Leyte geothermal power plants, supervised the construction activities for four new buildings with 14 typhoon-resilient classrooms in Leyte.

The classrooms were donated to New Ormoc City National High School in Ormoc City, Matlang Elementary School in Isabel and San Joaquin National High School in Palo.

EDC parent company Lopez Group also finished the repair of five buildings with 10 classrooms in Milagro Elementary School in Ormoc City.  Nearly 7,000 students will benefit from these new classrooms.

The new buildings and classrooms are sturdier and can withstand wind velocity of 250 kilometers per hour which is the standard of the Public Works Department for typhoon-resilient structures.

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