Role of Typhoon Ruping

Super Typhoon Mike

Typhoon Mike

Super Typhoon Mike was the strongest and deadliest typhoon of the 1990 Pacific typhoon season as it crossed the Philippines in November....

 (PAGASA

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is a Philippine national institution dedicated to provide flood and typhoon warnings, public weather forecasts and advisories, meteorological, astronomical, climatological, and other specialized information and...

 name: Ruping) crossed Cebu on November 13, 1990, destroying many houses in Cordova

Cordova, Cebu

The Municipality of Cordova is located in the 6th district of the Cebu Province in the Philippines. The mainland of Cordova lays on a separate island, in front of the southside of Mactan Island. It is connected to the main island of Mactan over 3 bridges. The total population in Cordova is 45,066...

, sinking ships in the harbor, and leaving the metropolitan area without electricity and potable water. It took about a month to restore electricity.

Cebu leaders requested Manila for assistance but because the typhoon also paralyzed vital structures in the capital, the request was turned down.

Boom of Cebu's economy

After the typhoon Cebu's infrastructure was updated. Two major mall chains in the country, ShoeMart (SM) and Ayala, opened outlets in the city. Road widenings and construction projects mushroomed in the city. Traffic at the old Mactan-Mandaue Bridge (itself an engineering feat at that time) started to have bottlenecks. (A second bridge was later constructed.)

Aftereffects

CEBOOM was instrumental in Emilio Mario Osmeña

Emilio Mario Osmeña

Emilio Mario R. Osmeña also known as Lito Osmeña, was the Governor of Cebu, Philippines from 1988 to 1992. He is the founder and chairman of PROMDI Party where he ran for the position of President in the 1998 elections but lost to Joseph Estrada...

's confidence to bid for the 1992 Philippine presidential elections

Philippine general election, 1992

The senatorial election was held in the Philippines on May 11, 1992. This was the first general election under the 1987 Philippine Constitution. An estimated 80,000 candidates ran for 17,000 posts from the presidency down to municipal councilors...

. It also strengthened the concept of the Republic of Cebu

Republic of Cebu

The Republic of Cebu is a political idea of separating the province of Cebu from the rest of the Philippines, and a cultural reaction to what a number of Cebuanos view as "Tagalism" in the current curriculum of the government's Department of Education....

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