 Manila sits astride the Pacific typhoon belt and is criss @-@ crossed by several fault lines . This led to Manila and its metropolitan region to be ranked as the second riskiest capital ( city ) to live in according to Swiss Re . The seismically active Marikina Valley Fault System poses a threat to Manila and the surrounding regions . 
 Manila <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>sits</mark></a> astride the Pacific typhoon belt and is criss @-@ crossed by several fault lines . This led to Manila and its metropolitan region to be ranked as the second riskiest capital ( city ) to live in according to Swiss Re . The seismically active Marikina Valley Fault System <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>poses</mark></a> a threat to Manila and the surrounding regions . 
Manila sit astride da Pacific typhoon belt and is criss @-@ crossed by several fault lines . This led to Manila and its metropolitan region to b ranked as the second riskiest capital ( city ) to live in according to Swiss Re . Tdaseismically active Marikina Valley Fault System pose a threat to Manila and the surrounding regions .