Please find below links to recent news about some aspects of disaster resilience…
Recent emergencies/disaster
Israel assisting Jordan after flash floods kill 20, mostly children https://www.cufi.org.uk/news/israel-assisting-jordan-after-flash-floods-kill-20-mostly-children/
Flash flooding destroys villages in Qandil http://www.rudaw.net/english/lifestyle/271020181
The rain has caused the wadis and roads to flood in Jebel Jais in Ras Al Khaimah https://gulfnews.com/news/uae/weather/weather-in-uae-heavy-rain-floods-wadis-around-jebel-jais-in-rak-1.2294647
Three-quarters of Venice flooded by exceptional high tide https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/29/venice-experiences-worst-flooding-since-2008
10 die in Anambra flood https://www.today.ng/news/metro/official-10-die-anambra-flood-166470
6 dead as Italy endures tornadoes, heavy rains, flooding in Venice https://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2018/10/venice_italy_flood_rain.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Typhoon Yutu turns deadly as it roars through northern Philippines https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/typhoon-yutu-philippines-1.4883540?cmp=rss
Severe storm hits Croatia, dumps record-breaking rain https://watchers.news/2018/10/30/hurricane-force-jugo-croatia-seiche-october-2018/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
15,000 Displaced in Asuncion as Flooding Paraguay River Rises https://www.telesurenglish.net//english/news/15000-Displaced-in-Asuncion-as-Flooding-Paraguay-River-Rises-20151209-0033.html
Italy storms kill 11 and floods inundate St Mark’s Basilica, Venice https://www.theguardian.com/weather/2018/oct/30/water-rises-to-three-feet-in-st-marks-basilica-after-venice-floods
At least 14 killed in Saudi Arabia after unusually intense storms cause major flash floods https://watchers.news/2018/10/31/saudi-arabia-floods-october-2018/
Volcanic activity worldwide 1 Nov 2018: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Barren Island, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/71483/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-1-Nov-2018-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Barren-Island-Dukono-Reventa.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Arctic Sea Ice as a climate indicator http://wxshift.com/climate-change/climate-indicators/arctic-sea-ice
Every year, more than twenty million people – an average of one person every second – are displaced because of climate-related disasters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFizi7UTlPo&feature=youtu.be
How Scientists Cracked the Climate Change Case https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/opinion/climate-change-global-warming-trump.html
Australia urged to model economic effects of 1.5C and 2C climate increases https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/oct/25/australia-urged-to-model-economic-effects-of-15c-and-2c-climate-increases
Reality Check: Which form of renewable energy is cheapest? https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45881551
Why a warmer world may equal a wetter Arctic https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181029135218.htm
Yukon glaciers and what they say about climate change https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/yukon-glaciers-and-what-they-say-about-climate-change-in-depth-1.4874114
Climate change: Five cheap ways to remove CO2 from the atmosphere https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45967215
China, France launch satellite to study climate change http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/china-france-launch-satellite-to-study-climate-change/article/535662#.W9do3UQ8HeM.twitter
Current approach to protecting England’s coastal communities from flooding and erosion not fit for purpose as the climate changes https://www.theccc.org.uk/2018/10/26/current-approach-to-protecting-englands-coastal-communities-from-flooding-and-erosion-not-fit-for-purpose-as-the-climate-changes/
GHWR, a multi-method global heatwave and warm-spell record and toolbox https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata2018206
Huge Antarctic iceberg breaks off Pine Island Glacier https://www.axios.com/giant-iceberg-breaks-off-pine-island-glacier-antarctica-bd762a27-69ef-4efc-91e5-0352fd180672.html
Sea level rise forcing Bangladeshis to migrate https://scidev.net/asia-pacific/migration/news/sea-level-rise-forcing-bangladeshis-to-migrate.html
Global Warming Is Messing with the Jet Stream. That Means More Extreme Weather https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31102018/jet-stream-climate-change-study-extreme-weather-arctic-amplification-temperature
Projected changes in persistent extreme summer weather events: The role of quasi-resonant amplification http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/10/eaat3272
Study: Oceans warming 60 percent more than previously thought https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2018/10/31/Study-Oceans-warming-60-percent-more-than-previously-thought/6071541016135/
Australia solar output overtakes wind power in September for first time https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-solar-output-overtakes-wind-power-in-september-for-first-time-23173/#disqus_thread
Wicked solutions for wicked problems http://adaptation-undp.org/wicked-solutions-wicked-problems
Islands need support to face shocking impacts of 1.5C global warming http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/11/01/islands-need-support-face-shocking-impacts-1-5c-global-warming/
Disaster risk reduction
A review of themes in disaster resilience literature and international practice since 2012 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328522979_A_review_of_themes_in_disaster_resilience_literature_and_international_practice_since_2012
Does Wildfire Mitigation Work? 16 Examples and Counting! https://fireadaptednetwork.org/does-wildfire-mitigation-work-16-examples-and-counting/
The Whistle Episode 1: Earthquakes and the San Andreas Fault https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFq3b2pSiws&feature=youtu.be
Reducing Risk Before Disaster Strikes: Seven Lessons from Turkey https://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/news/reducing-risk-disaster-strikes-seven-lessons-turkey
Flood Prediction Using Machine Learning Models: Literature Review https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/11/1536
Smartphones may help better predict flash floods http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Young-Hans/2018-10-29/Smartphones-may-help-better-predict-flash-floods/433331
Niger approves N300m to address erosion, flooding https://www.environewsnigeria.com/niger-approves-n300m-to-address-erosion-flooding/
Fuel Matters: Why Wildfire Behavior Depends on What’s Burning https://www.kqed.org/science/1928625/__trashed-35
Ghana must move from coping with floods, to adapting for them https://theconversation.com/ghana-must-move-from-coping-with-floods-to-adapting-for-them-104493
New report highlights need to tackle flood risk facing England’s coastal communities https://www.nic.org.uk/news/new-report-highlights-need-to-tackle-flood-risk-facing-coastal-communities/
UK Climate Projections: impacts on appraisal of flood schemes https://www.jbaconsulting.com/knowledge-hub/uk-climate-projections-appraisal/
The potential benefits associated with investing in mitigation for select utility and transportation infrastructure https://www.nibs.org/page/mitigationsaves
An interdisciplinary research agenda to explore the unintended consequences of structural flood protection https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/22/5629/2018/
Can we predict earthquakes before they happen? https://www.science.org.au/curious/earth-environment/understanding-earthquake-hazard?fbclid=IwAR3N8l5O7-3KGB7n576i77BRHoC5FtCWNYQNyUf7jx_XqVcuGoXAW6_YuM4
Hard-adaptive measures can increase vulnerability to storm surge and tsunami hazards over time https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0137-6
Preparing for our new extremes https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/preparing-for-our-new-extremes
Mapping Mediterranean UNESCO World Heritage Sea-level Rise Flood Risk https://www.geolounge.com/mapping-mediterranean-unesco-world-heritage-sea-level-rise-flood-risk/
World Disasters Report 2018 https://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/world-disaster-report-2018/
A Supervolcano’s Colossal Eruption Has Been Lying About Its Age https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/10/a-supervolcanos-colossal-eruption-has-been-lying-about-its-age/
Introduction into Australian Volcanic Activity https://volcanohotspot.wordpress.com/2018/11/01/australia-1-introduction-into-australian-volcanic-activity/
Flood modelling for large and complex risks https://www.jbarisk.com/news-blogs/flood-modelling-for-large-and-complex-risks/
Improving UK flood resilience by smart satellite tasking and rapid modelling https://www.ambientalrisk.com/improving-uk-flood-resilience-smart-satellite-tasking-rapid-modelling/
Strengthening Sint Maarten: Lessons Learned after Hurricane Irma https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/research-counts/154?utm_source=NHC+Master+List&utm_campaign=f8b3d36445-DR680_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dabc309806-f8b3d36445-54441865
Emergency Management
Failed cooperation in times of natural disasters: explaining the rejection of humanitarian aid https://academic.oup.com/irap/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/irap/lcy025/5142412?redirectedFrom=fulltext
What is inclusive emergency management? https://soundcloud.com/j-school-talks/what-is-inclusive-emergency-management-california-is-leading-the-way
Flashback, 1968: The Blue Mountains engulfed by fires https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/flashback-1968-the-blue-mountains-engulfed-by-fires-20181025-p50bxe.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1540682635
2018 Was Most Active Hurricane Season on Record http://www.startribune.com/2018-was-most-active-hurricane-season-on-record/498781791/
Trump declares major disaster after Super Typhoon Yutu strikes Northern Mariana Islands https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/10/27/trump-declares-major-disaster-after-super-typhoon-yutu/1788252002/
New Skeletons From Pompeii Shed Light On Humans’ Response To Disaster https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2018/10/25/new-skeletons-from-pompeii-shed-light-on-humans-response-to-disaster/#5f490c2e4d69
One month on: Disaster ravaged Sulawesi drenched by heavy rains, more than 220,000 still homeless https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/one-month-disaster-ravaged-sulawesi-drenched-heavy-rains-more-220000-still-homeless
When disasters displace people, land records and geospatial data are key to protect property rights and build resilience https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/land-records-and-geospatial-data-are-key-protect-property-rights-build-resilience?cid=SHR_BlogSiteShare_XX_EXT
Emotional Nadal recounts devastation caused by deadly floods https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/article220757505.html
Transport Sector Recovery: Opportunities to Build Resilience https://www.gfdrr.org/sites/default/files/publication/transport-sector-recovery.pdf
Government Lawyer Says Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Response Plan ‘Does Not Exist’ https://www.npr.org/2018/10/30/662345336/government-lawyer-says-puerto-ricos-hurricane-response-plan-does-not-exist?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
Failed cooperation in times of natural disasters: explaining the rejection of humanitarian aid https://academic.oup.com/irap/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/irap/lcy025/5142412?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Grenfell Tower: The fires that foretold the tragedy https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-45982810
Rebuilding After a Hurricane: Why Does It Take So Long? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/nyregion/rebuild-home-hurricane.html
‘Monumental Disaster’: Call for Action as 2018 Floods Recede, Leaving Destruction and Hunger https://www.ogoninews.com/en/society/162-monumental-disaster-call-for-action-as-2018-floods-recede-leaving-destruction-and-hunger
Disaster education, communications and engagement
Most of Wellington – and the rest of New Zealand – hasn’t done basic earthquake preparation https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/nz-earthquake/108108458/most-of-wellington–and-the-rest-of-new-zealand–hasnt-done-basic-earthquake-preparation
Earth Challenge 2020: A Citizen Science Initiative https://www.earthday.org/campaigns/earthchallenge2020/
Citizen scientists are documenting priceless archaeological sites at risk of inundation https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2018/10/citizen-scientists-document-archaeological-sites/
Learning about seismology https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/#language=1
Fiji Tsunami Drill Mobile App https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj5eQfqVLjg&t=4s
What Drives Plate Tectonics? Overview of processes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf8xvhb1eBE&feature=youtu.be
Building volcanoes, caves, and other features in an “open-world” computer game is an engaging way to teach the next generation about Earth https://eos.org/project-updates/digging-deep-into-geosciences-with-minecraft
Will your home be safe in a natural disaster? https://www.eqc.govt.nz/be-prepared
How simulations help prepare aid workers for disasters http://www.redcross.ca/blog/2018/10/how-simulations-help-prepare-aid-workers-for-disasters
Year-Round Fire Season Means Always Living ‘Evacuation Ready’ https://www.npr.org/2018/09/25/648093156/year-round-fire-season-means-always-living-evacuation-ready
Building resilient generations through tsunami preparedness http://www.asia-pacific.undp.org/content/rbap/en/home/programmes-and-initiatives/SchoolTsunamiPreparedness.html
The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertain: Contributions of Volunteered Geographic Information to Community Disaster Resilience https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2018.00183/full
Tonga: Safe evacuation route built to meet needs of school tsunami preparedness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeQ3pEw7VvA
World Tsunami Awareness Day 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3j9PJn_gVU&feature=youtu.be&list=PLBDwPnveHho9_hpJxoBvOk8_T-RUqJziQ
Disaster Psychology
The mental health toll of a changing climate https://theweek.com/articles/802441/mental-health-toll-changing-climate
An Introduction to Crowd Psychology http://www.workingwithcrowds.com/introduction-crowd-psychology/
Effects of climate change on mental health and well-being https://health2016.globalchange.gov/mental-health-and-well-being
People’s capacities in facing hazards and disasters: an overview https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s11069-018-3519-1?author_access_token=2Ctctnk22h26It3cogR6wPe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY7fAJCw3p4Rv55Gk1U9KHe349iO5R5d_va-YEOimUa3j0zk4_avCfXX2jFe3T-aY6EsEdNw1HujzTqd_CXMwbxc0baP7Ng4t2PcyE8oeWBIng%3D%3D
Sociology and Disasters
Why So Many People May Never Recover From Hurricane Michael https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/poor-people-hurricane-michael-recovery_us_5bc8a498e4b0d38b5875ce60
Co‐evolving supportive networks and perceived community resilience across disaster‐damaged areas after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Selection, influence, or both? https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-5973.12244
Disasters, local organizations, and poverty in the USA, 1998 to 2015 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11111-018-0304-8
Political economy of planned relocation: A model of action and inaction in government responses https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378018301237?via%3Dihub
Digging deeper: participation and non-participation in post-disaster community recovery https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15575330.2012.730538
Loneliness isn’t just an issue for the old. It’s a problem for the young too https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/03/loneliness-is-not-just-an-issue-in-old-age-young-people-suffer-too
Not Them: Why Mexico’s New Leaders Should Act Before the Next Earthquake https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/research-counts/162?utm_source=NHC+Master+List&utm_campaign=f8b3d36445-DR680_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dabc309806-f8b3d36445-54405454
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