Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
10 houses swept off in Keningau floods http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/fire-brigade-10-houses-swept-off-in-keningau-floods#lLdp0XbeTAGgHe8M.97
Volcano earthquake report for Sunday, 17 Dec 2017 https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes-volcanoes/news/66606/Volcano-earthquake-report-for-Sunday-17-Dec-2017.html
Chile: Landslide destroys village and kills at least five http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42382413
Firefighters on Thomas Fire save hundreds of homes in Montecito area http://wildfiretoday.com/2017/12/17/firefighters-on-thomas-fire-save-hundreds-of-homes-in-montecito-area/
Heavy rain hits Dubai, flooding in parts of UAE https://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/weather/Videos-Heavy-rain,-flooding-in-parts-of-UAE-
The massive Thomas Fire, which will soon rank as the largest wildland fire in modern California history https://psmag.com/environment/thomas-fire-largest-wildfire-in-california-history
Philippines – Dozens Killed or Missing as Tropical Storm Kai-Tak Causes Floods and Landslides http://floodlist.com/asia/philippines-storm-kai-tak-december-2017?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Malawi – Floods in Lilongwe Leave 6 Dead http://floodlist.com/africa/malawi-floods-lilongwe-december-2017
Heavy rain, severe flooding hits Oman https://watchers.news/2017/12/18/heavy-rain-severe-flooding-hits-oman/
Victoria weather: Buildings damaged, thousands remain without power after severe storms hit http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-19/victorians-left-in-the-dark-after-severe-storms-hit-state/9273806?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Wild weather, record heat across Australia http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2017/12/wild-weather-record-heat-across-australia.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Volcanic activity worldwide 21 Dec 2017: Fuego volcano, Klyuchevskoy, Popocatépetl, Dukono, Agung https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/66676/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-21-Dec-2017-Fuego-volcano-Klyuchevskoy-Popocatepetl-Dukono-Agung-.html
Sudan – 500 Left Homeless by Floods in Northern Sudan http://floodlist.com/africa/sudan-floods-northern-sudan-december-2017?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Malaysia – Floods in Sarawak Leave 1 Dead, 100s Displaced http://floodlist.com/asia/malaysia-floods-sarawak-sabah-december-2017?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
More Than 30 Dead After Tropical Depression Kai-Tak Brings Flooding Rain, Landslides to the Philippines https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2017-12-16-pacific-kai-tak-philippines?utm_content=buffer4c7ea&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Global and Asian heat waves in 2016 due purely to climate change, study says https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/14/world/science-health-world/global-asian-heat-waves-2016-due-purely-climate-change-study-says/#.WjbWJU8UnIU
Climate Change Is Increasing Forest Fires, and the Cost Will Be Huge https://futurism.com/climate-change-forest-fires-cost-huge/
Moving towards a more resilient Hindu Kush Himalaya http://cariaa.net/research/blog-moving-towards-more-resilient-hindu-kush-himalaya
Extreme Storms to Multiply, Intensify Across U.S., New Simulations Suggest https://www.ecowatch.com/extreme-weather-climate-change-2517180162.html
Here’s where U.S. residents will move to escape rising seas https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2017/12/where-americans-will-move-as-seas-rise/
The Arctic shows no sign of returning to the reliably frozen state it was a decade ago https://blogs.agu.org/thefield/2017/12/15/driven-open-ocean-arctic-continues-warm/
Antarctic climate variability on regional and continental scales over the last 2000 years https://www.clim-past.net/13/1609/2017/
Global trends in climate change legislation and litigation: 2017 snapshot http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/publication/global-trends-in-climate-change-legislation-and-litigation-2017-snapshot/
A climate researcher finds a link between a 20-year spate of hurricanes and the content of song lyrics https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/more-hurricanes-make-for-stormier-pop-charts/548528/?utm_source=twb
The year is 2037. This is what happens when the hurricane hits Miami https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/17/miami-hurricane-2037-climate-change?CMP=share_btn_tw
An American Beach Story: When Property Rights Clash with the Rising Sea https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16122017/beach-erosion-sea-level-rise-property-rights-massachusetts-government-storm-nourishment-project
Globe had its third warmest year to date and fifth warmest November on record https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-201711
Yesterday’s 100-year storm is today’s 30-year storm https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/12/more-studies-examine-role-of-climate-change-in-hurricane-harvey/?platform=hootsuite
Scientists pinpoint link between climate change and Hurricane Harvey’s record rainfall https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-12-13/scientists-pinpoint-link-between-climate-change-and-hurricane-harveys-record?utm_content=buffera13f9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
The new simulator allows anyone with a computer to perform idealized experiments with sea level and learn about its complexities https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/m/news/news.php?release=2017-308#.WjgvptKWbIW
A century of glacier retreat at Hintereisferner https://vimeo.com/243845079
569 Scottish reservoirs face flood risk over climate change http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15777847.Revealed__569_of_Scotland__39_s_670_reservoirs_pose_flood_risk_thanks_to_climate_change/
Rising sea levels: Will we adapt or drown? https://medium.com/@OECD/rising-sea-levels-will-we-adapt-or-drown-3c70855fddfe
The health of Antarctic ice shelves https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-017-0037-1
Climate change will displace millions in coming decades. Nations should prepare now to help them https://theconversation.com/climate-change-will-displace-millions-in-coming-decades-nations-should-prepare-now-to-help-them-89274?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton
Are Rising Seas, Coastal Erosion and Powerful Storms a Wave of the Future for Small Island Nations? http://www.caribbean360.com/news/rising-seas-coastal-erosion-powerful-storms-wave-future-small-island-nations#ixzz51jykKRQFhttp://www.caribbean360.com/news/rising-seas-coastal-erosion-powerful-storms-wave-future-small-island-nations
Climate change, migration and displacement: the need for a risk-informed and coherent approach https://www.odi.org/publications/10977-climate-change-migration-and-displacement-need-risk-informed-and-coherent-approach
Warmer, wetter climate could mean stronger, more intense storms https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/csu-wwc121817.php
Direct and indirect climate controls predict heterogeneous early-mid 21st century wildfire burned area across western and boreal North America http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0188486
A Year of Climate Change in Photos https://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2017-12-20/a-year-of-climate-change-in-photos
International Energy Agency says burning of fossil fuel is falling fast, driven by drop-off in use by EU, China and US https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/dec/18/global-coal-consumption-forecast-to-slow
China Just Moved Closer to Becoming the World’s Climate Leader http://time.com/5069912/china-climate-change-trump/
Alaska’s Northernmost Town Warms So Fast, It Fools NOAA Computers https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alaska-rsquo-s-northernmost-town-warms-so-fast-it-fools-noaa-computers/
Mainstreaming climate adaptation: taking stock about “what works” from empirical research worldwide https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-017-1259-5
Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/21/world/asia/jakarta-sinking-climate.html
Centennial to Millennial Climate Variability http://pastglobalchanges.org/products/pages-magazine/11504
Officials’ long struggle to publish new sea level guidance https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2017/12/20/70263/officials-long-struggle-to-publish-new-sea-level-guidance
The Road to Ruin: Making Sense of the Anthropocene https://www.ippr.org/juncture-item/editorial-the-road-to-ruin-making-sense-of-the-anthropocene
Small islands and climate change http://news.trust.org/spotlight/small-islands-and-climate-change/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Disaster risk reduction
Recommendations for scaling up the implementation of the disaster resilient housing project in Da Nang City http://blog.i-s-e-t.org/technical-handbooks-on-design-construction-and-renovation-of-typhoon-resilient-low-income-housing/?utm_campaign=crowdfire&utm_content=crowdfire&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#632155022-tw#1511884138522
Scientists identify population growth as the “primary driver” of the key global problems https://www.populationmatters.org/15000-scientists-warn-of-impending-environmental-crisis/?utm_content=buffer31b12&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
How Cities Can Harness the Flood-Fighting Powers of Urban Parks https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/cities-harness-flood-fighting-powers-urban-parks
Largest Wildfire Debris Removal Operation in California History Moved a Half Million Tons Thus Far http://www.oesnews.com/largest-wildfire-debris-removal-operation-in-california-history-moved-a-half-million-tons-thus-far/
Floridians should brace for stronger hurricanes http://www.theledger.com/news/20171216/fugate-floridians-should-brace-for-stronger-hurricanes
Wildfires in California add to ‘horrific year’ of disaster losses https://www.ft.com/content/cd3ad8cc-e321-11e7-97e2-916d4fbac0da
The U.S. federal civilian buildings most exposed to floods are concentrated in the capital https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-19/ground-zero-for-flooding-washington-s-trump-international-hotel
We have strong evidence that human activity has dictated fire regimes for centuries https://fireadaptednetwork.org/science-tuesday-naturally-human/?platform=hootsuite
Updated NZ earthquake forecasts https://www.geonet.org.nz/news/5JBSbLk9qw8OU4uWeI86KG
Report: More Than 30 Million People Live in U.S. Floodplains http://furmancenter.org/thestoop/entry/new-data-from-the-nyu-furman-center-finds-that-more-than-30-million-people
Population in the US Floodplains Report http://furmancenter.org/files/Floodplain_PopulationBrief_12DEC2017.pdf
Population and Housing in the Floodplain Battered by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma http://furmancenter.org/files/Floodplain_HurricaneBrief_12DEC2017.pdf
Imminent NFIP Lapse Will Mean Trouble For Homebuyers In Flood Plains https://www.bankerandtradesman.com/guest-post-imminent-nfip-lapse-will-mean-trouble-homebuyers-flood-plains/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork
Flood Impact Analysis Tool https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/tb/techbriefs/environment/28017
Latest edition of HazNet http://haznet.ca/haznet-fall-2017/
Drone images give researchers in-depth knowledge of wildfire devastation, forest regeneration http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/drone-bc-wildfire-research-1.4456460
A disaster within a disaster: cyclone fears in fragile Rohingya camps http://www.irinnews.org/news/2017/12/20/disaster-within-disaster-cyclone-fears-fragile-rohingya-camps
Experts worry that if insurers start to pull out of flood-prone seaside communities, it could cause a crisis worse than 2008 https://www.inman.com/2017/12/18/coastal-mortgage-time-bomb/
America’s fourth largest city is built on an ancient river network that flooded catastrophically after Hurricane Harvey. With 400,000 homes in the watershed, achieving resilience is the Texan boom town’s greatest challenge https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/dec/20/bayou-houston-flood-hurricane-harvey-texas-resilience
Hudson’s town council is proposing a new bylaw to reduce the risk of future flood damage by forbidding new construction within the known 100-year flood zone http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/off-island-gazette/west-island-living-hudson-puts-a-freeze-on-building-in-flood-zone
Global insured losses of USD 136 billion are third highest on sigma records http://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/56385
100,000 more properties across the UK are now better protected from flooding thanks to the 350 new flood schemes that have been built since April 2015 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/flood-defence-milestone-100000-more-properties-better-protected
Local level disaster risk reduction is not a panacea https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/local-level-disaster-risk-reduction/
Induced seismicity provides insight into why earthquake ruptures stop http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/12/eaap7528
City council votes against plan to develop floodplain area https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ca/news/risk/city-council-votes-against-plan-to-develop-floodplain-area-87747.aspx#.WjvM-HystVo.twitter
Volcanica is a broad-scope diamond open-access international journal promoting research into all aspects of volcanology https://www.jvolcanica.org/ojs/index.php/volcanica
Published since 1983, ADA Gazette is the longest running magazine dedicated to the UK water level and flood risk management sector https://www.ada.org.uk/gazette/
Ireland – Government Sets Out Flood Management Plans http://floodlist.com/europe/ireland-government-sets-out-flood-management-plans?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
UK Government sets out plans to strengthen surface water flood risk management https://www.waterbriefing.org/home/flooding/item/14704-government-sets-out-plans-to-strengthen-surface-water-flood-risk-management
The Spatial Exposure of China’s Infrastructure System to Flooding Risks in the Context of Climate Change http://www.greengrowthknowledge.org/resource/spatial-exposure-china%E2%80%99s-infrastructure-system-flooding-risks-context-climate-change
Emergency Management
MIT conference seeks solutions for reconstruction in devastated Caribbean http://news.mit.edu/2017/mit-conference-seeks-solutions-reconstruction-devastated-caribbean-1215
Proactivity is better than reactivity for firefighter safety on the fireground https://www.firerescue1.com/firefighter-safety/articles/370671018-Proactivity-is-better-than-reactivity-for-firefighter-safety-on-the-fireground/
The USA Is Not Prepared for a National-Scale Disaster http://www.govtech.com/em/emergency-blogs/disaster-zone/the-usa-is-not-prepared-for-a-national-scale-disaster.html
Grenfell Tower fire: Survivors, Royal family attend memorial service for victims http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-15/grenfell-fire-royal-family-attends-memorial-service/9260634
Getting Fire Science Research to the Boots-on-the-Ground https://wildfirelessons.wordpress.com/2017/12/08/continuing-the-conversation-getting-fire-science-research-to-the-boots-on-the-ground/?platform=hootsuite
The China-India row that spells disaster for flood victims http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42335242
European Commission has revealed ambitious new plans to strengthen Europe’s ability to deal with natural disasters http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-4731_en.htm
Earthquake Early Warning System Explained http://www.govtech.com/em/emergency-blogs/disaster-zone/earthquake-early-warning-system-explained.html
Navigating the Latest Terrorism Trend https://www.rand.org/blog/2017/12/navigating-the-latest-terrorism-trend.html?adbsc=social_20171219_2024101&adbid=943214861076410369&adbpl=tw&adbpr=22545453
100 Days Marks Hurricane Irma Recovery Progress https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2017/12/19/4337/100-days-marks-hurricane-recovery-progress
Mexico Earthquakes Humanitarian Situation Report – Three Month Review, 19 December 2017 https://reliefweb.int/report/mexico/mexico-earthquakes-humanitarian-situation-report-three-month-review-19-december-2017
An Ongoing Disaster: Hurricane Maria’s Potential Effects on Public Health https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/research-counts/an-ongoing-disaster-hurricane-maria-s-potential-effects-on-public-health
How 2 brave Assamese girls rafted through flood hit village to rescue 30 stranded people https://www.nelive.in/assam/news/how-2-brave-assamese-girls-rafted-through-flood-hit-village-rescue-30-stranded-people
Boosting female participation in firefighting http://www.safetysolutions.net.au/content/fire/news/boosting-female-participation-in-firefighting-250285361
Flood victims, still unable to go back home, await new government action plan http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/flood-victims-still-unable-to-go-back-home-await-new-government-action-plan-1.4457298
Disaster education, communications and engagement
Estate agents should tell house hunters more about flood risk, say insurers https://thenegotiator.co.uk/agents-should-tell-house-hunters-more-about-flood-risk-say-insurers/
Who Participates in the Great ShakeOut? Why Audience Segmentation Is the Future of Disaster Preparedness Campaigns https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708046/
New book showcases latest mapping of New Zealand’s geology https://gns.cri.nz/Home/News-and-Events/Media-Releases/Science-update-18-12-2017-New-book-showcases-latest-mapping-of-New-Zealand-s-geology
2017: The Year in Volcanic Activity https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/12/2017-the-year-in-volcanic-activity/548273/?utm_source=fbb
Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans and our Quest to Understand Earth’s Past Mass Extinctions http://geographical.co.uk/reviews/books/item/2521-the-ends-of-the-world-volcanic-apocalypses-lethal-oceans-and-our-quest-to-understand-earth-s-past-mass-extinctions-by-peter-brannen
3.5 billion-year-old fossils of Earth’s earliest life discovered in Australia http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/3-5-billion-year-old-fossils-earths-earliest-life-discovered-australia-1652022
Leadership in Community Resilience Program Application http://nlc.org/leadership-in-community-resilience-program-application
21-Point Checklist for Preparing for Natural Disasters https://smallbiztrends.com/2017/12/preparing-for-natural-disasters.html
Public Alerting in Canada – Bridging the Gap http://haznet.ca/public-alerting-canada-bridging-gap/
Reported natural disasters since 1900 http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2017/12/15/year-in-review-2017-in-12-charts?cid=ECR_TT_WorldBank_EN_EXT
Aren’t we all comms people now? http://comms2point0.co.uk/comms2point0/2017/12/18/arent-we-all-comms-people-now
A ‘Community Hub’ giving York residents the opportunity to keep up-to-date with new flood defence schemes across the city has opened its doors
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15781615.New_city_hub_to_reveal___45m_flood_schemes/
Flood Forum USA launches “SPOUT!” to combat bad planning, corruption and climate change https://www.anthropocenealliance.org/news/
Disaster Narratives: Predictions, Preparedness, & Lessons https://eganhistory.com/2017/09/19/disaster-narratives-predictions-preparedness-lessons/
A few realizations about natural disasters https://www.insblogs.com/uncategorized/realizations-natural-disasters/8023
As climate change brings more storms and flooding to the islands in the South Pacific, communities in Fiji are educating residents in disaster preparedness https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2017/1221/Residents-of-Fiji-learn-disaster-preparedness-to-weather-coming-storms?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
17 Ways We Grew: Community Wildfire Resilience Lessons from 2017 https://fireadaptednetwork.org/17-ways-we-grew-community-wildfire-resilience-lessons-from-2017/?platform=hootsuite
Disaster psychology
The Financial and Emotional ‘Wear and Tear’ of Fighting Fire https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/16/the-financial-and-emotional-wear-and-tear-of-fighting-fire/
Managing mental health in the midst of disaster https://www.marketplace.org/2017/12/15/life/managing-mental-health-midst-disaster
Natural Disasters And The Implications Of Missing So Much School https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/12/15/564058043/natural-disasters-and-the-implications-of-missing-so-much-school
Fort McMurray wildfire leaves many still dealing with psychological trauma https://globalnews.ca/news/3922504/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-mental-health-psychological-trauma/
How New York City is tackling a mental health crisis spurred by Hurricane Sandy http://grist.org/article/how-new-york-city-is-tackling-a-mental-health-crisis-spurred-by-hurricane-sandy/
What Happened to Our Environment and Mental Health as a Result of Hurricane Sandy? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27087495
End of the Lone Wolf: The Typology that Should Not Have Been http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1057610X.2017.1419554?journalCode=uter20&#.WjrMrWy4jAg.twitter
Growing inequality within almost every country will drive a further concentration of income around the globe https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/14/business/world-inequality.html
Impacts of Flooding and Flood Preparedness on Subjective Well-Being: A Monetisation of the Tangible and Intangible Impacts https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-017-9916-4
Social capital and disaster risk reduction http://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/56300
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