Recent emergencies/disasters
Devastating debris flows in Charikar, Afghanistan https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2020/08/28/charikar-debris-flows-1/
Death toll up to 16 for Hurricane Laura https://abcnews.go.com/US/hurricane-laura-remnants-heading-northeast/
Pakistan – 19 Dead After Heavy Rainfall Triggers Floods in North http://floodlist.com/asia/pakistan-floods-khyberpakhtunkhwa-azadkashmir-august-2020
Typhoon Maysak could become one of South Korea’s strongest typhoons on record https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/08/typhoon-maysak-could-become-one-of-south-koreas-strongest-typhoons-on-record/
Maharashtra’s Vidarbha hit by floods, over 18000 evacuated https://zeenews.india.com/india/maharashtras-vidarbha-hit-by-floods-over-18000-evacuated-2306435.html
17 Dead, Over 10,000 Houses Damaged In Odisha Floods https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/17-dead-over-10-000-houses-damaged-in-odisha-floods-2287745
Flooding soaks South Asia, displacing millions during Covid-19 woes https://www.dhakatribune.com/world/south-asia/2020/08/31/flooding-soaks-south-asia-displacing-millions-during-covid-19-woes
Landslide, floods from monsoon rains kill at least 41 in India, Nepalhttps://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/landslide-floods-from-monsoon-rains-kill-at-least-41-in-india-nepal/story-uIaE7d2oo6eAonLUprte9J.html
Severe flood death toll at 251, more than 5 million affected and wide swaths of crops lost, Bangladesh https://watchers.news/2020/09/01/bangladesh-monsoon-death-toll-crop-loss-2020/
Record flooding leaves 93 fatalities, 80 000 homes damaged and 380 000 people affected in Sudanhttps://watchers.news/2020/09/01/sudan-record-flood-2020/
Mexico – Rainfall From Storm Hernán Causes Flooding in Jalisco and Colima http://floodlist.com/america/mexico-storm-hernan-jalisco-colima-august-2020
Typhoons Maysak and Haishen may deal South Korea a one-two punch https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/09/typhoons-maysak-and-hashien-may-deal-south-korea-a-one-two-punch/
Chad – Floods Displace 120,000 http://floodlist.com/africa/chad-floods-august-2020-update
India – Thousands Evacuate Floods in Maharashtra and Gujarat http://floodlist.com/asia/india-floods-maharashtra-gujarat-august-2020
Volcanic activity worldwide 3 Sep 2020: Pacaya volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Dukono, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/109491/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-3-Sep-2020-Pacaya-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Dukono-Reventador-Sa.html
North Korea’s east coast hit with damaging typhoon and floods, state TV shows https://www.nknews.org/2020/09/north-koreas-east-coast-hit-with-damaging-typhoon-and-floods-state-tv-shows/
Nepal – 12 Dead, 41 Missing After Floods and Landslides in Baglung http://floodlist.com/asia/baglung-nepal-floods-september-2020
Pakistan – 30 Dead After More Flash Floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province http://floodlist.com/asia/pakistan-flash-floods-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-september-2020
North Korea – Rain From Typhoon Maysak Triggers Flooding in Eastern Areas http://floodlist.com/asia/north-korea-typhoon-maysak-september-2020
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Low-tech solutions plus improved coordination for climate resilience in coastal Bangladesh http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73327
2019 monitoring report on the German strategy for adaptation to climate change http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73352
Adaptation to climate change: Does traditional ecological knowledge hold the key? http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73347
We need a paradigm shift to deal with loss and damage from climate change https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/politics-climate-change/news/we-need-paradigm-shift-deal-loss-and-damage-climate-change-1950849
Hurricane Laura jumped from Category 1 to Category 4 in a day. Here’s why hurricanes are now stronger, wetter, and more frequent https://www.insider.com/hurricane-laura-climate-change-warming-water-2020-8
US adapts to climate threats with drastic shift in flood strategy https://www.foxnews.com/weather/us-climate-threats-drastic-flood-strategy
Satellite images show rapid growth of glacial lakes worldwide https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/31/satellite-images-show-rapid-growth-glacial-lakes
Australian greenhouse gas emissions fall to lowest level since 1998 under Covid restrictions https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/31/australian-greenhouse-gas-emissions-fall-to-lowest-level-since-1998-under-covid-restrictions
Climate change may make extreme hurricane rainfall 5 times more likely, study says https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-may-make-extreme-hurricane-rainfall-five-times-more-likely-study-says/
Everything Is Unprecedented. Welcome To Your Hotter Earth https://www.npr.org/2020/08/28/905622947/everything-is-unprecedented-welcome-to-your-hotter-earth
Future Warming and Intensification of Precipitation Extremes: A “Double Whammy” Leading to Increasing Flood Risk in California https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020GL088679
Phoenix hits 50th day of 110 degrees; previous record ‘obliterated’ https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-weather/2020/08/28/phoenix-hits-50th-day-110-degrees-2020/5662386002/
Climate and disaster resilience http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73353
Influx of renewables sees coal power plants run well below capacity, increasing chance of closures https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/01/influx-of-renewables-sees-coal-power-plants-run-well-below-capacity-increasing-chance-of-closures?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Queen of the Dolomites glacier could vanish within 15 years https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/01/marmolada-queen-of-dolomites-glacier-could-vanish-within-15-years
Ice Sheet Melting Is Perfectly in Line With Our Worst-Case Scenario, Scientists Warn https://www.sciencealert.com/ice-sheet-melting-is-perfectly-in-line-with-our-worst-case-scenario-scientists-warn
California is burning. It’s time to demand an end to the climate crisis https://mashable.com/article/california-wildfires-climate-change/
How Climate Change is Causing Urban Flooding in Nigeria https://www.savethecity.org.ng/2020/07/30/how-climate-change-is-causing-urban-flooding-in-nigeria/
South Africa: environment, forestry and fisheries on approval of the country’s national climate change adaptation strategy http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73385
Disasters must be unusual or deadly to prompt local climate policy change http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73365
India: the surprisingly difficult task of measuring sea-level rise http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73368
Wind And Solar Now Generate One-Tenth Of Global Electricityhttps://ember-climate.org/project/global-electricity-h12020/
A post-Laura heat wave has no name https://heated.world/p/a-post-laura-heat-wave-has-no-name
The Story of CO2: Big Ideas for a Small Molecule https://utorontopress.com/us/the-story-of-co2-2#utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=story_CO2
The UK needs a ‘national heat risk strategy’ http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73387
Climate change-fueled weather disasters: Costs to state and local economies http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73400
European wildfire danger and vulnerability under a changing climate: towards integrating risk dimensions http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73405
Heat resilience cities: measuring benefits of urban heat adaptation: methodology note for the tool development http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73397
National laws for enhancing flood resilience in the context of climate change: potential and shortcomings http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73408
New Zealand experiences warmest winter on record https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/03/new-zealand-experiences-warmest-winter-on-record
Disaster risk reduction
Uganda: Enhancing management of Upper Nile riverine systems http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73330
Fires threaten the Amazon once again. What have we learned? http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73324
U.S. flood strategy shifts to ‘unavoidable’ relocation of entire neighborhoods http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73338
Building urban resilience with nature-based solutions: How can urban planning contribute? http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73346
ICT for Disaster Risk Management http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73351
Why extreme floods are more common than you might think https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2018.01209.x
Understanding Risk BC 2020 – Online Symposium for Risk Reduction Strategies http://floodlist.com/protection/understanding-risk-bc-2020
The Le Teil earthquake provides new insights on seismic risk in France and Western Europe http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73355
Bangladesh: Time to develop a reliable flood forecasting model http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73359
U.S.: Hurricane Laura was the latest storm to strengthen fast, but is rapid intensification really becoming more common? http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73360
Scientists unlock crops’ power to resist floods https://phys.org/news/2020-08-scientists-crops-power-resist.html
Chennai: Civic body gets monsoon-ready with rain gauges, flood sensors https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/chennai-civic-body-gets-monsoon-ready-with-rain-gauges-flood-sensors/articleshow/77830916.cms
How to protect communities from disasters – what research tells us http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73362
Artificial intelligence algorithm predicts slow earthquakes http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73369
Setting an agenda for entrepreneurial governments: A global baseline assessment of Disaster Risk Reduction investment http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73341
El Nino lulls lead to harsh floods, fires and droughts: study https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/el-nino-lulls-lead-to-harsh-floods-fires-and-droughts-study-20200901-p55rcr.html
Too heartbreaking to leave, too expensive to stay: Louisiana coastal communities left in limbo https://southerlymag.org/2020/08/07/too-heartbreaking-to-leave-too-expensive-to-stay-louisiana-coastal-communities-left-in-limbo/
Poor planning, civic apathy and huge floods – it’s the same story from Karachi to Kolkata https://scroll.in/article/971971/poor-planning-civic-apathy-and-huge-floods-its-the-same-story-from-karachi-to-kolkata
A big step for flood forecasts in India and Bangladesh http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73398
A panacea for India’s flood woes – lost and forgotten http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73393
Aqueduct Floods is an online platform that measures riverine and coastal flood risks under both current base-line conditions and future projections in 2030, 2050, and 2080 https://files.wri.org/s3fs-public/aqueduct-floods-methodology.pdf
Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities: Towards a New Normal https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-981-15-4948-9_7
Emergency management
Biloxi’s 15-year recovery from Hurricane Katrina offers lessons for other coastal cities http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73319
Satellite imagery reveals, in precise detail, extent of NSW bushfire destruction across Black Summer https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-28/satellite-images-reveal-extent-of-nsw-black-summer-bushfires/12601928
Battle weary: as fire season looms, volunteers still coping with the last one https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/battle-weary-as-fire-season-looms-volunteers-still-coping-with-the-last-one-20200827-p55pw8.html
Before and after satellite images show widespread destruction from Hurricane Laura https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/28/us/satellite-images-hurricane-laura-before-after-trnd/index.html
2019 global natural disaster assessment report http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73363
Latest edition of Molino Stewart’s ‘Floodplain Manager’ newsletter https://molinostewart.com.au/editorial/floodplain-manager-august-2020/
Record floods threaten nuclear power site in Bangladesh http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73381
New Red Cross Red Crescent-UK Met Office guide to ‘impact-based forecasting’ for early humanitarian action https://www.climatecentre.org/news/1317/new-red-cross-red-crescent-uk-met-office-guide-to-a-impact-based-forecastinga-for-early-humanitarian-action
Sudan: UN Agencies Support Flood Response in Sudan but Warn Aid Stocks ‘Rapidly’ Depleting https://allafrica.com/stories/202009020064.html
Disaster education, communications and engagement
Earthquake detection and early alerts, now on your Android phone http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73334
Realtor.com® integrates flood factor data, helps shoppers understand flood risk https://firststreet.org/press/press-release-realtor-com-integrates-flood-factor-data/
More bushfires, less volcanoes: Young Australians need to learn about more relevant disasters https://theconversation.com/more-bushfires-less-volcanoes-young-australians-need-to-learn-about-more-relevant-disasters-145163
#30days30waysUK aims to inspire and empower people to be ready for a wide range of risks like flooding, fire and power cuts https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/people/be-prepared-not-scared-september-month-long-social-media-campaign-help-northamptonshire-residents-2955838
Are you Flood Ready? Test your knowledge of floods and flood readiness https://www.canada.ca/en/campaign/flood-ready/quiz.html
September is recognized as National Preparedness Month https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Health-Details.aspx?newsid=1000
Facebook joins with Mekong River Commission to raise awareness about flood and drought in the Mekong http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73379
Principles of Geology https://timescavengers.blog/introductory-material/geologic-time/principles-of-geology/
In rural Bangladesh, a journey to school-led disaster risk reduction begins http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73376
Psychology and disasters
Reducing hydro-meteorological risk by nature-based solutions: What do we know about people’s perceptions? https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/11/12/2599
COVID-19 and the consequences of cascading and compounding disasters https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-31/covid-bushfires-and-coping-with-cascading-disasters/12606328
‘It was a feeling of terror: when will the water stop?’: Britain’s flood victims, six months on https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/29/when-will-the-water-stop-britain-flood-victims-six-months-on
Sociology and disasters
Resilience in the Pacific and the Caribbean: The Local Construction of Disaster Risk Reduction https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343956760_Resilience_in_the_Pacific_and_the_Caribbean_The_Local_Construction_of_Disaster_Risk_Reduction
5 ways to help take racism out of disaster recovery https://kinder.rice.edu/urbanedge/2020/08/26/hurricane-laura-harvey-5-ways-take-racism-out-disaster-recovery
Can extreme events be an opportunity? Depopulation and resilience of rural communities in Central Italy after the 1997 earthquake https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343981559_Can_extreme_events_be_an_opportunity_Depopulation_and_resilience_of_rural_communities_in_Central_Italy_after_the_1997_earthquake
Low-income households should be prioritized after disaster strikes https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/514384-low-income-households-should-be-prioritized-after-disaster-strikes#.X01TNyHH2lg.twitter
High-resolution human mobility data reveal race and wealth disparities in disaster evacuation patterns https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343877167_High-resolution_human_mobility_data_reveal_race_and_wealth_disparities_in_disaster_evacuation_patterns
How Japan Stumbled into a Pandemic Miracle https://online.ucpress.edu/currenthistory/article/119/818/217/111341/How-Japan-Stumbled-into-a-Pandemic-Miracle
Closing the gaps: Advancing disaster preparedness, response and recovery for older adults http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73401
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