Please find below a list of links to some aspects of disaster resilience in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
The death toll from wildfires choking the west coast of the US continued https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/13/us-west-coast-choked-by-smoke-as-firefighters-tackle-deadly-wildfires?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
A Siege of 80 Large, Uncontained Wildfires Sweeps the Hot, Dry West https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09092020/wildfires-american-west-climate
Floods generated by exceptional rainfall have killed more than 200 people and affected over a million more, in a band of countries from Senegal to Sudan https://ewn.co.za/2020/09/11/200-killed-in-floods-across-africa
Tropical Storm Sally Is Heading North, Stalking New Orleanshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-12/tropical-depression-to-bring-flooding-rains-across-gulf-coast
Nepal – Over 30 Dead or Missing After Floods and Landslides in Sindhupalchok http://floodlist.com/asia/nepal-floods-landslides-sindhupalchok-september-2020
Tunisia – Floods Leave 6 Dead After Days of Heavy Rainhttp://floodlist.com/africa/tunisia-floods-september-2020
DR Congo – 50 Feared Dead as Mine Collapses During Floods http://floodlist.com/africa/drcongo-southkivu-mine-collapse-flood-september-2020
Ethiopia – 300,000 Displaced by Floods, Says UNhttp://floodlist.com/africa/ethiopia-floods-update-september-2020
Hurricane Sally strengthens ‘rapidly’ as Gulf Coast braces, mandatory evacuations in Louisiana, Mississippi https://www.foxnews.com/us/hurricane-sally-warning-gulf-coast-louisiana-mississippi-new-orleans-mandatory-evacuation-storm-surge
Mauritania – Deadly Floods in South and Easthttp://floodlist.com/africa/mauritania-floods-september-2020
1,000 Firefighters, 15 Aircraft Battle Wildfire in Portugal https://www.fireengineering.com/2020/09/14/493587/1000-firefighters-15-aircraft-battle-wildfire-in-portugal/
Death toll rises in US as wildfires continue in West Coast states https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54130785
Cape Verde – Deadly Flash Floods in Praia http://floodlist.com/africa/cape-verde-deadly-flash-floods-in-praia
Indonesia – at Least 4 Dead, 2,000 Displaced After Floods in 4 Provinces http://floodlist.com/asia/indonesia-floods-september-2020-kalimantan
Hurricane Sally nears U.S. Gulf Coast as residents brace for historic floods https://globalnews.ca/news/7337037/hurricane-sally-rain-floods/
Firefighters make progress in west coast blazes as smoke spreads across US https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/15/west-coast-fires-firefighters-oregon-washington-california?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco
Uganda – Deadly Flash Floods in Kampala http://floodlist.com/africa/uganda-floods-kampala-september-2020
India – 1 Dead, 34,000 Affected After Fresh Floods in Assam http://floodlist.com/asia/india-floods-assam-september-2020
Vietnam – 2 Dead After Severe Storms Cause Floods and Landslides in North http://floodlist.com/asia/vietnam-floods-landslides-hagiang-september-2020
Lightning strikes kill 42 people in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, India https://watchers.news/2020/09/16/lightning-strikes-kill-42-people-in-bihar-and-uttar-pradesh-india/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Flooding, Power Outages Spread as Hurricane Sally Batters Alabama, Florida https://weather.com/news/news/2020-09-15-hurricane-sally-mississippi-alabama-florida-louisiana-evacuations-impacts
India’s coronavirus cases pass 5 million as hospitals scramble for oxygen https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-16/india-coronavirus-case–pass-5-million/12670756
Guatemala – 25,000 Affected by Heavy Rain, Floods and Landslides http://floodlist.com/america/guatemala-floods-landslides-september-2020
Indonesia – Deadly Landslide in West Papua, Floods in Central Sulawesi and West Kalimantan http://floodlist.com/asia/indonesia-floods-west-papua-september-2020
After the floods, assessing Hurricane Sally’s damage https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-sally-damage-idUSKBN268347
Volcanic activity worldwide 17 Sep 2020: Semeru volcano, Dukono, Reventador, Sangay, Bezymianny https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/110108/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-17-Sep-2020-Semeru-volcano-Dukono-Reventador-Sangay-Bezymianny-Nev.html
At least 1 dead as Hurricane Sally unleashes “catastrophic and life-threatening” flooding along Gulf Coast https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/hurricane-sally-flooding-gulf-coast-alabama-florida-one-dead-three-mile-bridge/
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Earth may temporarily pass dangerous 1.5℃ warming limit by 2024, major new report says http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73538
UK: the record-breaking August 2020 heatwave http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73555
Climate insights 2020: natural disasters http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73565
South Australia solar power reaches 94 pct of state demand on Sunday https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-solar-power-reaches-94-pct-of-state-demand-on-sunday-84513/
The Age Of The ‘Megafire’ Is Upon Us https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2020/09/11/the-age-of-the-megafire-is-upon-us/#2379c8379cab
Climate crisis could displace 1.2 billion people by 2050, report warns https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/10/world/climate-global-displacement-report-intl-hnk-scli-scn/index.html
Will Extreme Weather Keep Getting Worse? Scientists Say Yes https://weather.com/news/climate/news/2020-09-11-extreme-weather-climate-change-disasters-wildfires-flooding-hurricanes
A big chunk of Greenland’s ice cap breaks off as Arctic shifts to new climate regime https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/greenland-ice-cap-1.5723009
Consortium Launches Program to Train Next Generation of City Climate Resilience Leaders https://www.wri.org/news/2020/09/release-consortium-launches-program-train-next-generation-city-climate-resilience
A warming California sets the stage for future floods http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73586
Slightest heat increase magnifies hurricane risk http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73591
South-South cooperation to tackle climate change http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73598
Mapping the effectiveness of nature‐based solutions for climate change adaptation http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73559
Multiple benefits of DRR investment: UR Tanzania http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73584
UBC researchers launch vulnerability index to track potential health impacts of climate change https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ubc-researchers-launch-vulnerability-index-to-track-potential-health-impacts-of-climate-change-1.5713920
The seawater carbon inventory at the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/09/08/2003197117
Wild weather this year shows growing impact of climate change, scientists say http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73607
We need to treat extreme events as connected, not as anomalies http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73603
More Americans think climate change poses a long-term threat to society than COVID-19 – 55% versus 44% respectively https://www.climateweeknyc.org/new-research-more-americans-think-climate-change-poses-long-term-threat-society-covid-19
6 Graphics Explain the Climate Feedback Loop Fueling US Fires https://www.wri.org/blog/2020/us-fires-climate-emissions
Just One Name Left on the Hurricane List and It’s Only September https://www.govtech.com/em/safety/Just-one-Name-is-left-on-the-Hurricane-list-and-its-only-September.html
New Zealand first in the world to require climate risk reporting http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73643
Disaster risk reduction
Learning from experience: Insights from China’s progress in disaster risk management http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73536
UAE cultivates the first private sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE) in the Arab Region http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73507
A data-driven framework to address gender issues in managing flood risks: flood risk management support project for the city of Buenos Aires http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73546
Coastal development between opportunity and disaster risk: a multisectoral risk assessment for Vietnam http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73549
Flood risk management in Africa http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73526
Reimagining resilience in a post pandemic world http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73553
Strengthening hydromet services, disaster preparedness and urban resilience in Honduras http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73545
Americans back tough limits on building in fire and flood zones http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73575
Guwahati gets an experimental flood warning system http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73576
Flood risk and coastal assessment of the Tocumen river: prioritization of hybrid infrastructure for urban flood risk reduction in Panama http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73562
Why are landslides so deadly in Nepal? https://www.thethirdpole.net/ne/2020/09/14/why-are-landslides-so-deadly-in-nepal/
Modelling would predict where dangerous blazes could occur across Australia so firefighting planes and helicopters could be deployed in advance https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/15/philanthropic-foundation-dreams-of-extinguishing-all-bushfires-within-an-hour-with-high-tech-help
Localization and coalescence of seismicity before large earthquakes https://academic.oup.com/gji/article-abstract/223/1/561/5863945#.X1-4dUilmZM.twitter
Developing open-source technical business and scientific standards for climate physical risk projections of future repair and replacement costs of residential and commercial buildings and infrastructure in Australia https://www.cmsi.org.au/
FT Ministry ready to work with others to address KL flash floods https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/ft-ministry-ready-to-work-with-others-to-address-kl-flash-floods-259331
The Indian Government’s flood insurance packages can do better. This is how http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73593
Megafires: Climate change or land management? https://www.niskanencenter.org/megafires-climate-change-or-land-management/
Beyond 2D inventories: synoptic 3D landslide volume calculation from repeat LiDAR data https://esurf.copernicus.org/preprints/esurf-2020-73/
New homes, highways boost flood risk on Turkey’s northern coast http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73624
California wildfires: can insurance markets handle the risk? http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73614
Effectiveness of flood early warning system to reduce economic loss at four communities http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73615
World risk report 2020 – focus: forced displacement and migration http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73612
Our land was taken. But we still hold the knowledge of how to stop mega-fires https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/16/california-wildfires-cultural-burns-indigenous-people
Disruptive resilience: an agenda for the new normal in cities of the global South http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73638
Investing in early fire detection could save $8 billionhttps://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/investing-in-early-fire-detection-could-save-8-billion
Flash flood indicators https://www.efas.eu/en/flash-flood-indicators
Emergency management
Made worse by tree loss, flooding forces migration in Afghanistan http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73535
US: In the line of fire http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73572
Pandemic preparedness panel slams collective failure to heed warnings http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73599
Covid-19: Fearing a second wave, the French government is relying on a local strategy http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73601
Firefighters pushed to the limits as unprecedented infernos rage across US west coast https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/15/firefighters-pushed-to-the-limits-as-unprecedented-infernos-rage-across-us-west-coast
Who Gets the First COVID-19 Vaccines? The Answer is a Complex Tangle of Science and Ethics https://blog.ucsusa.org/taryn-mackinney/who-gets-the-first-covid-19-vaccines-the-answer-is-a-complex-tangle-of-science-and-ethics
On the Fire Line, Grueling Work and a Shared Purpose https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/climate/firefighting-techniques.html
The Scariest Part of These Fires Is What Happens Next https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-scariest-part-of-these-wildfires-in-california-washington-and-oregon-is-what-happens-next?ref=author
“We only have the one”: Mapping the prevalence of people with high body mass to aid regional emergency management planning in aotearoa New Zealand https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420920313613?dgcid=author
Sudan pleads for aid to tackle devastating floods https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/world/sudan-pleads-for-aid-to-tackle-devastating-floods/n8826be
Australian Major Incidents Report 2019-20 published https://www.aidr.org.au/news/major-incidents-report-2019-20-published/
Interim observations from the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements https://naturaldisaster.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/interim-observations-1
Schools get ready for bushfire season https://education.nsw.gov.au/news/latest-news/schools-get-ready-for-bushfire-season
Disaster education, communications and engagement
Adaptive capacity as an educational goal to advance policy for integrating DRR into quality education for sustainable development http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73570
There’s actually a word for the climate change-induced despair you’ve been feeling https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-13/solastalgia-climate-change-induced-despair
Examination of how social media can inform the management of volunteers during a flood disaster https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jfr3.12665
What is a hurricane storm surge, and why is it so dangerous? http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73628
Combination of school evacuation drill with tsunami inundation simulation: consensus-making between disaster experts and citizens on an evacuation strategy http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73610
National youth survey on climate change and disaster risk https://www.aidr.org.au/news/national-youth-survey-on-climate-change-and-disaster-risk/
Australia it’s time to get prepared for… Big Weather (and how to survive it) https://help.abc.net.au/hc/en-us/articles/360001880455-Australia-it-s-time-to-get-prepared-for-Big-Weather-and-how-to-survive-it-
Psychology and disasters
COVID-19 and patients with serious mental illness https://www.mdedge.com/psychiatry/article/227579/schizophrenia-other-psychotic-disorders/covid-19-and-patients-serious
Solastalgia and Californian wildfires https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/wildfires-california-2020-climate-change-effect-1059197/
For many families, the first disaster can be far from the last https://www.colorado.edu/today/2020/09/10/many-families-first-disaster-can-be-far-last
Exposure Outliers: Children, Mothers, and Cumulative Disaster Exposure in Louisiana https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/jfs/vol19/iss1/4/
Extreme rains lead to more rural farmer suicides than droughts: Study http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73602
Is the climate crisis creating a mental health crisis? http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73592
Bouncing Back During COVID-19 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hope-resilience/202009/bouncing-back-during-covid-19
Sociology and disasters
Hurricanes and COVID-19 in Florida: Are counties prepared to protect hurricane-vulnerable populations? http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73534
Addressing gendered and other inequalities will be central to COVID-19 recovery http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73556
Building trust within and across communities for health emergency preparedness http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73619
Latino, Black, Native American households suffer disproportionate financial strain amid pandemic https://abcnews.go.com/Business/minority-homes-bear-financial-strain-amid-covid-19/story?id=73025891
Women’s leadership in the Pacific: trailblazer opens world of disaster management to women http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73640 Guardians of the planet: Asia Pacific children and youth voices on climate crisis and disaster risk reduction http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=73633
Disaster Resilience News 