Please find below links to recent news about some aspects of disaster resilience…
Recent emergencies/disasters
After two days of heavy rain, parts of Port Fairy and Warrnambool have flooded https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/more-than-150-homes-at-risk-in-once-in-a-decade-coastal-flooding-20201009-p563sc.html
Five In Vietnam And Two In Cambodia Die In Floods https://theaseanpost.com/article/five-vietnam-and-two-cambodia-die-floods
Storm-ravaged southwestern Louisiana takes stock of damage after Delta https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/10/louisiana-coast-hurricane-delta/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wp_main
Cambodia – Widespread Flooding Leaves 10 Dead http://floodlist.com/asia/cambodia-floods-october-2020
Ghana – Flash Floods Cause Traffic Chaos in Accra http://floodlist.com/africa/ghana-flash-floods-cause-traffic-chaos-in-accra
Vietnam – at Least 7 Dead or Missing After Floods in Central Provinces http://floodlist.com/asia/vietnam-floods-quangtri-october-2020
Flooding in South-East Asia leaves at least 20 dead, thousands homeless https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-12/flooding-vietnam-cambodia-at-least-20-dead-typhoon-linfa/12757392
Vietnam – Floods Worsens as Tropical Storm Linfa Makes Landfall http://floodlist.com/asia/vietnam-floods-storm-linfa-october-2020
USA – Flash Floods After Hurricane Delta Dumps 445mm of Rain in Louisiana http://floodlist.com/america/usa/usa-hurricane-delta-floods-louisiana-georgia-october-2020
Uganda – Lake Floods Continue to Cause Hardship for Communities http://floodlist.com/africa/uganda-lake-albert-kyoga-floods-october-2020
Mideast wildfires kill 3, force thousands to flee homes https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-middle-east-lebanon-israel-west-bank-5a02c71978966f9cb8db176a599ccd5b
Indonesia – Heavy Rain Triggers Floods and Landslides in 8 Provinces http://floodlist.com/asia/indonesia-floods-landslides-mid-october-2020
Volcanic activity worldwide 15 Oct 2020: Klyuchevskoy volcano, Popocatépetl, Reventador, Sangay https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/111445/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-15-Oct-2020-Klyuchevskoy-volcano-Popocatepetl-Reventador-Sangay-Vi.html
Philippines – 3 Die in Flash Floods in Cebu City http://floodlist.com/asia/philippines-flash-floods-cebu-october-2020
India – Deadly Floods in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra http://floodlist.com/asia/india-floods-telangana-andhrapradesh-karnataka-maharashtra-october-2020
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
How many people will migrate due to rising sea levels? Our best guesses aren’t good enough https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74044
Bangladesh urges countries to ramp up climate ambition by 2020 deadline https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/10/07/bangladesh-leads-call-countries-ramp-climate-ambition-2020-deadline/
Net zero emissions target for Australia could launch $63bn investment boom https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/12/net-zero-emissions-target-for-australia-could-launch-63bn-investment-boom?CMP=share_btn_tw
Dynamic ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet driven by sustained glacier retreat https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-020-0001-2
Extreme weather events have increased dramatically in the past 20 years https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/12/un-highlights-dramatic-global-rise-in-extreme-weather-since-2020
The Ocean-Land Connection of Droughts https://eos.org/editor-highlights/the-ocean-land-connection-of-droughts
‘Uninhabitable hell’: Climate change and disease threaten millions, UN warns https://news.trust.org/item/20201012090728-xjrme/
How ‘urban heat islands’ will intensify heatwaves in UK cities https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how-urban-heat-islands-will-intensify-heatwaves-in-uk-cities
Trillions of extra economic damages predicted in new study of climate change effects https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74113
The Arctic is burning in a whole new way https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74109
People power: everyday Australians are building their own renewables projects, and you can too https://theconversation.com/people-power-everyday-australians-are-building-their-own-renewables-projects-and-you-can-too-146885
Top asset owners commit to big carbon emissions cuts https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/13/top-asset-managers-commit-to-big-carbon-emissions-cuts
Australia must prepare now for climate-related disasters or pay more later, insurance regulator says https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/14/australia-must-prepare-now-for-climate-related-disasters-or-pay-more-later-insurance-regulator-says
Climate change undermines the safety of buildings and infrastructure in Europe https://www.cmcc.it/article/climate-change-undermines-the-safety-of-buildings-and-infrastructure-in-europe
Act now on wildfires, global climate change, human health, study says https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74181
Better governance is a key to reducing flood risks https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74165
Disaster risk reduction at our fingertips https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74167
Global emissions fall faster than at any time on record as COVID-19 hits economies https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/global-emissions-fall-faster-than-any-time-on-record-as-covid-19-hits-economies-20201014-p5651l.html
Disaster risk reduction
Does nature or society create risk? Practical implications of shifting the disaster frame https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/research-counts/does-nature-or-society-create-risk-practical-implications-of-shifting-the-disaster-frame
A push to prevent the next pandemic https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74063
Nepal’s ‘bottom-up’ approach to disaster risk governance https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74040
High-resolution approach to quantify the impact of building-level flood risk mitigation and adaptation measures on flood losses at the community-level https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420920314059?dgcid=author
Rethinking resilience to wildfire https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0353-8
Learning to live with blazes in the drying South https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/learning-live-conflagrations
Krakatoa is still active, and we are not ready for the tsunamis another eruption would generate https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74112
Putting people first in disaster risk reduction: the mismatch between policy, theory, and practice https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74132
Cities at risk – Building a resilient future for the world’s urban centres https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/74130
Root causes and policy dilemmas of the COVID-19 pandemic global disaster https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/74098
Public warning systems https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/74103
Why loss and damage must feature strongly in NDCs https://wwf.panda.org/?955216/Loss-damage-NDCs
Flood Factor: Mapping the flood risk of 142 million properties in America with Mapbox https://blog.mapbox.com/flood-factor-mapping-the-flood-risk-of-142-million-properties-in-america-with-mapbox-81cd41d644f8
COVID-19; an opportunity to re-think disaster risk governance https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/blog/2020/covid-19–an-opportunity-to-re-think-disaster-risk-governance.html
MOOC: Geospatial applications for disaster risk management https://un-spider.org/news-and-events/events/mooc-geospatial-applications-disaster-risk-management
Planning for everyone: closing gaps in hazard mitigation planning https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74178
New data highlights most disaster-prone U.S. communities https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74147
Better risk management should guide our action to build back better https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74148
Open, reliable risk data: a key element for good disaster risk governance https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74105
Public review of the Words into Action guide: ‘Nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction’ https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74080
State of Climate Services 2020 report: move from early warnings to early action https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/state-of-climate-services-2020-report-move-from-early-warnings-early-action
Record rainfall and poor urban planning: What caused Hyderabad to flood https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/record-rainfall-and-poor-urban-planning-what-caused-hyderabad-flood-135328
Emergency management
Comparing Corona virus responses in Florida and Australia: For the best results, follow the science https://mahb.stanford.edu/library-item/comparing-corona-virus-responses-in-florida-and-australia-for-the-best-results-follow-the-science/
2020 Atlantic hurricane season on pace to become the most active ever https://www.unocha.org/story/2020-atlantic-hurricane-season-pace-become-most-active-ever
Community planning and capacity building in Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria: Pre-disaster conditions, hurricane damage, and courses of action https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/74092
France declares state of emergency due to Covid-19 https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/france-declares-state-emergency-covid-19-macron-coronavirus/
Epidemic preparedness and response https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74144
Disaster education, communications and engagement
The Women’s Resilience to Disasters Knowledge Hub https://www.preventionweb.net/experts/oped/view/74099
How is social media shaping disaster governance? https://www.sei.org/perspectives/how-is-social-media-shaping-disaster-governance/
Great Shakeout Earthquake Drills https://www.shakeout.org/register/
Beyond (Mis)Representation: Visuals in COVID-19 Misinformation https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940161220964780
PIRAC launches a social media campaign on disaster preparedness in a context of COVID-19 outbreak https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74095
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction booklet https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/74133
Principles of risk communication guide: A guide to communicating with socially vulnerable populations across the disaster lifecycle https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/74134
My Fire Plan https://www.myfireplan.com.au/
Big Weather education resources address our changing weather and what we can do to survive it https://education.abc.net.au/home#!/topic/3710253/big-weather-and-how-to-survive-it/all
inSIGHT: a participatory game for enhancing disaster risk governance https://www.iccrom.org/news/insight-participatory-game-enhancing-disaster-risk-governance
Information for the people https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74146
International Disaster Risk Reduction Day: Why being prepared is key to overcoming 21st century challenges https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74149
Public opinion on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic https://www.ipsos.com/ipsos-mori/en-uk/public-opinion-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic
23% of users in U.S. say social media led them to change views on an issue; some cite Black Lives Matter https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/10/15/23-of-users-in-us-say-social-media-led-them-to-change-views-on-issue-some-cite-black-lives-matter/
Psychology and disasters
Public risk perception attitude and information-seeking efficacy on floods: a formative study for disaster preparation campaigns and policies https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-020-00307-5
Participants in program for vulnerable young people are helping communities recover from bushfires https://www.abc.net.au/7.30/the-young-people-helping-communities-recovering/12763516
‘Solastalgia’: Arctic inhabitants overwhelmed by new form of climate grief https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/15/arctic-solastalgia-climate-crisis-inuit-indigenous
Sociology and disasters
Miami-Dade is one storm away from a housing catastrophe. Nearly 1M people are at risk https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article245591165.html
The human cost of disasters: an overview of the last 20 years (2000-2019) https://www.undrr.org/publication/human-cost-disasters-overview-last-20-years-2000-2019
Disaster Resilience News 