Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Tropical storm watch issued for Florida Keys as Elsa whips Dominican Republic and Haiti https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/03/weather/hurricane-elsa-saturday/index.html
Japanese rescuers find two bodies, continue search for 20 more after landslide in Atami, south-west of Tokyo https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-04/two-dead-in-japan-landslide-atami/100266228
Canada heatwave: Wildfires spread in British Columbia after lightning strikes https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57703853
Nepal – Floods and Landslides Leave 10 Dead, 4 Missing https://floodlist.com/asia/nepal-floods-landslides-july-2021
China – Over 60,000 Evacuate Floods in Jiangxi https://floodlist.com/asia/china-floods-jiangxi-july-2021
Flooding and thunderstorms as rain and wind batters Scotland https://news.stv.tv/scotland/flooding-and-thunderstorms-as-rain-and-wind-batters-scotland?top
Crimea – More Floods After Heavy Rain Leave 1 Dead, Dozens Evacuated https://floodlist.com/europe/crimea-floods-july-2021
Fast-moving Atlantic Storm Elsa makes landfall in Cuba https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/5/atlantic-storm-elsa-speeds-toward-landfall-on-cubas-coast
Indonesia – Floods Damage Over 2,000 Homes in Aceh Province https://floodlist.com/asia/indonesia-floods-damage-over-2000-homes-in-aceh-province
Russia – State of Emergency After Floods in Krasnodar Krai https://floodlist.com/europe/russia-floods-in-krasnodar-sochi-july-2021
South Korea – 2 Killed in Floods and Landslides After Heavy Rain https://floodlist.com/asia/south-korea-floods-landslides-july-2021
Volcanic activity worldwide 8 Jul 2021: Etna volcano, Fuego, Karymsky, Dukono, Reventador, Sangay https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/134806/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-8-Jul-2021-Etna-volcano-Fuego-Karymsky-Dukono-Reventador-Sangay-T.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
How to organise climate action in the Decisive Decadehttps://sbs.ox.ac.uk/news/how-organise-climate-action-decisive-decade
Summer swelter trend: West gets hotter days, East hot nights https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-science-cd3e6dcb4d2490ed8c2ddcd3c54f69ab
Climate Change Could Destroy America’s Roads https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aqpxn/roads-buckling-heatwave-climate-change
Unprecedented heat, hundreds dead and a town destroyed. Climate change is frying the Northern Hemisphere https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/04/world/canada-us-heatwave-northern-hemisphere-climate-change-cmd-intl/index.html
Sea level rise poses economic threat to Asia coastal cities https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/78792
‘Megadrought’ along border strains US-Mexico water relations https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/78796
New Zealand experiences hottest June on record despite polar blast https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/05/new-zealand-experiences-hottest-june-on-record-despite-polar-blast
The Graphic Truth: Where are climate-linked scorchers deadliest? https://www.gzeromedia.com/the-graphic-truth-where-are-climate-linked-scorchers-deadliest
Europeans consider climate change to be the most serious problem facing the world https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_3156
‘We are living it already’: Climate change behind extreme weather events in Canada, experts say https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/we-are-living-it-already-climate-change-behind-extreme-weather-events-in-canada-experts-say-1.5495229
A Space Laser Shows How Catastrophic Sea Level Rise Will Be https://www.wired.com/story/a-space-laser-shows-how-catastrophic-sea-level-rise-will-be/
The North American heatwave shows we need to know how climate change will change our weather https://theconversation.com/the-north-american-heatwave-shows-we-need-to-know-how-climate-change-will-change-our-weather-163802
Nordic countries endure heatwave as Lapland records hottest day since 1914 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/06/heatwave-hits-nordic-countries-lapland-temperature-
Climate Change Brings More Summer Heat Stress To New Hampshire And Its Infrastructure https://www.nhpr.org/post/climate-change-brings-more-summer-heat-stress-new-hampshire-and-its-infrastructure#stream/0
2020: The escalation of extreme rainfall events in Brazil https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/78837
‘We need to become the solution’: older New Zealanders join climate change fight https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/06/we-need-to-become-the-solution-older-new-zealanders-join-climate-change-fight
Global evidence links rise in extreme precipitation to human-driven climate change https://theconversation.com/global-evidence-links-rise-in-extreme-precipitation-to-human-driven-climate-change-163715
Managed retreat and environmental justice in a changing climate https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/78867
Climate change: US-Canada heatwave ‘virtually impossible’ without warming https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57751918
Climate crisis ‘may put 8bn at risk of malaria and dengue’ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jul/08/climate-crisis-may-put-8bn-at-risk-of-malaria-and-dengue
Oregon adopts emergency rules to protect workers in extreme heat https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2021/07/oregon-adopts-emergency-rules-to-protect-workers-in-extreme-heat.html
How to Use ArcGIS Pro to Map Urban Heat Islands https://www.gislounge.com/how-to-use-arcgis-pro-to-map-urban-heat-islands/
Antarctica hit record high temperature in 2020, scientists confirm https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/561463-antarctica-hit-record-high-temperature-in-2020-scientists
Climate change linked to 5 million deaths a year, new study shows https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/climate-change-linked-to-5-million-deaths-a-year-new-study-shows
Infrastructure for a Changing Climate https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2021/07/infrastructure-for-a-changing-climate
Unpacking Miami’s new 40-year plan against rising sea levels https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/78890
Disaster risk reduction
Natural Hazards Research Australia continues the coordinated multi-disciplinary national research effort of two Cooperative Research Centres over the last 18 years https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/porter/media-releases/world-class-natural-hazards-research-centre
Community flood vulnerability and risk assessment: An empirical predictive modeling approach https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jfr3.12739
Improved algorithms help scientists monitor wildfires from space https://eos.org/research-spotlights/improved-algorithms-help-scientists-monitor-wildfires-from-space
Monitoring the Nyiragongo eruption in DRC and Rwanda https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/78759
Disaster resilience in Australia: A geographic assessment using an index of coping and adaptive capacity https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420921003836?via%3Dihub
Flood map update alters thousands of Brisbane property flood levels https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-06/brisbane-flood-mapping-changes/100268292
Warragamba Dam wall-raising assessment open to legal challenge, leaked documents say https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-06/warragamba-dam-project-environmental-federal-government-comments/100262494
Outlook for earthquake early warning for Aotearoa New Zealand: Insights from initiating a community-of-practice https://repo.nzsee.org.nz/handle/nzsee/2350
Analysis of pluvial flood damage costs in residential buildings – A case study in Malmö https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221242092100368X?via%3Dihub
High-resolution flood risk approach to quantify the impact of policy change on flood losses at community-level https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420921003903?via%3Dihub
Exploring the gap between policy and action in Disaster Risk Reduction: A case study from India https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420921003897?dgcid=coauthor
‘Negligence of developers’ costing taxpayers over Norfolk flooding https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/housing/call-for-government-to-act-over-norfolk-flooding-8121472
Indonesia – Over 70 Floods and Landslides Recorded in June 2021, Says Disaster Agency https://floodlist.com/asia/indonesia-floods-landslides-june-2021
Hydromet Investments save lives and make economic sense https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/78896
AI bolsters human-centric disaster risk reduction https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/78891
Enhancing efficiency in humanitarian action through reducing risk – A study on cost-benefit of disaster risk reduction https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/78827
Emergency management
North Miami Beach Condo Evacuates Residents on Safety Concerns https://www.wsj.com/articles/miami-area-collapsed-condo-search-efforts-continue-amid-complications-11625237257
Wildfire watchmen: the mountain tower where lookouts spot blazes https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/03/wildfire-lookout-california-mt-tamalpais
Japan: UN chief praises work of emergency responders in wake of deadly landslide https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/07/1095312
How Dangerous Is the Delta Variant, and Will It Cause a COVID Surge in the U.S.? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-dangerous-is-the-delta-variant-and-will-it-cause-a-covid-surge-in-the-u-s/
Anger grows over B.C. Emergency Health Services’ handling of heat wave that left hundreds dead https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/anger-grows-over-b-c-emergency-health-services-handling-of-heat-wave-that-left-hundreds-dead
As wildfires increase in number and size, the number of hotshot crews dwindles https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/as-wildfires-increase-in-number-and-size-the-number-of-hotshot-crews-dwindles
First Nations Wildfire Evacuations https://www.ubcpress.ca/first-nations-wildfire-evacuations
Warning over children as Indonesia suffers its worst Covid outbreak https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/06/warning-over-children-as-indonesia-suffers-its-worst-covid-outbreak
Japan – Many Still Missing in Atami Mudslide as Search and Rescue Operations Continue https://floodlist.com/asia/japan-atami-mudslide-update-july-2021
Disaster management and the need for a reinstated social contract of shared responsibility https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420921004015?via%3Dihub
Is it more infectious? Is it spreading in schools? This is what we know about the Delta variant and kids https://theconversation.com/is-it-more-infectious-is-it-spreading-in-schools-this-is-what-we-know-about-the-delta-variant-and-kids-163724
Living with COVID: is now the right time for England to lift all restrictions? https://theconversation.com/living-with-covid-is-now-the-right-time-for-england-to-lift-all-restrictions-164022
Disaster education, communications and engagement
Tanzanian communities unite to tackle the growing risk of floods https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/tanzanian-communities-unite-tackle-growing-risk-floods
NAIDOC week has just begun and, after several tumultuous years of disasters in Australia, the theme this year is Heal Country https://theconversation.com/although-we-didnt-produce-these-problems-we-suffer-them-3-ways-you-can-help-in-naidocs-call-to-heal-country-163362
Educating for resilience: parent and teacher perceptions of children’s emotional needs in response to climate change https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13504622.2020.1828288?journalCode=ceer20
Community Resilience Action Groups build flood resilience in Bangladesh https://floodresilience.net/blogs/community-resilience-action-groups-build-flood-resilience/
BeFloodReady: Missy’s Tale by Aardman Animations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKJhttx0kCI
Resilience learning and indigenous knowledge of earthquake risk in Indonesia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420921003848?via%3Dihub
An analysis of social media use and neighbor-assisted debris removal in Houston following Hurricane Harvey https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420921004118?via%3Dihub
Psychology and disasters
New research finds that those living and working alone during the pandemic have suffered the worst effects of all https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/04/revealed-rise-in-stress-among-those-working-from-home
Sociology and disasters
Attracting altruists: Explaining volunteer turnout during natural hazards in Japan https://www.researchgate.net/publication/349060146_Attracting_altruists_Explaining_volunteer_turnout_during_natural_hazards_in_Japan
The effect of social capital on disaster conflicts in local communities: Focusing on disaster victims https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352987099_The_effect_of_social_capital_on_disaster_conflicts_in_local_communities_Focusing_on_disaster_victims
The case for equity to reduce disaster risk: An analysis of Bolivia https://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/case-equity-reduce-disaster-risk-analysis-bolivia?cid=ccg_tt_climatechange_en_ext
Threat to Latinos has grown in the past decade, and they are twice as likely to live in areas most threatened by wildfires relative to the overall U.S. population https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/06/wildfires-latino-threat-498273
Locating potential sources of capacity and vulnerability in geographically remote areas: Reflections based on three case studies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420921003940?via%3Dihub
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