Please find below a list of links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
California battles deadly storms with millions under flood watch https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64279891
Philippines – 17 Dead, 70,000 Displaced After Days of Storms, Rain and Floods https://floodlist.com/asia/philippines-floods-january-2023
Colombia – Deadly Flash Floods in Medellín, Antioquia https://floodlist.com/america/colombia-floods-medellin-antioquia-january-2023
Indonesia – Sumatra Island Floods Leave 3 Dead and 15,000 Homes Damaged https://floodlist.com/asia/indonesia-floods-sumatra-island-january-2023
Philippines – Death Toll Rises After Further Floods and Landslides https://floodlist.com/asia/philippines-floods-update-january-2023
Mali – Flooding Rivers Destroy Homes and Livelihoods in Mopti and Tombouctou Regions https://floodlist.com/africa/mali-floodis-mopti-tombouctou-january-2023
Auckland floods: More heavy rain ahead for New Zealand’s largest city https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64449248
Zambia – “Catastrophic Situation” After Floods Hit Southern and Central Provinces https://floodlist.com/africa/zambia-floods-southern-central-province-january-2026
Indonesia – 5 Killed in North Sulawesi Floods and Landslides https://floodlist.com/asia/indonesia-north-sulawesi-floods-january-2023
Madagascar – Tropical Storm Cheneso Leaves 30 Dead, 40,000 Displaced https://floodlist.com/africa/madagascar-storm-cheneso-floods-update-january-2023
Volcanic activity worldwide 1 Feb 2023: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/203038/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-1-Feb-2023-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Shiveluch.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Ocean heat shatters record with warming equal to 5 atomic bombs exploding “every second” for a year https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-ocean-heat-new-record-atomic-bombs-getting-worse-researchers/
Ancient air trapped deep below the surface could unlock secrets of the Earth’s past and help understand what lies ahead as CO2 in the atmosphere keeps rising https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/15/time-tunnel-why-an-australian-expedition-is-drilling-through-26km-of-antarctic-ice
Don’t wait for COP: the end of the fossil-fuel age must start now https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00039-8
Three issues will decide if Labor’s climate policy is a success – what the government does next is key https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/14/carbon-credits-are-about-to-play-a-central-role-in-australias-climate-response-thats-problematic
Past eight years confirmed to be the eight warmest on record https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/past-eight-years-confirmed-be-eight-warmest-record
Regionalizing the sea-level budget with machine learning techniques https://os.copernicus.org/articles/19/17/2023/
Modeled storm surge changes in a warmer world: the Last Interglacial https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/19/141/2023/
Warning of unprecedented heatwaves as El Niño set to return in 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/16/return-of-el-nino-will-cause-off-the-chart-temperature-rise-climate-crisis
Inter-decadal climate variability induces differential ice response along Pacific-facing West Antarctica https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35471-3.epdf
New report shows alarming changes in the entire global water cycle https://theconversation.com/new-report-shows-alarming-changes-in-the-entire-global-water-cycle-197535
Is carbon removal delaying emission reductions? https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.826
Extreme weather events to increase in Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-30/extreme-weather-events-to-increase-in-australia/101906742
Earth is on track to exceed 1.5C warming in the next decade, study using AI finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/30/climate-crisis-global-heating-artificial-intelligence
A new study finds the biggest increases in inundation will occur after the first 2 metres (6.6 feet) of sea level rise, covering more than twice as much land as older elevation models predicted https://news.agu.org/press-release/worst-impacts-of-sea-level-rise-will-hit-earlier-than-expected/
A new study conducted with data from 93 European cities estimates that one third of deaths attributable to heat islands could be avoided if trees covered 30% of urban space https://www.isglobal.org/en/-/4-of-summer-mortality-is-attributable-to-urban-heat-islands
Climate change is already putting the heat on insurance companies – Auckland’s floods could be a turning point https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-already-putting-the-heat-on-insurance-companies-aucklands-floods-could-be-a-turning-point-198764
Megadroughts in the Common Era and the Anthropocenehttps://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-022-00329-1
Auckland suffers wettest month in history https://niwa.co.nz/news/auckland-suffers-wettest-month-in-history
Data-driven predictions of the time remaining until critical global warming thresholds are reached https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2207183120
Disaster risk reduction
The USGS has collected and released topographic data that show the erosional effects of the January 2023 storms on the coast for the Santa Cruz region of California https://www.usgs.gov/programs/cmhrp/news/usgs-remote-sensing-data-tracks-coastal-erosion-california-storms
A year on, we know why the Tongan eruption was so violent. It’s a wake-up call to watch other submarine volcanoes https://theconversation.com/a-year-on-we-know-why-the-tongan-eruption-was-so-violent-its-a-wake-up-call-to-watch-other-submarine-volcanoes-175734
MedCyclones: Working together towards understanding Mediterranean cyclones https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/aop/BAMS-D-22-0280.1/BAMS-D-22-0280.1.xml
A more realistic earthquake probability model using long-term fault memory https://phys.org/news/2023-01-realistic-earthquake-probability-long-term-fault.html
A data-driven model for Fennoscandian wildfire danger https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/23/65/2023/
Disastrous Floods in Western Australia – Why Were We Not Prepared?https://floodlist.com/australia/floods-western-australia-why-were-we-not-prepared
Trees and Woodlands Delivering £400m Boost to UK’s Flood Protection Efforts, Study Finds https://floodlist.com/protection/trees-woodlands-boost-uk-flood-protection
As heatwaves and floods hit cities worldwide, these places are pioneering solutions https://theconversation.com/as-heatwaves-and-floods-hit-cities-worldwide-these-places-are-pioneering-solutions-196389
Earth Map: A Novel Tool for Fast Performance of Advanced Land Monitoring and Climate Assessment https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/remotesensing.0003
Observation of the Coastal Areas, Estuaries and Deltas from Space https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10712-022-09757-6
Why rivers shouldn’t look like this https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2023/jan/26/why-rivers-shouldnt-look-like-this-video
Creating Resilient Futures: Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction, Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change Adaptation Agendas https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-80791-7
Europe had 782 tornados in 2022, causing 6 fatalities and 84 injuries https://watchers.news/2023/02/01/europe-had-782-tornados-in-2022-causing-6-fatalities-and-84-injuries/
The world is not ready for the next pandemic, warns the IFRC https://www.ifrc.org/press-release/world-not-ready-next-pandemic-warns-ifrc
Fast Flood Extent Monitoring with SAR Change Detection Using Google Earth Engine https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10026287
Emergency management
Mayor wants a fleet manager, but Council members say hiring a disaster manager is more urgent https://buffalonews.com/news/local/mayor-wants-a-fleet-manager-but-council-members-say-hiring-a-disaster-manager-is-more/article_8dbfa718-8d3f-11ed-a74c-f7c76c223637.html
With the advent of the 20th anniversary of the Canberra 2003 deadly blaze, many residents reflect on their own narrow escapes and continue to raise questions about why there hadn’t been an adequate warning system https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-15/residents-and-firefighters-mark-20th-anniversary/101857208
Auckland floods: city begins clean-up after ‘biggest climate event’ in New Zealand’s history https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/01/auckland-floods-biggest-climate-event-new-zealand-history-flooding
The inaugural meeting of the Australian Government and insurance sector’s Hazards Insurance Partnership (HIP) will be held in Brisbane today https://nema.gov.au/about-us/media-centre/hazard-insurance-partnership-2February
Disaster education, communications and engagement
Responses to heat waves: what can Twitter data tell us?https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-023-05824-2
Dealing with risks associated with tsunamis using indigenous knowledge approaches https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420923000146
At Fitzroy Crossing and around Australia, community radio empowers local responses to climate impacts https://theconversation.com/at-fitzroy-crossing-and-around-australia-community-radio-empowers-local-responses-to-climate-impacts-197679
Theatre making and storytelling on the margins: the lived experience of climate change in Dhaka https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13569783.2020.1791696
Non-formal disaster education programs for school students in Iran: A qualitative study of the challenges experienced by stakeholders https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420923000110
Social media and crowdsourcing in disasters https://links-project.eu/including-citizens-handbook/
Latest global social media & other digital facts and figures https://wearesocial.com/au/blog/2023/01/digital-2023/
Psychology and disasters
The relationship between multiple traumatic events and the severity of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms – evidence for a cognitive link https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20008066.2023.2165025
Homeowner firewise behaviors in fire-prone central Oregon: An exploration of the attitudinal, situational, and cultural worldviews impacting pre-fire mitigation actions https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479722023842
To prepare or not to prepare: What motivates people to reduce their risk from volcanic impacts? https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-physicalsciences/2021/12/13/to-prepare-or-not-to-prepare-what-motivates-people-to-reduce-their-risk-from-volcanic-impacts/
For some, life after Ian is ‘more tragic than the hurricane itself’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/02/01/hurricane-ian-recovery-survivors/
Sociology and disasters
In Iloilo City, Philippines, an Inclusive Housing Program Protects Vulnerable Communities from Flood Risks https://www.wri.org/insights/iloilo-city-philippines-housing-flood-protection
People in social housing often face hottest conditions and struggle to pay for air conditioning, advocates say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/16/not-cool-push-for-insulation-in-all-australian-rental-homes-as-study-shows-dangerous-heat-levels
Global state of education-related inequality in COVID-19 vaccine coverage, structural barriers, vaccine hesitancy, and vaccine refusal: findings from the Global COVID-19 Trends and Impact Survey https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(22)00520-4/fulltext
We cannot address global water challenges without social sciences https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-022-00013-0
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