Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Turkey earthquake: Death toll could increase eight-fold, WHO says https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64533851
Fiji – Evacuations After Floods in Northern Division https://floodlist.com/australia/fiji-floods-february-2023
Chile – Floods in North as Wildfires Blaze in Southern Regions https://floodlist.com/america/chile-floods-antofagasta-february-2023
Mexico – Floods in Tabasco Leave Communities Isolated https://floodlist.com/america/mexico-floods-tabasco-february-2023
Bolivia – Floods Affect Thousands in La Paz, Beni and Santa Cruz Departments https://floodlist.com/america/bolivia-floods-la-paz-santa-cruz-february-2023
Peru – Heavy Rainfall Triggers Deadly Mudslides and Floods in Arequipa Department https://floodlist.com/america/peru-floods-arequipa-february-2023
Volcanic activity worldwide 8 Feb 2023: Etna volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Merapi, Shiveluch https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/203647/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-8-Feb-2023-Etna-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Merapi-Shiveluch-Karan.html
Australia – Floods in Sydney and NSW After 96mm of Rain in 1 Hour https://floodlist.com/australia/flods-nsw-february-2023
Brazil – Floods in Rio De Janeiro After 67mm of Rain in 1 Hour https://floodlist.com/america/floods-brazil-riodejaneiro-february-2023
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Future sea level rise dominates changes in worst case extreme sea levels along the global coastline by 2100 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acb504
New Zealand – Auckland Needs Stormwater Systems Fit for Climate Change https://floodlist.com/australia/new-zealand-auckland-floods-stormwater-systems
Arctic sea ice mass balance in a new coupled ice–ocean model using a brittle rheology framework https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/617/2023/
Exceptionally warm temperatures – Europe experiences third warmest January on record; Antarctic sea ice extent reached its lowest for January https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-exceptionally-warm-temperatures-europe-experiences-third-warmest-january-record
Second best month for big solar in Australia as WA facility tops rankings again https://reneweconomy.com.au/second-best-month-for-big-solar-in-australia-as-wa-facility-tops-rankings-again/
How India is battling deadly rain storms as climate change bites https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00341-5
Melting Glaciers Show Why Climate Targets Below 1.5°C Are Needed https://truthout.org/articles/melting-glaciers-show-why-climate-targets-below-1-5c-are-needed/
Auckland just had its wettest month in over 170 years, and more rain is on the way https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/auckland-just-had-its-wettest-month-in-over-170-years-and-more-rain-is-on-the-way/
Study links record-breaking rainfall events in separate regions https://phys.org/news/2023-01-links-record-breaking-rainfall-events-regions.html#
California’s Extreme Weather Is the Future of Climate Change https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/california-floods-climate-change/
Disaster risk reduction
200 experts dissected the Black Summer bushfires in unprecedented detail. Here are 6 lessons to heed https://theconversation.com/200-experts-dissected-the-black-summer-bushfires-in-unprecedented-detail-here-are-6-lessons-to-heed-198989
M 7.8 – 26 km E of Nurdağı, Turkey https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000jllz/executive
Unprecedented Levels of High-Severity Fire Burn in Sierra Nevada Forests https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/unprecedented-levels-high-severity-fire-burn-sierra-nevada-forests
USA – Moody’s RMS Estimates US$5-7 Billion in Total Economic Losses From California Floods https://floodlist.com/america/usa/economic-losses-california-floods-january-2023
Australia – PERILS Estimates AUD 840m Loss for New South Wales and Victoria Floods https://floodlist.com/australia/insurance-loss-new-south-wales-victoria-floods-october-2022
Turkey and Syria devastated by earthquake https://temblor.net/earthquake-insights/turkey-syria-earthquake-feb-6-2023-14918/
Everything Hits at Once: How Remote Rainfall Matters for the Prediction of the 2021 North American Heat Wave https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL100958
Turkey’s New Earthquake Hazard Map is Published https://reliefweb.int/report/turkey/turkeys-new-earthquake-hazard-map-published
Glacial lake outburst floods threaten millions globally https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36033-x
‘We’re making our jobs harder.’ NC builds thousands of homes in flood-prone areas https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article272187298.html
Turkey-Syria earthquakes: a seismologist explains what has happened https://theconversation.com/turkey-syria-earthquakes-a-seismologist-explains-what-has-happened-199340
Flood impacts forecast http://www.watercareer.com.au/news/flood-impacts-forecast
Flood probes questioned http://www.watercareer.com.au/news/flood-probes-questioned
Why we should shatter Melbourne’s concrete creeks https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/why-we-should-shatter-melbourne-s-concrete-creeks-20230206-p5cidn.html
Midterm review of the Sendai Framework https://sendaiframework-mtr.undrr.org/
Turkish Earthquake Could Have Been Building for Thousands of Years https://www.newsweek.com/turkey-earthquake-cause-thousands-years-previously-faults-1779763
A new book examines the extent of biodiversity loss caused by Australia’s Black Summer wildfires and what lessons our country must learn https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the-burning-of-australia-s-nature
Turkey earthquake: Why did so many buildings collapse? https://www.bbc.com/news/64568826
Turkey-Syria earthquakes: shallow depth of main shocks is a key reason why they’ve been so devastating https://theconversation.com/turkey-syria-earthquakes-shallow-depth-of-main-shocks-is-a-key-reason-why-theyve-been-so-devastating-199540
Precise magma locations aid volcanic eruption forecasts https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/02/precise-magma-locations-aid-volcanic-eruption-forecasts
Emergency management
12 Ways to Help After the Deadly Syria-Turkey Earthquake https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/ways-to-help-syria-turkey-earthquake/
New Zealand – 20,000 Insurance Claims Made After Auckland Floods https://floodlist.com/australia/new-zealand-insurance-auckland-floods-january-2023
Turkey earthquake: Bodies in street after quake as anger grows over aid https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64560339
Boeing 737 crash pilots walk away from fiery wreckage as Mark McGowan hails their survival a ‘miracle’ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-07/wa-boeing-737-plane-crash/101939554
Yes, masks reduce the risk of spreading COVID, despite a review saying they don’t https://theconversation.com/yes-masks-reduce-the-risk-of-spreading-covid-despite-a-review-saying-they-dont-198992
Virginia Beach Using Sensor Data to Respond to Extreme Weather https://www.informationweek.com/sustainability/virginia-beach-using-sensor-data-to-respond-to-extreme-weather
Disaster education, communications and engagement
Feel Safe education platform https://links-project.eu/educational-toolkit/
Science is not the only beneficiary of nature-based ‘citizen science’ projects https://www.ceh.ac.uk/press/wildlife-recording-good-people-well-science
Psychology and disasters
Trauma exposure and psychometric properties of the life events checklist among adults in South Africa https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20008066.2023.2172257
Coping With Distress after International Disasters: Tips & Resources for Individuals, Families & Communities https://www.vibrant.org/coping-with-distress-after-international-disasters-tips-resources-for-individuals-families-communities/
Sociology and disasters
Turkey-Syria earthquake: how disaster diplomacy can bring warring countries together to save lives https://theconversation.com/turkey-syria-earthquake-how-disaster-diplomacy-can-bring-warring-countries-together-to-save-lives-199329
Developing nations face ‘devastating cost’ of future coastal flooding, new study says https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/news/2023/february/devastating-cost-of-future-coastal-flooding-for-many-developing-nations,-new-study-predicts
Unmasking Disaster Disparities and Inequality in Local Emergency Management https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003286967-2/unmasking-disaster-disparities-inequality-local-emergency-management-hans-louis-charles-lemir-teron-nakeina-douglas-glenn-amidu-kalokoh
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