Please find below a list of links to recent news about some aspects of disaster resilience…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Bushfires continue to burn in western Queensland, evacuated residents face anxious wait to assess the damage https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-14/bushfire-warnings-queensland-property-damage-hot-weather/101967804
Turkey probes contractors as earthquake deaths pass 33,000 https://apnews.com/article/2023-turkey-syria-earthquake-government-business-658d897fe02316c474a8cc8078b690a3
Cyclone Gabrielle lashes Auckland as homes evacuated, flights disrupted, power cut https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-13/homes-evacuated-as-cyclone-gabrielle-lashes-auckland/101968670
Syria – Thousands Evacuate After Earthquake Damages River Dams in North https://floodlist.com/asia/syria-floods-earthquake-damage-february-2023
Mozambique – 6 Dead as Floods Worsen in Maputo Province https://floodlist.com/africa/mozambique-maputo-province-floods-update-february-2023
At Least 22 Dead In Chilean Wildfires, Extreme Heat Not Forecast To Subside https://weather.com/news/weather/video/at-least-22-dead-in-chilean-wildfires-extreme-heat-not-forecast-to-subside
Cyclone Gabrielle worst storm to hit New Zealand this century, says PM https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/13/cyclone-gabrielle-new-zealand-declares-national-state-of-emergency
South Africa – Government Declares National State of Disaster Over Floods https://floodlist.com/africa/south-africa-state-of-disaster-flods-february-2023
Malawi – 4 Dead as Floods Cause Major Damage in Blantyre https://floodlist.com/africa/malawi-floods-blantyre-february-2023
Mozambique: Floods in Maputo city and province https://reliefweb.int/report/mozambique/mozambique-floods-maputo-city-and-province-flash-update-no-2-14-february-2023
Brazil – 1 Dead After Landslides and Floods in São Gonçalo https://floodlist.com/america/brazil-landslides-sao-goncalo-february-2023
New Zealand – 4 Killed in Cyclone Gabrielle Floods and Landslides https://floodlist.com/australia/new-zealand-gabrielle-floods-landslides-february-2023-update
Earthquake hits New Zealand as death toll rises to five in wake of Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-15/new-zeland-cyclone-gabrielle-earthquake-forecast/101979346
Most of Australia is about to swelter through extremely hot conditions, with other regions bracing for further flooding https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/heatwave-to-spread-across-entire-country-flooding-fears-persist/news-story/9706eaf7433b80be18e478fe15e21638
Volcanic activity worldwide 15 Feb 2023: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Shiveluch, Karangetang https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/204222/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-15-Feb-2023-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Shiveluch-Karangetang-Kerin.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Natural disasters, boosted by climate change, displaced millions of people in U.S. in 2022 https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/natural-disasters-boosted-climate-change-displaced-millions-americans-rcna69732
Myth-buster: Why two degrees of global warming is worse than it sounds https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/myth-why-two-degrees-of-global-warming-is-worse-than-it-sounds/
‘It’s inequality that kills’: Naomi Klein on the future of climate justice https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/13/its-inequality-that-kills-naomi-klein-on-the-future-of-climate-justice
New Zealand minister decries climate crisis ‘lost decades’ in wake of Cyclone Gabrielle https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/14/new-zealand-minister-delivers-furious-speech-about-lost-decades-spent-bickering-over-climate-crisis
Wind and solar help South Australia escape tyranny of soaring gas prices https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-solar-help-south-australia-escape-tyranny-of-soaring-gas-prices/
Rising seas threaten ‘mass exodus on a biblical scale’, UN chief warns https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/14/rising-seas-threaten-mass-exodus-on-a-biblical-scale-un-chief-warns
Vulnerability and loss and damage following the COP27 of the UN framework convention on climate change https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-023-02033-2
Climate ‘teleconnections’ may link droughts and fires across continents https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-teleconnections-droughts-fires
Temps to approach 50C in Australia this weekend https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/temps-to-approach-50c-in-australia-this-weekend/1100905
Reversals in Temperature-Precipitation Correlations in the Northern Hemisphere Extratropics During the Holocene https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL099730
Join the Cool Coalition: Cities are warming twice as fast as the global average https://coolcoalition.org/pilot-projects/nature-for-cool-cities-challenge/
New modelling shows future impacts of rising sea levels https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-15/new-modelling-shows-future-impacts-of-rising-sea/101975888
Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, December 2022 https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-december-2022/
Are disaster seasons real? It’s time to reframe our thinking https://disasterphilanthropy.org/blog/are-disaster-seasons-real-its-time-to-reframe-our-thinking/
Modeling the Greenland Ice Sheet’s Committed Contribution to Sea Level During the 21st Century https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JF006914
Disaster risk reduction
Caravan – A global community dataset for large-sample hydrology https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-01975-w
Nobody can predict earthquakes, but we can forecast them. Here’s how https://theconversation.com/nobody-can-predict-earthquakes-but-we-can-forecast-them-heres-how-199757
Building on floodplains: Minister at odds with Melbourne Water on Maribyrnong probe https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/water-minister-at-odds-with-melbourne-water-s-plans-for-flood-inquiry-20230212-p5cjvx.html
Cyclone Gabrielle: Why people must be ‘extra cautious’ of landslides https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/cyclone-gabrielle-why-people-must-be-extra-cautious-of-landslides/VXMZIGHXDRCSPPVJJSYPCFIVHE/
Flood warning: NZ’s critical infrastructure is too important to fail – greater resilience is urgently needed https://theconversation.com/flood-warning-nzs-critical-infrastructure-is-too-important-to-fail-greater-resilience-is-urgently-needed-198872
All 20 NSW water resource plans re-submitted https://www.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/all-20-nsw-water-resource-plans-re-submitted
Colorado may force new homes in wildfire-prone areas to adhere to a state building code https://coloradosun.com/2023/02/14/colorado-building-codes-wildfires-wildland-urban-interface-bill/
Improving flood impact estimations https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac6d6c
Who moves and who pays? Managed retreat is hard, but lessons from the past can guide us https://theconversation.com/who-moves-and-who-pays-managed-retreat-is-hard-but-lessons-from-the-past-can-guide-us-196038
Cyclone Gabrielle: how microgrids could help keep the power on during extreme weather events https://theconversation.com/cyclone-gabrielle-how-microgrids-could-help-keep-the-power-on-during-extreme-weather-events-199665
Pakistan Floods: Need for Tackling Development from a Different Perspective https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/02/pakistan-floods-need-tackling-development-different-perspective/
Record flooding in New South Wales wetlands triggers bird breeding bonanza https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-11/record-flooding-in-nsw-triggeres-bird-breeding-bonanza-/101812042
NSW premier and treasurer appear at odds over Warragamba Dam wall raising https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nsw-premier-and-treasurer-appear-at-odds-over-warragamba-dam-wall-raising-20230215-p5ckqg.html
QGIS essentials for water modelling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9hmN-szO4k
Use of Remote-Sensing to Quantify the Distribution of Progradation/erosion Along a Forced-Regressive Modern Coastline: Driving Factors and Impact on the Stratigraphic Record https://thesedimentaryrecord.scholasticahq.com/article/70239-use-of-remote-sensing-to-quantify-the-distribution-of-progradation-erosion-along-a-forced-regressive-modern-coastline-driving-factors-and-impact-on-t
Rain Radar – ArcGIS Experience Builder Widget https://esriaustraliatechblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/15/rain-radar/
Mapping unmapped dams https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2023/02/mapping-unmapped-dams.html
Fire trackers: how can we use modelling techniques to predict where wildfires will occur? https://futurumcareers.com/fire-trackers-how-can-we-use-modelling-techniques-to-predict-where-wildfires-will-occur
How the Tonga volcano eruption from 2022 may affect Australia’s weather for up to eight years https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-16/tongan-volcano-impact-australian-weather/101978886
Fire edge mapping https://landscapeknowledge.net/fire-edge-map/
The Resilience Lessons Digest https://www.epcresilience.com/knowledge-hub/lessons-digest
Does the Catalog of California Earthquakes, With Aftershocks Included, Contain Information About Future Large Earthquakes? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022EA002521
Sydney has coasted along without a southerly buster for 14 months https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-16/sydney-weather-no-southerly-buster/101979014
Turkey-Syria earthquake: the scandal of not being prepared https://theconversation.com/turkey-syria-earthquake-the-scandal-of-not-being-prepared-199692
Emergency management
Johns Hopkins To Shut Down Online Covid Tracker Despite 500 Americans Still Dying Every Day https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/02/12/johns-hopkins-to-shut-down-online-covid-tracker-despite-500-americans-still-dying-every-day/
Most young people aren’t getting latest Covid-19 booster, but they’re not filling hospital beds at three large health care systems https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/10/health/bivalent-covid-vaccine-younger-people/index.html
As little as one day of wildfire smoke exposure in pregnancy may raise risk of preterm birth https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/wildfire-smoke-exposure-pregnancy-risk-preterm-birth-rcna70102
Lismore flood victims still waiting for land buy backs https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/nsw/2023/02/13/lismore-flood-victims-waiting-land-buy-backs/
Cyclone Gabrielle: Helicopter pilot describes daring roof top rescues in flood-stricken Hawke’s Bay https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/484250/cyclone-gabrielle-helicopter-pilot-describes-daring-roof-top-rescues-in-flood-stricken-hawke-s-bay
Drone footage has captured the extent of flooding in Hawke’s Bay left by Cyclone Gabrielle https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/02/14/drone-footage-shows-huge-extent-of-hawkes-bay-flooding/
Guterres calls on countries to fully fund $397 million quake appeal for Syria https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/02/1133467
The earthquake in Turkey and Syria offers lessons and reminders for disaster response https://www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1156636019/the-earthquake-in-turkey-and-syria-offers-lessons-and-reminders-for-disaster-res
Secondary crises after the Turkey-Syria earthquakes are now the greatest threat to life https://theconversation.com/secondary-crises-after-the-turkey-syria-earthquakes-are-now-the-greatest-threat-to-life-199682
Disaster education, communications and engagement
Preparing multilingual disaster communication for the crises of tomorrow: A conceptual discussion https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420923000699
Words Matter: Stop Using the Phrase ‘Natural Disasters’ https://blogs.adb.org/blog/words-matter-stop-using-phrase-natural-disasters
Psychology and disasters
Prescribing nature: the restorative power of a simple dose of outdoors https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/12/prescribing-nature-the-restorative-power-of-a-simple-dose-of-outdoors
Sociodemographic Predictors of Depression in US Rural Communities During COVID-19: Implications for Improving Mental Healthcare Access to Increase Disaster Preparedness https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35922878/
Crises in the Anthropocene https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20008066.2023.2170818
What’s it like when your job involves wading through others’ suffering? I was left weeping and hopeless https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/16/whats-it-like-when-your-job-involves-wading-through-others-suffering-i-was-left-weeping-and-hopeless
Examining Hurricane Ida’s Impact on Mental Health: Results From a Quasi-Experimental Analysis https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GH000707
Sociology and disasters
Seismic risk exposes disaster risk management’s neglect of conflict https://odi.org/en/insights/seismic-risk-exposes-disaster-risk-managements-neglect-of-conflict/
FEMA’s failure to account for climate change leaves BIPOC communities on the brink of disaster https://prismreports.org/2023/02/14/fema-climate-change-bipoc-disaster/
Disaster Resilience News 