Please find below links to recent disaster resilience news…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Two destructive tornadoes hit New Zealand https://watchers.news/2023/04/10/two-destructive-tornadoes-hit-new-zealand/
Burundi – Damage and Fatalities After Floods in 4 Provinces https://floodlist.com/africa/burundi-rwanda-floods-april-2023
Massive eruption at Sheveluch volcano produces strongest ashfall in 60 years, Russia https://watchers.news/2023/04/11/massive-eruption-at-sheveluch-volcano-produces-strongest-ashfall-in-60-years-russia/
Cyclone Ilsa: Powerful storm hits Western Australia https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65259342
Volcanic activity worldwide 11 Apr 2023: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/208967/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-11-Apr-2023-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Shiveluc.html
USA – Flash Floods in South Florida After 650mm of Rain in 24 Hours https://floodlist.com/america/usa/floods-fort-lauderdale-florida-april-2023
Iran – 3 Killed, Hundreds Displaced After Floods in North West https://floodlist.com/asia/iran-floods-april-2023
Philippines – 5 Dead, 1 Missing After Floods and Storms in South https://floodlist.com/asia/philippines-floods-davao-april-2023
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Wind and solar power generators wait in yearslong lines to put clean electricity on the grid, then face huge interconnection fees they can’t afford https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/06/outdated-us-energy-grid-tons-of-clean-energy-stuck-waiting-in-line.html
Heat-driven shifts in wind patterns could increase hurricane risks along US coastlines, researchers say https://abcnews.go.com/US/heat-driven-shifts-wind-patterns-increase-hurricane-risks/story
‘Headed off the charts’: world’s ocean surface temperature hits record high https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/08/headed-off-the-charts-worlds-ocean-surface-temperature-hits-record-high
Washington state’s 2021 heat wave contributed to 159 excess injury deaths over three weeks https://www.washington.edu/news/2023/04/06/washington-states-2021-heat-wave-contributed-to-159-excess-injury-deaths-over-three-weeks/
“We must work for water, for water to work for us” – UN Climate Change Executive Secretary addresses water-climate challenge https://unfccc.int/news/we-must-work-for-water-for-water-to-work-for-us-un-climate-change-executive-secretary-addresses
Climate models warn of possible ‘super El Niño’ before end of year https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/12/climate-models-warn-of-possible-super-el-nino-before-end-of-year
The suite of substances that can tackle carbon dioxide https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/electrocatalysts-carbon-dioxide-bonds/
NOAA says methane is now over 2.5 times pre-industrial levels https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/noaa-methane-climate-carbon-dioxide/
Does climate breakdown mean we’re doomed? No: if we’re brave, big change can happen fast https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/11/climate-breakdown-climate-crisis-solutions-idea
Global warming is disrupting an Antarctic current system that life on Earth relies on https://www.salon.com/2023/04/11/global-warming-is-disrupting-an-antarctic-current-system-that-life-on-earth-relies-on/
Getting real: what would serious climate action look like? https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/getting-real-what-would-serious-climate-action-look
Simulated volcanic eruptions may be blowing up our ability to predict near-term climate https://news.ucar.edu/132890/predictive-power-climate-models-may-be-masked-volcanoes
New study reveals ‘invisible’ glacier loss in the greater Himalaya https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/new-study-reveals-invisible-glacier-loss-in-the-greater-himalaya/
How cities use energy to regulate temperature – just like mammals https://news.arizona.edu/story/how-cities-use-energy-regulate-temperature-%E2%80%93-just-mammals
Disaster risk reduction
Machine Learning Model Doubles Accuracy of Global Landslide ‘Nowcasts’ https://www.nasa.gov/feature/esnt/2021/machine-learning-model-doubles-accuracy-of-global-landslide-nowcasts
Characterising the coincidence of soil moisture – precipitation extremes as a possible precursor to European floods https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169423003876
Novel Google Maps and Google Earth application for chemical industry disaster risk assessment during complex emergencies in Eastern Ukraine https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-31848-6
Why are earthquakes unpredictable? https://www.aa.com.tr/en/analysis/opinion-why-are-earthquakes-unpredictable/2868166
Addressing challenges in uncertainty quantification: the case of geohazard assessments https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/16/1601/2023/
After years of large cyclones, some Vanuatu residents believe they are more prepared than ever for future disasters https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacific-prepared/vanuatu-cyclones/102197106
Is an active hurricane season ahead for 2023? AccuWeather issues early forecast https://www.silive.com/weather/2023/04/is-an-active-hurricane-season-ahead-for-2023-accuweather-issues-early-forecast.html
Babbling brook to thunderous torrent: Using sound to monitor river stage https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/esp.5199
One Surface Model to Rule Them All? https://eos.org/articles/one-surface-model-to-rule-them-all
Early Warning Systems and Their Role in Disaster Risk Reduction https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-98989-7_2
Kontur is a geospatial data and real-time risk management solutions provider for business, government and humanitarian organizations https://data.humdata.org/organization/kontur
Can artificial intelligence predict weather months in advance? https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/13/can-artificial-intelligence-predict-weather-months-in-advance
Memphis area seeing an increase in days with the possibility of tornadoes, study finds https://www.localmemphis.com/article/tech/science/climate-science/memphis-tornado-increasing-alley-more-storm-climate-change-arkansas-tennessee-mississippi/522-526654e5-0e34-4c8c-beb9-9b2a4ccc084b
Project SIREN – Crowd-Sourcing to Save 70 Years of Italian Hydrological Measurements https://floodlist.com/europe/project-italy-hydrological-measurements
Cities will need more resilient electricity networks to cope with extreme weather https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cities-will-need-more-resilient-electricity-networks-cope-extreme-weather
Addressing challenges in uncertainty quantification: the case of geohazard assessments https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/16/1601/2023/
Severe Storm, Supercell, and Tornado Trends https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/severe-storm-supercell-and-tornado-trends-2023
Emergency management
Federal government to pay 100% of Arkansas’ tornado costs for 30 days, Sanders says https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/apr/08/federal-government-to-pay-100-of-arkansas-tornado-costs-for-30-days-sanders-says/
Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa makes landfall on WA’s Kimberley-Pilbara coast as category five system https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-14/tropical-cyclone-ilsa-landfall-western-australia-category-five/102219844
Anatomy of monster storm: how Cyclone Ilsa is shaping up to devastate the WA coast https://theconversation.com/anatomy-of-monster-storm-how-cyclone-ilsa-is-shaping-up-to-devastate-the-wa-coast-203678
Disaster education, communications and engagement
10 questions to ask when reporting on natural disasters https://ijnet.org/en/story/10-questions-ask-when-reporting-natural-disasters
Digitalization in Disaster Risk Reduction: The Use of Smartphones to Enhance the Safety of Informal Settlements in Iringa, Tanzania https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-023-00483-0
Be Ready for Earthquakes: California’s April Earthquake Preparedness Month https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2989743735681-be-ready-for-earthquakes-californias-april-earthquake-preparedness-month
Global training in disaster risk reduction https://www.preventionweb.net/event-type/training
We need your help! Gender and Sexual Minorities in Disasters Reference Guide https://www.grripp.net/post/gender-and-sexual-minorities-drr-reference-guide
Preparing for hurricane season: Lessons learned from risk communication to behavioral change https://blogs.worldbank.org/latinamerica/preparing-hurricane-season-caribbean
Psychology and disasters
Lucy Easthope: “We are all disaster survivors now” https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/interviews-and-profiles/2023/03/lucy-easthope-interview-disaster-survivors
What I Saved from the Disaster https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/10/What-I-Saved-From-Disaster/
Climate Anxiety and High School: How Young People Are Coping https://www.teenvogue.com/story/climate-anxiety-high-school
Sociology and disasters
Uneven paths: Soft Policy’s benefits to recovery in Louisiana Parishes after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479722012956
Governance of Disaster Management https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-030-66252-3_3314
When the Water Rises: Lives and Livelihoods of Flood-Prone Communities of Sierra Leone https://storyteller.iom.int/stories/when-water-rises-lives-and-livelihoods-flood-prone-communities-sierra-leone
Flooded City: Affects of (Slow) Catastrophe in Post-Harvey Houston https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/722270
Repetitive floods intensify outmigration and climate gentrification in coastal cities https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6668
Stratifying Disaster: State Aid, Institutional Processes, and Inequality in American Communities https://academic.oup.com/sf/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/sf/soad050/7111727
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