Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
7 fatalities, 6 missing after widespread floods hit Tanzania https://watchers.news/2023/04/17/7-fatalities-6-missing-after-widespread-floods-hit-tanzania/
Wildfires along French-Spanish border force hundreds to evacuate https://watchers.news/2023/04/17/wildfires-along-french-spanish-border-force-hundreds-to-evacuate/
Ukraine – Floods in 8 Regions Impact Hundreds of Households https://floodlist.com/europe/ukraine-floods-april-2023
Massive landslide caused by lightning hits Pakistan, burying about two dozen trucks https://watchers.news/2023/04/18/massive-landslide-caused-by-lightning-hits-pakistan-burying-about-two-dozen-trucks/
Rapidly melting snow causes widespread flooding in Minnesota, U.S. https://watchers.news/2023/04/19/rapidly-melting-snow-causes-widespread-flooding-in-minnesota-u-s/
Tornadoes kill 3 in central US; new storms possible Thursday https://apnews.com/article/tornadoes-oklahoma-storms-b5ef82c8939d0b56eeb828fd80753e7f
Volcanic activity worldwide 20 Apr 2023: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/209691/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-20-Apr-2023-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Reventad.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Is sea-level rise exaggerated?https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/is-sea-level-rise-exaggerated-ocean-fact-check/
Disaster risk is magnified by climate change; it can increase the hazard while at the same time decreasing the resilience of households and communities https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/risk-drivers/climate-change
El Nino watch has been issued by NOAA https://www.severe-weather.eu/long-range-2/el-nino-watch-noaa-forecast-seasonal-weather-impact-summer-winter-united-states-canada-europe-fa/
How is climate change affecting wildfires? Expert discusses link, concerns https://www.silive.com/news/2023/04/how-is-climate-change-affecting-wildfires-expert-discusses-link-concerns.html
Drastic climate action is the best course for economic growth, new study finds https://reneweconomy.com.au/drastic-climate-action-is-the-best-course-for-economic-growth-new-study-finds/
Antarctica’s heart of ice has skipped a beat. Time to take our medicine https://theconversation.com/antarcticas-heart-of-ice-has-skipped-a-beat-time-to-take-our-medicine-202729
Wave Climate Variability and Trends in Tuvalu Based on a 44-Year High-Resolution Wave Hindcast https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022JC019523
The next El Niño: when is it coming and how strong might this one be for Australia? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/18/the-next-el-nino-when-is-it-coming-and-how-strong-might-this-one-be-for-australia
Human-induced weakening of the Northern Hemisphere tropical circulation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05903-1
Florida lawmakers set aside $2.5M to buy out homes on St. Johns County beach with severe erosion https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/florida-lawmakers-set-aside-25m-to-buyout-homes-st-johns-county-beach/77-6ef2d4eb-e9eb-4133-960c-d89f21289459
AGL juggles closure times as NSW waves goodbye to Australia’s oldest coal plant https://reneweconomy.com.au/agl-juggles-closure-times-as-nsw-waves-goodbye-to-australias-oldest-coal-plant/
Ocean conditions in uncharted territory as water temperatures reach record high https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/nsw-warm-oceans-waters-earth-el-nino-beach/102236916
New Research Sparks Concerns That Ocean Circulation Will Collapse https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-change-ocean-circulation-collapse-antarctica
Sprawling heat wave envelops large swath of Asia https://www.axios.com/2023/04/18/deadly-heat-wave-large-swath-of-asia-china-india
More Heat Waves and fewer Cold Waves are the new normal in India http://herald.uohyd.ac.in/more-heat-waves-and-fewer-cold-waves-are-the-new-normal-in-india/
Faster than forecast, climate impacts trigger tipping points in the Earth system https://thebulletin.org/2023/04/faster-than-forecast-climate-impacts-trigger-tipping-points-in-the-earth-system/
Accelerating melt of ice sheets now ‘unmistakable’ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65317469
‘Frightening’: record-busting heat and drought hit Europe in 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/20/frightening-record-busting-heat-and-drought-hit-europe-in-2022
European State of the Climate 2022 https://climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2022
Fear and Wonder podcast: how climate change is affecting rainfall, droughts and floods https://theconversation.com/fear-and-wonder-podcast-how-climate-change-is-affecting-rainfall-droughts-and-floods-203900
Killer heatwaves endanger India’s development https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/986678
Disaster risk reduction
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
A dive into the deep past reveals Indigenous burning helped suppress bushfires 10,000 years ago https://theconversation.com/a-dive-into-the-deep-past-reveals-indigenous-burning-helped-suppress-bushfires-10-000-years-ago-203754
Dynamic World, Near real-time global 10 m land use land cover mapping https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01307-4
The quest to build wildfire-resistant homes https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/04/18/1071274/climate-change-building-fire-resistant-homes-adaptation/
The evolution of Australian island geographies and the emergence and persistence of Indigenous maritime cultures https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379123001191
Breakthrough fix identified for earthquake-prone buildings https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2023/04/19/breakthrough-fix-identified-for-earthquake-prone-buildings.html
Deep time spatio-temporal data analysis using pyGPlates with PlateTectonicTools and GPlately https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gdj3.185
Ancient Earth globe https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#240
Emergency management
Lessons observed: Looking back on decades of emergency management https://www.avert.ca/lessons-observed-looking-back-on-decades-of-emergency-management/
An inventory tool to assess displacement data in the context of weather and climate-related events https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096323000359
Geographies of COVID-19 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1745-5871.12593
Disaster education, communications and engagement
Exploring Temporal and Multilingual Dynamics of Post-Disaster Social Media Discourse: A Case of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3579484
State agency requests community input for Hawaii’s hazard mitigation plan https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/04/18/state-agency-requests-community-input-hawaiis-hazard-mitigation-plan/
Psychology and disasters
The importance of mental health care in emergency management highlighted by Tony’s Trek https://www.seymourtelegraph.com.au/news/the-importance-of-mental-health-care-in-emergency-management-highlighted-by-tonys-trek-2/
Physical and mental health status of women in disaster-affected areas in Bangladesh https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-023-05964-5
What buffered the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on depression? A longitudinal study of caregivers of school aged children in Ireland https://academic.oup.com/esr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/esr/jcad017/7123527?login=false
Building resilience to the mental health impacts of climate change in rural Australia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667278223000408
CAPE Vulnerability Index https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09540261.2020.17380930
Sociology and disasters
Just adaptation and the role of social capital https://www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-environment-institute/events/2023/just-adaptation-and-the-role-of-social-capital.html
Rural communities challenges and ResilientSEE: Case studies from disasters in Florida, Puerto Rico, and North Carolina https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291123000177
The wider the gap between rich and poor the higher the flood mortality https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01107-7
An exploratory study on the life recovery experiences of flood affected farmers in South Punjab-Pakistan https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09640568.2023.2197144
Revealing Naarm: Interactive map reveals hidden Indigenous histories of major sites https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/revealing-naarm-interactive-map-reveals-hidden-indigenous-histories-of-major-sites-20230411-p5czny.html
Cyclone Ilsa: how disasters, the housing crisis and underinsurance can conspire to worsen inequality https://theconversation.com/cyclone-ilsa-how-disasters-the-housing-crisis-and-underinsurance-can-conspire-to-worsen-inequality-203753
The double burden of inequality and flood losses https://sustainabilitycommunity.springernature.com/posts/the-double-burden-of-inequality-and-flood-losses
How social infrastructure saves lives: a quantitative analysis of Japan’s 3/11 disasters https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/japanese-journal-of-political-science/article/how-social-infrastructure-saves-lives-a-quantitative-analysis-of-japans-311-disasters/4BD3AA196B334A23F0B749E85AE4E38F
Natural Hazards, Social Policy, and Electoral Performance: Evidence from the 2017 Earthquake in Mexico City https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/latin-american-research-review/article/natural-hazards-social-policy-and-electoral-performance-evidence-from-the-2017-earthquake-in-mexico-city/D3B5EAFE11EE939421B4443278B029B2
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