Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Large rare tornado hits Myanmar – over 200 homes destroyed, 8 fatalities, and 128 injured https://watchers.news/2023/04/23/myanmar-tornado-naypyitaw-april-2023/
Angola – Thousands of Homes Damaged or Destroyed After Days of Heavy Rain https://floodlist.com/africa/angola-floods-april-2023
Severe shaking after M5.9 earthquake, series of aftershocks hit North Island, New Zealand https://watchers.news/2023/04/26/severe-shaking-after-m5-9-earthquake-series-of-aftershocks-hit-north-island-new-zealand/
Historic heatwave engulfs the Iberian Peninsula https://watchers.news/2023/04/27/historic-heatwave-engulfs-the-iberian-peninsula/
Large tornado hits earthquake-relief camp in Turkey https://watchers.news/2023/04/27/large-tornado-hits-earthquake-relief-camp-in-turkey/
Volcanic activity worldwide 27 Apr 2023: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Shiveluch, Karangetang https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/210231/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-27-Apr-2023-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Shiveluch-Karangetang-Sanga.html
Brazil – Thousands Displaced After Floods and Landslides in Bahia https://floodlist.com/america/brazil-floods-bahia-april-2023
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Thai authorities issue extreme heat warnings as temperatures soar https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-22/thai-authorities-issue-extreme-heat-warnings-for-temps/102256438
Majority of Australians keen to switch from gas to electric to lower emissions, survey finds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/24/majority-of-australians-keen-to-switch-from-gas-to-electric-to-lower-emissions-survey-finds
The summer of 2021 was the Pacific Northwest’s hottest in a millennium https://www.sciencenews.org/article/2021-pacific-northwest-heat-wave-tree-rings
Report highlights climate change danger to children’s education in Pacific https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-23/millions-of-kids-education-in-pacific-affected-climate-change/102240168
Poles Have Lost Enough Ice to Form an Ice Cube 12 Miles High, Study Finds https://e360.yale.edu/digest/polar-ice-caps-melting-study
‘We have already lost’ in 2 key climate change signals, according to UN report https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2023/04/21/climate-change-weather-2022-disastrous-deadly-worldwide/11713553002/
As Earth’s climate warms, glaciers and ice sheets are retreating, cracking, and adding to sea level rise at record speeds https://eos.org/features/redefining-glacial-pace
How will I experience climate change? https://myclimatefuture.info/
Here Are the Places Most at Risk From Record-Shattering Heat https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/climate/extreme-heat-waves.html
Half the global population saw all-time record temperatures over past decade https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/half-global-population-saw-all-time-record-temperatures-over-past-decade/
WMO annual report highlights continuous advance of climate change https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/wmo-annual-report-highlights-continuous-advance-of-climate-change
In hot water: here’s why ocean temperatures are the hottest on record https://theconversation.com/in-hot-water-heres-why-ocean-temperatures-are-the-hottest-on-record-204534
As Sea Levels Rise, the East Coast Is Also Sinkinghttps://www.wired.com/story/as-sea-levels-rise-the-east-coast-is-also-sinking/
The most at-risk regions in the world for high-impact heatwaves https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37554-1
Human-induced climate change increased drought severity in Horn of Africa https://www.preventionweb.net/news/human-induced-climate-change-increased-drought-severity-horn-africa
AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023 https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/
Drought-hit Spanish town gets water trucked in as temperatures peak https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/drought-hit-spanish-town-gets-water-trucked-temperatures-peak-2023-04-27/
‘Statistically impossible’ heat extremes are here – we identified the regions most at risk https://theconversation.com/statistically-impossible-heat-extremes-are-here-we-identified-the-regions-most-at-risk-204480
Record renewables help bring down Australia’s energy prices and emissions https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/28/record-levels-of-renewable-energy-help-bring-down-australias-energy-prices-says-aemo
The Global Transboundary Climate Risk Report 2023 https://www.sei.org/publications/transboundary-climate-risk-report-2023/
Extreme climatic events and human biology and health: A primer and opportunities for future research https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajhb.23843
Disaster risk reduction
Explore the ocean with MyOcean Pro https://marine.copernicus.eu/explore-ocean-myocean-viewer
A Community Disaster Resilience Index for Chile https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/8/6891
The classic Mediterranean vacation spot that sits over a live volcano https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/santorini-volcano-kolumbo-scn/index.html
Missing Maps: Using mapping for humanitarian good https://www.missingmaps.org/about/
Mechanisms of hydrological responses to volcanic eruptions in the Asian monsoon and westerlies-dominated subregions https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/19/835/2023/
Ghana catalyzes new action to address disaster risks and growing climate crisis https://www.pdc.org/ghana-disaster-risks/
Emergency management
Inter-Agency Coordination in Disaster Management https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-981-16-8800-3_24-1
How deadly lessons from Fukushima changed Japan and the world https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/04/how-deadly-lessons-from-fukushima-changed-japan-and-the-world/
What we’re watching: Weekly disaster update, April 24 https://disasterphilanthropy.org/blog/what-were-watching-weekly-disaster-update-april-24/
Safeguarding First Responders on duty https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/safeguarding-first-responders-on-duty
France to mobilise wildfire-fighting forces one month early https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/france-mobilise-wildfire-fighting-forces-one-month-early-2023-04-27/
Disaster education, communications and engagement
Volcano Crisis Communication https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-44097-2
About Journal of Disaster Studies https://journals.pennpress.org/journal-of-disaster-studies/home/
Rivercraft 2: the game engaging young people on flood risk https://www.gov.uk/government/news/rivercraft-2-the-game-engaging-young-people-on-flood-risk
Psychology and disasters
Beyond burnout II: A case series of doctors seen in a new publicly funded doctors’ mental health service https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10398562231164555
Trauma-Informed Social Media: Towards Solutions for Reducing and Healing Online Harm https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3544548.3581512
Sociology and disasters
Behavioral changes during the COVID-19 pandemic decreased income diversity of urban encounters https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37913-y
The Resilience of a Resettled Flood-Prone Community: An Application of the RABIT Framework in Pasig City, Metro Manila https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/8/6953
Ageism and the pandemic: How Canada continues to let older adults suffer and die from COVID-19 https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/covid19-ageism-canada-pandemic/
Building urban infrastructure resilience through network governance https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2664328623000232
Preconditioning the 2023 Kahramanmaraş (Türkiye) earthquake disaster https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-023-00411-2
Disaster Resilience News 