Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Myanmar, Bangladesh and India – Thousands Evacuate as Powerful Tropical Cyclone ‘Mocha’ Makes Landfall https://floodlist.com/asia/myanmar-bangladesh-india-cyclone-mocha-may-2023
Croatia – Flooding in Multiple Counties After Record Rain, Authorities on Alert as Rivers Rise https://floodlist.com/europe/croatia-floods-may-2023
Ethiopia – Flooding Continues in Several Regions, Displacing Thousands and Threatening Food Security https://floodlist.com/africa/ethiopia-floods-may-2023
Devastating floods in Italy claim lives and leave thousands homeless https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/17/italy-storms-people-dead-thousands-evacuated-emlia-romagna
B.C. residents pack bags as wildfires rage https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bc-residents-pack-bags-as-wildfires-rage/
Italy – (Updated) 8 Dead After More Flooding in Emilia-Romagna https://floodlist.com/europe/italy-floods-emiliaromagna-marche-may-2023
Volcanic activity worldwide 17 May 2023: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/211603/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-17-May-2023-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Reventador-Sakurajim.html
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Flooding Rivers Damage Homes and Impact Livelihoods https://floodlist.com/europe/bosnia-herzegovina-floods-may-2023
Somalia – Flooding Displaces Thousands, Prompts Urgent Humanitarian Response https://floodlist.com/africa/somalia-floods-may-2023
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Flood risks remain as B.C. heat wave smashes temperature records https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-heat-wave-temp-record-1.6843412
Hybrid forecasting: blending climate predictions with AI models https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/27/1865/2023/
Oceans have been absorbing the world’s extra heat. But there’s a huge payback https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/15/oceans-have-been-absorbing-the-worlds-extra-heat-but-theres-a-huge-payback
HEAT.gov National Integrated Heat Health Information System https://www.heat.gov/
Change in Antarctic ice shelf area from 2009 to 2019 https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/2059/2023/
The effect of uncertainties in natural forcing records on simulated temperature during the last millennium https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/19/959/2023/
Green energy flag-bearer South Australia says gas must ‘stand behind’ renewable switch https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-16/no-green-energy-transition-without-gas-says-south-australia/102351232
The Link Between the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Rainfall Trends in Northwest Australia https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL101799
Exploring risks and benefits of overshooting a 1.5 °C carbon budget over space and time https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/accd83
Coping with climate shocks: Ecosystems versus economic systems https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2023/05/15/coping-with-climate-shocks-ecosystems-versus-economic-systems/
U.S. heat wave frequency and length are increasing https://www.globalchange.gov/browse/indicator-details/3983
May 2023 ENSO update: El Niño knocking on the door https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/may-2023-enso-update-el-ni%C3%B1o-knocking-door
World’s biggest carbon capture plant running at one third capacity, Chevron Australia reveals https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-17/chevron-australia-carbon-capture-storage-gorgon-third-capacity/102357652
French activists protest climate crisis with fire https://thebulletin.org/2023/05/french-activists-protest-climate-crisis-with-fire/
Global warming to bring record hot year by 2028 – probably our first above 1.5°C limit https://theconversation.com/global-warming-to-bring-record-hot-year-by-2028-probably-our-first-above-1-5-c-limit-205758
Taking the Pulse of Global Change with World Heritage Data Sets https://eos.org/opinions/taking-the-pulse-of-global-change-with-world-heritage-data-sets
April Heat Wave in South Asia Made 30 Times More Likely by Climate Change https://e360.yale.edu/digest/april-2023-heat-wave-india-thailand-climate-change
Managing wildfires in the context of climate change https://www.oecd.org/climate-change/wildfires/
Global temperatures set to reach new records in next five years https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/global-temperatures-set-reach-new-records-next-five-years
Heat Waves: A Growing Threat to Society and the Environment https://eos.org/editors-vox/heat-waves-a-growing-threat-to-society-and-the-environment
El Niño and La Niña have become more extreme and frequent because of climate change, study finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-18/el-nino-la-nina-more-extreme-climate-change-csiro/102341468
Disaster risk reduction
Addressing water-related conflict and disasters https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/water/what-we-do/addressing-water-related-conflict-and-disasters
Research aims to improve predictions of heavy rainfall events https://phys.org/news/2023-05-aims-heavy-rainfall-events.html
Flood gauges to be upgraded as part of $263 million disaster warning network https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-15/flood-warning-network-federal-funding-disaster-areas/102345706
Your guide to the High-Level Meeting of the UNGA on the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for DRR https://www.gndr.org/your-guide-to-the-high-level-meeting-of-the-unga-on-the-midterm-review-of-the-implementation-of-the-sendai-framework-for-drr/
Public review of the Words into Action guide on Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems https://www.preventionweb.net/news/public-review-words-action-guide-multi-hazard-early-warning-systems
Lateral Variations of Attenuation in the Crust of Alaska Using LgQ Tomography https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article-abstract/doi/10.1785/0120220164/621669/Lateral-Variations-of-Attenuation-in-the-Crust-of
Anthropogenic factors on the West African coast are contributing more than global climate change to the rapid increase in vulnerability and flood risks in the region https://en.ird.fr/socio-economic-development-west-african-coast-key-factor-increasing-flood-risks
New tool could help track deadly eruption hazard https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/news/2023/new-tool-could-help-track-deadly-eruption-hazard.html
Panta Rhei benchmark dataset: socio-hydrological data of paired events of floods and droughts https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/2009/2023/
Integrated field, model, and theoretical advances inform a predictive understanding of transport and transformation in the critical zone https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169423005954
Analysis of spatial and temporal trend of hydro-climatic parameters in the Kilombero River Catchment, Tanzania https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-35105-8
Water conservation suffers as reservoir operation and floodplain development become entrenched in a vicious cycle https://www.globalwaterforum.org/2023/05/17/water-conservation-suffers-as-reservoir-operation-and-floodplain-development-become-entrenched-in-a-vicious-cycle/
One in six properties in England will be affected by flood risk by 2050, study suggests https://www.bayes.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/may/one-in-six-properties-in-england-will-be-affected-by-flood-risk-by-2050-study-suggests
Floodplains most sensitive to extreme magnitude events have a tendency for populations to be most densely settled in these rarely flooded zones https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-38297-9
Countries most exposed to individual and concurrent extremes and near-permanent extreme conditions at different global warming levels https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/14/485/2023/
Continuously Updated Digital Elevation Models (CUDEMs) to Support Coastal Inundation Modeling https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/6/1702
As danger season begins, congress must pass stronger wildfire policies https://www.preventionweb.net/news/danger-season-begins-congress-must-pass-stronger-wildfire-policies
As we fight the Alberta and B.C. wildfires, we must also plan for future disasters https://theconversation.com/as-we-fight-the-alberta-and-b-c-wildfires-we-must-also-plan-for-future-disasters-205818
Emergency management
In war-torn northwest Syria, earthquake survivors struggle to find medical care https://www.cbsnews.com/news/earthquake-survivors-in-war-torn-northwest-syria-struggle-60-minutes-transcript-2023-04-23/
Performance of the flood warning system in Germany in July 2021 – insights from affected residents https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/23/973/2023/
Home insurance coverage falters as California wildfires worsen https://www.context.news/climate-risks/home-insurance-coverage-falters-as-california-wildfires-worsen
High-quality satellite imagery swiftly reveals post-earthquake details https://phys.org/news/2023-05-high-quality-satellite-imagery-swiftly-reveals.html
Disaster education, communications and engagement
The Next Supercontinent https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo194844999.html
Staying Safe During Extreme Heat https://www.heat.gov/pages/planning-and-preparing
Raising Hazard Awareness at the Foot of One of the World’s Most Dangerous Volcanoes https://eos.org/articles/raising-hazard-awareness-at-the-foot-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-dangerous-volcanoes
Psychology and disasters
Mental health risks for cultural heritage professionals within the framework of disaster risk reduction: An exploratory study on the emotional impact of ruins after the 2016 earthquake in central Italy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420923001851
How a disaster expert prepares for the worst https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/22/lucy-easthope-profile-disaster-response
How to Be Alone: An Antidote to One of the Central Anxieties and Greatest Paradoxes of Our Time https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/09/03/how-to-be-alone-school-of-life/
Fixing broken flood gauges is important. But most of us don’t evacuate even when we know the water is coming https://theconversation.com/fixing-broken-flood-gauges-is-important-but-most-of-us-dont-evacuate-even-when-we-know-the-water-is-coming-205653
Sociology and disasters
What is social sustainability? https://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/abs/10.1596/978-1-4648-1946-9_ch2
Extreme humid heat in South Asia in April 2023, largely driven by climate change, detrimental to vulnerable and disadvantaged communities https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-humid-heat-in-south-asia-in-april-2023-largely-driven-by-climate-change-detrimental-to-vulnerable-and-disadvantaged-communities/
Disaster Resilience News 