Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Extreme heat sweeps across Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East https://watchers.news/2023/06/12/extreme-heat-sweeps-across-sub-saharan-africa-and-the-middle-east/
Wildfires push air quality in East Coast cities almost off the charts https://thebulletin.org/2023/06/wildfires-push-air-quality-in-east-coast-cities-almost-off-the-charts/
Cuba – Severe Flooding Hits Eastern Provinces After 360mm of Rain in 24 Hours https://floodlist.com/america/cuba-floods-june-2023
Ivory Coast – Deadly Floods and Landslides in Abidjan https://floodlist.com/africa/ivory-coast-abidjan-landslide-june-2023
Pakistan – Flash Floods and Strong Winds Leave Over 20 Dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa https://floodlist.com/asia/pakistan-floods-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-june-2023
What we’re watching: Weekly disaster update, June 12 https://disasterphilanthropy.org/blog/what-were-watching-weekly-disaster-update-june-12/
Severe drought: western Mediterranean faces low river flows and crop yields earlier than ever https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/severe-drought-western-mediterranean-faces-low-river-flows-and-crop-yields-earlier-ever-2023-06-13_en
Severe flooding in Yemen impacted over 165 000 people, exacerbating the displacement crisis https://watchers.news/2023/06/13/severe-flooding-in-yemen-impacted-over-165-000-people-exacerbating-the-displacement-crisis/
Severe hailstorms, flash floods hit Boulder, Colorado https://watchers.news/2023/06/13/severe-hailstorms-flash-floods-hit-boulder-colorado/
Deadly forest fires engulf Kazakhstan’s Abai region, questions raised over infrastructure and funding mismanagement https://watchers.news/2023/06/13/deadly-forest-fires-engulf-kazakhstans-abai-region-questions-raised-over-infrastructure-and-funding-mismanagement/
Destructive floods cause major disruption across Cape Town, South Africa https://watchers.news/2023/06/14/destructive-floods-cause-major-disruption-across-cape-town-south-africa/
Volcanic activity worldwide 15 Jun 2023: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Shiveluch https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/213681/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-15-Jun-2023-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Shiveluch-Kilau.html
Very strong M7.2 earthquake hits south of the Fiji islands https://watchers.news/2023/06/15/very-strong-m7-2-earthquake-hits-south-of-the-fiji-islands/
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Here comes El Nino: It’s early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world https://apnews.com/article/el-nino-climate-global-warming-world-weather-6eb70f36ce098d931cfcdb82590c4066
CHELSA-W5E5: daily 1 km meteorological forcing data for climate impact studies https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/2445/2023/
A Little Arctic Town’s Big Transition https://www.cnbc.com/advertorial/a-little-arctic-towns-big-transition/
An El Niño looms over Australia’s stressed electricity system – and we must plan for the worst https://theconversation.com/an-el-nino-looms-over-australias-stressed-electricity-system-and-we-must-plan-for-the-worst-207210
Bangladesh tea workers struggle as heat and drought scorch fields https://www.context.news/climate-risks/bangladesh-tea-workers-struggle-as-heat-and-drought-scorch-fields
North Atlantic Ocean has reached record-high surface temperatures https://www.newscientist.com/article/2378026-north-atlantic-ocean-has-reached-record-high-surface-temperatures/
Anthropogenic climate change impacts exacerbate summer forest fires in California https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2213815120
Access a range of climate-related reports issued by government agencies and scientific organizations https://toolkit.climate.gov/reports
Torres Strait Islander elders call on government to improve conditions in landmark climate case https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-09/federal-court-hears-evidence-boigu-torres-strait-climate-case/102455250
El Niño is back – that’s good news or bad news, depending on where you live https://theconversation.com/el-nino-is-back-thats-good-news-or-bad-news-depending-on-where-you-live-205974
Spike in ocean heat stuns scientists: Have we breached a climate tipping point? https://www.wfla.com/weather/climate-classroom/spike-in-ocean-heat-stuns-scientists-have-we-breached-a-climate-tipping-point/
Rapid Decadal Acceleration of Sea Level Rise along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts during 2010–22 and Its Impact on Hurricane-Induced Storm Surge https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/36/13/JCLI-D-22-0670.1.xml
Is the world making real progress towards net zero emissions? https://www.context.news/net-zero/is-the-world-making-real-progress-towards-net-zero-emissions
As Wildfires Grow, So Could Methane Emissions https://eos.org/articles/as-wildfires-grow-so-could-methane-emissions
A Year After the Deadly Pakistan Floods Began, Hard Lessons About Climate Loss and Damage https://blog.ucsusa.org/rachel-cleetus/a-year-after-the-deadly-pakistan-floods-began-hard-lessons-about-climate-loss-and-damage/
Heat wave pushes temperatures up to 45 C in parts of Mexico https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/heat-wave-pushes-temperatures-up-to-45-c-in-mexico/
May 2023 was the world’s third-warmest May on record https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/may-2023-was-the-worlds-third-warmest-may-on-record/
Germany draws up plan to prevent heatwave deaths https://www.dw.com/en/germany-draws-up-plan-to-prevent-heatwave-deaths/a-65904829
Fears of hottest year on record as global temperatures spike https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/15/record-temperatures-global-heating
What Happens If… We Actually Exceed 1.5°C In Global Warming? https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/what-happens-if-we-exceed-15c-in-global-warming_uk_6489ab02e4b025003ee147c8
Extreme Heat Is Deadlier Than Hurricanes, Floods and Tornadoes Combined https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/extreme-heat-is-deadlier-than-hurricanes-floods-and-tornadoes-combined/
Mexico grapples with a third heat wave of the season, six fatalities reported https://watchers.news/2023/06/15/mexico-grapples-with-a-third-heat-wave-of-the-season-six-fatalities-reported/
Summer Heat Waves Could Cause Blackouts Across the Country https://eos.org/articles/summer-heat-waves-could-cause-blackouts-across-the-country
Disaster risk reduction
World’s largest earthquake early warning system announced in China https://watchers.news/2023/06/12/worlds-largest-earthquake-early-warning-system-announced-in-china/
Forecasting Earthquake-Induced Floods https://eos.org/articles/forecasting-earthquake-induced-floods
Machine learning for hydrologic sciences: An introductory overview https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wat2.1533
Why are the Canadian wildfires so bad this year? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01902-4
In the field with Eike Behre: reducing flood risk through ecosystem-based adaptation https://ehs.unu.edu/news/news/in-the-field-with-eike-behre-reducing-flood-risk-through-ecosystem-based-adaptation.html
Experiment in Brazil identifies flood-prone areas of cities https://phys.org/news/2023-06-brazil-flood-prone-areas-cities.html
Demonstrating the value of beaches for adaptation to future coastal flood risk https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39168-z
The power of AI in wildfire prediction and prevention https://www.weforum.org/impact/artificial-intelligence-wildfire-prediction-and-prevention/
Sentinels from above: how drones are helping The Gambia cope with a rising flood risk https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/sentinels-above-how-drones-are-helping-gambia-cope-rising-flood-risk
The interannual evolution of coastlines on a global scale is dominated by El Niño https://en.ird.fr/impact-el-nino-variability-global-shoreline-position
Western Australia’s controversial forest burning regime comes under the microscope https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-14/western-australia-prescribed-burning-environment-report-730/102446748
Rate-induced tipping in natural and human systems https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/14/669/2023/
Suriname is taking new initiatives to further its commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, implementing the Paris Agreement, and reducing disaster risks https://www.pdc.org/suriname-nccr-ndpba-kick-off
Best practices on flood and drought risk management https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/best-practices-flood-and-drought-risk-management
Predict landslides with the weather https://thesaxon.org/predict-landslides-with-the-weather/
Applied Geodata Science https://geco-bern.github.io/agds/
Seismic monitoring lasers may be the future for protecting global communications cables https://phys.org/news/2023-06-seismic-lasers-future-global-communications.html
Automatized spatio-temporal detection of drought impacts from newspaper articles using natural language processing and machine learning https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094723000270
How controlled burns could limit megafires in California, Oregon, and Washington https://phys.org/news/2023-06-limit-megafires-california-oregon-washington.html
5 Considerations for adapting to rising flood risks in urban regions https://ehs.unu.edu/news/news/5-considerations-for-adaptation-to-rising-flood-risks-in-urban-regions.html
How protected is London from flooding? https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2023/06/how-protected-is-london-from-flooding/
Emergency management
Poor Air Quality Isn’t the Only Way Wildfires Affect Cities https://www.wri.org/insights/effects-wildfires-cities
Is Canada ready for a fiery future? We tallied up all of its water bomber planes to find out https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/canada-aging-water-bomber-fleet-1.6873561
Canada urgently needs a FEMA-like emergency management agency https://theconversation.com/canada-urgently-needs-a-fema-like-emergency-management-agency-207400
Cyclone Freddy puts Mozambique’s early warning system to the test https://www.undrr.org/feature/cyclone-freddy-puts-mozambique-s-early-warning-system-to-the-test
When climate disasters strike, how can cities evacuate people who don’t have cars? https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/transportation-transit-climate-change-disasters-john-renne/651432/
Costa Rica to send firefighters to aid in Canada’s forest fires https://qcostarica.com/costa-rica-to-send-firefighters-to-aid-in-canadas-forest-fires/
Disaster education, communications and engagement
FEMA Administrator Announces 2023 National Preparedness Month Theme Focused on Helping Older Adults Prepare for Disaster https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230608/fema-administrator-announces-2023-national-preparedness-month-theme-focused
Rise of malicious bots: how automatons shake up Twitter with earthquake conspiracies https://iiasa.ac.at/news/jun-2023/rise-of-malicious-bots-how-automatons-shake-up-twitter-with-earthquake-conspiracies
How should we teach climate change in schools? It starts with ‘turbo charging’ teacher education https://theconversation.com/how-should-we-teach-climate-change-in-schools-it-starts-with-turbo-charging-teacher-education-207221
Science Communication That Goes Beyond Words https://eos.org/science-updates/science-communication-that-goes-beyond-words
Psychology and disasters
Trauma-Aware Education: Essential information and guidance for educators, education sites and education systems https://www.australianacademicpress.com.au/books/details/345/Trauma-Aware_Education_Essential_information_and_guidance_for_educators_education_sites_and_education_systems
Sociology and disasters
Water Back: A review centering rematriation and Indigenous Water research sovereignty https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol16/v16issue2/707-a16-2-10
Disaster Resilience News 