Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Romania – 1 Dead, Dozens of Homes Damaged After Floods in Arad County https://floodlist.com/europe/romania-floods-june-2023
Mexico – Flash Floods in Chiapas Leave 1 Dead, 1 Missing https://floodlist.com/america/mexico-floods-chiapas-june-2023
Chile – 2 Dead, 6 Missing After Floods in 7 Regions https://floodlist.com/america/chile-floods-june-2023
Kosovo – Deadly Floods After 54mm of Rain in 1 Hour https://floodlist.com/europe/kosovo-floods-june-2023
Ghana – Deadly Floods Strike in Southern Regions https://floodlist.com/africa/ghana-floods-june-2023
India – Over 100,000 Hit by Floods in 20 Districts of Assam https://floodlist.com/asia/india-floods-assam-june-2023
What we’re watching: Weekly disaster update, June 26 https://disasterphilanthropy.org/blog/what-were-watching-weekly-disaster-update-june-26/
Tornadoes leave a trail of destruction in Indiana https://watchers.news/2023/06/26/tornadoes-leave-a-trail-of-destruction-in-indiana/
Mayon volcano eruption disrupts lives of over 22 000 students, Philippines https://watchers.news/2023/06/26/mayon-volcano-eruption-disrupts-lives-of-over-22-000-students-philippines/
Deadly landslides hit China’s Sichuan Province https://watchers.news/2023/06/28/deadly-landslides-hit-chinas-sichuan-province/
Durban tornado and heavy rains result in one death and two injuries, South Africa https://watchers.news/2023/06/28/durban-tornado-and-heavy-rains-result-in-one-death-and-two-injuries-south-africa/
Over 700 people hospitalized in Iran due to dust storms https://watchers.news/2023/06/28/over-700-people-hospitalized-in-iran-due-to-dust-storms/
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Protecting children from heat stress: A technical note https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/protecting-children-heat-stress-technical-note
Firefighters battle blaze at Tara as climate change and El Niño risk threaten to fan fire season ‘on steroids’ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-26/fire-season-warning-for-australia-this-winter/102524078
Experience exceeds awareness of anthropogenic climate change in Greenland https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01701-9
Why Texas Could Be As Hot As The Sahara Desert This Week https://www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2023/06/26/why-texas-could-be-as-hot-as-the-sahara-desert-this-week/
El Niño digs in its heels https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/el-nino-digs-in-its-heels/
Pioneering research has confirmed that the current level of rainfall recharging groundwater in southwest WA is at its lowest for at least the last 800 years https://www.ansto.gov.au/news/pioneering-research-has-confirmed-current-level-of-rainfall-recharging-groundwater-southwest
‘It’s absolutely guaranteed’: the best and worst case scenarios for sea level rise https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/26/its-absolutely-guaranteed-the-best-and-worst-case-scenarios-for-sea-level-rise
Spring 2023 in Europe: extremes amidst a relatively wet, average season https://climate.copernicus.eu/spring-2023-europe-extremes-amidst-relatively-wet-average-season
A Climate-Resilient Future for All Canadians https://www.iisd.org/articles/statement/canada-national-adaptation-strategy
‘We could lose our status as a state’: what happens to a people when their land disappears https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/27/we-could-lose-our-status-as-a-state-what-happens-to-a-people-when-their-land-disappears
Fractured foundations: how Antarctica’s ‘landfast’ ice is dwindling and why that’s bad news https://theconversation.com/fractured-foundations-how-antarcticas-landfast-ice-is-dwindling-and-why-thats-bad-news-207814
Cities Need a Systems-change Approach to Build Climate-resilient Communities https://www.wri.org/insights/cities-systems-change-urban-transformation
In Brazil’s Favelas, Green Roofs Might Help Relieve the Heat https://undark.org/2023/05/22/in-brazils-favelas-green-roofs-might-help-relieve-the-heat/
Most Americans underestimate the popularity of policies to protect the climate https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/most-americans-underestimate-the-popularity-of-policies-to-protect-the-climate/
Global warming is disrupting humanity’s ‘Goldilocks zone’ on Earth https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/global-warming-is-disrupting-humanitys-goldilocks-zone-on-earth/
Renewables supply more than half German electricity demand in first half of 2023 https://reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-supply-more-than-half-german-electricity-demand-in-first-half-of-2023/
How is climate change impacting the world’s ocean https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/climate-issues/ocean-impacts
Welcome to the apocalyptic haze of the new abnormal. There is nowhere left to hide https://www.independent.co.uk/us/voices/air-quality-index-nyc-fires-smoke-b2354703.html
What makes people adapt together? An empirically grounded conceptual model on the enablers and barriers of collective climate change adaptation https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2023.1213852/full
Off the charts’: Earth’s vital signs are going haywire https://www.wfla.com/weather/climate-classroom/off-the-charts-earths-vital-signs-are-going-haywire/
Volcanoes’ Future Climate Effects May Exceed Standard Estimateshttps://eos.org/research-spotlights/volcanoes-future-climate-effects-may-exceed-standard-estimates
Mountains Vulnerable to Extreme Rain from Climate Change https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2023/06/28/mountains-vulnerable-to-extreme-rain-from-climate-change/
Enhancing Climate Change and Environmental Reporting in South-East Asia https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/enhancing-climate-change-and-environmental-reporting-south-east-asia
Disaster risk reduction
Volcano Monitoring in Aotearoa New Zealand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF0ef76-ve8
Extreme floods are happening way more often than federal data would suggest, analysis shows https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/26/us/extreme-flood-risk-first-street-federal-data-climate/index.html
New analysis indicates European cities and countries with highest expected losses from future flooding https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/new-analysis-indicates-european-cities-and-countries-highest-expected-losses-future-flooding-2023-06-21_en
Why an early-warning system for floods is important https://newsday.co.tt/2023/06/26/why-an-early-warning-system-for-floods-is-important/
Scientists find several new active faults in Wairarapa https://www.gns.cri.nz/news/scientists-find-several-new-active-faults-in-wairarapa/
US push to lower wildfire risk across the West stumbles in places https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-forest-thinning-community-risk-biden-9d77309cb9e7520069b3c575d850aadc
UCLA geologists are using artificial intelligence to predict landslides https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/artificial-intelligence-can-predict-landslides
We have forgotten what a ‘natural’ river even looks like https://theconversation.com/we-have-forgotten-what-a-natural-river-even-looks-like-206443
Forecasting flash floods an hour in advance https://phys.org/news/2023-06-hour-advance.html
Loss and Damage Explainer https://www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/stories/loss-and-damage-explainer
The evolution of dam induced river fragmentation in the United States https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39194-x
Better predictions of wildfire spread may sit above the treetops https://earth.stanford.edu/news/better-predictions-wildfire-spread-may-sit-above-treetops
UC Irvine scientists develop freely available risk model for hurricanes, tropical cyclones https://news.uci.edu/2023/06/27/uc-irvine-scientists-develop-freely-available-risk-model-for-hurricanes-tropical-cyclones/
What Are the Characteristics of Foreshocks for Large Earthquakes? https://www.seismosoc.org/news/what-are-the-characteristics-of-foreshocks-for-large-earthquakes/
Benefits of ‘Early Warnings for All’ https://unescap.org/blog/benefits-early-warnings-all-triples-vulnerable-contexts
Emergency management
Near Real-Time Wildfire Progression Monitoring with Sentinel-1 SAR Time Series and Deep Learning https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-56967-x
Is AI the key to fighting wildfires? https://www.datasciencecentral.com/is-ai-the-key-to-fighting-wildfires/
Transatlantic smoke: Europe experiences significant impact of Canadian wildfires https://watchers.news/2023/06/28/transatlantic-smoke-europe-experiences-significant-impact-of-canadian-wildfires/
Can Nepal get to grips with worsening climate-fuelled wildfires? https://www.context.news/climate-risks/can-nepal-get-to-grips-with-worsening-climate-fuelled-wildfires
Disaster education, communications and engagement
Community Engagement in Humanitarian and Development Action: Barriers, Enablers and Good Practice https://www.alnap.org/community-engagement-in-humanitarian-and-development-action-barriers-enablers-and-good-practice
Crowd-sourcing can offer data to forecast floods in city: IIT-Bombay study https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/crowd-sourcing-can-offer-data-to-forecast-floods-in-city-iit-bombay-study/articleshow/101249468.cms
Sensing Volcanoes is an interactive, multi-sensory exhibit https://stories.uea.ac.uk/sensing-volcanoes-royal-society-digital-museum/index.html
US National Integrated Heat Health Information System https://www.heat.gov/
Considerations for creating equitable and inclusive communication campaigns associated with ShakeAlert, the earthquake early warning system for the West Coast of the USA https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DPM-03-2021-0090/full/html
How Do People Feel About COVID-19 Vaccine? An Analysis Of Twitter Polarization https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3086902/v1
Texas A&M Expert Stresses Need For Preparedness This Hurricane Season https://today.tamu.edu/2023/06/29/texas-am-expert-stresses-need-for-preparedness-this-hurricane-season/
El Niño: FAQs for the anticipatory action community https://www.anticipation-hub.org/news/el-nino-faqs-for-the-anticipatory-action-community
Disaster psychology
The Black Summer bushfires put an enormous strain on families with young children. We can’t make the same mistakes again https://theconversation.com/the-black-summer-bushfires-put-an-enormous-strain-on-families-with-young-children-we-cant-make-the-same-mistakes-again-205026
Climate crisis linked to rising domestic violence in south Asia, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/28/climate-crisis-linked-to-rising-domestic-violence-in-south-asia-study-finds
Sociology and disasters
Walkable Neighborhoods Help Adults Socialize, Increase Community https://today.ucsd.edu/story/walkable-neighborhoods-help-adults-socialize-increase-community
South Sudan’s hostages of the climate emergency https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/south-sudan-s-hostages-climate-emergency
Residential segregation and outdoor urban moist heat stress disparities in the United States https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590332223002506
How climate vulnerability and the digital divide are linked https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/06/20/1074244/climate-vulnerability-digital-divide/
Study: ‘Multiplicity of impact’ from natural disasters affects Black people most https://news.rice.edu/news/2023/study-multiplicity-impact-natural-disasters-affects-black-people-most
Weaving Cohesion Through Inclusive Social Infrastructure https://www.halifaxiseveryone.ca/stories/weaving-cohesion-through-inclusive-social-infrastructure
Homeowners in mostly white communities prefer to risk repeat flooding rather than move to more diverse neighborhoods on safer ground https://news.rice.edu/news/2023/homeowners-mostly-white-communities-prefer-risk-repeat-flooding-rather-move-more-diverse
Disaster Resilience News 