Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Western Afghanistan hit by fourth M6.3 earthquake since October 7 https://watchers.news/2023/10/15/western-afghanistan-hit-by-fourth-m6-3-earthquake-since-october-7/
Death toll reaches 100 in flash floods and GLOF events in Sikkim and West Bengal, India https://watchers.news/2023/10/16/death-toll-reaches-100-in-flash-floods-and-glof-events-in-sikkim-and-west-bengal-india/
Strong M6.4 earthquake hits Andreanof Islands, Alaska https://watchers.news/2023/10/16/strong-m6-4-earthquake-hits-andreanof-islands-alaska/
Overflow from Akosombo Dam affects thousands in Ghana’s Volta Region https://watchers.news/2023/10/16/overflow-from-akosombo-dam-affects-thousands-in-ghanas-volta-region/
Shallow M5.8 and M5.9 earthquakes hit southern Iran https://watchers.news/2023/10/17/shallow-m5-8-and-m5-9-earthquakes-hit-southern-iran/
Elevated volcanic activity at Russia’s Bezymianny volcano https://watchers.news/2023/10/17/elevated-volcanic-activity-at-russias-bezymianny-volcano/
How A Former Super Typhoon Will Affect The US https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/how-cat-5-super-typhoon-could-affect-the-us
Storm Babet triggers UK’s first Red warning for rain since 2020 https://watchers.news/2023/10/18/storm-babet-triggers-uks-first-red-warning-for-rain-since-2020/
Strong winds and heavy rainfall wreak havoc in eastern Mexico’s Veracruz State https://watchers.news/2023/10/18/strong-winds-and-heavy-rainfall-wreak-havoc-in-eastern-mexicos-veracruz-state/
Strong paroxysmal explosive eruption at Bezymianny volcano, Russia https://watchers.news/2023/10/19/strong-paroxysmal-explosive-eruption-at-bezymianny-volcano-russia/
Over 275 lives lost as severe floods hit Adamawa, Nigeria https://watchers.news/2023/10/19/over-275-lives-lost-as-severe-floods-hit-adamawa-nigeria/
Strong and shallow M6.2 earthquake hits Mindanao, Philippines https://watchers.news/2023/10/19/strong-and-shallow-m6-2-earthquake-hits-mindanao-philippines/
Freight train derailed by landslide on South Island’s West Coast, New Zealand https://watchers.news/2023/10/19/freight-train-derailed-by-landslide-on-south-islands-west-coast-new-zealand/
Volcanic activity worldwide 17 Oct 2023: Popocatépetl volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/223667/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-17-Oct-2023-Popocatepetl-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador-Cam.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Bushfires one day, floods the next: why Australia can expect more ‘compound events’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/06/bushfires-floods-australia-compound-events-gippsland
Could superpowered plants be the heroes of the climate crisis? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/15/superpower-plants-absorb-carbon-co2-climate-crisis
The toll of heat deaths in the Phoenix area soars after the hottest summer on record https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/toll-heat-deaths-phoenix-area-soars-after-hottest-103974509
How one boatshed tells the story of Victorian coastal areas preparing for sea level rises https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-17/boatshed-rising-sea-levels-concern-for-coastal-infrastructure/102969454
SUVs emit more climate damaging gas than older cars do, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/16/suvs-emit-more-climate-damaging-gas-than-older-cars-do-study-finds
A cleaner snow future mitigates Northern Hemisphere snowpack loss from warming https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41732-6
Topping the charts: September 2023 was Earth’s warmest September in 174-year record https://www.noaa.gov/news/topping-charts-september-2023-was-earths-warmest-september-in-174-year-record
South Australia: This is what a 90 per cent wind and solar grid looks like https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-this-is-what-a-90-per-cent-wind-and-solar-grid-looks-like/
Enhanced multi-year predictability after El Niño and La Niña events https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42113-9
Interactive: Glacier retreat shows impact of climate change https://interaktiv.tagesanzeiger.ch/2022/gletscher-prognosen/
Enhancing Climate Resilience in Bangladesh’s Coastal Towns: A Collaborative Endeavor https://gca.org/enhancing-climate-resilience-in-bangladeshs-coastal-towns-a-collaborative-endeavor/
Fighting Against Time and Tropical Cyclones: the Struggle of Coastal Communities in the Pacific https://storyteller.iom.int/stories/fighting-against-time-and-tropical-cyclones-struggle-coastal-communities-pacific
Climate change isn’t just about emissions. We’re ignoring a huge part of the fight https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-10-15/climate-change-adaptation-united-states-emissions
Three decades of EU climate policy: Racing toward climate neutrality? https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.863
Australia must urgently adapt to extreme weather or face soaring premiums, insurers warn https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/18/australia-must-urgently-adapt-to-extreme-weather-or-face-soaring-premiums-insurers-warn
Labor’s EV strategy ‘hamstrung’ by delayed fuel efficiency standard, advocates say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/18/labors-ev-strategy-hamstrung-by-delayed-fuel-efficiency-standard-advocates-say
More than 200 scientists from 19 countries want to tell us the Southern Ocean is in trouble https://theconversation.com/more-than-200-scientists-from-19-countries-want-to-tell-us-the-southern-ocean-is-in-trouble-215529
‘Greater than 99% chance’ 2023 will be hottest year on record https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-greater-than-99-chance-2023-will-be-hottest-year-on-record/
ESD Ideas: Translating historical extreme weather events into a warmer world https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/14/1081/2023/
Global study warns water security threatened by droughts and heat waves worldwide https://phys.org/news/2023-10-global-threatened-droughts-worldwide.html
Will the Earth breach its 1.5C guardrail sooner than we thought? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2023/oct/19/will-the-earth-breach-its-15c-guardrail-sooner-than-we-thought
Push for more workplace heat awareness ahead of El Niño summer https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-news-forecasts-should-australia-have-a-heat-temperature-cut-off-for-outdoor-workers/c006557a-2740-4056-b4fb-0cda9dbc2f5a
Climate Network Analysis Helps Pinpoint Regions at Higher Risk of Extreme Weather https://publishing.aip.org/publications/latest-content/climate-network-analysis-helps-pinpoint-regions-at-higher-risk-of-extreme-weather/
Cracking the code of 2022’s unprecedented heat waves and droughts https://phys.org/news/2023-10-code-unprecedented-droughts.html
The dams are full for now – but Sydney will need new water supplies as rainfall becomes less reliable https://theconversation.com/the-dams-are-full-for-now-but-sydney-will-need-new-water-supplies-as-rainfall-becomes-less-reliable-214071
Status of global coastal adaptation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01834-x
Data and local knowledge key to climate resilience https://www.gndr.org/data-and-local-knowledge-key-to-climate-resilience/
Improving the quantification of climate change hazards by hydrological models: a simple ensemble approach for considering the uncertain effect of vegetation response to climate change on potential evapotranspiration https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/27/3663/2023/
Hurricanes are now twice as likely to zip from minor to whopper than decades ago, study says https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-rapidly-intensify-climate-warm-oceans-atlantic-1d301ac6ce12946a6ff98d38b6980922
Disaster risk reduction
New Zealand’s massive Taupō eruption dated by Antarctic ice core study https://watchers.news/2023/10/15/new-zealands-massive-taupo-eruption-dated-by-antarctic-ice-core-study/
Why Meteorologists Use Multiple Weather Models https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimfoerster/2023/10/13/why-meteorologists-use-multiple-weather-models/
Nature-based Solutions for sustainable flood management in East Africa https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/nature-based-solutions-sustainable-flood-management-east-africa
A new continental bathymetry dataset for Australia, replacing the existing 250 m layer from way back in 2009 https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/148758
Preliminary documentation of coseismic ground failure triggered by the February 6, 2023 Türkiye earthquake sequence https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013795223003332
On how to use earthquakes to study a volcano https://www.thesciencebreaker.org/breaks/earth-space/on-how-to-use-earthquakes-to-study-a-volcano
Earthquake Forecasting Using Big Data and Artificial Intelligence: A 30‐Week Real‐Time Case Study in China https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article-abstract/doi/10.1785/0120230031/627949/Earthquake-Forecasting-Using-Big-Data-and
Shaking Up Earthquake Science in Cascadia https://eos.org/articles/shaking-up-earthquake-science-in-cascadia
Hydrological model-based streamflow reconstruction for Indian sub-continental river basins, 1951–2021 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02618-w
The share of Europe’s territory at high risk of fire has doubled in the last 50 years https://www.europeandatajournalism.eu/cp_data_news/the-share-of-europes-territory-at-high-risk-of-fire-has-doubled-in-the-last-50-years/
Fuel weight and understorey hazard dynamics in mature karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) forests in southwest Western Australia https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00049158.2023.2251249
Researchers Test Seafloor Fiber Optic Cable as an Earthquake Early Warning System https://www.seismosoc.org/news/researchers-test-seafloor-fiber-optic-cable-as-an-earthquake-early-warning-system/
Scientists’ model increases accuracy of tide forecasts https://news.miami.edu/stories/2023/10/scientists-model-increases-accuracy-of-tide-forecasts.html
WMO Airborne Dust Bulletin highlights present, future hotspots https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/wmo-airborne-dust-bulletin-highlights-present-future-hotspots
Multimodal Characterization of Built and Natural Environments for Multi-Risk Assessment https://link.springer.com/journal/11069/volumes-and-issues/119-2
Machine Learning Highlights Ways to Improve Flood Mitigation https://eos.org/research-spotlights/machine-learning-highlights-ways-to-improve-flood-mitigation
Emergency management
This paper examines the complexity of post-disaster reconstruction in the coastal Tōhoku region during the 10 years following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S221242092300540X
A week of earthquakes brings death, grief, and trauma to Afghanistan’s Herat https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2023/10/16/week-earthquakes-brings-death-grief-and-trauma-afghanistans-herat
Corrosive ash from massive 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption causes power crisis in Tonga https://watchers.news/2023/10/17/corrosive-ash-from-massive-2022-hunga-tonga-hunga-haapai-eruption-causes-power-crisis-in-tonga/
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
UK Flood Education https://thefloodhub.co.uk/
Multiple perspectives to understand multi-hazard risks. Why is it important to meet face-to-face when we could also meet digitally? https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/nh/2023/10/16/multiple-perspectives-to-understand-multi-hazard-risks-why-is-it-important-to-meet-face-to-face-when-we-could-also-meet-digitally/
ChatDOC is a ChatGPT-based file-reading assistant that can quickly extract,
locate, and summarize information from documents https://chatdoc.com/
Understanding young people’s views on environmental issues, both in the ACT and on a larger scale https://envcomm.act.gov.au/latest-from-us/i-want-to-have-a-future/
TsunamiZone.org provides suggestions and resources for your family or organization to “know your zone” and to learn how to be safe https://www.tsunamizone.org/
Targeting communication in disasters https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/targeting-communication-disasters
How ChatGPT is transforming the postdoc experience https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03235-8
New resource helps NSW ‘Get Ready’ for natural disasters https://www.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/new-resource-helps-nsw-get-ready-for-natural-disasters
Disaster psychology
What do Americans think is the biggest threat from global warming? https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/what-do-americans-think-is-the-biggest-threat-from-global-warming/
Sociology and disasters
Beyond disasters: How UNDP is addressing inequality and empowering women with disabilities for a resilient future https://www.undp.org/geneva/blog/beyond-disasters-how-undp-addressing-inequality-and-empowering-women-disabilities-resilient-future
Fighting Inequality for a Resilient Caribbean https://un-dco.org/stories/fighting-inequality-resilient-caribbean
New weather-sensing technology created to stop ‘preventable’ heat-related fatalities in Queensland’s elderly https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/qld-heat-sensor-weather-tempreture-heatstroke-heatwave-ethos/102956974
How far I’ll go: Social infrastructure accessibility and proximity in urban neighborhoods https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204623002414
The dual burden of inequality and disaster-risk https://council.science/current/blog/the-dual-burden-of-inequality-and-disaster-risk/
Sanchay: Fragility or resilience? The climate-culture story of Jodhpur https://www.preventionweb.net/news/sanchay-fragility-or-resilience-climate-culture-story-jodhpur
An examination of flood resilience in London Borough of Southwark https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212095523002869
Why men are more likely to die during hurricanes, extreme weather, according to NWS https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/men-hurricane-deaths-weather
A Year after Pakistan’s Deluge: How community-centric public works support the most vulnerable https://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/year-after-pakistans-deluge-how-community-centric-public-works-support-most
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