Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
M6.3 earthquake hits Volcano Islands, Japan region at intermediate depth https://watchers.news/2024/02/12/m6-3-earthquake-hits-volcano-islands-japan-region-at-intermediate-depth/
Victoria set to face first ‘catastrophic’ fire conditions since Black Summer https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/victoria-set-to-face-first-catastrophic-fire-conditions-since-black-summer/f8jimngn6
Monsoon causes heavy rainfall, flooding in Darwin suburbs, as Gulf of Carpentaria braces for possible cyclone https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-12/monsoon-rainfall-floods-darwin-roads-bom-moderate-cyclone-risk/103455316
68 killed, 51 missing after massive landslide hits Davao de Oro, Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/02/07/six-killed-46-missing-after-massive-landslide-hits-davao-de-oro-philippines/
Floods in northern Oman claim three lives, cause widespread evacuations https://watchers.news/2024/02/13/floods-in-northern-oman-claim-three-lives-cause-widespread-evacuations/
Fires destroy homes in Victoria as storm zaps power from 220,000 home for ‘days, if not weeks’ https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/massive-storm-could-zap-power-from-375000-home-for-days-if-not-weeks/news-story/aebb6050afc28afe42e0aef599fff09c
Volcanic activity worldwide 13 Feb 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/233992/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-13-Feb-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Dukono-.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
As the world warms, intense tropical cyclones are starting earlier, study finds https://www.preventionweb.net/news/world-warms-intense-tropical-cyclones-are-starting-earlier-study-finds
World had warmest January on record https://wmo.int/media/news/world-had-warmest-january-record
South Australia enjoyed 82 pct wind and solar for entire December quarter. So it can be done https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-enjoyed-82-pct-wind-and-solar-for-entire-december-quarter-so-it-can-be-done/
Revisiting the role of disasters in climate policy-making https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2024.2301781
Atlantic Ocean is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows https://theconversation.com/atlantic-ocean-is-headed-for-a-tipping-point-once-melting-glaciers-shut-down-the-gulf-stream-we-would-see-extreme-climate-change-within-decades-study-shows-222834
Regional variations in relative sea-level changes influenced by nonlinear vertical land motionhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01357-2
Globally representative evidence on the actual and perceived support for climate action https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-01925-3
The Escalating Impact of Global Warming on Atmospheric Rivers https://eos.org/research-spotlights/the-escalating-impact-of-global-warming-on-atmospheric-rivers
Veteran economists say a carbon levy would cut emissions, cut inflation and raise billions, but see little prospect of adoption https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-14/economists-call-for-carbon-levy/103461496
EU climate policy is dangerously reliant on untested carbon-capture technology https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00391-3
Sweltering Cities panel warns Brisbane heatwaves will worsen https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-14/brisbane-heatwaves-will-worsen-sweltering-cities-says/103460350
Disaster risk reduction
Unintended Consequences of Disaster Mitigation: A Systematic Review of the Safe Development Paradox https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3941568/v1
ShakeMap Atlas 4.0 and AtlasCat: An Archive of the Recent and the Historical Earthquake ShakeMaps, and Impacts for Global Hazard Analyses and Loss Model Calibration https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/doi/10.1785/0220220324/629502/ShakeMap-Atlas-4-0-and-AtlasCat-An-Archive-of-the
Atmospheric river storms are getting stronger, and deadlier. The race to understand them is on https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/11/atmospheric-river-pacific-storms-climate-crisis
Trilateral best practices report- Tools and technologies for earthquake risk management: Sharing experience from Northeast Asia https://www.undrr.org/publication/trilateral-best-practices-report-tools-and-technologies-earthquake-risk-management
Numerical-model-derived intensity–duration thresholds for early warning of rainfall-induced debris flows in a Himalayan catchment https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/465/2024/
Merging with crowdsourced rain gauge data improves pan-European radar precipitation estimates https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/649/2024/
A European-scale analysis reveals the complex roles of anthropogenic and climatic factors in driving the initiation of large wildfires https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724005795
Warnings are a social process https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/first-mile-warnings-means-putting-people-first
Emergency Management
Pandemic impacts and experiences after disaster in Australia: qualitative study of compound impacts following the Black Summer bushfires https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open/article/pandemic-impacts-and-experiences-after-disaster-in-australia-qualitative-study-of-compound-impacts-following-the-black-summer-bushfires/C50D6970E3D2721BCB3B0D765525BBDF#article
Canada to send firefighters, equipment to help battle Chilean wildfires https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/02/11/canada-helping-chile-wildfires/
‘We are in an era of megafires’: new tactics demanded as wildfires intensify across South America https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/13/megafires-wildfires-chile-argentina-south-america
Six months after the Maui fires, an uncertain economy for the island https://www.npr.org/2024/02/08/1230237974/six-months-since-maui-fires-an-uncertain-economy
Black Summer bushfires cost Australia billions in lost tourism, new research reveals https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-13/black-summer-bushfires-economic-impacts-research-snowy-valleys/103446338
WMO supports Cambodia and Lao PDR to strengthen early warnings https://wmo.int/media/news/wmo-supports-cambodia-and-lao-pdr-strengthen-early-warnings
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
PAW Patrol™ fan favourites will bolster fire education and awareness among children in a unique partnership between Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and Paramount Australia announced today https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/incident.php?record=recPgGBHRMGTnogxi
Use of immunology in news and YouTube videos in the context of COVID-19: politicisation and information bubbles https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1327704/full
Depolarized by the Media? The Role of Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Traditional and Digital Media Diets in Issue Polarization Around COVID-19 in the United States https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2024.2312614
#Art4Resilience: Announcing the Knowledge-into-Use award winners https://cdkn.org/story/art4resilience-announcing-knowledge-use-award-winners-0
Disaster psychology
Study measures the psychological toll of wildfires https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-measures-psychological-toll-wildfires-0213
Domestic violence is cost of climate change for Sri Lankan women https://www.context.news/climate-risks/domestic-violence-is-cost-of-climate-change-for-sri-lankan-women
Ecological Sorrow: Types of Grief and Loss in Ecological Grief https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/2/849
Sociology and disasters
Social consequences of planned relocation in response to sea level rise: impacts on anxiety, well-being, and perceived safetyhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-53277-9
Post-displacement placemaking to reconnect social capital after the 3.11 earthquake and tsunami in Arahama, Japan https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924000852
Five Key Needs for Addressing Flood Injustice https://eos.org/science-updates/five-key-needs-for-addressing-flood-injustice
Disaster Resilience News 