Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Iceland evacuates Blue Lagoon and Grindavík amid intense seismic swarm, fear of new eruption https://watchers.news/2024/03/03/iceland-evacuates-blue-lagoon-and-grindavik-amid-intense-seismic-swarm-fear-of-new-eruption/
Massive blizzard strikes California and Nevada with wind gusts up to 305 km/h (190 mph) https://watchers.news/2024/03/03/massive-blizzard-strikes-california-and-nevada-with-wind-gusts-up-to-305-km-h-190-mph/
Over 6 000 isolated as avalanche closes tunnel entrance in Aosta Valley, Italy https://watchers.news/2024/03/04/over-6-000-isolated-as-avalanche-closes-tunnel-entrance-in-aosta-valley-italy/
Heavy rains and snow hit Pakistan, destroying homes and leaving dozens dead https://watchers.news/2024/03/04/heavy-rains-and-snow-hit-pakistan-destroying-homes-and-leaving-dozens-dead/
Extreme flash flooding in Al Dakhiliyah, Oman https://watchers.news/2024/03/06/extreme-flash-flooding-in-al-dakhiliyah-oman/
Large waterspout makes landfall in Okinawa, damaging several buildings, Japan https://watchers.news/2024/03/07/large-waterspout-makes-landfall-in-okinawa-damaging-several-buildings-japan/
Raging wildfires scorch 40 000 ha (98 800 acres) of land in northwestern Thailand https://watchers.news/2024/03/07/raging-wildfires-scorch-40-000-ha-98-800-acres-of-land-in-northwestern-thailand/
Bushfire at Port Latta forces evacuation of Crayfish Creek and surrounding communities in north-west Tasmania https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-03/tas-caravan-park-evacuated-as-fire-threatens-port-latta-in-north/103539942
Volcanic activity worldwide 5 Mar 2024: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Dukono, Marapi https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/235972/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-5-Mar-2024-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Dukono-Marapi-Revent.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Ski resorts’ era of plentiful snow may be over due to climate crisis, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/02/ski-resorts-snow-global-warming-study
High resolution climate change observations and projections for the evaluation of heat-related extremes https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-03074-w
Australia sweats through third-hottest summer on record with hot and dry autumn predicted https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/01/australia-sweats-through-third-hottest-summer-on-record-with-hot-and-dry-autumn-predicted
EU countries already hitting some of their sustainable energy targets for 2030 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/28/eu-countries-already-hitting-some-of-their-sustainable-energy-targets-for-2030
While many parts of the U.S. are seeing their water tables recede as the climate warms, much of New England is witnessing water levels rise https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-amherst-researchers-need-massachusetts-citizen-scientists-help-model-rising
Man, it’s a hot one: Trends and extremes in Florida autumn heat stress https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.8415
This L.A. neighborhood’s ‘cool pavements’ help it beat the intense heat https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/reflective-payments-cooling-heat-latinos-california-rcna141458
El Niño weakens but impacts continue https://wmo.int/media/news/el-nino-weakens-impacts-continue
72 per cent of First Nations respondents struggled to cool their homes https://www.acoss.org.au/media-releases/?media_release=people-becoming-severely-ill-at-home-due-to-heat
Ice-free summers in Arctic possible within next decade, scientists say https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/05/ice-free-summers-in-arctic-possible-within-next-decade-scientists-say
Rich countries found to use six times more resources, generate 10 times the climate impact https://phys.org/news/2024-03-rich-countries-resources-generate-climate.html
These are the ‘climate grannies’ — and they’ll do whatever it takes to protect their grandchildren https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/climate-grannies-environmental-activism
Antarctica Is Undergoing a “Regime Shift” – New Research Uncovers Fundamental Changes in Polar Climates https://scitechdaily.com/antarctica-is-undergoing-a-regime-shift-new-research-uncovers-fundamental-changes-in-polar-climates/
Anthropogenic climate change has influenced global river flow seasonality https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi9501
Enhancing climate resilience and water security for communities in Timor Leste https://www.sprep.org/news/enhancing-climate-resilience-and-water-security-for-communities-in-timor-leste
Can Volcanic Super Eruptions Lead to Major Cooling? Study Suggests No https://www.nasa.gov/earth/can-volcanic-super-eruptions-lead-to-major-cooling-study-suggests-no/
Global warming may be behind an increase in the frequency and intensity of cold spells https://theconversation.com/global-warming-may-be-behind-an-increase-in-the-frequency-and-intensity-of-cold-spells-223153
Green roofs can cool cities and save energy: modelling https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/02/green-roofs-can-cool-cities-and-save-energy-modelling
UN chief appeals for greater support for small islands fighting climate change https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147177
Climate Disaster Impacts https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/climate-disaster-impacts/103542506
Regime shifts in Arctic terrestrial hydrology manifested from impacts of climate warming https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/18/1033/2024/
Scientists Vote Down Proposal to Declare Anthropocene Has Begun https://e360.yale.edu/digest/anthropocene-not-begun
Australia’s Tinderbox Drought: An extreme natural event likely worsened by human-caused climate change https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adj3460
February was warmest on record globally, say scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/07/february-warmest-on-record-globally-copernicus-climate-change-service
Underestimation of personal carbon footprint inequality in four socio-economically diverse countries https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/3agzk
The weather records that fell in Queensland during the summer of 2023-24 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-06/queensland-summer-weather-records-rainfall-heat/103552060
Solar records round out summer, all across the country https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-records-round-out-summer-all-across-the-country/
Arizona’s health department has named the first statewide heat officer to address extreme heat https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/arizonas-health-department-has-named-the-first-statewide-heat-officer-to-address-extreme-heat
Disaster risk reduction
Droughts impede water balance recovery from fires in the Western United States https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02266-8
Canada Under Fire – Drivers and Impacts of the Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfire Season https://essopenarchive.org/users/747500/articles/719254-canada-under-fire-drivers-and-impacts-of-the-record-breaking-2023-wildfire-season
Flood risk assessment for Indian sub-continental river basins https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/1107/2024/
Revealing the Secrets of the Western Mediterranean: A Deep Earthquake and the Overturned Slab https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/article/4/1/52/635220/Revealing-the-Secrets-of-the-Western-Mediterranean
Economic Risk Assessment of Future Debris Flows by Machine Learning Method https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-024-00545-x
A chronic underinvestment in disaster risk reduction https://www.undrr.org/financing-prevention
Rockfalls as a hazard to mountaineers in high mountain areas https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/mountaineers-1
Nearshore tsunami amplitudes across the Maldives archipelago due to worst-case seismic scenarios in the Indian Ocean https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/737/2024/
Alberta outlines 5-year $125M plan to protect communities from drought, floods https://globalnews.ca/news/10334070/alberta-five-year-drought-flood-plan/
The Seismicity Rate Model for the 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article-abstract/114/1/182/631848/The-Seismicity-Rate-Model-for-the-2022-Aotearoa
New ‘digital twin’ Earth could help predict water-based natural disasters before they strike https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2024/03/05/digital-twin-earth-predict-water-natural-disasters
Earthquake fatalities and potency https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/earthquake-fatalities-and-potency
Near-real-time loss estimates for future Italian earthquakes based on the M6.9 Irpinia example https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/near-real-time-loss-estimates-future-italian-earthquakes-based-m69-irpinia-example
Connected urban green spaces for pluvial flood risk reduction in the Metropolitan area of Milan https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210670724001161
Already hundreds of wildfires annually in the Netherlands https://www.deltares.nl/en/news/hundreds-of-wildfires-annually-in-the-netherlands
Emergency Management
In a dangerously warming world, we must confront the grim reality of Australia’s bushfire emissions https://theconversation.com/in-a-dangerously-warming-world-we-must-confront-the-grim-reality-of-australias-bushfire-emissions-224745
Lahaina to Get Prefab Buildings for Wildfire Survivors https://www.govtech.com/em/disaster/lahaina-to-get-prefab-buildings-for-wildfire-survivors
Information for emergency response and disaster risk management https://emergency.copernicus.eu/
Marin County, Calif., Plans New Emergency Radio System https://www.govtech.com/em/preparedness/marin-county-calif-plans-new-emergency-radio-system
Spotter planes eyes in the sky in first defence against bushfires in regional Western Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-03/spotter-planes-first-defence-against-bushfires-wa/103532374
How countries in conflict zones can recover from floods – lessons from Pakistan https://theconversation.com/how-countries-in-conflict-zones-can-recover-from-floods-lessons-from-pakistan-224707
New western training center seeks to grow prescribed fire capacity https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-government/2024-03-01/new-training-center-seeks-to-grow-prescribed-fire-capacity
Scaling up early warning systems for communities in fragile and conflict zones https://blogs.worldbank.org/dev4peace/scaling-early-warning-systems-communities-fragile-and-conflict-zones
The Texas Panhandle Wildfires and Four Keys for Equitable Recovery https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/texas-panhandle-wildfires-and-four-keys-equitable-recovery
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
Disaster resilience resources for municipalities https://www.iclr.org/municipality/
Promoting public health equity through strategic information campaigns on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of pandemic health information campaigns on Twitter in Houston, Texas https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rhc3.12294
Traditional weather forecasts: expert shares 5 ways Africa’s coastal residents predict floods https://theconversation.com/traditional-weather-forecasts-expert-shares-5-ways-africas-coastal-residents-predict-floods-223145
Disasterologists at the Movies: An Innovative Use of Twitter for Disaster Education https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZNMZWXPTVB3QTGJWDUSW/full
Disaster psychology
Wildfires appear to increase mental health burden https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/wildfires-appear-to-increase-mental-health-burden
Learning mental resilience https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/get-out-of-your-mind/202311/four-qualities-of-mentally-strong-people
Predicting Hurricane Evacuation Decisions with Interpretable Machine Learning Methods https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-024-00541-1
Sociology and disasters
A Storm Blows in Inequality – 3 Solutions to Adapt to Climate Change While Fighting Poverty https://blogs.iadb.org/sostenibilidad/en/a-storm-blows-in-inequality-3-solutions-to-adapt-to-climate-change-while-fighting-poverty/
Exploring the role of social capital in community flood resiliency in Binghamton, NY https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924000840
Measuring vulnerability to assess households resilience to flood risks in Karonga district, Malawi https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-024-06416-4
Heatwaves and floods affect rural women and men differently, widen income gap https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/fao-report–heatwaves-and-floods-affect-rural-women-and-men-differently–widen-income-gap/en
The roles of women in disaster risk management: A Bolivian Perspective https://floodresilience.net/blogs/bolivian-women-in-disaster-risk-management/
Estimated 2.5 million people displaced by tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters in 2023 tell a story of recovery in America and who is vulnerable https://theconversation.com/estimated-2-5-million-people-displaced-by-tornadoes-wildfires-and-other-disasters-in-2023-tell-a-story-of-recovery-in-america-and-who-is-vulnerable-224904
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