Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Earthquake of 3.6-magnitude hits Blue Mountains area west of Sydney https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-08/nsw-earthquake-3-6-magnitude-blue-mountains-area/103567618
Severe storm system spawns tornadoes in Alabama and Georgia, U.S. https://watchers.news/2024/03/10/severe-storm-system-spawns-tornadoes-in-alabama-and-georgia-u-s/
Torrential rains in West Sumatra cause destructive landslides, fatal floods, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/03/10/torrential-rains-in-west-sumatra-cause-destructive-landslides-fatal-floods-indonesia/
France – Seven People Missing After Severe Floods in Gard, Ardèche and Var https://floodlist.com/europe/france-storm-monica-gard-ardeche-march-2024
At least 26 people killed after floods, landslides hit Indonesia’s Sumatra https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/11/dozens-dead-after-flash-floods-landslides-hit-indonesias-sumatra-island
Severe Tropical Storm “Filipo” strikes Mozambique https://watchers.news/2024/03/13/severe-tropical-storm-filipo-strikes-mozambique/
Tinakula volcano in Solomon Islands erupts, sending lava toward the ocean https://watchers.news/2024/03/13/tinakula-volcano-in-solomon-islands-erupts-sending-lava-toward-the-ocean/
Seven people missing in floods as heavy rain dumped in outback Western Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-12/wa-flooding-eyre-highway-christmas-island-cyclone-/103576444
Volcanic activity worldwide 12 Mar 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/236499/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-12-Mar-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Ibu-Nevado-del-.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Much of America asks: Where did winter go? Spring starts early as US winter was warmest on record https://apnews.com/article/winter-warming-missing-climate-change-snow-e5e45c1d5eb9f168030e0fe90ac36ac8
Long weekend heatwave causes Moomba Parade cancellation and festival disruptions https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-09/music-festival-extreme-heat-bushfire-victoria-pitch-golden-plain/103568338
Great Lakes Ice Cover Hits New Lows https://e360.yale.edu/digest/great-lakes-ice-climate-change
Emergent constraints on carbon budgets as a function of global warming https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46137-7
Heatwave pushes wind and solar to record highs, as renewables share reaches 70 pct of NEM https://reneweconomy.com.au/heatwave-pushes-wind-and-solar-to-record-highs-as-renewables-share-reaches-70-pct-of-nem/
Hobart endures hottest night in 112 years as severe heatwave hits south-eastern Australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/10/hobart-endures-hottest-night-in-112-years-as-severe-heatwave-hits-south-eastern-australia
Europe unprepared for rapidly growing climate risks, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/10/europe-unprepared-for-climate-risks-eea-report
Study explores impacts of Arctic warming on daily weather patterns in the U.S. https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/study-explores-impacts-arctic-warming-daily-weather-patterns-us/
Record run of autumn hot weather for Sydney as waters simmer past cyclone threshold https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-13/nsw-sydney-water-warm-summer-temperatures-in-autumn/103576780
Is renewable energy cheaper than fossil fuels? https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/is-renewable-energy-cheaper-than
Renewables provide 52 pct of German power in 2023, as wind overtakes coal https://reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-provide-52-pct-of-german-power-in-2023-as-wind-overtakes-coal/
Why women are key to climate action https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/page/why-women-are-key-climate-action
East Africa must prepare for more extreme rainfall during the short rainy season – new study https://theconversation.com/east-africa-must-prepare-for-more-extreme-rainfall-during-the-short-rainy-season-new-study-218545
Climate change is forcing massive changes to how Australia protects endangered animals and plants from extinction https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-03-13/climate-change-bushfires-species-extinction-black-summer/103494254
Increasing frequency and lengthening season of western disturbances are linked to increasing strength and delayed northward migration of the subtropical jet https://wcd.copernicus.org/articles/5/345/2024/
Tennis anyone? Bad news for skiers as snow season could shrink by 78% this century https://theconversation.com/tennis-anyone-bad-news-for-skiers-as-snow-season-could-shrink-by-78-this-century-225581
Thousands of high temperature records broken across Africa https://watchers.news/2024/03/12/thousands-of-high-temperature-records-broken-across-africa/
Australian National Climate Risk Assessment: First pass assessment report https://www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-change/publications/ncra-first-pass-risk-assessment
There are growing fears of an alarming shift in Antarctic sea ice https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421376-there-are-growing-fears-of-an-alarming-shift-in-antarctic-sea-ice/
Climate change impacts in Bangladesh https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/climate-change-impacts-bangladesh
Disaster risk reduction
Beyond a fixed number: Investigating uncertainty in popular evaluation metrics of ensemble flood modeling using bootstrapping analysis https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12982
Cultural burning is better for Australian soils than prescribed burning, or no burning at all https://theconversation.com/cultural-burning-is-better-for-australian-soils-than-prescribed-burning-or-no-burning-at-all-224337
AI predicts flooding https://www.dtu.dk/english/news/all-news/ai-predicts-flooding?id=9b180ce8-3fc7-41e2-bcb9-8506786c8d70
Flood risk mapping is a public good, so why the public resistance in Canada? Lessons from Nova Scotia https://theconversation.com/flood-risk-mapping-is-a-public-good-so-why-the-public-resistance-in-canada-lessons-from-nova-scotia-224902
Flood risk assessment for Indian sub-continental river basins https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/1107/2024/hess-28-1107-2024.html
Data gaps hide the true human impacts of disasters in 2023 https://www.undrr.org/explainer/uncounted-costs-of-disasters-2023#floods
Catchment characterization: Current descriptors, knowledge gaps and future opportunities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825224000667
$500K Sand Dune Designed to Protect Coastal Homes Washes Away in Just 3 Days https://www.thedailybeast.com/dollar500k-dune-designed-to-protect-massachusetts-homes-last-just-3-days
Map shows which coastal U.S. cities are sinking, face greater flood risk https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/4516635-map-shows-which-coastal-u-s-cities-are-sinking-face-greater-flood-risk/
Flood cover could become mandatory for some home owners — and it may lead to having no protection at all https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-11/mandatory-flood-cover-premiums-rising-insurance/103566224
Mapping the Most Susceptible Regions to Fire in Portugal https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/6/7/254#
Can earth-covered houses protect us from bushfires? Even if they’re a solution, it’s not risk-free https://theconversation.com/can-earth-covered-houses-protect-us-from-bushfires-even-if-theyre-a-solution-its-not-risk-free-216449
Indigenous fire management began more than 11,000 years ago: new research https://theconversation.com/indigenous-fire-management-began-more-than-11-000-years-ago-new-research-225263
Australia’s Tinderbox Drought (2017 – 2019) https://climateextremes.org.au/australias-tinderbox-drought-2017-2019/
Efficiency of global precipitation datasets in tropical and subtropical catchments revealed by large sampling hydrological modelling https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169424004116
Accurate hindcasting of explosive eruptions at Whakaari, New Zealand https://www.jvolcanica.org/ojs/index.php/volcanica/article/view/217
Disasters will be less devastating if we plan for them https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/03/natural-disaster-prevention/
Bolder leadership for surface water flooding https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2024/01/15/bolder-leadership-for-surface-water-flooding/
Emergency Management
Subcommittee to Hold Hearing to Examine the Expanded Use of FEMA’s Resources https://transportation.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=407264
13 years after 3/11, Japan’s readiness for complex disasters remains inadequate https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/10/japan/science-health/japan-disaster-preparedness-march-11/
New Jersey and the nation were not prepared when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and the state “remains underprepared for the next emergency https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/ap-top-news/2024/03/11/report-new-jersey-and-us-were-not-prepared-for-covid-19-and-state-remains-so-for-the-next-crisis
Drought triggers more overnight wildfires, finds B.C. scientist https://www.nsnews.com/highlights/drought-triggers-more-overnight-wildfires-finds-bc-scientist-8435814
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
Co-creating resilient communities https://www.hull.ac.uk/special/climate-action
The best climate change movies and TV series of 2023 https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/03/the-best-climate-change-movies-and-tv-series-of-2023/
Disaster psychology
The dynamics of community resilience perception between two waves of COVID-19 in 2020 and 2022: A longitudinal study from Shanghai https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590061724000061
The influence of the 2021 European flooding on pro-environmental attitudes and partial behavior transition https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/influence-2021-european-flooding-pro-environmental-attitudes-and-partial-behavior
Sociology and disasters
Built or Social environment? Effects of perceptions of neighborhood green spaces on resilience of residents to heat waves https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1618866724000657
Climate change remains worse for women and girls — but it doesn’t have to be https://floodresilience.net/blogs/addressing-gender-inequalities-in-climate-adaptation-programmes/
The network resilience of safety confirmation and social capital during natural disasters: the comparison of the U.S. and Japan https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43621-024-00192-8
Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them https://theconversation.com/pacific-islanders-have-long-drawn-wisdom-from-the-earth-the-sky-and-the-waves-research-shows-the-science-is-behind-them-225088
Disaster Resilience News 