Please find below to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Several dead, 1,000 homes destroyed in Papua New Guinea earthquake https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/25/several-dead-1000-homes-destroyed-in-papua-new-guinea-earthquake
Extremely heavy rains hit Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo, causing destructive floods and landslides, Brazil https://watchers.news/2024/03/23/extremely-heavy-rains-hit-rio-de-janeiro-and-espirito-santo-causing-destructive-floods-and-landslides-brazil/
Properties impacted by bushfire in Western Australia’s south, police investigating cause https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-24/bushfire-continues-to-spread-through-hills-southern-wa/103625106
Uruguay – Thousands Evacuate as River Reaches Record High in Florida Department https://floodlist.com/america/uruguay-florida-floods-march-2024
Part of Highway 1 near Big Sur crumbles as new landslide closes more of historic roadway https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-31/landslide-erodes-part-of-highway-1-near-big-sur-closing-roadway
Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years kills nine, tsunami warnings lifted https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-03/tsunami-warning-issued-in-japan-after-earthquake/103661984
Volcanic activity worldwide 3 Apr 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/238279/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-3-Apr-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Duko.html
Evacuation and extreme weather warnings issued after heavy rain falls across parts of Sydney and the Illawarra https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-06/nsw-saturday-weather-sydney-rain-flood-warnings/103675980
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Surge in WA emissions puts Australia’s net zero targets in doubt https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/25/surge-in-wa-emissions-puts-australias-net-zero-targets-in-doubt
Climate change science is evolving toward adaptation and mitigation solutions https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.884
Nations Are Undercounting Emissions, Putting UN Goals at Risk https://e360.yale.edu/features/undercounted-emissions-un-climate-change
Push for greater climate urgency in new scorecard https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/11/push-for-greater-climate-urgency-in-new-scorecard/
State of European transport https://transport2024.transportenvironment.org/sot/index.html
Changes in Antarctica’s glaciers and ice sheets: in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/mar/25/changes-in-antarcticas-glaciers-and-ice-sheets-in-pictures
How does public perception of climate protest influence support for climate action? https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-023-00096-9
Pakistan launches major study on impact of heat on pregnant women and babies https://www.thethirdpole.net/en/climate/pakistan-investigates-effect-of-heat-on-pregnant-women-babies-through-major-study/
Our plan to empower Australian communities and cut climate pollution by 75 percent this decade https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/seize-the-decade/
Australia’s carbon credits system a failure on global scale, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/27/australias-carbon-credits-system-a-failure-on-global-scale-study-finds
Solar laggards: The five states with the least amount of solar installed https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/03/27/solar-laggards-the-five-states-with-the-least-amount-of-solar-installed/
Drilling into Antarctica’s Past https://eos.org/articles/drilling-into-antarcticas-past
Global heat waves are moving 20 per cent more slowly, meaning more people stay hot longer, and they are happening 67 per cent more often https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/climate-change-study-australia-is-in-the-crucible-of-slower-longer-heatwaves/sfhj9gfo8
Germany shuts down seven brown coal power stations at end of winter https://reneweconomy.com.au/germany-shuts-down-seven-brown-coal-power-stations-at-end-of-winter/
Earth at risk: An urgent call to end the age of destruction and forge a just and sustainable future https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/3/4/pgae106/7638480
Global temperature increase in 2023 blew past all climate models https://www.earth.com/news/global-temperature-increase-2023-blew-past-all-climate-models/
Potential for historically unprecedented Australian droughts from natural variability and climate change https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/1383/2024/hess-28-1383-2024-assets.html
A 20-year ‘mega-drought’ in Australia? Research suggests it’s happened before – and we should expect it again https://theconversation.com/a-20-year-mega-drought-in-australia-research-suggests-its-happened-before-and-we-should-expect-it-again-223356
How might the next super tornado outbreak play out in tomorrow’s world? https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/04/how-might-the-next-super-tornado-outbreak-play-out-in-tomorrows-world/
Disaster risk reduction
A brief history of information and disinformation in hydrological data and the impact on the evaluation of hydrological models https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02626667.2024.2332616
What if AI could save lives? A paradigm shift in weather forecasting https://www.climateforesight.eu/articles/what-if-ai-could-save-lives-a-paradigm-shift-in-weather-forecasting/
Satellite data assimilation improves forecasts of severe weather https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/satellite-data-assimilation-improves-forecasts-severe-weather/
New Yorkers Now Protected with Home Flooding History Disclosure https://www.nrdc.org/bio/joel-scata/new-yorkers-now-protected-home-flooding-history-disclosure
Natural catastrophes in 2023 https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2024-01.html
How Taiwan managed to keep its death toll so low during 7.4 magnitude earthquake — largest in 25 years https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/04/03/taiwan-earthquake-death-toll/
New MCR2030 knowledge products on innovating heat and wildfire risk governance https://www.undrr.org/news/new-mcr2030-knowledge-products-innovating-heat-and-wildfire-risk-governance
Unlocking the floodgates to flood resilience https://www.hull.ac.uk/work-with-us/research/case-studies/informing-flood-risk-policy
AI improves monsoon rainfall predictions https://www.preventionweb.net/news/ai-improves-monsoon-rainfall-predictions
No Canadian Volcanoes Meet Monitoring Standards https://eos.org/articles/no-canadian-volcanoes-meet-monitoring-standards
Taiwan earthquake: an earthquake scientist on what we know so far and what may happen next https://theconversation.com/taiwan-earthquake-an-earthquake-scientist-on-what-we-know-so-far-and-what-may-happen-next-227051
Emergency Management
Haiti Humanitarian Crisis https://disasterphilanthropy.org/disasters/haiti-humanitarian-crisis/
EU provides €600 million to strengthen rescEU firefighting fleet https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories/news/eu-provides-eu600-million-strengthen-resceu-firefighting-fleet-2024-03-25_en
Atlantic hurricanes to be given both first and last names https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/04/atlantic-hurricanes-to-be-given-both-first-and-last-names/
Forecasters predict an extremely active 2024 Atlantic hurricane season https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/04/forecasters-predict-an-extremely-active-2024-atlantic-hurricane-season/
Initial news about landslides from the 3 April 2024 M=7.2 earthquake in Taiwan https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/3-april-2024-earthquake-taiwan-1
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
Natural disaster or natural hazard? Even experts interchangeably use these terms https://english.onlinekhabar.com/natural-disaster-or-natural-hazard.html
Call for submissions: Empowering the next generation for a disaster-free future https://www.preventionweb.net/news/call-submissions-empowering-next-generation-disaster-free-future
Interactive community flood map https://rainnorthants.co.uk/interactive-flood-maps-available-harpers-wootton/
Disaster psychology
‘Seven times down, eight times up’: When life is hard, how do we go on? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-24/staying-upright-life-can-be-hard-how-do-people-endure/103615514
‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/27/everybody-has-a-breaking-point-how-the-climate-crisis-affects-our-brains
Sociology and disasters
Urban form and structure explain variability in spatial inequality of property flood risk among US counties https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01337-3
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