Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Sydneysiders to return to flood-hit homes as rivers fall https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-news-clean-up-under-way-as-nsw-residents-remain-on-flood-watch/0eec6c54-d5cd-489c-8f84-503ed4475cb1
Rare M4.8 earthquake hits New Jersey — the strongest since 1783, U.S. https://watchers.news/2024/04/06/rare-m4-8-earthquake-hits-new-jersey-the-strongest-since-1783-u-s/
Widespread record floods hit parts of Russia, flooding over 10 500 homes https://watchers.news/2024/04/09/widespread-record-floods-hit-parts-of-russia-flooding-over-10-500-homes/
Volcanic activity worldwide 11 Apr 2024: Etna volcano, Santiaguito, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/238910/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-11-Apr-2024-Etna-volcano-Santiaguito-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ib.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Climate pollution due to transport https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/better-travel-options-can-halve-climate-pollution-from-transport-by-2030/
Irish wind farms break record as turbines generate 43pc of electricity in March, report finds https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/irish-wind-farms-break-record-as-turbines-generate-43pc-of-electricity-in-march-report-finds/a1250144377.html
Scientists confirm record highs for three most important heat-trapping gases https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/06/record-highs-heat-trapping-gases-climate-crisis
‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/06/simply-mind-boggling-world-record-temperature-jump-in-antarctic-raises-fears-of-catastrophe
Coastal wetlands can’t keep pace with sea-level rise, and infrastructure is leaving them nowhere to go https://theconversation.com/coastal-wetlands-cant-keep-pace-with-sea-level-rise-and-infrastructure-is-leaving-them-nowhere-to-go-226851
King tides cause new levels of devastation in Tuvalu, as nation weighs up Falepili Union treaty https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-07/tuvalu-weighs-falepili-union-treaty-king-tides/103669542
Greta Thunberg detained twice by police during Extinction Rebellion protest at The Hague https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-07/greta-thunberg-detained-twice-by-police-in-the-netherlands/103678576
Heat from El Niño can warm oceans off West Antarctica – and melt floating ice shelves from below https://theconversation.com/heat-from-el-nino-can-warm-oceans-off-west-antarctica-and-melt-floating-ice-shelves-from-below-226233
Subsurface Warming of the West Antarctic Continental Shelf Linked to El Niño-Southern Oscillation https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL104518
Climate Resilient Cities https://wri-india.org/sites/default/files/WebFinal_23_CHVA_A4%20Report_24Feb.pdf
Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/apr/09/tenth-consecutive-monthly-heat-record-alarms-confounds-climate-scientists
Rising Seas Stretch Risk Zones https://www.climatecentral.org/report/rising-seas-stretch-risk-zones
How Nigeria is reeling from extreme heat fuelled by climate change https://www.carbonbrief.org/how-nigeria-is-reeling-from-extreme-heat-fuelled-by-climate-change/
Global warming is coming for your home https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/04/11/global-warming-is-coming-for-your-home
Ignore the pushback — green energy is going strong https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/04/10/clean-renewable-energy-electric-vehicles-evs-solar-wind-jacksonville-jea-natural-gas/
Adaptation Is the World’s Unheralded Tool to Deal With Climate Change https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-11/climate-change-adaptation-key-questions-answered
European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68768598
Disaster risk reduction
Multiscale dynamics of transient merging between western disturbances and monsoonal lows: Connections to the July 2023 flood in Himachal Pradesh https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169809524001832
Elasticity curves describe streamflow sensitivity to precipitation across the entire flow distribution https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023EGUGA..25.6555A/abstract
Modeling streamflow in non-gauged watersheds with sparse data considering physiographic, dynamic climate, and anthropogenic factors using explainable soft computing techniques https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169424002403
Looking ahead in the midst of a crisis: The role of Anticipatory Action in a protracted drought https://reliefweb.int/report/kenya/looking-ahead-midst-crisis-role-anticipatory-action-protracted-drought
Impacts of spatiotemporal resolutions of precipitation on flood event simulation based on multimodel structures – a case study over the Xiang River basin in China https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/1665/2024/
Emergency Management
Flooded Wollongong community rallies to begin clean-up as uninsured residents fear for future https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-07/wollongong-flood-community-starts-cleanup-uninsured-fear/103679696
‘FireSmart works’: Praise for wildfire mitigation in West Kelowna https://www.kelownacapnews.com/local-news/firesmart-works-praise-for-wildfire-mitigation-in-west-kelowna-7341492
Emergency Management to conduct earthquake communications testing and earthquake drill https://www.tooeleonline.com/articles/news/emergency-management-to-conduct-earthquake-communications-testing-and-earthquake-drill/
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
Flood https://www.preventionweb.net/knowledge-base/hazards/flood
Disaster psychology
Higher ground or into harm’s way? Household storm surge sheltering and evacuation plans https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924002140
Realizing the full potential of behavioural science for climate change mitigation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-01951-1
Information and Compassion in Crisis Responses: A Test of Their Effects https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s1532754xjprr1102_02
Sociology and disasters
Slow violence to disasters: Exploring racialized topographies and contextualizing social vulnerability to flood and other environmental risks https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924001717
First they came for the Young Communists: police facilitation and control at COP26, Glasgow https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10439463.2024.2336007
Keeping it Fair: How to Account for Inequity in Climate and Disaster Risk Analyses https://blogs.adb.org/blog/keeping-it-fair-how-account-inequity-climate-and-disaster-risk-analyses
Disaster Resilience News 