Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Once in a century’ flood warning issued for Guangdong as Bei River surges to record levels, China https://watchers.news/2024/04/21/once-in-a-century-flood-warning-issued-for-guangdong-as-bei-river-surges-to-record-levels-china/
Massive river flooding expected in China’s Guangdong, threatening millions https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/21/asia-pacific/china-massive-river-flooding/
Rare snowfall blankets Santiago, causing power outages for over 200 000, Chile https://watchers.news/2024/05/08/santiago-chile-snow-may-2024/
Flooding in NSW, longest recorded wet weather spell in Sydney possible with rain forecast to continue into weekend https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-08/flooding-nsw-sydney-longest-wet-spell-rain-forecast-continue/103816196
Giant hailstones destroy over 15 000 homes in Manipur, India https://watchers.news/2024/05/07/giant-hailstones-destroy-over-15-000-homes-in-manipur-india/
Brazil floods: ‘We’ve never experienced anything like it’ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cle07g0zzqeo
Volcanic activity worldwide 9 May 2024: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ruang, Ibu, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/241340/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-9-May-2024-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ruang-Ibu-Dukono-Re.html
Satellite images reveal devastating flooding in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil https://watchers.news/2024/05/09/satellite-images-flood-porto-alegre-rio-grande-do-sul-brazil-may-2024/
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
The El Niño has ended. Will Australia get a La Niña next – and what weather could that bring? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/21/el-nino-weather-pattern-over-australia-la-nina
Last Interglacial subsurface warming on the Antarctic shelf triggered by reduced deep-ocean convection https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01383-x
Solomon Islands Tribes Sell Carbon Credits, Not Their Trees https://e360.yale.edu/features/solomon-islands-sirebe-carbon-credits
Heatwave in Telangana, India claims five lives and sets record temperatures https://watchers.news/2024/04/19/heatwave-in-telangana-india-claims-five-lives-and-sets-record-temperatures/
UN livestock emissions report seriously distorted our work, say experts https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/un-livestock-emissions-report-seriously-distorted-our-work-say-experts
Powering down: end times for the UK’s final coal-fired station https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/21/end-times-for-the-uks-final-coal-fired-power-station
What do Florida’s climate challenges mean for the nation’s most expensive home? https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/04/18/naples-hurricane-ian-climate-change-most-expensive-home-flooding-rain-storm-surge-sea-rise/
Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/renewable-energy-passes-30-of-worlds-electricity-supply
We asked 380 top climate scientists what they felt about the future… https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair
Africa dramatically dried out 5,500 years ago – our new study may warn us of future climate tipping points https://theconversation.com/africa-dramatically-dried-out-5-500-years-ago-our-new-study-may-warn-us-of-future-climate-tipping-points-229323
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature
Venezuela loses its last glacier as it shrinks down to an ice field https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/venezuela-loses-its-last-glacier-as-it-shrinks-down-to-an-ice-field
Scientists sound alarm as growing threat looms over coastal states: ‘We are preparing for the wrong disaster’ https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-sound-alarm-growing-threat-020000701.html
Methane emissions: Australian cattle industry suggests shift from net zero target to ‘climate neutral’ approach https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/08/methane-emissions-australian-cattle-industry-suggests-shift-from-net-zero-target-to-climate-neutral-approach
Record-breaking global atmospheric moisture in April https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/recordbreaking-global-atmospheric-moisture-in-april/1889397
Climate change: World’s oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68921215
Vermont poised to become first US state to charge big oil for climate damage https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/vermont-charge-oil-industry-climate-crisis
Global temperature heat streak continues with April officially the hottest on record https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-08/global-temperature-heat-streak-record-continues/103819432
Over 10 million children affected by high heat in Thailand https://www.unicef.org/thailand/press-releases/over-10-million-children-affected-high-heat-thailand-unicef
Supercharged thunderstorms: have we underestimated how climate change drives extreme rain and floods? https://theconversation.com/supercharged-thunderstorms-have-we-underestimated-how-climate-change-drives-extreme-rain-and-floods-228896
El Niño and climate change impacts slam Latin America and Caribbean in 2023 https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/el-nino-and-climate-change-impacts-slam-latin-america-and-caribbean-2023
Disaster risk reduction
Enhanced post-wildfire vegetation recovery in prescribed-burnt Mediterranean shrubland: A regional assessment https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112724002330
As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’ https://theconversation.com/as-climate-change-amplifies-urban-flooding-heres-how-communities-can-become-sponge-cities-217075
Assessing downscaling techniques for frequency analysis, total precipitation and rainy day estimation in CMIP6 simulations over hydrological years https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/1981/2024/
Spatially explicit assessment of water scarcity and potential mitigating solutions in a large water-limited basin: the Yellow River basin in China https://hess.copernicus.org/preprints/hess-2024-88/
Building global resilience in a changing climate https://www.jbaconsulting.com/2024/05/08/building-global-resilience-in-a-changing-climate/
Emergency Management
Planning for a safe route for visitors at the eruption site https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2024/04/19/planning_for_a_safe_route_for_visitors_at_the_erupt/
Disease and hunger soar in Latin America after floods and drought, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/disease-hunger-soar-latin-america-floods-drought-study
A Rare Look At The New Portuguese Firefighting-Capable Black Hawk Helicopters https://theaviationist.com/2024/05/08/a-rare-look-at-the-portuguese-black-hawks/
Flood warnings shared via SMS and chalkboards in Dar es Salaam https://www.preventionweb.net/news/flood-warnings-shared-sms-and-chalkboards-dar-es-salaam
Hong Kong authorities to install AI tech at country parks to spot wildfires, tally visitors. But can it see the wood for the trees? https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3261819/hong-kong-authorities-install-ai-tech-country-parks-spot-wildfires-tally-visitors-can-it-see-wood
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
Fishlake flooding: Residents’ experiences of South Yorkshire disaster to be captured in new play written by man forced to flee his home https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/fishlake-flooding-residents-experiences-of-south-yorkshire-disaster-to-be-captured-in-new-play-written-by-man-forced-to-flee-his-home-3741509
Development of a Disaster Preparedness Training Program for Community Leaders: Evidence from Taiwan https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924002796
Connecting the Next Generation to Build Coastal Resilience https://uinspire.id/tsunami-united/
Disaster psychology
Crowds and Identities: John Drury’s Research Group https://www.sussex.ac.uk/research/labs/crowds-and-identities/
Sociology and disasters
Assessing the role of socio-demographic characteristics, social support and formal disaster assistance in predicting the subjective recovery of flood survivors in Pakistan https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10911359.2024.2349619
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