Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…

Recent emergencies/disasters

Record-breaking heatwave shifts east as millions of Americans under heat alert https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/14/us-heat-wave-moves-east

A large forest fire broke out near the border between Bulgaria and Turkey https://bnt.bg/news/a-large-forest-fire-broke-out-near-the-border-between-bulgaria-and-turkey-330695news.html

“Extremely dangerous” heat grips eastern, central US states https://www.axios.com/2024/07/15/dangerous-heat-wave-grips-east-coast

4 missing, 420 evacuated after severe mudflow strikes Osh, causing widespread damage, Kyrgyzstan https://watchers.news/2024/07/15/4-missing-420-evacuated-after-severe-mudflow-strikes-osh-causing-widespread-damage-kyrgyzstan/

Rare tornado in Nicosia, Cyprus https://watchers.news/2024/07/15/rare-tornado-in-nicosia-cyprus/

Residents were evacuated from homes overnight after a wildfire neared in Sicily https://news.sky.com/video/italy-residents-were-evacuated-from-homes-overnight-after-a-wildfire-neared-in-sicily-13150710

A year’s worth of rain in one day, massive floods hit central China https://watchers.news/2024/07/16/a-years-worth-of-rain-in-one-day-massive-floods-hit-central-china/

Powerful derecho blasts through Midwest, leaving a trail of destruction https://watchers.news/2024/07/16/powerful-derecho-blasts-through-midwest-leaving-a-trail-of-destruction/

Toronto cleans up after severe storms cause floods https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw4ypd11wr0o

Powerful storm and flooding in eastern Afghanistan claim over 40 lives, destroy 400 homes https://watchers.news/2024/07/17/powerful-storm-and-flooding-in-eastern-afghanistan-claims-over-40-lives-destroys-400-homes/

Two Firefighters Killed in Italy as Southern Europe Swelters in a Heat Wave https://www.firefighternation.com/news/two-firefighters-killed-in-italy-as-southern-europe-swelters-in-a-heat-wave/

Volcanic activity worldwide 18 Jul 2024: Etna volcano, Santiaguito, Fuego, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/247344/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-18-Jul-2024-Etna-volcano-Santiaguito-Fuego-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador-.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Houston swelters in punishing heat as 800,000 without power after Beryl https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/12/houston-heat-power-outages

Labour’s ‘rooftop revolution’ to deliver solar power to millions of UK homes https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/13/labours-rooftop-revolution-to-deliver-solar-power-to-millions-of-uk-homes

The ‘dark arts’ tactic that could be a major threat to Australia’s climate goals https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/the-dark-arts-tactic-that-could-be-a-major-threat-to-australias-climate-goals/32x6f17zw

Increasing Heat-Stress Inequality in a Warming Climate https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021EF002488

Southern Australia is freezing. How can it be so cold in a warming climate? https://theconversation.com/southern-australia-is-freezing-how-can-it-be-so-cold-in-a-warming-climate-233977

No One Knows Exactly How Many People Are Dying From Extreme Heat https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-07-08/how-many-people-have-died-from-extreme-heat-officials-struggle-to-track

The Golden State burn: Climate’s impact on homeowners and their wealth https://www.sandiegometro.com/2024/07/the-golden-state-burn-climates-impact-on-homeowners-and-their-wealth/

Denver breaks 146-year heat record as temperature soars to 38.3 °C (101 °F), Colorado https://watchers.news/2024/07/15/denver-breaks-146-year-heat-record-as-temperature-soars-to-38-3-c-101-f-colorado/

Airport triples rooftop solar capacity to take self-generation to new heights https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/airport-triples-rooftop-solar-capacity-to-take-self-generation-to-new-heights/

A major milestone: Global climate pollution may have just peaked https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/a-major-milestone-global-climate-pollution-may-have-just-peaked/

The Best Roofs to Keep London Cool in Summer May Not Be Green https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-05/the-best-roofs-to-keep-london-summers-cool-may-not-be-green

Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Spring 2024 https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/all/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-spring-2024/

Climate change is making each day slightly longer, and there’s no sign it’s going to stop, NASA says https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/days-are-getting-longer-because-of-climate-change-according-to-nasa-1.6961637

The London Climate Resilience Review publishes final report https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/environment-and-climate-change/climate-change/climate-adaptation/london-climate-resilience-review

After a year of records, heatwaves and floods continue to rage across the planet https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2024/07/17/after-a-year-of-world-records-heatwaves-and-floods-continue-to-rage-across-the-planet_6686921_114.html

Four people die due to extreme heat in Italy: Who is most at risk when hot weather strikes Europe? https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/07/16/heatwaves-do-discriminate-this-new-map-shows-who-is-most-at-risk-when-hot-weather-strikes-

Attributing Canada’s June heat wave to climate change is an important step in adapting to a warmer world https://theconversation.com/attributing-canadas-june-heat-wave-to-climate-change-is-an-important-step-in-adapting-to-a-warmer-world-234452

Missing piece in climate models https://ps.uci.edu/news/3150

Many Americans think they’re insulated from climate change https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/16/how-climate-change-may-impact-americans-wallets.html

June 2024 Temperature Update https://berkeleyearth.org/june-2024-temperature-update/

Disaster risk reduction

FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods https://grist.org/extreme-weather/fema-flood-rules-climate-change-biden/

2024 Revision of World Population Prospects https://population.un.org/wpp/

The wider the gap between rich and poor the higher the flood mortality https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01107-7

Archetypes of local governance for flood risk reduction decision-making under uncertain climate change futures https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210670724004578

Alerting Communities to Hyperlocalized Urban Flooding https://eos.org/research-spotlights/alerting-communities-to-hyperlocalized-urban-flooding

‘The big one’ disaster could happen in our lifetime. Can we even be ready? https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/14/opinions/big-one-disaster-in-our-lifetime-megadisaster-preparedness-schlegelmilch/index.html

Rethinking Readiness https://cup.columbia.edu/book/rethinking-readiness/9780231190411

Diversity of cross-pacific atmospheric river main routes https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01552-y

Smoke over the Arctic Circle as boreal wildfires intensify in Siberia and North America https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/smoke-over-arctic-circle-boreal-wildfires-intensify-siberia-and-north-america

Seismic characteristics of the 2022-2023 unrest episode at Taupō volcano, Aotearoa New Zealand https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/1125

Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence – 2019 https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5f1471b6fef0449dba5e2059ecc901f3

Seismica Vol 3 No 1 https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/issue/view/97

Hydrological hazards in South America https://files.emdat.be/2024/07/CredCrunch75.pdf

New Study Unveils Ways to Predict Typhoon Intensity with ‘Eye of Deep Learning https://news.unist.ac.kr/new-study-unveils-ways-to-predict-typhoon-intensity-with-eye-of-deep-learning/

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are an economically effective method to mitigate risks from a range of disasters https://www.umass.edu/news/article/nature-based-solutions-disaster-risk-climate-change-are-cost-effective-umass-amherst

VulneraCity–drivers and dynamics of urban vulnerability based on a global systematic literature review https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/vulneracity-drivers-and-dynamics-urban-vulnerability-based-global-systematic-literature

#NoNaturalDisasters: Changing the narrative on disasters for philanthropy https://disasterphilanthropy.org/events/nonaturaldisasters-changing-the-narrative-on-disasters-for-philanthropy/

Understanding the Earth as a system: 10 million euros for reorientation and networking in “Earth system sciences” https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/news/brief/understanding-earth-system-10-million-euros-reorientation-and-networking-earth-system-sciences

UK flood insurance scheme chief warns Labour on housebuilding risks https://www.ft.com/content/73a8906b-af0b-48f5-bae2-09ce38c4dd90

Emergency Management

FEMA is denying requests for aid as relief fund runs dry amid record number of costly disasters https://fortune.com/2024/07/12/fema-aid-requests-denied-disaster-relief-fund-natural-disasters-hurricane-beryl/

Just a Category 1 hurricane? Don’t be fooled by a number — it could be more devastating than a Cat 5 https://apnews.com/article/tropical-weather-hurricanes-hurricane-beryl-5f0c06c5a03aa753c04040271099226d

Local Civil Protection officers despatched to Greece to provide firefighting assistance https://tvmnews.mt/en/news/local-civil-protection-officers-despatched-to-greece-to-assist-with-firefighting/

Navigating Storms: Understanding the Complexities of School Interruptions Post-Hurricane María https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-63186-3_7

K’ahsho Got’ine Guardians Fight Wildfire, Support Emergency Response in NWT https://landneedsguardians.ca/latest/kahsho-gotine-guardians-fight-wildfire-support-emergency-response-in-nwt

More than half of businesses have lost profit from extreme weather: survey https://globalnews.ca/news/10628641/extreme-weather-climate-change-business-impacts/

2024 North American Wildfires https://disasterphilanthropy.org/disasters/2024-north-american-wildfires/

US government urged to declare wildfire smoke and extreme heat major disasters https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/17/extreme-heat-wildfire-smoke-disaster-fema

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Reimagining the language of engagement in a post-stakeholder world https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-024-01496-4

Heat Watch Albania https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0acc8804f35e4ca9b907bb93e0f1d11c

Disaster psychology

Unlocking the nonlinear Nexus: Accessibility of emergency resource and resident participation in flood response https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0966692324001352

Sociology and disasters

The Effect of Urbanization on Community Social Networks and Support Systems https://carijournals.org/journals/index.php/IJHSS/article/view/2084

Climate change has forced America’s oldest Black town to higher ground https://grist.org/extreme-weather/princeville-north-carolina-fema-grant-army-corps/

Building cross-sector recovery collaborations after Australian bushfires: the importance of embracing and linking diverse capitals and capacities https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2024.2368498