Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Wildfire Risk Escalates Across Greece https://www.tovima.com/society/wildfire-risk-escalates-across-greece/
Heavy rains cause severe flooding in southern Egypt https://watchers.news/2024/08/11/heavy-rains-cause-severe-flooding-in-southern-egypt/
EF-3 tornado rips through North Carolina’s Wilson County, claiming one life https://watchers.news/2024/08/11/ef-3-tornado-rips-through-north-carolinas-wilson-county-claiming-one-life/
Thousands evacuated as wildfires reach Athens https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyj80v2wrpo
Algeria battles major forest fires in Kabylia https://apanews.net/algeria-battles-major-forest-fires-in-kabylia/
Violent thunderstorms hit Switzerland https://watchers.news/2024/08/14/violent-thunderstorms-hit-switzerland/
Volcanic activity worldwide 15 Aug 2024: Etna volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/249756/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-15-Aug-2024-Etna-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Our plan to empower Australian communities and cut climate pollution by 75 percent this decade https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/seize-the-decade/
Alaska Felt Safe From Global Warming. Then the Glacier Melted https://slate.com/technology/2024/08/alaska-flood-i-left-californias-fires-now-a-glacier-is-coming-for-my-town.html
Heat risk isn’t just about the highs: Large daily temperature swings can harm human health – maps show who is affected most https://theconversation.com/heat-risk-isnt-just-about-the-highs-large-daily-temperature-swings-can-harm-human-health-maps-show-who-is-affected-most-235085
Climate change drives disaster risk https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/risk-drivers/climate-change
Unveiling community adaptations to extreme heat events using mobile phone location data https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479724016517
Should we change the term we use for “climate change”? Evidence from a national U.S. terminology experiment https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-024-03786-3
Heat caused over 47,000 deaths in Europe in 2023, the second highest burden of the last decade https://www.isglobal.org/en/-/el-calor-causo-47.000-muertes-en-europa-en-2023
Here are 5 ways that climate change is affecting sports around the world https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/08/climate-change-sports-impact/
A Conceptual Framework and Research Design for Assessing Losses and Damages from Climate Change in Vulnerable Communities https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-8055-0_5
New report a code red on health effects of fossil fuels https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8729158/new-report-a-code-red-on-health-effects-of-fossil-fuels/
What is the hottest temperature humans can survive? These labs are redefining the limit https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02422-5
Wildfires in 2023 caused massive CO2 emissions, compounding climate change https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20240814-wildfires-in-2023-caused-massive-co2-emissions-compounding-climate-change
The oceans are weirdly hot. Scientists are trying to figure out why https://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=nx-s1-5051849
Latest global sea level rise measurement https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/
US workers launch Heat Week to fight for ‘the right to water, shade and rest’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/13/workers-protections-heat-week
China added more solar power last year than America has, period https://qz.com/china-solar-capacity-us-tariffs-1851622200
How does today’s extreme heat compare with Earth’s past climate? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/14/how-does-today-extreme-heat-compare-with-earth-past-climate
Half a billion children live in areas with twice as many very hot days as in 1960s https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/14/half-a-billion-children-live-in-areas-with-twice-as-many-very-hot-days-as-in-1960s
Disaster risk reduction
A Robust Quantitative Method to Distinguish Runoff-Generated Debris Flows From Floods https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109768
Assessing the efficacy of hydro-ecological based wetland management approach for flood resilience of a large river catchment https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169424011570
Hurricane season in Florida reminds us all to build a better house https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/08/08/florida-home-construction-building-codes-hurricanes-sea-level-rise-climate-resilience/
U.S. Earthquake Early Warning System Gets a Major Upgrade https://eos.org/articles/u-s-earthquake-early-warning-system-gets-a-major-upgrade
Fatal landslides to the end of July 2024 https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/fatal-landslides-july-2024
Ethiopia’s deadly landslides are caused by both nature and man – a geophysicist explains https://theconversation.com/ethiopias-deadly-landslides-are-caused-by-both-nature-and-man-a-geophysicist-explains-236251
Floods across the eastern United States are projected to last longer https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/floods-across-eastern-united-states-are-projected-last-longer
Assessment and Mitigation of the Fire Vulnerability and Risk in the Historic City Centre of Aveiro, Portugal https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/5/5/173
The Canadian Fire Spread Dataset https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-03436-4#Abs1
Creating a Digital Twin for more accurate flood prediction and flood risk management https://www.hull.ac.uk/research/institutes/eei/harnessing-the-power-of-two
Hurricanes are inevitable, but disasters are not https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/hurricanes-are-inevitable-but-disasters-are-not-6.2.2073132.726fad0f4c
Indigenous Fire Data Sovereignty: Applying Indigenous Data Sovereignty Principles to Fire Research https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/7/7/222
Deep Learning–Based Denoising Improves Receiver Function Imaging Using Dense Short‐Period Teleseismic Data https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/doi/10.1785/0220240017/645268/Deep-Learning-Based-Denoising-Improves-Receiver
Comprehensive Disaster and Climate Risk Management (CRM) https://www.undrr.org/climate-action-and-disaster-risk-reduction/comprehensive-disaster-and-climate-risk-management
State of Wildfires 2023-24: CAMS data supports assessment https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/state-wildfires-2023-24-cams-data-supports-assessment
How can Europe reduce the wildfire risk? https://www.eurotopics.net/en/324714/how-can-europe-reduce-the-wildfire-risk
Emergency Management
Managing a Wildfire Is an Intricate Game of Chess — and Mutual Aid Is Crucial https://www.kqed.org/news/11999549/managing-a-wildfire-is-an-intricate-game-of-chess-and-mutual-aid-is-crucial
Japan urges public not to hoard disaster kits amid megaquake fear https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/08/6c557b52f68c-japan-urges-public-not-to-hoard-disaster-kits-amid-megaquake-fear.html
A resilient disaster recovery model for Puerto Rico: a qualitative case study https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2024.2390426#abstract
Europe’s firefighters called to help battle Greek blaze as one person reported dead https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-13/wildfire-in-greece-enters-athens-and-kills-woman/104220962
Blaze blowback: 7 surprising spillovers from wildfire https://www.preventionweb.net/news/blaze-blowback-7-surprising-spillovers-wildfire
A year after Lahaina’s fire, residents want to rebuild. But what about rising seas? https://www.npr.org/2024/08/05/nx-s1-5055855/lahaina-maui-wildfire-rebuild-sea-level-anniversary
Planning for the disasters of tomorrow https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2024/august/disaster-research-center-graduate-workshop-planning/
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
A flash flood is a flood of short duration with a relatively high peak discharge in which the time interval between the observable causative event and the flood is less than four to six hours https://www.preventionweb.net/knowledge-base/hazards/flood
Scientists welcome Indigenous Knowledge focus in National Priorities https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/scientists-welcome-indigenous-knowledge-focus-in-national-priorities/
Triple zero kids’ challenge https://kids.triplezero.gov.au/
Disaster psychology
How the strength of social relationship affects pedestrian evacuation behavior: A multi-participant fire evacuation experiment in a virtual metro station https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0968090X24003267
World Risk Poll indicates South-East Asians feel more prepared than most to face disaster https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-15/disaster-preparedness-south-east-asia/104220622
World Risk Poll Resilience Index https://wrp.lrfoundation.org.uk/world-risk-poll-data/world-risk-poll-resilience-index
Sociology and disasters
Vulnerable developing countries disproportionately bear the brunt of losses from disasters, slowing – or even reversing – progress towards attaining the SDGs https://www.undrr.org/disaster-risk-and-2030-agenda-sustainable-development#sdg-10
Evidence-based social science: why, what, and future implications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-03535-y
‘Definitions are often very western. This excludes us.’ Our research shows how to boost Indigenous participation in STEM https://theconversation.com/definitions-are-often-very-western-this-excludes-us-our-research-shows-how-to-boost-indigenous-participation-in-stem-223465
How AI is advancing socioeconomic insights into disaster displacement https://www.internal-displacement.org/expert-analysis/how-ai-is-advancing-socioeconomic-insights-into-disaster-displacement/
Trust but verify: Validating new measures for mapping social infrastructure in cities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S221209552200205X
Disaster Resilience News 