Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Firefighters battle forest fire in North Canterbury https://www.chrislynchmedia.com/news-items/firefighters-battle-forest-fire-in-north-canterbury/
Cyclonic Storm “Asna” forms in the Arabian Sea; Gujarat reports 32 dead, more than 32 000 evacuated https://watchers.news/2024/08/30/cyclonic-storm-asna-forms-in-the-arabian-sea-gujarat-reports-32-dead-more-than-32-000-evacuated/
Floods in Niger claim 217 lives and displace 353 000 https://watchers.news/2024/09/01/floods-in-niger-claim-217-lives-and-displace-353-000/
Strong M6.4 earthquake hits Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea https://watchers.news/2024/09/01/strong-m6-4-earthquake-hits-bougainville-region-papua-new-guinea/
Floods and landslides claim 9 lives in Andhra Pradesh amid record rainfall, India https://watchers.news/2024/09/01/floods-and-landslides-claim-9-lives-in-andhra-pradesh-amid-record-rainfall-india/
Destructive wind storm causes mass power outages in Victoria and Tasmania, Australia https://watchers.news/2024/09/02/destructive-wind-storm-causes-mass-power-outages-in-victoria-and-tasmania-australia/
6 months’ worth of rain hits the Black Sea coast of eastern Romania, causing severe flooding https://watchers.news/2024/09/02/6-months-worth-of-rain-hits-the-black-sea-coast-of-eastern-romania-causing-severe-flooding/
Intense hailstorm hits Mexico City, Mexico https://watchers.news/2024/09/02/intense-hailstorm-hits-mexico-city-mexico/
Tropical Storm “Yagi” (Enteng) strikes Philippines, floods and landslides claim 11 lives https://watchers.news/2024/09/02/tropical-storm-yagi-enteng-strikes-philippines-floods-and-landslides-claim-11-lives/
Yagi intensifies into a super typhoon as it heads toward south China and Vietnam https://watchers.news/2024/09/05/yagi-intensifies-into-a-super-typhoon-as-it-heads-toward-south-china-and-vietnam/
Shallow M6.2 earthquake hits near the coast of New Guinea, PNG https://watchers.news/2024/09/05/shallow-m6-2-earthquake-hits-near-the-coast-of-new-guinea-png/
Violent storms hit southeast France, Marseille endures worst storm in 3 years https://watchers.news/2024/09/05/violent-storms-hit-southeast-france-marseille-endures-worst-storm-in-3-years/
Volcanic activity worldwide 5 Sep 2024: Fuego volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Svartsengi, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/251660/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-5-Sep-2024-Fuego-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Svartsengi-Reventador-White-Is.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
AI analysed 1,500 policies to cut emissions. These ones worked https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02717-7
As ‘Doomsday’ Glacier Melts, Can an Artificial Barrier Save It? https://e360.yale.edu/features/thwaites-glacier-pine-glacier-antarctica-geoengineering
Study in 27 countries: Scientific consensus strengthens pro-climate attitudes in society https://www.uva.nl/shared-content/uva/en/news/press-releases/2024/08/scientific-consensus-can-strengthen-pro-climate-attitudes-in-society.html
A 27-country test of communicating the scientific consensus on climate change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01928-2
Best-case scenario for climate change is now 1.6°C of warming https://www.newscientist.com/article/2444314-best-case-scenario-for-climate-change-is-now-1-6c-of-warming/
Revising the cost of climate change https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/08/revising-the-cost-of-climate-change/
Coastal mapping holds the key to climate adaptation for the world’s island nations https://climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-stories/coastal-mapping-holds-key-climate-adaptation-worlds-island-nations
Virtual reality offers a glimpse of future climate impacts https://www.preventionweb.net/news/virtual-reality-offers-glimpse-future-climate-impacts
Climate change increased Typhoon Gaemi’s wind speeds and rainfall, with devastating impacts across the western Pacific region https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-increased-typhoon-gaemis-wind-speeds-and-rainfall/
Emissions from Australian coal-fired power stations rise as wind and hydro dip https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/30/emissions-from-coal-fired-power-stations-rise-as-wind-and-hydro-dip
Australia sweats through hottest August on record with temperatures 3C above average https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/sep/02/australia-weather-forecast-august-record-temperatures-bom
“Turning point:” Share of coal in Australia’s main grid falls below 50 pct for first time https://reneweconomy.com.au/turning-point-share-of-coal-in-australias-main-grid-falls-below-50-pct-for-first-time/
Green spaces provide substantial but unequal urban cooling globally https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51355-0
‘It’s time to give up on normal’: what winter’s weird weather means for the warm months ahead https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-give-up-on-normal-what-winters-weird-weather-means-for-the-warm-months-ahead-237857
Improving the Quality of Climate Change Adaptation Planning Through State Mandate: The Case of California https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IHS3PBSI7P8ACKKKH3BF/
Historical and Future Asymmetry of ENSO Teleconnections with Extremes https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/aop/JCLI-D-23-0619.1/JCLI-D-23-0619.1.xml
Mandatory mitigation to meet the methane imperative https://policylabs.frontiersin.org/content/policy-outlook-mitigation-meet-methane-imperative-49kmk
Japan swelters through hottest summer while parts of China log warmest August on record https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/03/japan-weather-august-heat-record-heatwaves-china
African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change, a new report says https://apnews.com/article/africa-climate-change-flooding-droughts-af5beebf70f414098ad2a4a73a19b76c
Can Australia reach net zero by 2050? A new reports shows it must be ‘the new normal’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/05/can-australia-reach-net-zero-by-2050-a-new-reports-shows-it-must-be-the-new-normal
If Australia wants to fast-track 100% renewables, it must learn from Europe’s risky path https://theconversation.com/if-australia-wants-to-fast-track-100-renewables-it-must-learn-from-europes-risky-path-237974
Climate Change Loaded Dice for Brutal Drought in Sicily https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-change-sicily-drought
Projections of streamflow intermittence under climate change in European drying river networks https://hess.copernicus.org/preprints/hess-2024-272/
Coastal flooding is getting more common, even on sunny days https://www.npr.org/2024/08/06/nx-s1-5057482/high-tide-floods-get-worse
Disaster risk reduction
Fire intensity effects on serotinous seed survival https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00295-7
The changing characteristics of propagation time from meteorological drought to hydrological drought in a semi-arid river basin in India https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.15266
Researchers use AI to predict major earthquakes months in advance https://watchers.news/2024/09/01/researchers-use-ai-to-predict-major-earthquakes-months-in-advance/
New model to enhance extreme rainfall prediction https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2024/08/extremerainfallprediction/
Operational earthquake forecasting – What is it and how is it done? https://www.preventionweb.net/news/operational-earthquake-forecasting-what-it-and-how-it-done
Weaving equity into infrastructure resilience research: a decadal review and future directions https://www.nature.com/articles/s44304-024-00022-x
Study reveals precursors to the 2021 Fukushima earthquake through multi-parameter analysis https://watchers.news/2024/09/01/study-reveals-precursors-to-the-2021-fukushima-earthquake-through-multi-parameter-analysis/
Brazil wildfires worsened by ‘mega drought,’ extreme heat https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-wildfires-made-worse-by-drought-extreme-heat/a-70088581
The 2022 Drought Shows the Importance of Preparedness in European Drought Risk Management https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-2073/
CI-STR: A capabilities-based interface to model socio-technical systems in disaster resilience assessment https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924005259
Tracing the sources of paleotsunamis using Bayesian frameworks https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01643-w
Hazards with escalation potential: Governing the drivers of global and existential catastrophes https://www.undrr.org/publication/hazards-escalation-potential-governing-drivers-global-and-existential-catastrophes
Factors enabling fire management outcomes in Indigenous Savanna fire management projects in Western Australia https://www.publish.csiro.au/wf/WF24092
Research highlights drought risk and awareness gaps in global society https://phys.org/news/2024-08-highlights-drought-awareness-gaps-global.html
Multi-Hazard Interrelationships and Risk Scenarios in Urban Areas: A Case of Nairobi and Istanbul https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF004413
Planning for resilience: Understanding the connections between forests, fire, water, and drought https://mavensnotebook.com/2024/09/04/national-park-service-planning-for-resilience-understanding-the-connections-between-forests-fire-water-and-drought/
Operational Earthquake Forecasting – What is it and How is it Done? https://eos.org/editors-vox/operational-earthquake-forecasting-what-is-it-and-how-is-it-done
Australian coastal change dataset updated https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/dea/dea-data-and-products/dea-coastlines
Evaluating Distributed Snow Model Resolution and Meteorology Parameterizations Against Streamflow Observations: Finer Is Not Always Better https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023WR035982
Emergency Management
What’s in store for summer? Australians have been told to ‘prepare for anything’ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/whats-in-store-for-australia-after-europes-sizzling-summer/5fii2k40c
Tonga launched a Weather Radar https://www.sprep.org/news/weather-ready-pacific-saving-lives-in-tonga-with-new-weather-radar
Will You Get the Emergency Alerts You Need? Here’s How to Sign Up in Your County https://www.kqed.org/news/12002545/will-you-get-the-emergency-alerts-you-need-heres-how-to-sign-up-in-your-county
Disaster preparedness must be front and center in the presidential campaign https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/03/opinion-disaster-prep-2024-presidential-campaign/
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
Visualising extreme heat https://climateoutreach.org/visualising-extreme-heat/
US National Resilience Guidance https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/national-preparedness/plan/resilience-guidance
The girl and the Tsunami https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Kwm7-UMb4
The spillover effects from participatory research: research assistants as an impact pathway for disaster risk reduction? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924005557
Changing the Climate of School-Based Climate Change Education in England https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-64900-4_10
Disaster psychology
The Role of Teachers in Fostering Resilience After a Disaster in Indonesia https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12310-024-09709-y
Sociology and disasters
Post-Disaster Social Connectedness in Parent–Child Dyads: A Qualitative Investigation of Changes in Coping and Social Capital of Rural Australian Families Following Bushfires https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjsw/bcae123/7725014
A MAP-based approach to identify the social vulnerability to flood hazard in states adjacent to Mexican Gulf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924004795
Adapting to Adversity: Unraveling the nexus between Vulnerability and Well-being in Coastal Bangladesh https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924005600?via%3Dihub
Can the US census keep up with climate-driven displacement? https://grist.org/extreme-weather/can-the-us-census-keep-up-with-climate-driven-displacement/
The great equalizer? Mixed effects of social infrastructure on diverse encounters in cities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0198971524001029
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