Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Super Typhoon Yagi kills at least 21 people in Vietnam as officials warn of ongoing flooding risk https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-08/typhoon-yagi-kills-14-in-vietnam/104326226
Violent rainstorms strike northern Italy, leaving 1 person missing https://watchers.news/2024/09/07/violent-rainstorms-strike-northern-italy-leaving-1-person-missing/
New report reveals 1 500 dead or missing in North Korean floods https://watchers.news/2024/09/05/new-report-reveals-1-500-dead-or-missing-in-north-korean-floods/
Córdoba wildfires force intense firefighting efforts as new threats emerge in La Calera, Argentina https://watchers.news/2024/09/08/cordoba-wildfires-force-intense-firefighting-efforts-as-new-threats-emerge-in-la-calera-argentina/
Bolivia declares national emergency due to forest fires https://www.thedailystar.net/news/world/news/bolivia-declares-national-emergency-due-forest-fires-3697211
Wildfires ravage California and Nevada amid heatwave, prompt evacuations and power outages https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wildfires-ravage-california-nevada-heatwave-prompt-evacuations-power-o-rcna170368
California’s Airport Fire explodes in size, evacuations underway https://watchers.news/2024/09/10/californias-airport-fire-explodes-in-size-evacuations-underway/
Dam overflow sparks new crisis in insurgency-hit Nigerian city https://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/dam-overflow-sparks-new-crisis-in-insurgencyhit-nigerian-city/news-story/f11626bdd033b234160f66e3a5ea3518
Flash Floods Hit Central Athens as Storm Atena Strikes Greece https://greekcitytimes.com/2024/09/11/floods-athens-atena/
North African floods kill 18 in Morocco and two in Algeria https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2024/09/08/north-african-floods-kill-11-in-morocco-and-two-in-algeria/
Death toll in Vietnam from impacts of Typhoon Yagi rises to 152 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-11/typhoon-yagi-kills-more-than-100-in-vietnam/104335812
Record-high sulfur dioxide emissions force evacuations around Kanlaon volcano, Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/09/11/record-high-sulfur-dioxide-emissions-force-evacuations-around-kanlaon-volcano-philippines/
‘Half the city underwater’: One million affected by northern Nigeria floods https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/12/half-the-city-underwater-one-million-affected-by-northern-nigeria-floods
Francine makes landfall in Louisiana as Category 2 hurricane, leaving almost 400 000 without power https://watchers.news/2024/09/12/francine-makes-landfall-in-louisiana-as-category-2-hurricane-leaving-almost-400-000-without-power/
Volcanic activity worldwide 12 Sep 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/252220/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-12-Sep-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Heat waves, droughts cause billions of dollars in global economic losses https://news.ufl.edu/2024/09/weather-economy/
New Online Map Tracks Costs of Climate-Related Disasters Across Canada https://www.theenergymix.com/new-online-map-tracks-costs-of-climate-related-disasters-across-canada/
Cities at the forefront of emerging US heat governance https://www.cell.com/one-earth/abstract/S2590-3322(24)00367-1
Switzerland covers the Alps with solar panels: Now, they have achieved something impossible https://www.ecoticias.com/en/switzerland-covers-alps-solar-panels/6184/
Extreme weather to strengthen rapidly over next two decades, research suggests https://phys.org/news/2024-09-extreme-weather-rapidly-decades.html
New report reveals global methane budget blowout https://esdnews.com.au/report-reveals-global-methane-budget-blowout/
South Sudan floods: the first example of a mass population permanently displaced by climate change? https://theconversation.com/south-sudan-floods-the-first-example-of-a-mass-population-permanently-displaced-by-climate-change-238461
Greening the Jukskei river: Scaling nature-based solutions for climate resilience in Johannesburg, South Africa https://www.wri.org/update/suncasa-nature-based-solutions-alexandra-johannesburg
What Happens When Extreme Heat and Air Pollution Collide https://www.wri.org/insights/extreme-heat-air-pollution
Tuvaluans prepare for life in Australia as rising tides swallow their country https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-12/tuvaluans-prepare-for-life-in-australia-falepili-union/104285386
Underestimation of personal carbon footprint inequality in four diverse countries https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02130-y
Disaster risk reduction
Witness 1.8 billion years of tectonic plates dance across Earth’s surface in a new animation https://theconversation.com/witness-1-8-billion-years-of-tectonic-plates-dance-across-earths-surface-in-a-new-animation-238209
Wild weather is costing billions of dollars and putting the future of insurance in doubt https://theconversation.com/wild-weather-is-costing-billions-of-dollars-and-putting-the-future-of-insurance-in-doubt-237983
Opportunities and challenges for precipitation forcing data in post-wildfire hydrologic modeling applications https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wat2.1728
World Risk Report: Where are natural disasters most common? https://www.dw.com/en/world-risk-report-where-are-natural-disasters-most-common/a-70154405?maca=en-Twitter-sharing
Wildfires are spreading fast in Canada — we must strengthen forests for the future https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02919-z
Coastal cities’ growing hurricane vulnerability is fed by both climate change and unbridled population growth https://theconversation.com/coastal-cities-growing-hurricane-vulnerability-is-fed-by-both-climate-change-and-unbridled-population-growth-234547
5 Ways AI Can Strengthen Early Warning Systems https://unu.edu/ehs/series/5-ways-ai-can-strengthen-early-warning-systems
Deserts’ Biggest Threat? Flooding https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2024/09/deserts-biggest-threat-flooding/
Rolling in the deep: Norfolk street flooding predicted in seconds with machine learning models https://www.jlab.org/news/releases/rolling-deep-norfolk-street-flooding-predicted-seconds-data-enhanced-models
Summer storms are stronger and more frequent over urban areas https://news.agu.org/press-release/urban-summer-storms-strong-frequent/
Large-sample hydrology – a few camels or a whole caravan? https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/4219/2024/
Emergency Management
This hurricane season is confounding experts and defying forecasts. What the heck is going on? https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/06/weather/hurricane-season-atlantic-storms-climate/index.html
The California town that kept a record-breaking wildfire at bay https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240909-how-montecito-california-fire-proofed-and-defended-itself-against-a-mega-wildfire
Southern California Blaze Spawns ‘Fire Clouds’ https://e360.yale.edu/digest/line-fire-pyrocumulus
Editorial: Honoring 9/11 — A legacy of remembrance, unity and vigilance https://www.ems1.com/9-11/editorial-honoring-9-11-a-legacy-of-remembrance-unity-and-vigilance
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
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Disaster psychology
How residents and volcanoes co-produce risk knowledge: Ways of knowing and affective attunement to the rhythms of Lonquimay volcano, Chile https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377027324001720
Domestic violence in sub-Saharan Africa will triple by 2060 due to extreme heat epidemic and stalling development, new UNFPA research finds https://www.unfpa.org/press/domestic-violence-sub-saharan-africa-will-triple-2060-due-extreme-heat-epidemic-and-stalling
Sociology and disasters
Understanding geopolitical determinants of health https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7856359/
Disaster Resilience News 