Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
‘Catastrophe’ as deadly floods hit Central and Eastern Europe https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jwp3ppp6xo
Europe hit by abrupt weather shift as heat dome collapses, bringing early snowfall, torrential rainfall and cold blast https://watchers.news/2024/09/14/europe-hit-by-abrupt-weather-shift-as-heat-dome-collapses-bringing-early-snowfall-torrential-rainfall-and-cold-blast/
Over 900 dead or missing in floods caused by remnants of Typhoon “Yagi” in Myanmar https://watchers.news/2024/09/15/over-900-dead-or-missing-in-floods-caused-by-remnants-of-typhoon-yagi-in-myanmar/
Bridge Fire destroys 33 homes and burns over 21 000 ha (52 000 acres) in California, U.S https://watchers.news/2024/09/14/bridge-fire-destroys-33-homes-and-burns-over-21-000-ha-52-000-acres-in-california-u-s/
Death toll rises as torrential rain and flooding force evacuations in Central Europe https://apnews.com/article/floods-central-europe-289648d14b39da5883b9f48fffa2d817
Typhoon “Bebinca” makes landfall in Shanghai as strongest to hit the city since 1949, China https://watchers.news/2024/09/16/typhoon-bebinca-makes-landfall-in-shanghai-as-strongest-to-hit-the-city-since-1949-china/
Storm Boris returns to Italy, placing Emilia-Romagna and Marche on high alert https://watchers.news/2024/09/17/storm-boris-returns-to-italy-placing-emilia-romagna-and-marche-on-high-alert/
Portugal wildfires claim seven lives as thousands of hectares burn https://watchers.news/2024/09/17/portugal-wildfires-claim-seven-lives-as-thousands-of-hectares-burn/
Topola dam collapses in Poland, Nysa town mayor issues evacuation orders for over 40 000 people https://watchers.news/2024/09/17/topola-dam-collapses-in-poland-nysa-town-mayor-issues-evacuation-orders-for-over-40-000-people/
Over a dozen tornadoes hit China’s Jiangsu and Shangdong https://watchers.news/2024/09/18/over-a-dozen-tornadoes-hit-chinas-jiangsu-and-shangdong/
National flood disaster declared in Mali, nearly 30 000 buildings destroyed https://watchers.news/2024/09/18/national-flood-disaster-declared-in-mali-nearly-30-000-buildings-destroyed/
Tropical Storm “Pulasan” moves over Okinawa and heads toward Shanghai, China https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/tropical-storm-pulasan-moves-over-okinawa-and-heads-toward-shanghai-china/
Flash floods in Alcalá del Júcar, Spain drag 15 cars into a river https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/flash-floods-in-alcala-del-jucar-spain-drag-15-cars-into-a-river/
Storm Boris floods Italy, Emilia-Romagna sees over 300 mm (11.8 inches) of rain in 48 hours https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/storm-boris-floods-italy-emilia-romagna-sees-over-300-mm-11-8-inches-of-rain-in-48-hours/
Floods in Chad affect 1.5 million since start of rainy season, claim 341 lives https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/floods-in-chad-affect-1-5-million-since-start-of-rainy-season-claim-341-lives/
Volcanic activity worldwide 19 Sep 2024: Etna volcano, Fuego, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador, Lewotobi https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/252862/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-19-Sep-2024-Etna-volcano-Fuego-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador-Lewotobi-Sab.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
How To Move The Needle On Climate Change https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferkitepowell/2024/03/30/how-can-ai-be-used-to-move-the-needle-on-climate-change/
Ethiopia, the first country in the world to ban the import of gasoline and diesel vehicles https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2024/09/13/ethiopia-the-first-country-in-the-world-to-ban-the-import-of-gasoline-and-diesel-vehicles_6725856_124.html#
Hydrologic impacts of past shifts of Earth’s thermal equator offer insight into those to be produced by fossil fuel CO2 https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1301855110
More intense Indian summer monsoons https://www.eumetsat.int/features/more-intense-indian-summer-monsoons
The unjust climate: Measuring impacts of climate change on rural poor, women and youth https://weadapt.org/knowledge-base/gender-and-social-equality/the-unjust-climate-measuring-impacts-of-climate-change-on-rural-poor-women-and-youth/
4 ways to support someone with dementia during extreme heat https://theconversation.com/4-ways-to-support-someone-with-dementia-during-extreme-heat-213987
Why Saving World’s Peatlands Can Help Stabilize the Climate https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-saving-worlds-peatlands-can-help-stabilize-the-climate
Dug up in Australia, burned around the world – exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets https://theconversation.com/dug-up-in-australia-burned-around-the-world-exporting-fossil-fuels-undermines-climate-targets-236248
Study Reveals Impact of Heat Waves on Rural Montana Seniors https://www.govtech.com/em/safety/study-reveals-impact-of-heat-waves-on-rural-montana-seniors
More rooftop solar in cities would help solve NZ’s energy crisis – and build disaster resilience https://theconversation.com/more-rooftop-solar-in-cities-would-help-solve-nzs-energy-crisis-and-build-disaster-resilience-238193
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
Landmark Bay Area Regional Plan to Combat Sea-Level Rise Unveiled https://www.kqed.org/science/1994406/landmark-bay-area-regional-plan-to-combat-sea-level-rise-unveiled
As the World Burns https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/as-the-world-burns/
An interdisciplinary research agenda for climate change and cultural heritage https://blog.geographydirections.com/2024/09/18/an-interdisciplinary-research-agenda-for-climate-change-and-cultural-heritage/
100% humidity heatwaves are spreading across the Earth. That’s a deadly problem for us… https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/100-humidity-heatwaves-are-spreading-across-the-earth-thats-a-deadly-problem-for-us
NZ to get hotter, faster than previously expected – NIWA https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528374/nz-to-get-hotter-faster-than-previously-expected-niwa
The Arctic Seed Vault Shows the Flawed Logic of Climate Adaptation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-arctic-seed-vault-shows-the-flawed-logic-of-climate-adaptation/
Four ways Africa is already seeing the effects of climate change – and what can be done about it https://theconversation.com/four-ways-africa-is-already-seeing-the-effects-of-climate-change-and-what-can-be-done-about-it-238696
Disaster risk reduction
Climate-change-triggered landslide caused Earth to vibrate for nine days https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/climate-change-triggered-landslide-caused-earth-vibrate-nine-days
Identifying regional hotspots of heatwaves, droughts, floods, and their co-occurrences https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/identifying-regional-hotspots-heatwaves-droughts-floods-and-their-co-occurrences
Cultivating Trust in AI for Disaster Management https://eos.org/opinions/cultivating-trust-in-ai-for-disaster-management
Dams built to prevent coastal flooding can worsen it https://www.uaf.edu/news/dams-built-to-prevent-coastal-flooding-can-worsen-it.php
The U.S. Geological Survey has released a new nationwide landslide susceptibility map https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/new-usgs-map-shows-where-landslides-are-most-likely-occur-us
National platforms and coordination mechanisms for disaster risk reduction in Europe and Central Asia: Regional overview report 2024 https://www.undrr.org/publication/national-platforms-and-coordination-mechanisms-disaster-risk-reduction-europe-and
The occurrence, mechanisms and hazards of large landslides along tablelands https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00587-1
GAR Special Report 2024: Forensic Insights for Future Resilience: Learning from Past Disasters https://www.undrr.org/gar/gar2024-special-report
REFLEX: a geomorphological model for flood simulation https://www.cimafoundation.org/en/news/reflex-a-geomorphological-model-for-flood-simulation/
More floods are coming to Britain, but you ought to know this: the system that should protect us is a scandal https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/18/more-floods-britain-system-protect-us-scandal
Slow-moving landslides a growing, but ignored, threat to mountain communities https://news.agu.org/press-release/slow-landslides-growing-threat-mountain-communities/
Enhancing Community Resilience: Addressing Compound and Cascading Climate Shocks https://www.climatelinks.org/blog/enhancing-community-resilience-addressing-compound-and-cascading-climate-shocks
US towns limit new buildings in floodplains more than you think – and can do better https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/us-towns-limit-new-buildings-floodplains-more-than-you-a-r-siders-vhzle
Emergency Management
‘Catastrophe of epic proportions’: eight drown in Europe amid heavy floods https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/15/catastrophe-of-epic-proportions-six-drown-in-europe-amid-heavy-floods-storm-boris-poland-austria-slovakia-hungary
Get set for more extreme weather across Australia this spring and summer https://theconversation.com/get-set-for-more-extreme-weather-across-australia-this-spring-and-summer-238985
Czechia, Poland seek EU help against floods as Slovak government aid deemed insufficient https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/czechia-poland-seek-eu-help-against-floods-as-slovak-government-aid-deemed-insufficient/
Reflexivity and interdisciplinarity: the reflexive journey of an interdisciplinary research team in disaster risk reduction https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DPM-09-2023-0222/full/html
Epic floods are wreaking havoc from Africa to Asia to Europe https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/epic-floods-are-wreaking-havoc-from-africa-to-asia-to-europe/
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
Stories After The Storms – flooding survey now open https://nationalemergenciestrust.org.uk/stories-after-the-storms-survey-open/
Disaster psychology
Understanding the rationales and information environments for early, late, and nonadopters of the COVID-19 vaccine https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-024-00962-5
This city is hailed as a vaccination success. Can it be sustained? https://apnews.com/article/children-vaccinated-cdc-louisville-630b05bcd3b319a1d1028ca34e65b532
Did the Pandemic Break Our Brains? https://time.com/7021575/covid-pandemic-19-brain-cognition/
Taking the risk personally: how perceived flood experience relates to risk perception, sensed coping appraisal, and protective behaviour https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/nh/2024/09/16/taking-the-risk-personally-how-perceived-flood-experience-relates-to-risk-perception-sensed-coping-appraisal-and-protective-behaviour/
The driving effect of experience: How perceived frequency of floods and feeling of loss of control are linked to household-level adaptation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924005077
Geopsychiatry, global vulnerability, mitigation and psychiatry https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00207640221110068
Sociology and disasters
Trust a few: natural disasters and the disruption of trust in Africa https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214804324001253
Determinants of Households’ Resilience to Covariate Shocks: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications from the Kenyan Fisheries and Aquaculture Sectors https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9496/4/3/15
Improving social resilience to forest fire from community perspective https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666592124000714
Urban Resilience: Multidimensional Perspectives, Challenges and Prospects for Future Research https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2664328624000408
Disaster Resilience News 