Today in disaster resilience (27 September 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Level 5 emergency alert issued after devastating floods hit Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture https://watchers.news/2024/09/21/level-5-emergency-alert-issued-after-devastating-floods-hit-japans-ishikawa-prefecture/

Danube rises by almost 1 m (3.2 feet) in 24 hours reaching the parliament building in Budapest, Hungary https://watchers.news/2024/09/20/danube-rises-by-almost-1-m-3-2-feet-in-24-hours-reaching-the-parliament-building-in-budapest-hungary/

Floods sweep away passenger bus in Morocco’s Tata Province, claiming 2 lives and leaving 14 missing https://watchers.news/2024/09/22/floods-sweep-away-passenger-bus-in-moroccos-tata-province-claiming-2-lives-and-leaving-14-missing/

Flash floods strike Cannes after severe storm drops nearly 40 mm (1.57 inches) of rain in just one hour, France https://watchers.news/2024/09/23/flash-floods-strike-cannes-after-severe-storm-drops-nearly-40-mm-1-57-inches-of-rain-in-just-one-hour-france/

Widespread floods claim over 1 000 lives, leave 4 million affected in West and Central Africa https://watchers.news/2024/09/24/widespread-floods-claim-over-1-000-lives-leave-4-million-affected-in-west-and-central-africa/

Black Sea storm stalls off Turkish coast, floods parts of Trabzon https://watchers.news/2024/09/23/black-sea-storm-stalls-off-turkish-coast-floods-parts-of-trabzon/

Hurricane John strikes Mexico’s Pacific coast south of Acapulco https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/24/hurricane-john-strikes-mexicos-southern-pacific-coast-south-of-acapulco

Six dead after record rain causes floods in Japan https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jdpzj3gjlo

Second Rodanthe house in 24 hours falls into ocean Friday https://coastalreview.org/2024/09/second-rodanthe-house-in-24-hours-falls-into-ocean-friday/

Pilbara hit by heaviest rainfall in 50 years, tropical surge to bring rainfall to more than 80% of Australia https://watchers.news/2024/09/24/pilbara-hit-by-heaviest-rainfall-in-50-years-tropical-surge-to-bring-rainfall-to-more-than-80-of-australia/

Florida braces for hurricane to bring 20-foot storm surge https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czd13mezz7mo

100 dead in Myanmar floods after Typhoon Yagi https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kkdpnyp4o

Swollen Ganges River in Bihar affects over 1.35 million people and claims more than 10 lives https://watchers.news/2024/09/26/swollen-ganges-river-in-bihar-affects-over-1-35-million-people-and-claims-more-than-10-lives/

Record-breaking rains leave 11 dead in Japan’s quake-stricken Ishikawa Prefecture https://watchers.news/2024/09/26/record-breaking-rains-leave-11-dead-in-japans-quake-stricken-ishikawa-prefecture/

Volcanic activity worldwide 26 Sep 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Semeru, Shiveluch, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/253522/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-26-Sep-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Semeru-Shiveluch-Ibu-Reventa.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Techno-energy is reshaping the world https://www.ft.com/content/969d1a10-0e81-450b-971c-06acd79e4561

What a Tunisian exodus says about the future of global migration https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/0920/climate-migration-inequality-Tunisia

Cities Will Suffer Health and Infrastructure Crisis Under 3° C vs. 1.5° C Warming, With Low-income Cities Worst Impacted https://www.wri.org/news/cities-will-suffer-health-and-infrastructure-crisis-under-3deg-c-vs-15deg-c-warming-low-income

Australia’s first solar garden prepares for its harvest https://www.manningrivertimes.com.au/story/8770347/australias-first-solar-garden-prepares-for-its-harvest/

Arctic Warming Is Driving Siberian Wildfires https://eos.org/research-spotlights/arctic-warming-is-driving-siberian-wildfires

Meteorologists issue warning after Australia experiences hottest winter temperature on record: ‘It isn’t normal for this time of year’ https://www.yahoo.com/news/meteorologists-issue-warning-australia-experiences-101511226.html

Australia is building more renewables than ever. It’s still not enough https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/australia-is-building-more-renewables-than-ever-it-s-still-not-enough-20240920-p5kc5j.html

Climate models predict abrupt intensification of northern wildfires due to permafrost thawing https://phys.org/news/2024-09-climate-abrupt-intensification-northern-wildfires.html

The rise of solar power and China’s staggering EV growth may have pushed global emissions into decline https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-21/major-climate-agencies-call-global-emissions-peak/104016030

Who’s to blame when climate change turns the lights off? https://theconversation.com/whos-to-blame-when-climate-change-turns-the-lights-off-236446

Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier is heading for catastrophic collapse https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448793-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-is-heading-for-catastrophic-collapse/

AI-empowered next-generation multiscale climate modelling for mitigation and adaptation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01527-w

Rich countries could raise $5tn of climate finance a year, study says https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/sep/24/rich-countries-could-raise-5tn-of-climate-finance-a-year-study-says

A clarion call on rising seas https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/09/25/united-nations-general-assembly-sea-level-rise-upper-limit-climate-change-paris-agreement/

Climate change is fueling extreme weather and chaos in the jet stream https://www.ehn.org/climate-change-is-fueling-extreme-weather-and-chaos-in-the-jet-stream-2669255105.html

Global heating ‘doubled’ chance of extreme rain in Europe in September https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/25/global-heating-doubled-chance-of-extreme-rain-in-europe-in-september

Understanding Antarctica’s contribution to sea level rise https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/improving-global-sea-level-rise-projections-and-community-response/

First-ever interagency sea level rise website is live https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/first-ever-interagency-sea-level-rise-website-is-live

A continental reconstruction of hydroclimatic variability in South America during the past 2000 years https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/20/2117/2024/

Arctic sea ice extent levels off; 2024 minimum set https://nsidc.org/sea-ice-today/analyses/arctic-sea-ice-extent-levels-2024-minimum-set

Disaster risk reduction

Understanding disaster risk: foundational concepts and principles https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk

Global crises are multiplying: Here’s how science can help our public decision-makers https://theconversation.com/global-crises-are-multiplying-heres-how-science-can-help-our-public-decision-makers-238729

Breakthrough study from IU scientists predicts catastrophic river shifts that threaten millions worldwide https://news.iu.edu/college/live/news/37912-breakthrough-study-from-iu-scientists-predicts-catastr

Scientists develop AI models able to predict future drought conditions with high accuracy https://phys.org/news/2024-09-scientists-ai-future-drought-conditions.html

An innovative system for seeing into the bowels of volcanos https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/innovative-system-seeing-bowels-volcanos

Reducing floodplain development doesn’t need to be complex, say researchers https://phys.org/news/2024-09-floodplain-doesnt-complex.html

Detailed spatio-temporal sediment supply reconstruction using tree roots data https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hyp.10923

Coupling WRF with HEC-HMS and WRF-Hydro for flood forecasting in typical mountainous catchments of northern China https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/3155/2024/

Predicting potential fire severity in Türkiye’s diverse forested areas: a SHAP-integrated random forest classification approach https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00477-024-02820-1

Unlocking effective ice-jam risk management: Insights from agent-based modeling and comparative analysis of social theories in Fort McMurray, Canada https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901124000650

Review article: Drought as a continuum – memory effects in interlinked hydrological, ecological, and social systems https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/3173/2024/

An impact-chain-based exploration of multi-hazard vulnerability dynamics: the multi-hazard of floods and the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania https://www.paratus-project.eu/2024/09/17/an-impact-chain-based-exploration-of-multi-hazard-vulnerability-dynamics-the-multi-hazard-of-floods-and-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-romania/

How cities run dry https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/how-cities-run-dry/

Channel Conveyance and Flood Risk: Are Current Models Missing the Mark? https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/News/pr/2024/24-14.aspx

Emergency management

‘Catastrophe region’: Austrian city faces up to scale of damage left by deadly flooding https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/21/austrian-city-st-polten-faces-up-to-scale-of-damage-left-by-deadly-flooding

Floods force Niger to delay new school year https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20j34ldzlxo

Hurricane Helene is unusual — but it’s not an example of the Fujiwhara Effect https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-helene-whats-fujiwhara-effect-florida-georgia-6f86030fab9bbfe9b477b7c851d4950b

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Fieldwork can be challenging for female scientists. Here are 5 ways to make it better https://theconversation.com/fieldwork-can-be-challenging-for-female-scientists-here-are-5-ways-to-make-it-better-214215

A Global Movement to empower the next generation of coastal resilience guardians https://uinspire.id/tsunami-united/

Hurricanes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/cfpor50x14/Hurricanes

Disaster psychology

Australians sent into panic as authorities issue tsunami warning – then say it was just a test https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/sep/25/bom-tsunami-warning-australia-test-nsw-qld

Sociology and disasters

Trust a few: Natural disasters and the disruption of trust in Africa https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214804324001253

Community-Led Climate Preparedness and Resilience in Boston: New Evidence from Communities of Color https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/12/9/149

How social infrastructure saves lives: a quantitative analysis of Japan’s 3/11 disasters https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/japanese-journal-of-political-science/article/how-social-infrastructure-saves-lives-a-quantitative-analysis-of-japans-311-disasters/4BD3AA196B334A23F0B749E85AE4E38F