Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Tropical Storm “Trami” hits Vietnam after leaving 126 dead or missing in Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/10/27/tropical-storm-trami-vietnam-philippines-fatalities-damage-october-2024/
Dana claims four lives in Bengal and submerges over 113 000 ha (280 000 acres) of crops in Odisha, India https://watchers.news/2024/10/26/cyclone-dana-fatalities-damage-crops-october-2024/
Typhoon “Kong-rey” rapidly intensifying as it moves toward Taiwan https://watchers.news/2024/10/29/typhoon-kong-rey-rapidly-intensifying-forecast-track-taiwan-landfall/
Mount Marapi blankets parts of West Sumatra in ash, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/10/28/marapi-eruption-ashfall-october-2024/
Majorca warning as travel chaos erupts on Balearic island loved by Brits after floods https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1968662/majorca-warning-travel-chaos-erupt-flash-floods
Intense explosions at Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/10/31/intense-explosions-at-lewotobi-laki-laki-volcano-indonesia/
Kong-rey makes landfall in Taiwan as strongest typhoon since 1996 and first ever after mid-October https://watchers.news/2024/10/31/kong-rey-taiwan-landfall-october-2024/
Death toll in Spain’s floods rises to 158, among Europe’s worst storm disasters https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-rescue-teams-hunt-missing-after-deadly-floods-2024-10-31/
Volcanic activity worldwide 31 Oct 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/256490/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-31-Oct-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Duk.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Overconfidence in climate overshoot https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08020-9#ref-CR1
Would abandoning false hope help us to tackle the climate crisis? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/24/we-need-a-dash-of-hope-but-is-too-much-diverting-our-gaze-from-the-perils-of-the-climate-crisis
Subtle Coastal Sinking Raises Storm Surge Risks https://eos.org/research-spotlights/subtle-coastal-sinking-raises-storm-surge-risks
Democratising knowledge for transformative climate action https://cdkn.org/story/democratising-knowledge-transformative-climate-action
Mapped: Renewable Energy as a Percentage of Power Generation, by Country https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/mapped-renewable-energy-by-country-in-2022/
Climate change reshapes cities, both environmentally and financially https://thehill.com/future-america/future-of-cities/4934071-cities-climate-change-insurance-heat-waves/
Planet-heating pollutants in atmosphere hit record levels in 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/28/planet-heating-pollutants-in-atmosphere-hit-record-levels-in-2023
Will climate change put the Chicago area at heightened risk for hurricanes? https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/helene-milton-climate-change-chicago-risk/
World way off target in tackling climate change – UN https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8yyle2eq2o
Principles for satellite monitoring of vegetation carbon uptake https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00601-6
New NASA Instrument for Studying Snowpack Completes Airborne Testing https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/science-enabling-technology/new-nasa-instrument-for-studying-snowpack-completes-airborne-testing/
Nature and climate on the line: COP16 must deliver on both https://impact.economist.com/sustainability/ecosystems-resources/nature-and-climate-on-the-line-cop16-must-deliver-on-both
44 Scientists Just Warned Us About a Catastrophic Ocean Current Collapse https://www.vice.com/en/article/atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-amoc-tipping-point-climate-change/
How unusual was Australia’s 2017–2019 Tinderbox Drought? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094724000951
Declining tropical cyclones and east coast lows lead to major shift in Australia’s rainfall https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-30/declining-tropical-cyclone-ecl-southern-ocean-rainfall/104533506
10 new insights in climate science 2024: Heat surges risk ecosystem collapse https://www.preventionweb.net/news/10-new-insights-climate-science-2024-heat-surges-risk-ecosystem-collapse
Disaster risk reduction
Hydrological drought and floodplain disconnectivity: quantifying flow thresholds in a large coastal plain river https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QAERHXWWQV4KPJVBJRVQ/full
Global River BankFull Discharge (GQBF) https://zenodo.org/records/13855371
Torrents of Sediment-Laden Water Worsened Disastrous Libyan Floods https://eos.org/articles/torrents-of-sediment-laden-water-worsened-disastrous-libyan-floods
Fire speed, not size, drives threat to people, infrastructure https://cires.colorado.edu/news/fire-speed-not-size-drives-threat-people-infrastructure
Concepts and evolution of urban hydrology https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00599-x
Examining the contribution of lithology and precipitation to the performance of earthquake-induced landslide hazard prediction https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2024.1431203/full
Cutting-edge flooding programmes deliver big results for communities and environment https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cutting-edge-flooding-programmes-deliver-big-results-for-communities-and-environment
Wealth Over Woe: Global Biases in Hydro-Hazard Research https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF004590
Transferability of machine-learning-based modeling frameworks across flood events for hindcasting maximum river water depths in coastal watersheds https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/3537/2024/
Scientists at Western University are setting up a new laboratory to study the increasingly costly hazard of severe storms in Canada https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/science/article-severe-storm-lab-western-university/
Delivering effective early warning and early action: Integrating participatory processes for long-term equality, diversity and inclusion https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/delivering-effective-early-warning-and-early-action-integrating-participatory-processes
Comparative Analysis of Tsunami Casualty Estimation Approaches: Agent-Based Modeling versus Simplified Approach in Japanese Coastal Cities https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385408394_Comparative_Analysis_of_Tsunami_Casualty_Estimation_Approaches_Agent-Based_Modeling_versus_Simplified_Approach_in_Japanese_Coastal_Cities
Emergency management
As record acreage burns in Brazil’s Amazon, criminals are exploiting rainforest to clear land https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/as-record-acreage-burns-in-brazils-amazon-criminals-are-exploiting-rainforest-to-clear-land
Natural disasters in China affected over 84 million people in 2024, resulting in 836 deaths or missing persons https://watchers.news/2024/10/28/natural-disasters-in-china-affected-over-84-million-people-in-2024-resulting-in-836-deaths-or-missing-persons/
Disaster recovery and business continuity: A case of MSMEs in Dar es Salaam https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/1714/3237
Spain’s warning system under scrutiny as flood toll rises https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/31/world/spain-warning-system-flood/
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
What is disaster resilience education? https://schools.aidr.org.au/disaster-resilience-education/what-is-disaster-resilience-education/
Disaster psychology
Radical climate protests linked to increases in public support for moderate organizations https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-024-01444-1
Sociology and disasters
Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities: Addendum for Gender Equality and Intersectionality https://mcr2030.undrr.org/gender-equality-scorecard
Conflict, poverty and water management issues exposing vulnerable communities in Africa to extreme floods that are now common events because of climate change https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/conflict-poverty-and-water-management-issues-exposing-vulnerable-communities-in-africa-to-extreme-floods-that-are-now-common-events-because-of-climate-change/
Building Resilient Communities by Fostering Social Equity in Public Administration: Analyzing the Influence of Social Capital on COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in Communities With Varying Social Vulnerabilities https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/padm.13040
Designing for happiness, building for resilience: a systematic review of key factors for cities https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19463138.2024.2412664
Chiefs and floods: hybrid governance and co-production of flood risk adaptation in Tamale, Ghana https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1523908X.2024.2410899
Strengthening Social Capital for Entrepreneurship in Building Coastal Resilience https://www.igi-global.com/gateway/article/full-text-html/358477
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