Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Strong explosion at Mount Dukono, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/12/07/strong-explosion-at-mount-dukono-indonesia/
Flood along the River Wye, England https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rj5dpn65ko
Powerful explosive eruption and pyroclastic flows at Kanlaon volcano force urgent evacuation of 87 000 people, Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/12/09/powerful-explosive-eruption-and-pyroclastic-flows-at-kanlaon-volcano-force-urgent-evacuation-of-87-000-people-philippines/
Franklin Fire forces urgent evacuations near Malibu Canyon Road, Los Angeles, California https://watchers.news/2024/12/10/franklin-fire-evacuations-malibu-canyon-road-los-angeles-california/
Rare Scotts Valley tornado injures 5, overturns vehicles in shopping district, California https://watchers.news/2024/12/15/rare-scotts-valley-tornado-damage-injures-december-2024/
Chido strikes Mayotte as most violent and destructive cyclone in 90 years https://watchers.news/2024/12/14/chido-strikes-mayotte-as-most-violent-and-destructive-cyclone-in-90-years/
Chido strikes Mozambique after catastrophic landfall in Mayotte https://watchers.news/2024/12/15/chido-strikes-mozambique-after-catastrophic-damage-mayotte/
14 dead and hundreds injured after a magnitude 7.3 quake in Vanuatu leaves some trapped in rubble https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/magnitude-73-earthquake-hits-pacific-island-nation-vanuatu-116851766
Before-and-after satellite images show Agalega after Cyclone Chido’s direct hit https://watchers.news/2024/12/16/before-and-after-satellite-images-agalega-cyclone-chidos-direct-hit/
One home under threat from Emergency level Grampians bushfire as residents told to leave https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-18/more-residents-told-to-prepare-to-leave-grampians-bushfire/104741224
Tropical Cyclone Chido ‘spares nothing’ in Mayotte, thousands feared dead https://watchers.news/2024/12/16/tropical-cyclone-chido-spares-nothing-in-mayotte-thousands-feared-dead/
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
High Heat Is Preferentially Killing the Young, Not the Old, New Research Finds https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/12/06/high-heat-is-preferentially-killing-the-young-not-the-old-new-research-finds/
CSIRO reaffirms nuclear power likely to cost twice as much as renewables https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-09/nuclear-power-plant-twice-as-costly-as-renewables/104691114
‘Ominous milestone for the planet’: Arctic Ocean’s 1st ice-free day could be just 3 years away, alarming study finds https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/arctic/ominous-milestone-for-the-planet-arctic-oceans-1st-ice-free-day-could-be-just-3-years-away-alarming-study-finds
Autumn 2024 was the warmest in U.S. history, NOAA says https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/12/autumn-2024-was-the-warmest-in-u-s-history-noaa-says/
2024 will be world’s hottest year on record, and the first above 1.5°C target https://reneweconomy.com.au/2024-will-be-worlds-hottest-year-on-record-and-the-first-above-1-5c-target/
Understanding the drivers and predictability of record low Antarctic sea ice in austral winter 2023 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01772-2
Study Reveals Green and Blue Infrastructure Reduce Urban Heat https://climateadaptationplatform.com/study-reveals-green-and-blue-infrastructure-reduce-urban-heat/
Coastal retreat in Alaska is accelerating because of compound climate impacts, researchers warn https://phys.org/news/2024-12-coastal-retreat-alaska-compound-climate.html
Another Hot Arctic Year Indicates a New Climate Regime https://eos.org/articles/another-hot-arctic-year-indicates-a-new-climate-regime
Arctic has changed dramatically in just a couple of decades – 2024 report card shows worrying trends in snow, ice, wildfire and more https://theconversation.com/arctic-has-changed-dramatically-in-just-a-couple-of-decades-2024-report-card-shows-worrying-trends-in-snow-ice-wildfire-and-more-237738
Tourism emissions surge over last decade and now make up 9 per cent of global total, report finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-11/tourism-air-travel-carbon-emissions-surge-environment/104701158
Projecting Socio-Economic Exposure due to Future Hydro-Meteorological Extremes in Large Transboundary River Basin under Global Warming Targets https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11269-024-04057-7
Mexico heatwave impacts https://futurism.com/the-byte/mexico-heat-young-people-deaths
Australia leads the world in arresting climate and environment protesters https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-15/australia-leads-world-in-arresting-climate-environment-activists/104721294
Association of climate variability modes with concurrent droughts and heatwaves in India https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589915524000269
Severe to Extreme Heatwave Warnings in all states and territories except Tasmania, Australia https://watchers.news/2024/12/15/severe-extreme-heatwave-warnings-australia-december-2024/
Islanders determined to keep hope, culture alive as Torres Strait rises https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-15/rising-ocean-threat-to-island-culture-torres-strait-australia/104613496
We finally have an explanation for 2023’s record-breaking temperatures https://www.newscientist.com/article/2458862-we-finally-have-an-explanation-for-2023s-record-breaking-temperatures/
Unpacking the progression of climate uncertainty into precarity in the urban context of drylands: the case of floods in Lodwar, Turkana https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17565529.2024.2434135
Australia’s deadliest natural disaster you’ve never heard of https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-17/heatwave-of-2009-australias-deadliest-natural-disaster/104648912
Around eight million properties in England – or one in four – could be at risk of flooding by 2050 as the danger increases due to climate change https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99x4599gr7o
Days above 0 C have seen dramatic increase around the world, Climate Central analysis finds https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/climate/impacts/canadas-cities-are-losing-up-to-19-days-of-winter-new-climate-report
Pakistan and Bahamas join push for global pact to phase out fossil fuels https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/18/pakistan-bahamas-fossil-fuel-climate-change
Evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Over the Next Three Centuries From an ISMIP6 Model Ensemble https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF004561
Trouble in Arctic town as polar bears and people face warming world https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yg344zz1ro
Arctic Emits More Carbon Than It Stores as Warming Hits Canada’s Winter Economy https://www.theenergymix.com/arctic-emits-more-carbon-than-it-stores-as-warming-hits-canadian-economy-winter-sports/
Like minds, shared mission: Two projects on Disability-Inclusive Climate Action come together https://www.omlopezcenter.org/like-minds-shared-mission-two-projects-on-disability-inclusive-climate-action-come-together/
Most coastal Arctic infrastructure faces instability by 2100 https://news.agu.org/press-release/most-arctic-infrastructure-faces-instability/
A push to cool Australian cities may inadvertently increase our skin cancer risk, unless we act https://theconversation.com/a-push-to-cool-australian-cities-may-inadvertently-increase-our-skin-cancer-risk-unless-we-act-245744
More than 1,300 Hajj pilgrims died this year when humidity and heat pushed past survivable limits. It’s just the start https://theconversation.com/more-than-1-300-hajj-pilgrims-died-this-year-when-humidity-and-heat-pushed-past-survivable-limits-its-just-the-start-245271
Antarctica’s tipping points threaten global climate stability https://phys.org/news/2024-12-antarctica-threaten-global-climate-stability.html
Climate crisis deepens with 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/09/climate-crisis-deepens-with-2024-certain-to-be-hottest-year-on-record
“An exclamation point on global warming”: Climate scientists warn 2024 was marked by broken records https://www.salon.com/2024/12/19/an-exclamation-point-on-global-warming-climate-scientists-warn-2024-was-marked-by-broken-records/
Disaster risk reduction
Taiwan logs record seismic activity with 42 quakes surpassing M5.5 in 2024 https://watchers.news/2024/12/07/taiwan-logs-record-seismic-activty-with-42-quakes-surpassing-magnitude-5-5/
Migration as a hidden risk factor in seismic fatality: a spatial modeling of the Chi-Chi earthquake and suburban syndrome https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/4457/2024/
Innovation, insight and impact: groundbreaking research through the 2024 hurricane season https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/innovation-insight-and-impact-groundbreaking-research-through-the-2024-hurricane-season/
Hurricanes, severe thunderstorms and floods drive insured losses above USD 100 billion for 5th consecutive year, says Swiss Re Institute https://www.swissre.com/press-release/Hurricanes-severe-thunderstorms-and-floods-drive-insured-losses-above-USD-100-billion-for-5th-consecutive-year-says-Swiss-Re-Institute/f8424512-e46b-4db7-a1b1-ad6034306352
What we can and (still) can’t predict about earthquakes https://theconversation.com/what-we-can-and-still-cant-predict-about-earthquakes-245456
Scientists urged to pull the plug on ‘bathtub modeling’ of flood risk https://news.uci.edu/2024/12/06/scientists-urged-to-pull-the-plug-on-bathtub-modeling-of-flood-risk/
Flooding is Not Like Filling a Bath https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF005164
Information Note for the eighth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025) is now available in the six official languages of the United Nations https://globalplatform.undrr.org/news/information-note-global-platform-2025-now-available-all-six-official-un-languages
Insights into tectonic hazards since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00613-2
Scientists mapped the world’s rivers over 35 years. They found shocking changes https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/12/climate/world-rivers-flow-mapped/index.html
More flow upstream and less flow downstream: The changing form and function of global rivers https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl5728
Supporting governments and other stakeholders in identifying infrastructure vulnerabilities and implementing resilience-building solutions https://www.undrr.org/resilient-infrastructure/enhance-infrastructure-resilience
Property Flood Resilience – Beyond Resistance https://rainnorthants.co.uk/property-flood-resilience-beyond-resistance/
Natural world heritage sites are at risk from climate change globally https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/natural-world-heritage-sites-are-risk-climate-change-globally
Agricultural land near where rivers meet can mitigate floods https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1066976
Technique to forecast where the next big quake will start https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/12/12/technique-forecast-where-next-big-quake-will-start
15% of global population lives within a few miles of a coast − and the number is growing rapidly https://theconversation.com/15-of-global-population-lives-within-a-few-miles-of-a-coast-and-the-number-is-growing-rapidly-240672
Future increases in landslide hazard across the high mountains of Asia https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/landslide-hazard-asia
Floods, insufficient water, sinking river deltas: Hydrologists map changing river landscapes across the globe https://www.umass.edu/news/article/floods-insufficient-water-sinking-river-deltas-hydrologists-map-changing-river
A global climatology of sting-jet extratropical cyclones https://wcd.copernicus.org/articles/5/1523/2024/
New data shows 6.3 million properties in England in areas at risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water https://www.gov.uk/government/news/environment-agency-publishes-major-update-to-national-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-assessment
Artificial intelligence applied to disasters and crises management https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/artificial-intelligence-applied-disasters-and-crises-management
Why Vanuatu should brace for even more aftershocks after this week’s deadly quakes: a seismologist explains https://theconversation.com/why-vanuatu-should-brace-for-even-more-aftershocks-after-this-weeks-deadly-quakes-a-seismologist-explains-246231
No parachute needed: New typhoon observation device demonstrates high accuracy in field test https://phys.org/news/2024-12-parachute-typhoon-device-high-accuracy.html
Morphologic and sedimentological signatures resulting from Hurricane Ian, southwest Florida, USA: Insight into intra-storm bidirectional sediment transport processes https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X24005154
Emergency Management
Minors had money to fight their insurer for 19 years over Katrina damage. They finally won https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/harrison-county/article296635574.html
Urgent action required to tackle ongoing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar after Typhoon Yagi https://www.ifrc.org/press-release/urgent-action-required-tackle-ongoing-humanitarian-crisis-myanmar-after-typhoon-yagi
90% of Mozambican city of Beira destroyed by Cyclone Idai – Red Cross https://www.africanews.com/2019/03/18/90-percent-of-mozambican-city-of-beira-destroyed-by-cyclone-idai-red-cross/
Australia sends ‘immediate’ search and rescue assistance to Vanuatu following powerful earthquake https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-18/vanuatu-locals-survey-damage-after-earthquake/104738368
Lahaina Wildfire Family Begins Path to Recovery After Losing Everything https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/emergency-preparedness/lahaina-wildfire-family-begins-path-to-recovery-after-losing-everything/
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
Measuring the Effectiveness of a Community Engagement Theory-Driven Training Program https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924008902
Looking back: PreventionWeb’s 2024 highlights! https://www.preventionweb.net/news/looking-back-preventionwebs-2024-highlights
The Future of Risk Communications is Community Engagement https://www.preventionweb.net/news/future-risk-communications-community-engagement
Disaster psychology
Parts of Australia will hit 45C on Monday. Experts say we need to do more to stay cool https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/parts-of-australia-will-hit-45c-on-monday-experts-say-we-need-to-do-more-to-stay-cool/u3gbpa57k
Sociology and disasters
The rapid rise of social infrastructure: Mapping the concept through a systematic scoping review https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275124008229
Returning to our roots: the value of ancestral knowledge in facing future challenges https://www.undrr.org/news/returning-our-roots-value-ancestral-knowledge-facing-future-challenges
Social Connectedness, Social Support, Social Capital and Health https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-981-97-0821-5_19-1
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