Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Mudslides and debris flows grip Los Angeles as much needed rain arrives to California https://watchers.news/2025/01/27/mudslides-and-debris-flows-grip-los-angeles-as-much-needed-rain-arrives-to-california/
Why meteorologists are comparing Storm Éowyn to a bomb https://theconversation.com/why-meteorologists-are-comparing-storm-eowyn-to-a-bomb-248203
Cyclone risk amid latest start to Queensland monsoon season in decades https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-28/latest-start-to-queensland-monsoon-season-in-decades-cyclone/104864088
Volcanic activity worldwide 30 Jan 2025: Santorini volcano, Santiaguito, Merapi, Semeru, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/263546/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-30-Jan-2025-Santorini-volcano-Santiaguito-Merapi-Semeru-Dukono-Rev.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Guidelines to quantify climate change exposure and vulnerability indicators for the future: an example for heat stress risk across scales https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/guidelines-quantify-climate-change-exposure-and-vulnerability-indicators-future-example
A principle-based framework to determine countries’ fair warming contributions to the Paris Agreement https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56397-6
How do we adapt enough? https://news.miami.edu/stories/2025/01/how-do-we-adapt-enough.html
Beyond Energy Access: How Renewable Energy Fosters Resilience in Island Communities https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/14/2/20#
Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/16/economic-growth-could-fall-50-over-20-years-from-climate-shocks-say-actuaries
Global sea levels may rise by up to 1.9m by 2100, exceeding earlier projections: NTU study https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/global-sea-level-may-rise-by-up-to-1-9m-by-2100-exceeding-earlier-projections-ntu-study
How Climate Risks Could Affect Property Taxes in Florida, California, and Elsewhere https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/climate-risks-could-affect-property-230408910.html
Renewable records surge across the grid in midst of latest heatwave https://reneweconomy.com.au/renewable-records-surge-across-the-grid-in-midst-of-latest-heatwave/
Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-climate-change-burn-devastation-warming-1429ef7c613a0d97fc156068215571d2
Antarctic coastal polynyas in the global climate system https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00634-x
Anthropogenic climate change doubled the frequency of compound drought and heatwaves in low-income regions https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/anthropogenic-climate-change-doubled-frequency-compound-drought-and-heatwaves-low
Disaster risk reduction
Study finds statistical link between solar activity and rainfall variability https://watchers.news/2025/01/27/study-finds-statistical-link-between-solar-activity-and-rainfall-variability/
Human use of fire has produced an era of uncontrolled burning: Welcome to the Pyrocene https://theconversation.com/human-use-of-fire-has-produced-an-era-of-uncontrolled-burning-welcome-to-the-pyrocene-247195
Wanting to ‘return to normal’ after a disaster is understandable, but often problematic https://theconversation.com/wanting-to-return-to-normal-after-a-disaster-is-understandable-but-often-problematic-247884
Why the home insurance model is broken https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/27/why-the-home-insurance-model-is-broken.html
Two different perspectives on heatwaves within the Lagrangian framework https://wcd.copernicus.org/articles/6/131/2025/
In Vermont, a Push to Prevent Flooding or Get Out of the Way https://e360.yale.edu/features/vermont-floods
Global status of multi-hazard early warning systems https://www.undrr.org/reports/global-status-MHEWS-2023
The benefits and trade-offs of multi-variable calibration of the WaterGAP global hydrological model (WGHM) in the Ganges and Brahmaputra basins https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/567/2025/
‘We have to figure this out’: Rising flood risks delivers double blow to communities with housing shortages https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/28/housing-shortages-flooding-climate-risk-00201069
Emergency Management
January 2025 Economist Snapshot: Los Angeles Wildfires Recovery Will Be Costly and Lengthy https://urbanland.uli.org/capital-markets-and-finance/january-economist-snapshot-los-angeles-wildfires-recovery-will-be-costly-and-lengthy
Head of disaster relief agency FEMA reassures staff after Trump criticism https://www.yahoo.com/news/head-disaster-relief-agency-fema-175054686.html
Toxic waste delays California wildfire cleanup efforts https://watchers.news/2025/01/30/toxic-waste-delays-california-wildfire-cleanup-efforts/
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
Netflix’s La Palma’s ‘megatsunami’ has been debunked https://theconversation.com/netflixs-la-palmas-megatsunami-has-been-debunked-246916
Fireforest: A New Film on Forest Management and Wildfire https://fireadaptednetwork.org/fireforest-a-new-film-on-forest-management-and-wildfire/
Meet Flo the Flood Bus https://www.floodre.co.uk/flo/
Lessons for communication strategies during health emergencies from a COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes and practices study in an informal settlement in Mumbai, India https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12982-025-00410-2
Disaster psychology
Understanding Psychological Wellbeing Among Iranian Healthcare Workers: The Role of Resilience and Social Capital https://www.researchgate.net/publication/388470932_Understanding_Psychological_Wellbeing_Among_Iranian_Healthcare_Workers_The_Role_of_Resilience_and_Social_Capital
Sociology and disasters
Positioning the Sense of Coherence (SOC) in Disaster Recovery Planning and Design https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/2/161
The Dual Structure of Volunteering During Crises: A Task-Driven Approach to Volunteering https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08997640241311868
Do you know your neighbors? Why connecting with them can help combat loneliness and make you feel safe and supported https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/do-you-know-your-neighbors-why-connecting-with-them-can-help-combat-loneliness-and-make-you-feel-safe-and-supported-100012009.html
Community Resilience and Social Capital: Hindering vs Fostering Factors https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420925000378
Exploring multi-level governance arrangements in disaster recovery: A study of Lagos, Nigeria https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420925000780
The Pareto effect in tipping social networks: from minority to majority https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/189/2025/
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