Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Over 30 missing after large landslide hits Jinping village, China https://watchers.news/2025/02/08/over-30-missing-after-large-landslide-hits-jinping-village-china/
25 dead and missing as severe floods and landslides hit Java, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2025/01/21/25-dead-and-missing-as-severe-floods-and-landslides-hit-java-indonesia/
7 dead as extreme rainfall causes flooding and landslides in Pernambuco, Brazil https://watchers.news/2025/02/10/7-dead-as-extreme-rainfall-causes-flooding-and-landslides-in-pernambuco-brazil/
Severe storm hits Sao Paulo, leaving over 76 000 homes without power, Brazil https://watchers.news/2025/02/11/severe-storm-hits-sao-paulo-leaving-over-76-000-homes-without-power-brazil/
Over 12 800 earthquakes hit Santorini-Amorgos zone in 10 days, Red Cross mobilizes to aid residents, Greece https://watchers.news/2025/02/11/over-12-800-earthquakes-hit-santorini-amorgos-zone-in-10-days-red-cross-mobilizes-to-aid-residents-greece/
Severe storms batter NSW and Victoria, triggering flash floods and emergency rescues, Australia https://watchers.news/2025/02/10/severe-storms-batter-nsw-and-victoria-triggering-flash-floods-and-emergency-rescues-australia/
Eruption at Kilauea producing lava fountains up to 100 m (330 feet) high, Hawai’I https://watchers.news/2025/02/12/eruption-at-kilauea-produces-lava-fountains-up-to-100-m-330-feet-high-hawaii/
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Hottest January on record called ‘terrifying’ by climate scientists after defying expectations https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/hottest-january-record-global-warming-climate-change-b2693479.html
The puzzling and powerful polar vortex faces ‘big uncertainty’ as Earth warms https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/08/polar-vortex-climate-change-influence-weather/77897833007/
Top Scientist: We Can’t Adapt Our Way Out of This Climate Crisis https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/06/climate-scientist-katharine-hayhoe-crisis-adaptation-global-warming-impact/
An Arctic meltdown is accelerating global warming: How will we adapt? https://phys.org/news/2025-02-arctic-meltdown-global.html
A year above 1.5 °C signals that Earth is most probably within the 20-year period that will reach the Paris Agreement limit https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02246-9
Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show https://theconversation.com/earth-is-already-shooting-through-the-1-5-c-global-warming-limit-two-major-studies-show-249133
Australia formally misses UN climate deadline, only one country makes pledge close to 1.5°C https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-formally-misses-un-climate-deadline-only-one-country-makes-pledge-close-to-1-5c/
Record January heat suggests La Niña may be losing its ability to keep global warming in check https://theconversation.com/record-january-heat-suggests-la-nina-may-be-losing-its-ability-to-keep-global-warming-in-check-249389
Atmospheric rivers in Antarctica https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00638-7
Tesla slump and global shake-up could see EV prices as low as $20,000 https://thedriven.io/2025/02/10/tesla-slump-and-global-shake-up-could-see-ev-prices-as-low-as-20000/
China’s Disastrous Summer Floods Linked to Unusually Warm Spring in Tibet https://e360.yale.edu/digest/2024-china-floods-climate
‘We left pieces of our life behind’: Indigenous group flees drowning island https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz0lg9pedz1o
Record warm seas supercharging Australia’s weather from heatwaves to floods to cyclones https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-13/australia-warm-seas-fuelling-wild-weather-floods-cyclones/104928782
Climate change review reveals flooding trend https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5304n1313o
Disaster risk reduction
The Central Mindoro Fault: An Active Sinistral Fault Within the Translational Boundary Between the Palawan Microcontinental Block and the Philippine Mobile Belt https://www.mdpi.com/2624-795X/6/1/6
More than 100,000 homes in England could be built in highest-risk flood zones https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/08/more-than-100000-homes-in-england-could-be-built-in-highest-risk-flood-zones
Fatal landslides in 2024 https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/fatal-landslides-in-2024
Satellite data identifies warning signs ahead of 2018 volcanic eruption, tsunami https://www.psu.edu/news/earth-and-mineral-sciences/story/satellite-data-identifies-warning-signs-ahead-2018-volcanic
An ‘earthquake swarm’ is shaking Santorini. It could persist for months https://theconversation.com/an-earthquake-swarm-is-shaking-santorini-it-could-persist-for-months-249278
Journal of Disaster Studies https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/886
Bagyong Kristine (TS Trami) in Bicol, Philippines: Flood Risk Forecasting, Disaster Risk Preparedness Predictions and Lived Experiences through Machine Learning (ML), Econometrics, and Hermeneutic Analysis https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666592125000174
Artificial intelligence is proving a game changer in tracking the Santorini earthquake swarm https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/artificial-intelligence-is-proving-a-game-changer-in-tracking-the-santorini-earthquake-swarm/
Is the UK Government’s £2.65 billion investment in flood defences being prioritised to the right projects? https://committees.parliament.uk/event/23315/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/
Record UK Flood Insurance Claims in 2024 – Rising Costs and Risks https://www.unda.co.uk/news/record-uk-flood-insurance-claims-in-2024-rising-costs-and-risks/
How innovative flood intelligence can reshape emergency response and protect lives https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c5fb956719ff4ae8996b20c0feadbebf
2024 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition https://storytelling-for-a-better-world-story.hub.arcgis.com/pages/vote-for-your-favorite
Build Baby Build https://floodmary.com/2025/02/10/build-baby-build/
‘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
Rapid design of Nature-based Solutions with new tool https://www.deltares.nl/en/news/rapid-design-of-nature-based-solutions-with-new-tool
Complex disaster risks call for urgent action in the Arab region https://www.preventionweb.net/news/complex-disaster-risks-call-urgent-action-arab-region
Emergency Management
Trump wants states to handle disasters without FEMA. They say they can’t https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/02/07/trump-wants-states-to-handle-disasters-without-fema-they-say-they-cant/
How AI, Tech, And Policy Can Stop The Wildfire Crisis https://www.forbes.com/sites/cathyrubin/2025/02/03/how-ai-tech-and-policy-can-stop-the-wildfire-crisis/
L.A. Residents, Businesses Face a Decision After Wildfires: To Rebuild or Relocate https://www.georgetown.edu/news/la-wildfires-climate-migration/
Shocks and Politics: Understanding Disaster Preparedness https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/shocks-and-politics/DA7207CF268A4CA5EF8A4455D9812243
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
California wildfires force students to think about the connections between STEM and society https://theconversation.com/california-wildfires-force-students-to-think-about-the-connections-between-stem-and-society-248286
Disaster psychology
Geopsychiatry: Climate change, migration, and mental health https://journals.lww.com/inpj/fulltext/2024/33001/geopsychiatry__climate_change,_migration,_and.43.aspx
Sociology and disasters
ICT and Local Peripheral Territorial Systems’ Resilience in Crisis Conditions: A Study of Urban-Rural Communes in Poland https://ersj.eu/journal/3896
Community Resilience in Conflict Zones: Identifying Key Factors for Conflict Resolution and Recovery Potential https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-96-2295-5_8
Disaster Resilience News 