Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Rare tornado strikes Puerto Varas, Chile, injuring 8 and causing widespread damage https://watchers.news/2025/05/26/tornado-puerto-varas-chile-injures-8-causes-damage/
Severe storms kill at least 20, injure over 150 in Pakistan’s Punjab province https://watchers.news/2025/05/26/severe-storms-kill-20-injure-150-punjab-pakistan/
More than 800 homes uninhabitable after ‘1-in-500-year’ flood in New South Wales, Australia https://watchers.news/2025/05/27/homes-uninhabitable-historic-may-2025-flooding-nsw-australia/
Raining one week, dusty the next – how did a dust storm make it all the way to rainy Sydney? https://theconversation.com/raining-one-week-dusty-the-next-how-did-a-dust-storm-make-it-all-the-way-to-rainy-sydney-251600
Baseball-sized hail and flooding leave over 68 000 without power in Austin, central Texas https://watchers.news/2025/05/29/baseball-sized-hail-flooding-68000-without-power-austin-central-texas/
Massive landslide from Birch Glacier collapse buries Blatten, Switzerland https://watchers.news/2025/05/28/massive-landslide-birch-glacier-collapse-blatten-switzerland/
Eight killed by floods and mudslides in Guangxi, China https://watchers.news/2025/05/29/eight-killed-floods-mudslides-guangxi-china/
Manitoba declares State of Emergency as wildfires force over 17 000 to evacuate, Canada https://watchers.news/2025/05/29/manitoba-wildfires-17000-evacuated-state-of-emergency/
Volcanic activity worldwide 29 May 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Klyuchevskoy, Semeru, Shiveluch, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/272466/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-29-May-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Klyuchevskoy-Semeru-Shiveluch-Ibu-.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Rising Seas From Fossil Fuels Threaten Inland Migration ‘Never Witnessed in Modern Civilization’ https://www.commondreams.org/news/sea-level-rise-migration
UAE breaks May temperature record two days in a row, reaching 51.6°C (124.9°F) https://watchers.news/2025/05/26/uae-breaks-may-temperature-record-two-days-in-a-row/
The Guardian view on rising sea levels: adaptation has never been more urgent https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/25/the-guardian-view-on-rising-sea-levels-adaptation-has-never-been-more-urgent
Florida is hotter than your vacation https://www.salon.com/2025/05/24/florida-is-hotter-than-your-vacation/
Extreme heat — driven by human-caused climate change — is increasing the health risks for pregnant people globally https://carboncopy.info/extreme-heat-is-increasing-pregnancy-risks-around-the-world-study/
Human mobility amplifies compound flood risks in coastal urban areas under climate change https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/human-mobility-amplifies-compound-flood-risks-coastal-urban-areas-under-climate-change
When the sea moves inland: A global climate wake-up call from Bangladesh’s Delta https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/news/when-the-sea-moves-inland-a-global-climate-wake-up-call-from-bangladeshs-delta
How Natural Solutions Can Help Islands Survive Sea Level Rise https://e360.yale.edu/features/atolls-restoration-sea-level-rise
Will COP30 turbocharge global climate change actions? https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/will-cop30-turbocharge-global-climate-change-actions/121434494
UAE breaks May temperature record two days in a row, reaching 51.6°C (124.9°F) https://watchers.news/2025/05/26/uae-breaks-may-temperature-record-two-days-in-a-row/
Iceland’s historic May heatwave sets new temperature records https://watchers.news/2025/05/27/icelands-historic-may-heatwave-sets-temperature-records/
State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2024 https://wmo.int/es/publication-series/estado-del-clima-en-america-latina-y-el-caribe-2024
Many people believe climate change is happening, but most don’t act. Why? https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/05/many-people-believe-climate-change-is-happening-but-most-dont-act-why/
Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century. We may avoid the worst climate scenarios – but the outlook is still dire https://theconversation.com/earth-is-heading-for-2-7-c-warming-this-century-we-may-avoid-the-worst-climate-scenarios-but-the-outlook-is-still-dire-254284
Glacier collapses burying large parts of Swiss village Blatten https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/glacier-collapses-burying-large-parts-of-swiss-village-blatten/89425126
Robotic floats quantify sinking carbon in the Southern Ocean https://phys.org/news/2025-05-robotic-quantify-carbon-southern-ocean.html
Global temperatures could break heat record in next five years https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/global-temperatures-break-annual-heat-record-next-five-years-world-meteorological-organization
Why Aboriginal knowledge matters in Australia’s climate change disaster responses https://lens.monash.edu/@politics-society/2025/05/28/1387620/why-aboriginal-knowledge-matters-in-australias-climate-change-disaster-responses
The UK Fens Climate Change Risk Assessment: Big challenges and strategic solutions https://tyndall.ac.uk/reports/the-uk-fens-climate-change-risk-assessment-big-challenges-and-strategic-solutions/
Global climate predictions show temperatures expected to remain at or near record levels in coming 5 years https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/global-climate-predictions-show-temperatures-expected-remain-or-near-record-levels-coming-5-years
Climate change: World likely to breach 1.5°C limit in next five years https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/05/1163751
Disaster risk reduction
Mastering probable maximum precipitation estimates in a changing climate https://awschool.com.au/training/pmp-climate-change/
Breakthrough AI model could transform how we prepare for natural disasters https://www.uva.nl/en/content/news/news/2025/05/breakthrough-ai-model-could-transform-how-we-prepare-for-natural-disasters.html
How prescribed burns are reshaping Southern Oregon forests and communities https://www.opb.org/article/2025/05/25/green-springs-prescribed-burning/
Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last year, ‘frightening’ data shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/21/fires-record-loss-forests-global-heating-agriculture-logging-brazil-bolivia-aoe
Real cost of disasters is 10 times higher than previously thought, says UN https://www.undrr.org/gar/gar2025
How do mangroves contribute to flood risk management? https://www.deltares.nl/en/news/how-exactly-do-mangroves-contribute-to-flood-risk-management
Key factors in forecasting and managing floods in rivers and urban areas https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/05/28/key-factors-in-forecasting-and-managing-floods-in-rivers-and-urban-areas/
Controlled Burns in Kruger National Park are Based off 70 years of research https://www.upr.org/show/tindleve-ta-ndlopfu-elephant-ears/2025-05-27/controlled-burns-in-kruger-national-park-are-based-off-70-years-of-research
Emergency Management
Is FEMA Ready to Handle Hurricane Season? https://themortgagepoint.com/2025/05/23/is-fema-ready-to-handle-hurricane-season/
Will anyone miss a council flood committee? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyr1qr9796o
Post-flood selective migration interacts with media sentiment and income effects https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02345-7
Why are more than 300 people in the US still dying from COVID every week? https://abcnews.go.com/Health/300-people-us-dying-covid-week/story
Funding for L.A.’s emergency management unit, vital to Palisades recovery, remains static https://www.yahoo.com/news/funding-l-emergency-management-unit-204540074.html
Disaster Nation: How Federal Overreach and Local Failures Shape America’s Crisis Response https://www.hstoday.us/books/disaster-nation-how-federal-overreach-and-local-failures-shape-americas-crisis-response/
Flood-hit NSW residents say insurance unaffordable as premiums skyrocket https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-29/mid-north-coast-residents-count-the-costs-of-nsw-floods/105346488
Record-breaking floods that closed Pacific Highway test road resilience https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-28/pacific-highway-taree-closures-due-to-nsw-flooding/105339022
Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement
Cyclones drive people to buy health insurance, more so than some government campaigns https://theconversation.com/cyclones-drive-people-to-buy-health-insurance-more-so-than-some-government-campaigns-256807
Disaster psychology
When Nature Strikes: Unraveling the Mental Health Consequences Among Herders in China’s Pastoral Region https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953625005684
Sociology and disasters
The promotion of social sustainability by micro-level social inclusion in a multicultural context: literature review and interview evidence https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1557463/full
Political consequences of natural disasters: accidental democratization? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13510347.2025.2494740
‘Something to hold onto’: New Zealand women’s spatialised experiences of faith and spirituality during the COVID-19 pandemic https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0966369X.2025.2504372
Emerging Feminist Peace from Below and Disaster Recovery https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003472933/emerging-feminist-peace-disaster-recovery-marjaana-jauhola-shyam-gadhavi
Social Vulnerability and Resilience of Disaster-driven Forced Migrants Aged 65 and Over: A Case of Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Survivor https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/filosofija-sociologija/article/view/6352/5441
The determinants of neighborhoods’ social sustainability factors: conceptualization and scale development https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23748834.2025.2496558
Does collaborative governance of natural disasters in urban agglomerations enhance urban resilience? Evidence from China https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-025-06376-0
Women aren’t 14 times more likely to die in disasters – inequality is the real killer https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/29/women-arent-14-times-more-likely-to-die-in-disasters-inequality-is-the-real-killer/
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