Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
At least 1 fatality, multiple landslides after M6.1 earthquake near Lima, Peru https://watchers.news/2025/06/15/m6-1-earthquake-lima-peru-damage-casualties-june-15-2025/
Floods claim 19 lives in Kinshasa, DR Congo https://watchers.news/2025/06/15/floods-claim-19-lives-kinshasa-dr-congo-june-2025/
Dalila brings widespread flooding and damage, prompting emergency response in Mexico https://watchers.news/2025/06/16/dalila-flooding-damage-emergency-response-mexico/
Severe storms kill six in Wheeling, West Virginia https://watchers.news/2025/06/15/severe-storms-kill-three-wheeling-west-virginia/
Maui County declares emergency as wildfire forces evacuations in Kahikinui, Hawaii https://watchers.news/2025/06/16/maui-emergency-wildfire-evacuations-kahikinui-hawaii/
Severe floods, tornadoes and large hail strike northern Italy, causing widespread damage https://watchers.news/2025/06/17/floods-tornadoes-hail-northern-italy-damage/
Van swept away in Botad flash flood, leaving 2 dead and 5 missing amid intense monsoon rains in Gujarat https://watchers.news/2025/06/17/van-swept-away-botad-flash-flood-leaving-2-dead-5-missing-amid-intense-monsoon-rains-gujarat/
77 killed, over 100 missing after severe storms capsize boats and cause flash floods in DR Congo https://watchers.news/2025/06/17/severe-storms-capsize-boats-cause-flash-floods-dr-congo-77-killed-100-missing/
Large wildfire prompts evacuations in Marathon, Attica, Greece https://watchers.news/2025/06/17/wildfire-evacuations-marathon-attica-greece-june-2025/
Major eruption at Lewotobi Laki-laki sends ash up to 16 km (53 000 feet) above sea level, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2025/06/17/major-eruption-lewotobi-laki-laki-ash-to-16-km-indonesia/
Water levels in Huaiji, Guangdong reaches highest on record, prompting Level I emergency https://watchers.news/2025/06/18/huaiji-guangdong-record-flood-level-prompts-level-1-emergency/
Volcanic activity worldwide 19 Jun 2025: Etna volcano, Semeru, Shiveluch, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/273818/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-19-Jun-2025-Etna-volcano-Semeru-Shiveluch-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador-R.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
7 Things to Know About Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration https://www.wri.org/insights/carbon-capture-technology
EU has no plan for rising climate-related deaths, scientists warn https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-climate-crisis-health-strategy-ngo-temperature-global-warming-disease-dengue-vaccine/
Flood maps don’t account for the real risk of climate change, Brisbane engineer warns https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-16/qld-climate-change-flash-flooding-brisbane-rainfall-and-runoff/105359210
Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change? https://www.npr.org/2025/06/15/nx-s1-5400642/affordable-housing-environment-vienna-climate-change
Extreme Heat Is Hitting Women in Ghana Hard https://earth.org/extreme-heat-is-hitting-women-in-ghana-hard/
Estimating the effects of temperature on mortality and hospitalisations under RCP2.6 and RCP8.5 scenarios in the short- and long-term by region in Chile: a population-based, modelling study https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(25)00161-9/fulltext
Bank unveils green loans plan to unlock trillions for climate finance https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/16/public-money-green-loans-climate-finance
Scientists looked back in time to find the first signs of human-caused global warming. It’s far earlier than previously thought https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/16/climate/global-warming-detection-study
Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/17/nasa-data-reveals-dramatic-rise-in-intensity-of-weather-events
Who will pay for climate change? You will, until we break the fossil-fuel addiction https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5348898-3rd-slug-oil-industry-liability-climate-change/
“Cakes of coal, volumes of gas:” Australia accused of being climate wrecker as it seeks to host COP31 https://reneweconomy.com.au/cakes-of-coal-volumes-of-gas-australia-accused-of-being-climate-wrecker-as-it-seeks-to-host-cop31/
Climate change is fueling early-season heat scorching Spain https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index-alert/spain-june-2025
The silent killer: We need better risk governance to beat extreme heat | GP 2025 https://globalplatform.undrr.org/news/silent-killer-we-need-better-risk-governance-beat-extreme-heat-gp-2025
Alaska just hit a climate milestone — its first-ever heat advisory https://grist.org/extreme-heat/alaska-just-hit-a-climate-milestone-its-first-heat-advisory/
Rising heat levels mean increased risks for women in informal settlements https://www.iied.org/rising-heat-levels-mean-increased-risks-for-women-informal-settlements
Climate 101: An interactive dictionary about climate change https://static.uncclearn.org/Net_Zero_101/Interactive/
Planet’s reflective cloud coverage is shrinking – and amplifying the climate crisis, research finds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/19/planets-reflective-cloud-coverage-is-shrinking-and-amplifying-the-climate-crisis-research-finds
Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/19/climate-misinformation-turning-crisis-into-catastrophe-ipie-report
AMI, State and NZI 2025 climate poll: New Zealand at climate change crossroads https://www.iag.co.nz/newsroom/news-releases/climate-change-poll-2025
Sunny outlook: Major survey shows most near neighbours like solar farms, and want more https://reneweconomy.com.au/sunny-outlook-major-survey-shows-most-near-neighbours-like-solar-farms-and-want-more/
Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/18/only-two-years-left-of-world-carbon-budget-to-meet-15c-target-scientists-warn-climate-crisis
Disaster risk reduction
Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) online reference https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-glossary/hips
Disparities of urban morphology effects on compound natural risks: a multiscale study across the USA https://www.nature.com/articles/s42949-025-00233-9
Scientists discover concerning new phenomenon that may impact the intensity of hurricanes: ‘Might get stronger’ https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/shorter-cold-wakes-tropical-cyclones-recovery/
WA government steadfast on prescribed burns despite mass tingle tree felling https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-16/wa-govt-defends-prescribed-burns-after-tingle-trees-damaged/105414958
Why Northern Europe should prepare for severe wildfires https://civil-protection-knowledge-network.europa.eu/news/why-northern-europe-should-prepare-severe-wildfires
Researchers simulate earthquakes to stress test a 3D-printed concrete house https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/june/earthquake-simulation.html
China launches satellite for disaster monitoring https://www.preventionweb.net/news/china-launches-satellite-disaster-monitoring
Systemic risk https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/key-concepts/systemic-risk
Journal of Risk Research, Volume 28, Issue 1 (2025) https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjrr20/current
First Earth Fire Alliance satellite for detecting wildfires is now in orbit https://newatlas.com/environment/google-firesat-satellite-wildfires-orbit/
Creating climate risk assessments for national-level water-related hazards https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/creating-climate-risk-assessments-national-level-water-related-hazards
Inside Volcanic Clouds: Where Tephra Goes and Why It Matters https://eos.org/editors-vox/inside-volcanic-clouds-where-tephra-goes-and-why-it-matters
Mogadishu’s Flood Dilemma: How a Rehabilitated Pond Became a Model for Urban Resilience https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2025/06/16/mogadishu-afe-flood-dilemma-how-a-rehabilitated-pond-became-a-model-for-urban-resilience
Taking the wind out of dangerous cyclones https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/taking-the-wind-out-of-dangerous-cyclones
Flood Defence Gets £7.9bn Investment in UK Infrastructure Push https://www.unda.co.uk/news/flood-defence-gets-7-9bn-investment-in-uk-infrastructure-push/
Emergency Management
An Avondale ‘resilience hub’ will help people deal with the effects of climate change https://www.wvxu.org/environment/2025-06-11/avondale-resilience-hub-climate-change
Government emergency budgeting and disaster impact: Evidence from China https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/padm.13036
Australian researchers prove world-leading flood sensing technology https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/news/australian-researchers-prove-world-leading-flood-sensing-technology
What can we learn about crisis management in the polycrisis era? Insights from Finland’s international public policy network https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ijpsm-06-2024-0191/full/html
China’s Yunnan province was struck at the start of June by devastating flooding that impacted nearly 5,000 residents and trapped more than 600 tourists https://www.yahoo.com/news/thousands-impacted-torrential-rains-trigger-111536636.html
What happens when wildfire season coincides with threats to federal emergency support? https://fox59.com/news/national-world/what-happens-when-wildfire-season-coincides-with-threats-to-federal-emergency-support/
Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement
Beyond barriers: best practice tips for translating emergency information https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/beyond-barriers-best-practice-tips-translating-emergency-information
The CONVERGE Training Modules incorporate an all-hazards approach grounded in cutting edge research from the social sciences, public health, engineering, and other disciplines https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/training-modules/
Earth’s Clouds on the Move https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/154443/earths-clouds-on-the-move
An 8 lesson education package for KS3 students, exploring weather, climate, influencing factors and climate change https://thefloodhub.co.uk/ks3-weather-and-climate-lessons/
Helping communities across West and North Northamptonshire become more flood resilient https://rainnorthants.co.uk/rain-project-update-june25/
Disaster psychology
The roles of companion animals in the relationship between disaster risk perception and willingness to evacuate https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-025-00648-z
Sociology and disasters
Enhancing the wellbeing of refugees living with advanced life-limiting illness in high-income resettlement countries: A systematic review https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02692163251338583
Governing Cultural Heritage in Time of Crises: Case Study—Borobudur, Indonesia https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-81093-0_8
Local and indigenous knowledge in disaster risk reduction: Analysing multi-hazard housing reconstruction strategies in the Philippines https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392655237_Local_and_indigenous_knowledge_in_disaster_risk_reduction_Analysing_multi-hazard_housing_reconstruction_strategies_in_the_Philippines
Gender inequality https://www.undrr.org/implementing-sendai-framework/sendai-framework-action/gender
Indigenous knowledge of the Lom Tribe on Bangka Island in disaster mitigation https://ejournal.umm.ac.id/index.php/JICC/article/view/39985/16299
Human development without incorporating resilience is no longer an option, warns UNDP https://www.undp.org/jamaica/press-releases/human-development-without-incorporating-resilience-no-longer-option-warns-undp
Disaster risk reduction policies and perceived community resilience in rural ethnic minority communities in China https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-04913-w
The role of social capital in strengthening community resilience against floods: A case study of Mumbai, India https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096324001025
United Nations Ocean Conference: Indigenous peoples and local communities dialogue in the framework of the Ocean Decade https://www.spc.int/updates/blog/2025/06/united-nations-ocean-conference-indigenous-peoples-and-local-communities
Fostering Antifragility: What Policymakers Should Know About Individual Resilience in Romania https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/15/6/236
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