Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
The death toll from flash floods across central Texas has reached at least 80 https://edition.cnn.com/weather/live-news/texas-flooding-camp-mystic-07-06-25-hnk
Damaging tornado impacts Ginunggung and Bajugan villages, Tolitoli, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2025/07/07/tornado-ginunggung-bajugan-villages-tolitoli-indonesia/
At least 4 dead in Taiwan following Typhoon Danas’ historic landfall https://watchers.news/2025/07/07/typhoon-danas-historic-landfall-taiwan-damage-fatalities-july-6-2025/
States of emergency declared for Orange and Moore Counties as Chantal floods North Carolina https://watchers.news/2025/07/07/state-of-emergency-orange-moore-counties-chantal-floods-north-carolina/
Fast-moving brush fire forces evacuations, damages homes and injures five in Maili, Oʻahu, Hawaii https://watchers.news/2025/07/07/fast-moving-brush-fire-evacuation-damages-homes-injures-five-maili-o%ca%bbahu-hawaii/
Major wildfire near Çeşme, İzmir Province, Turkey leaves at least 2 dead https://watchers.news/2025/07/04/two-dead-cesme-izmir-wildfires-turkey/
Fast-moving brush fire forces evacuations, damages homes and injures five in Maili, Oʻahu, Hawaii https://watchers.news/2025/07/07/fast-moving-brush-fire-evacuation-damages-homes-injures-five-maili-o%ca%bbahu-hawaii/
Major eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki sends ash to 19.6 km, triggers ashfall in nearby villages, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2025/07/07/major-eruption-mount-lewotobi-laki-laki-ashfall-19km-indonesia/
At least 95 people are confirmed dead, with at least 75 in Kerr County alone, following flash floods in central Texas https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c04dv7x1qxzt
All 27 missing Camp Mystic campers confirmed dead after historic flooding in central Texas https://watchers.news/2025/07/07/camp-mystic-campers-confirmed-dead-texas-flooding/
At least 1 dead, nearly 30 missing as floods destroy Miteri Bridge on China-Nepal border https://watchers.news/2025/07/08/miteri-bridge-destroyed-floods-china-nepal-border/
Five missing, 7 000 evacuated after record rainfall triggers floods and landslides in Yunnan, China https://watchers.news/2025/07/09/five-missing-7-000-evacuated-record-rainfall-floods-yunnan-china/
Wildfire injures more than 110 and damages dozens of homes near Marseille, France https://watchers.news/2025/07/09/wildfire-injures-110-damages-homes-marseille-france-july-2025/
Three dead, 85 rescued as record river crest triggers Flash Flood Emergency in Ruidoso, New Mexico https://watchers.news/2025/07/09/three-dead-85-rescued-flash-flood-emergency-ruidoso-new-mexico/
Accelerated glacial melt and monsoon rains trigger deadly floods in Pakistan https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/09/accelerated-glacial-melt-and-monsoon-rains-trigger-deadly-floods-in-pakistan
Marseille suspends flight and evacuates homes as wildfire reaches city’s outskirts https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-09/france-s-second-largest-city-suspends-flights-due-to-wildfire/105510716
EF-2 tornado rips through Ontario County, damaging homes and businesses in Phelps, New York https://watchers.news/2025/07/09/ef2-tornado-ontario-county-phelps-ny-damages-homes-businesses/
At least 11 dead following Gambhira Bridge’s collapse in Vadodra, Gujrat, India https://watchers.news/2025/07/09/11-dead-gambhira-bridges-collapse-vadodra-gujrat-india/
Large wildfire in Oropos burns through pine forest under strong winds, Greece https://watchers.news/2025/07/10/wildfire-oropos-east-attica-greece-july-2025/
Historic rainfall triggers widespread flooding across Tokyo, Japan https://watchers.news/2025/07/10/historic-rainfall-widespread-flooding-tokyo-japan-july-2025/
More than 18,000 people in lockdown as wildfire rages in Catalonia https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/more-than-18000-people-lockdown-wildfire-rages-catalonia-2025-07-08/
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/its-too-late-david-suzuki-says-the-fight-against-climate-change-is-lost/
1.5 Degrees C: Understanding World’s Critical Warming Threshold https://www.wri.org/insights/1-5-degrees-c-target-explained
Texas floods reveal limitations of disaster forecasting under climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/06/texas-floods-forecast-climate-crisis
‘A war of the truth’: Europe’s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/04/europe-heatwaves-failing-support-climate-action
Temperatures in Hong Kong’s subpar housing reach as high as 40 degrees: survey https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3317143/temperatures-hong-kongs-subpar-housing-reach-high-40-degrees-survey
How climate change is worsening extreme heat https://grist.org/extreme-weather/how-climate-change-is-worsening-extreme-heat/
How many economic losses from climate-related events has Europe suffered since 1980? https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/04/how-many-economic-losses-from-climate-related-events-has-europe-suffered-since-1980
State of the Climate in Africa 2024 https://wmo.int/publication-series/state-of-climate-africa-2024
Deadly heatwaves are the new reality – we need to transform the UK’s cities and towns to survive them https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/06/deadly-heatwaves-adapt-cities-towns
Eastern states shivered through a chilly June, is a warmer winter still on the cards? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-09/weather-june-temperatures-winter-forecast-records/105495642
Heavy Rain in Texas Floods Intensified By Human-Driven Climate Change: Study https://earth.org/heavy-rain-in-texas-floods-intensified-by-human-driven-climate-change-study/
Golden Plains becomes biggest operating wind farm in Australia, pushes state to new record https://reneweconomy.com.au/golden-plains-becomes-biggest-operating-wind-farm-in-australia/
Wildfires will intensify in the wildland-urban interface under near-term warming https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02475-y
Northeast U.S. Heatwave of 2025: A Harbinger of the Climate We’re Inheriting https://www.jupiterintel.com/blog/northeast-u-s-heatwave-of-2025-a-harbinger-of-the-climate-were-inheriting
Heatwaves contribute to the warmest June on record in western Europe https://climate.copernicus.eu/heatwaves-contribute-warmest-june-record-western-europe
Coastal homeowners turn to climate-resilient designs to combat worsening hurricane seasons https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-resistant-home-design/
Climate change has doubled the world’s heatwaves: how Africa is affected https://theconversation.com/climate-change-has-doubled-the-worlds-heatwaves-how-africa-is-affected-258594
Scientists find three years left of remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C https://www.leeds.ac.uk/research-32/news/article/5801/scientists-find-three-years-left-of-remaining-carbon-budget-for-1-5-c
Pacific islands push back against growing climate threats https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/10/pacific-islands-push-back-against-growing-climate-threats/
The U.S. faces more frequent extreme weather events, but attitudes and actions aren’t keeping up https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/us-faces-frequent-extreme-weather-events-attitudes-actions-arent-keepi-rcna217780
Duration of heat waves accelerating faster than global warming https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/duration-of-heat-waves-accelerating-faster-than-global-warming
Disaster risk reduction
Forecasting flash floods an hour in advance https://www.preventionweb.net/news/forecasting-flash-floods-hour-advance
AI Innovation for Early Warnings for All: Bridging gaps, saving lives, 9 July 2025, Geneva, Switzerland https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Emergency-Telecommunications/Pages/Events/2025/AI-solutions-workshop.aspx
Watch: Timelapse shows how suddenly Texas flood waters rose https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cgq7z93753ko
A global assemblage of regional prescribed burn records — GlobalRx https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-04941-w
Integrated fire management as an adaptation and mitigation strategy to altered fire regimes https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/integrated-fire-management-adaptation-and-mitigation-strategy-altered-fire-regimes
Droughts are a ‘slow-moving global catastrophe,’ report finds https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/droughts-are-a-slow-moving-global-catastrophe-report-finds/
Earthquake disaster resilience in Taiwan observed from the April 2024 ML 7.1 Hualien earthquake https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/built-environment/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2025.1593942/full
UN Global risk report https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/un-global-risk-report
Improving predictions of flood severity, place and time with AI https://www.psu.edu/news/engineering/story/improving-predictions-flood-severity-place-and-time-ai
Scientists warn of urgent need to tackle changes impacting river deltas https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2025/07/urgent-need-to-tackle-changes-impacting-river-deltas.page
The science behind Texas’ catastrophic floods https://grist.org/climate/the-science-behind-texas-catastrophic-floods/
Global status of multi-hazard early warning systems 2024 https://www.undrr.org/reports/global-status-MHEWS-2024
Fighting fire with fire: How prescribed burns reduce wildfire damage and pollution https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250629033445.htm
Nurturing local resilience against wildfires with the “Safe Model Village” initiative https://www.euromontana.org/nurturing-local-resilience-against-wildfires-with-the-safe-model-village-initiative/
Why Texas’ floods are a warning for the rest of the country https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/08/climate-change-makes-deadly-floods-more-likely-but-washington-is-responding-with-cuts-00441921
Integrating Prediction of Precipitation and Hydrology for Early Actions: The InPRHA Project within the World Weather Research Programme https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/106/7/BAMS-D-24-0332.1.xml
UK Government Resilience Action Plan https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-government-resilience-action-plan
Where do giant volcanic eruptions come from? New study finds missing link to ‘blobs’ deep within Earth https://theconversation.com/where-do-giant-volcanic-eruptions-come-from-new-study-finds-missing-link-to-blobs-deep-within-earth-259804
Japan Wires the Ocean with an Earthquake-Sensing ‘Nervous System’ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/japans-new-undersea-earthquake-detection-system-will-improve-tsunami/
Leveraging community-generated data to enhance flood resilience assessments https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/leveraging-community-generated-data-enhance-flood-resilience
Emergency Management
Trump will fix ‘ancient’ weather warning system after claims Texas flood alert came too late, Noem says https://nypost.com/2025/07/05/us-news/trump-will-fix-ancient-weather-warning-system-noem-says/
Texas floods leave dozens dead, including children, as search for campers continues https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-06/camp-mystic-texas-missing-girls/105499386
National Weather Service defends its flood warnings amid fresh scrutiny of Trump staff cuts https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/national-weather-service-nws-staff-cuts-trump-budget-texas-floods-rcna217139
Timeline shows when emergency alerts warned of Texas flood disaster https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-flood-emergency-alerts-timeline/
Officials Pushed for Better Warning System for Years Before Deadly Floods https://www.wsj.com/us-news/officials-pushed-for-better-warning-system-years-before-devastating-texas-floods-0143b5f1
In deadly Texas floods, one town had what some didn’t: A wailing warning siren https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deadly-texas-floods-one-town-warning-siren-rcna217202
Collections: Learning from past disasters https://www.preventionweb.net/knowledge-base/type-content/learning-from-past-disasters
Texas floods: How geography, climate and policy failures collided https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0708/1522363-texas-floods-climate/
Texas county where campers died was denied money to boost warning systems https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/07/texas-flooding-kerr-county-flood-warning-money-denial/84499153007/
Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement
How to prepare for a hurricane, as forecasters expect a busy 2025 storm season https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-preparation-home-emergency-kit-0a4c7ff92a99ebaa44d8976bf3953033
Philippines struggles to green schools amid climate risks https://www.context.news/climate-risks/philippines-struggles-to-green-schools-amid-climate-risks
Disaster psychology
Fishlake flooding: ‘I was forced to leave my home, now I’ve written a play about our community’s trauma’ https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/fishlake-flooding-i-was-forced-to-leave-my-home-now-ive-written-a-play-about-our-communitys-trauma-5171990
Sociology and disasters
Knowledge Gaps in Disaster Resilience: Public Understanding of Social and Green Infrastructure in Japan https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420925005114
Social vulnerability triage: a dynamic scenario-based system for disaster planning and response https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/13669877.2025.2522660
Disaster Resilience News 