Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Flash floods claim one life in Benson, Arizona https://watchers.news/2025/09/14/flash-floods-claim-one-life-in-benson-ariznona/
At least one dead as record rainfall strikes Tokyo, Japan https://watchers.news/2025/09/13/at-least-one-dead-as-record-rainfall-strikes-tokyo-japan/
Rewards offered as suspicious bushfires burn through WA’s Kimberley https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-12/deliberately-lit-fires-damage-property-wa-kimberley/105745486
Shallow M5.8 earthquake hits Assam, India https://watchers.news/2025/09/14/shallow-m5-8-earthquake-hits-assam-india/
Deadly landslides and floods leave 12 dead, 1 missing in Sabah, Malaysia https://watchers.news/2025/09/15/deadly-landslides-floods-leave-12-dead-1-missing-sabah-malaysia/
At least 19 tornadoes reported as severe storms hit North Dakota https://watchers.news/2025/09/15/tornadoes-north-dakota-severe-storms-flooding/
M6.0 earthquake hits New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea https://watchers.news/2025/09/16/m6-0-earthquake-hits-new-ireland-region-papua-new-guinea/
Tornado damages dozens of homes and a mosque in Java, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2025/09/16/tornado-damages-dozens-homes-mosque-java-indonesia/
At least 18 dead, 16 missing after cloudbursts and landslides in northern India https://watchers.news/2025/09/17/18-dead-16-missing-cloudbursts-landslides-northern-india-september-2025/
Floods in Pakistan leave nearly 1 000 dead, 6.3 million affected and 2.9 million displaced since June 26 https://watchers.news/2025/09/17/pakistan-monsoon-floods-2025-1000-dead-6-million-affected/
Earthquake off Russia’s east coast causes Pacific tsunami warnings https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-19/russia-kamchatka-peninsula-earthquake-sparks-tsunami-warnings/105792290
Volcanic activity worldwide 18 Sep 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Pacaya, Fuego, Popocatépetl https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/281139/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-18-Sep-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Pacaya-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Shiveluc.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Fossil fuel expansion or Pacific security? Albanese is learning Australia can’t have both https://theconversation.com/fossil-fuel-expansion-or-pacific-security-albanese-is-learning-australia-cant-have-both-265066
The Pacific won a stunning climate victory at the International Court of Justice. What’s next? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-14/whats-next-after-pacific-icj-climate-victory/105747794
China Is Leading The Way To A Fossil Fuel Free Future https://cleantechnica.com/2025/09/12/china-is-leading-the-way-to-a-fossil-fuel-free-future/
‘Pakistan will have to adapt to floods as the new normal’ https://dialogue.earth/en/climate/qa-pakistan-will-have-to-adapt-to-floods-as-the-new-normal/
Extreme Heat in U.S. Cities Revealed at High Resolution https://eos.org/research-spotlights/extreme-heat-in-u-s-cities-revealed-at-high-resolution
Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment https://www.acs.gov.au/pages/national-climate-risk-assessment
The higher Australia’s 2035 emissions target, the more necessary a carbon tax will be https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-15/albanese-government-2035-climate-emissions-target/105771566
Warning of climate breakdown and soaring heat deaths a ‘wake up call’ for Australia, PM says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/15/millions-of-australians-at-risk-from-rising-sea-levels-and-heat-deaths-could-soar-landmark-climate-report-warns
How Climate Risks Are Putting Home Insurance Out of Reach https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-change-home-insurance
Africa’s Future Climate: Navigating Extremes through Innovation and Early Warnings https://wmo.int/media/magazine-article/africas-future-climate-navigating-extremes-through-innovation-and-early-warnings
The year Australia is due to blow its carbon budget https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-15/australia-carbon-budget-2035-emissions-target/105341080
First climate risk assessment finds 1.5m Australians at risk from sea level rise by 2050 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-15/climate-risk-assessment-sea-level-rise-2035-target/105765456
Major climate change indicators broke records in 2024 https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/online/44711
An international, peer-reviewed publication released each summer, the State of the Climate is the authoritative annual summary of the global climate https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/
Anthropogenic impacts on the Yellow River Basin https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00718-2
Climate Risk Assessment’s ‘high risk’ warning for 1 million Australian homes https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-16/climate-risk-assessment-million-homes-insurance-gdp-costs/105774418
Fossil fuels harm health from ‘cradle to grave’ https://phys.org/news/2025-09-fossil-fuels-health-cradle-grave.html
Sun Day events spotlight the benefits of solar power https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/09/12/solar-power-florida-sun-day-third-act-bill-mckibben-hollywood-orlando-gainesville-climate-change/
UK foreign aid for nature hits £800m record due to cash for carbon credits https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-foreign-aid-for-nature-hits-800m-record-due-to-cash-for-carbon-credits/
‘It’s a warning, set to a dance beat’: Jon Batiste on his new song urging climate action 20 years after Katrina https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/28/jon-batiste-climate-crisis-song-petrichor
Why painting your home white could help you survive a heatwave https://theconversation.com/why-painting-your-home-white-could-help-you-survive-a-heatwave-264634
Northern WA communities already adapting to extreme climate future https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-18/northern-wa-communities-react-to-dire-climate-change-predictions/105774370
Latest heatwaves, droughts, floods could cost Europe €126 billion by 2029 https://www.rfi.fr/en/environment/20250915-latest-heatwaves-droughts-floods-could-cost-europe-%E2%82%AC126-billion-by-2029
Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/17/heatwaves-caused-more-than-1000-deaths-in-australia-over-four-year-period-study-finds
Climate change tripled death toll from European heatwaves this summer, study says https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/09/17/silent-killer-climate-change-led-to-16500-more-heat-deaths-in-europe-this-summer-study-say
Droughts Sync Up as the Climate Changes https://eos.org/research-spotlights/droughts-sync-up-as-the-climate-changes
Climate Change May Have Killed 16,469 People in Europe This Summer https://eos.org/articles/climate-change-may-have-killed-16469-people-in-europe-this-summer
Disaster risk reduction
Weathering the storm: How business continuity planning makes Fiji more resilient https://www.connectingbusiness.org/news-events/news/business-continuity-fiji-floods
When forecasts failed, but action didn’t – Start Ready’s experience with basis risk https://www.preventionweb.net/news/when-forecasts-failed-action-didnt-start-readys-experience-basis-risk
Experts warn residents of looming threat to over $1 trillion in property value: ‘A large chunk of … real estate’ https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/experts-warn-residents-looming-threat-235500488.html
Turning Flood Forecasts into Action: Prediction, Ground Truth Data, and Effective Public Warning https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0f4713a2-388c-4f31-86b8-f4c6d84e4bc3@7e56d5e6-2f86-4745-bde4-79eefc28c27f
A global wildfire paradox: Human impacts worsen even as total burned area declines https://phys.org/news/2025-08-global-wildfire-paradox-human-impacts.html
Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/15/europes-summer-of-extreme-weather-caused-43bn-of-short-term-losses-analysis-finds
Resilience is everywhere, but what does it mean? A study of the use of the term resilience in Swedish public policy https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19460171.2025.2561151
What will it take to protect cities from the rising threat of floods? https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/europeandcentralasia/what-will-it-take-to-protect-cities-from-the-rising-threat-of-fl
New AI flood model gives water managers up-to-the-minute decision-making tool https://news.fiu.edu/2025/new-ai-flood-model-gives-water-managers-up-to-the-minute-decision-making-tool
Emergency Management
Coastal flooding in Southwest Florida during Hurricanes Irma and Ian https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/coastal-flooding-southwest-florida-during-hurricanes-irma
There’s a new outbreak of Ebola in Africa. Here’s what you need to know https://theconversation.com/theres-a-new-outbreak-of-ebola-in-africa-heres-what-you-need-to-know-264896
Firefighters honoured for Black Summer efforts as CFA warns about fire season https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-17/black-summer-five-years-on-albury-wodonga/105761592
One of the wettest winters on record has firefighters worried about a potentially deadly NSW bushfire season https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/17/firefighters-worried-about-deadly-nsw-bushfire-season-following-one-of-wettest-winters
Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement
Spanish schools to teach pupils how to cope with climate crisis disasters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/spanish-schools-to-give-lessons-in-coping-with-natural-disassters
Community Flood Group Toolkit https://thefloodhub.co.uk/community-flood-group-toolkit/
Crumbling cliffs and intergenerational cohesivity: a new climate praxis model for engaged community action on accelerated coastal change https://gc.copernicus.org/articles/8/213/2025/
Disaster psychology
Pakistan’s floods leave lasting scars on its children https://dialogue.earth/en/climate/pakistans-floods-leave-lasting-scars-on-its-children/
Studying the impact of multiple behavioral variables on hurricane preparedness behaviors among employees at institution of higher education in Florida https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/studying-impact-multiple-behavioral-variables-hurricane
Sociology and disasters
A climate-responsive social safety net is needed for marginalized Canadians https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/climate-disaster-canada/
Disaster Resilience News 