Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
More than 60 dead as intense rainfall hits Nepal and northern India https://watchers.news/2025/10/05/more-than-60-dead-intense-rainfall-nepal-india/
Kronotsky volcano awakens after a century, sending ash up to 9 km (30 000 feet) a.s.l., Russia https://watchers.news/2025/10/04/kronotsky-volcano-awakens-after-a-century-sending-ash-up-to-9-km-30-000-feet-a-s-l-russia/
Campers evacuated, residents on alert as Moreton Island bushfire intensifies https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-04/moreton-island-campers-evacuated-bushfire-intensifies/105852368
Firefighters tackle Brisbane bushfire, dozens of other incidents after hot weather https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-03/brisbane-bushfire-warning-issued-after-unusually-hot-weather/105847132
Flash flood leaves 1 dead, 4 injured after heavy rain in Maasim, Philippines https://watchers.news/2025/10/07/flash-flood-leaves-1-dead-4-injured-after-heavy-rain-in-maasim-philippines/
Dozens of homes damaged after tornado strikes Bojongsoang, West Java https://watchers.news/2025/10/06/dozens-homes-damaged-tornado-bojongsoang-west-java/
Kimberley bushfire season sees flames burn area double the size of Sydney https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-07/kimberley-bushfires-millions-burnt-hectares/105835854
Storm Amy leaves 3 dead in Ireland and France, thousands without power https://watchers.news/2025/10/06/storm-amy-leaves-3-dead-in-ireland-and-france-thousands-without-power/
Landslide kills at least 15 as heavy rain triggers slope collapse in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh https://watchers.news/2025/10/07/landslide-kills-15-bilaspur-himachal-pradesh/
Typhoon Matmo unleashes extreme rainfall and record river crests in northern Vietnam https://watchers.news/2025/10/08/typhoon-matmo-unleashes-extreme-rainfall-record-river-crests-in-northern-vietnam/
Tornado hits Westmoorings and Victoria Gardens, Trinidad, damaging several homes https://watchers.news/2025/10/07/tornado-westmoorings-victoria-gardens-trinidad-damaging-several-homes/
Volcanic activity worldwide 30 Sep 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Karymsky, Popocatépetl https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/282215/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-30-Sep-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Karymsky-Popocatepetl-Soputa.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Antarctic Sea ice emerges as key predictor of accelerated ocean warming https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1100141
Worrying map of Australia highlights startling warning of change ahead: ‘Worse to come’ https://au.news.yahoo.com/worrying-map-of-australia-highlights-startling-warning-of-change-ahead-worse-to-come-063617429.html
Urban Climate Integration Framework (UCIF): A Multi-Scale, Phased Model https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/10/1990
Intense rain, landslides and potholes everywhere: how climate change is trashing Australia’s roads https://theconversation.com/intense-rain-landslides-and-potholes-everywhere-how-climate-change-is-trashing-australias-roads-264328
This Data Scientist Sees Progress in the Climate Change Fight https://e360.yale.edu/features/hannah-ritchie-interview
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/06/carbon-offsets-fail-cut-global-heating-intractable-systemic-problems-study
Solar power offers a ray of hope in Middle East’s least electrified country https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/solar-power-offers-ray-hope-middle-easts-least-electrified-country-2025-09-30/
Climate change uplifted the intensity of a typhoon of the type like “Ragasa” https://www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/research/climate-science/modelling-tropical-cyclones/typhoon-ragasa/
Millions of buildings at risk from sea level rise, McGill-led study finds https://www.mcgill.ca/nursing/channels/news/millions-buildings-risk-sea-level-rise-mcgill-led-study-finds-368163
‘Unprecedented but not unexpected’: Study unpacks record 2023 ocean heat wave https://phys.org/news/2025-10-unprecedented-unexpected-ocean.html
Marine heatwaves to become more frequent off UK and Irish coasts, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/07/marine-heatwaves-more-frequent-uk-irish-coasts-experts-say
IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5°C https://www.eco-business.com/news/iea-reiterates-no-new-oil-and-gas-needed-if-global-warming-is-limited-to-15c-2/
For the First Time, Renewables Supplying More Power Globally Than Coal https://e360.yale.edu/digest/iea-renewable-energy-2025
Climate Change and Our Future: Why Every Action Counts https://vocal.media/earth/climate-change-and-our-future-why-every-action-counts
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02629-y
How climate information and early warning systems protect lives and economies https://climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-stories/how-climate-information-and-early-warning-systems-protect-lives-and-economies
European landscape resilient to climate extremes strengthened thanks to enhanced sponge functioning https://www.deltares.nl/en/news/european-landscape-resilient-climate-extremes-enhanced-sponge-functioning
New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/08/new-zealand-oceans-warming-34-per-cent-faster-than-global-average
Disaster risk reduction
At $4.5bn each year, extreme weather is costing Australia three times as much compared with 1990s, insurers say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/07/at-45bn-each-year-extreme-weather-is-costing-australia-three-times-as-much-compared-with-1990s-insurers-say
Home insurance crisis: soaring premiums and inadequate payouts for damage claims https://komonews.com/news/consumer/consumer-checkbook-california-wildfires-home-insurance-crisis-soaring-premiums-and-inadequate-payouts-for-damage-claims
Hybrid vegetation-seawall coastal systems for wave hazard reduction: analytics for cost-effective design from optimized features https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/hybrid-vegetation-seawall-coastal-systems-wave-hazard-reduction-analytics-cost
Wildfires more lethal, economically damaging than ever, researchers find https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-07/wildfires-more-lethal-economically-damaging-report-finds/105853650
A Holistic Geospatial Framework for Assessing Disaster Resilience in Coastal Bangladesh https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666592125000939
World Risk Report 2025 – Focus: Floods https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/world-risk-report-2025-focus-floods
Extreme weather now costs Australians $4.5b a year. Better insurance options and loans would help us adapt https://theconversation.com/extreme-weather-now-costs-australians-4-5b-a-year-better-insurance-options-and-loans-would-help-us-adapt-266886
What really works when it comes to warning communities about disasters, and what doesn’t? https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/news-and-events/news-and-views/what-really-works-when-it-comes-warning-communities-about-disasters
From storm to strength: Odisha’s “zero casualty” model for community-centered disaster resilience https://www.unescap.org/blog/storm-strength-odishas-zero-casualty-model-community-centered-disaster-resilience
Nature-based solutions (NbS) for disaster risk reduction https://www.preventionweb.net/collections/nature-based-solutions-nbs-disaster-risk-reduction
Tracking flood frequency key to protecting B.C. communities https://www.preventionweb.net/news/tracking-flood-frequency-key-protecting-bc-communities
Emergency Management
LA County poised to restructure ‘underresourced’ Office of Emergency Management after report shows ‘weaknesses’ https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2025/09/26/la-county-poised-to-restructure-underresourced-office-of-emergency-management-after-report-shows-weaknesses/
Preparing for the Wet Season: Real-Time Flood Intelligence for Australian Councils https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2aa88831-06f1-40cc-92a2-0664e54dcab1@7e56d5e6-2f86-4745-bde4-79eefc28c27f
Massive Chinese Amphibious Firefighting Aircraft to Enter Production https://learningcenter.flexjet.com/modern-aviation-news/massive-chinese-amphibious-firefighting-aircraft-to-enter-production/
Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster https://nyupress.org/9781479828142/disabled-power/
RFS firefighter seriously injured by falling tree at Coutts Crossing https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-09/firefighter-injured-by-falling-tree-at-coutts-crossing/105869728
Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025: Fund Resilience, Not Disasters https://iddrr.undrr.org/
New Toolkit Guides Communities in Building Resilience to Wildfires https://www.nlc.org/article/2025/10/06/new-toolkit-guides-communities-in-building-resilience-to-wildfires/
An absurdist theater artist prepares New Yorkers for climate disasters https://grist.org/culture/an-absurdist-theatre-artist-prepares-new-yorkers-for-climate-disasters/
How can communication support community resilience? 10 impact lessons over 10 years of programming in Asia https://hhi.harvard.edu/news/2025/09/hhirc-impact-part2
Disaster psychology
How extreme temperatures strain minds and bodies: a Karachi case study https://theconversation.com/how-extreme-temperatures-strain-minds-and-bodies-a-karachi-case-study-262983
Sociology and disasters
Did Social Capital Protect Mental Health from Social Mixing Restrictions and Spatial Immobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Longitudinal Analysis of Individual- and Contextual-Level Local Social Capital https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00221465251368341
Farmers and ranchers weave the social fabric shaping wildfire resilience https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1564080/full
Disaster Resilience News 