Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news today…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Widespread flooding continues across Nigeria as death toll rises to 238 https://watchers.news/2025/10/17/widespread-flooding-damage-nigeria-2025-death-toll-rises-238/
Tropical Storm Fengshen kills at least five, leaves two missing in the Philippines https://watchers.news/2025/10/19/tropical-storm-fengshen-kills-five-leaves-two-missing-philippines/
Hundreds evacuated, homes destroyed as Alaska communities reel from devastating flooding https://abcnews.go.com/US/hundreds-evacuated-homes-destroyed-alaska-communities-reel-devastating/story?id=126612663
Rare tornado hits Paris, France, killing one and causing major structural damage https://watchers.news/2025/10/21/rare-tornado-hits-paris-france-killing-one-causing-major-structural-damage/
Torrential rain and floods in Honduras leave 16 dead, over 34 000 affected https://watchers.news/2025/10/22/torrential-rain-and-floods-in-honduras-leave-16-dead-over-34-000-affected/
Volcanic activity worldwide 30 Sep 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Karymsky, Popocatépetl, Soputa 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
‘Bigger, hotter, faster’: Extreme blazes drive rise in CO₂ fire emissions https://phys.org/news/2025-10-bigger-hotter-faster-extreme-blazes.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/environment
Southern Ocean’s low-salinity Antarctic waters continue absorbing CO₂ despite climate model predictions https://phys.org/news/2025-10-southern-ocean-salinity-antarctic-absorbing.html
Europe’s climate is changing fast – here’s how it’s affecting people and the economy https://theconversation.com/europes-climate-is-changing-fast-heres-how-its-affecting-people-and-the-economy-266399
Adapting roads, rails and bridges to extreme heat https://www.dw.com/en/transport-infrastructure-adaptation-to-a-hotter-world-solutions-for-hot-summer-days/a-72563060
October on track to beat hottest November on record for Sydney https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/october-on-track-to-beat-hottest-november-on-record-for-sydney/1890953
BOM’s first long-range summer forecast shows increased chance of extreme heat https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-19/bom-summer-weather-forecast-hot-and-dry-with-high-fire-risk/105899594
Warming Made L.A. Wildfires 25 Times Larger https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-la-wildfires
Wildfires across the Americas have been supercharged by climate change https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/wildfires-americas-supercharged-climate-change
Climate whiplash effects due to rapidly intensifying El Niño cycles https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/announce/news/climate-whiplash-intensifying-el-nino/
Weather and climate extremes in a changing Arctic https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00724-4
Atmospheric rivers emerge as future freshwater reserves and heat stocks https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02780-6
Birdsville breaks October records as severe heatwave blankets parts of Queensland https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-22/extreme-heatwave-blankets-parts-of-queensland/105917292
Climate change could make it dangerous for humans to go outside – we must act https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/2122594/climate-change-dangerous-humans
Greenhouse Gases In Earth’s Atmosphere Hit New Record https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2025/10/20/greenhouse-gases-in-earths-atmosphere-hit-new-record/
What goes up must come down: The ‘universal thermal performance curve’ that shackles evolution https://phys.org/news/2025-10-universal-thermal-shackles-evolution.html
Biggest Meat Producers Unleashing More Methane Than Biggest Oil Firms https://e360.yale.edu/digest/meat-oil-gas-methane
State of Climate Action 2025 https://systemschangelab.org/state-climate-action-2025
Global use of coal hit record high in 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/22/global-use-of-coal-hit-record-high-in-2024
Australian homes in flood zones are collectively worth about $42 billion less due to the risk of floods https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/42bn-dent-in-aussie-home-values-as-climate-fuels-worsening-floods/
First Nations and feds make progress on joint climate action https://environmentjournal.ca/first-nations-and-feds-make-progress-on-joint-climate-action/
3 ways nature-based solutions are tackling climate displacement in the Global South https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/10/nature-based-solution-climate-displacement-global-south/
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/21/mosquitoes-found-iceland-first-time-climate-crisis-warms-country
Ten actions to combat extreme heat https://www.undrr.org/news/ten-actions-combat-extreme-heat
Increasing heat is super-charging Arctic climate and weather extremes https://phys.org/news/2025-10-super-arctic-climate-weather-extremes.html
Disaster risk reduction
Comprehensive portfolio of adaptation measures to safeguard against evolving flood risks in a changing climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02779-z
Some scientists challenge logic of Victoria’s fuel reduction burns https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-20/scientists-challenge-fuel-load-burns-victoria/105666680
Taftan volcano reawakens after 710 000 years of sleep, revealing hidden hazards https://watchers.news/epicenter/taftan-volcano-reawakens-after-710-000-years-of-sleep-revealing-hidden-hazards/
Workshop “Innovating wildfire risk management and adaptive planning” https://fire-res.eu/event/workshop-innovating-wildfire-risk-management-and-adaptive-planning/
Cities Fight to Get Off FEMA’s Flood Maps. One Montana Town Shows the Risk https://www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/cities-fight-to-get-off-femas-flood-maps-one-montana-town-shows-the-risk-47c126b9
Multi-hazard early warning systems for anticipatory action: how to make these a reality https://www.anticipation-hub.org/news/multi-hazard-early-warning-systems-for-anticipatory-action-how-to-make-these-a-reality
When the Earth Moves: 25 Years of Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazards https://eos.org/editors-vox/when-the-earth-moves-25-years-of-probabilistic-fault-displacement-hazards
Two years after Libya’s disastrous floods, dam neglect remains a global risk https://www.iwmi.org/news/two-years-after-libyas-disastrous-floods-dam-neglect-remains-a-global-risk/
The technology dividend: Empowering and protecting communities through early warnings https://www.undp.org/geneva/blog/technology-dividend-empowering-and-protecting-communities-through-early-warnings
Preventing Disasters Before They Happen: Lessons from Successful Disaster Risk Reduction in Southern Africa https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/20/9131
U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-services/billion-dollar-disasters
From risk to resilience and sustainability: addressing urban flash floods and waterlogging https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/risk-resilience-and-sustainability-addressing-urban-flash-floods-and-waterlogging
The Flood Resilient Garden https://www.floodre.co.uk/flood-resilient-garden/
Scaling Early Warnings for All, by all: Advisory Panel calls for accelerated action https://www.undrr.org/news/scaling-early-warnings-all-all-advisory-panel-calls-accelerated-action
WMO launches the Flood Forecasting and Warning Community of Practice https://wmo.int/media/update/wmo-launches-community-of-practice-flood-forecasting
Emergency Management
States say new FEMA rules, grant delays put disaster response at risk https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/state-emergency-officials-new-rules-delays-fema-grants-126657914
In the name of storm recovery, a new law trampled smart-growth rules https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/10/16/sb-180-florida-legislature-growth-management-hurricane-recovery-climate-impacts-vision-2050/
Fire authorities warn of ‘above average’ fire season as NSW starts to warm up https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-18/nsw-above-average-fire-season-bushfire-risk-weather/105900120
Months after the Jan. 7 fires, L.A.’s evacuation plans remain untested https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-07-25/l-a-fire-evacuation-plans-remain-untested
Extraordinary WMO Congress will accelerate drive for life-saving early warnings https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/extraordinary-wmo-congress-will-accelerate-drive-life-saving-early-warnings
Forecasting flash floods an hour in advance https://phys.org/news/2023-06-hour-advance.html
How Portland Prepares for Disaster https://www.portland.gov/pbem/news/2025/10/10/how-portland-prepares-disaster-2025
Disaster Recovery Is Big Business https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-disaster-industrial-complex-us-economy/
Meet MeteoSat-12: The Geostationary Satellite Giving Firefighters a Head Start https://ororatech.com/resources/news-blog/meet-meteosat-12-the-geostationary-satellite-giving-firefighters-a-head-start
Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement
Understanding disaster risk: Risk drivers https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/risk-drivers
Could Crowdsourcing Hold the Key to Early Wildfire Detection? https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/01/could-crowdsourcing-hold-the-key-to-early-wildfire-detection/
Why early warnings don’t always lead to early action: The missing link of public engagement https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/why-early-warnings-dont-always-lead-early-action-missing-link-public
Tsunami United: How Can Youth Invest in Tsunami Preparedness for a Safer Future? https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/tsunami-united-how-can-youth-invest-tsunami-preparedness-safer-future
Stop Disasters Game expands to 11 languages and new learning spaces https://www.preventionweb.net/news/stop-disasters-game-expands-11-languages-and-new-learning-spaces
Community Participation in Flood Mitigation Programs and Its Effect on Social Resilience in Semarang City https://gensain.com/index.php/mjdpp/article/view/246/179
Wildfire Walk education resources https://www.frames.gov/afsc/resources/wildfire-walk
Disaster psychology
Exploring the relationship between housing conditions and risk perception in a disaster context https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0310665
Sociology and disasters
Social Connectedness in Pandemic Times: A Case Study of Australia’s Italian-Background Community https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.25968912.16
When the Floodwaters Rise: Putting Women at the Center of Climate Adaptation in Cameroon https://gca.org/when-the-floodwaters-rise-putting-women-at-the-center-of-climate-adaptation-in-cameroon/
Rapid community response and resilience to typhoon Doksuri in coastal Fujian: insights from large-scale human mobility data https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569843225005576
Social capital as a protective resource in times of social crisis—lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. A mixed-method study protocol https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1648074/full
Resilient Ready is proud to launch Australia’s first framework and mapping tool that puts people, connections, and the places that bring us together at the heart of disaster resilience https://sociabli.resilientready.org/
Extreme weather events hit the socially vulnerable hardest, research finds https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/10/23/extreme-weather-events-social-vulnerable-research/
Disaster Resilience News 