Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the new recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Leavenworth Christmastown festival cancelled as historic flooding and power disruptions hit Washington, U.S. https://watchers.news/2025/12/13/leavenworth-christmastown-festival-cancelled-historic-flooding-power-disruptions-hit-washington-us/
Record floods in Washington state trigger dramatic rescues and evacuations hehttps://www.castanet.net/news/World/589209/Record-floods-in-Washington-state-trigger-dramatic-rescues-and-evacuations
Record snow, winds, and blizzards leave over 35 000 homes without power in Hokkaido https://watchers.news/2025/12/15/record-snow-winds-and-blizzards-leave-over-35-000-homes-without-power-in-hokkaido/
At least 21 killed as flash floods hit Safi following one hour of extreme rainfall, Morocco https://watchers.news/2025/12/15/deadly-flash-floods-safi-morocco-extreme-rainfall-december-14-2025/
Bondi Beach shooting: how it happened https://theconversation.com/bondi-beach-shooting-how-it-happened-272051
A driver is found dead in a submerged car near Seattle after a week of heavy rain and flooding https://apnews.com/article/pacific-northwest-levee-floods-washington-5a5d085e96e98d24c96a889b4d7d8e6c
Multiple emergency bushfires downgraded across WA after communication system fails https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-15/wa-regs-emergency-bushfire/106146320
Falling tree kills farmer tackling blaze in Mindarabin, in WA’s Great Southern https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-17/volunteer-firefighter-farmer-killed-in-mindarabin/106154044
Powerful winter storm leaves over 1.5 million people without power across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho https://watchers.news/2025/12/17/powerful-winter-storm-leaves-over-1-5-million-people-without-power-across-washington-oregon-and-idaho/
White River levee breach prompts evacuation order for the city of Pacific, Washington https://watchers.news/2025/12/16/white-river-levee-breach-prompts-evacuation-order-for-the-city-of-pacific-washington/
Out-of-control bushfire damages historic Mogumber Mission, WA Wheatbelt crops https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-16/bushfire-damage-mogumber-mission-eneabba-crops/106148826
Volcanic activity worldwide 17 Dec 2025: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Barren Island, Soputan https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/289684/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-17-Dec-2025-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Barren-Island-Soputan-Talan.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/13/a-shift-no-country-can-ignore-where-global-emissions-stand-10-years-after-the-paris-climate-agreement
State of the Climate Update for COP30 https://wmo.int/publication-series/state-of-climate-update-cop30
1.5 degrees Celsius isn’t just a number https://www.earthday.org/decoding-15-degrees-celsius/
Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/15/alpine-glaciers-rate-extinction-climate-crisis
Warm, humid ‘atmospheric rivers’ threaten Antarctica https://www.science.org/content/article/warm-humid-atmospheric-rivers-threaten-antarctica
Past and future change in global river flows https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00745-z
Arctic has hottest year ever recorded, as climate impacts cascade https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3336680/arctic-has-hottest-year-ever-recorded-climate-impacts-cascade
Peak glacier extinction in the mid-twenty-first century https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02513-9
Communities must be central to climate adaptation strategies – 10 insights to guide national policy https://theconversation.com/communities-must-be-central-to-climate-adaptation-strategies-10-insights-to-guide-national-policy-269926
How the planet fared in 2025 — the good, the bad, and the ugly https://grist.org/climate/climate-environmental-stories-2025/
Warming Responsible for Two-Thirds of Emissions from Western Wildfires https://e360.yale.edu/digest/warming-western-fire-emissions
King Charles issues climate change warning amid ‘frustration’ at escalating crisis https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/king-charles-climate-crisis-itv-steve-backshall-b2877491.html
Coastal storms and climate change https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocean/coastal-storms-climate-change
‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/18/massive-disruption-uk-worst-case-climate-crisis-risks
Ocean warmed by climate change fed intense rainfall and deadly floods in Asia, study finds https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-asia-cyclones-ef733af1a6b5acf08335e672e8476c32
Climate whiplash by 2064: Study projects extreme swings in rainfall and drought for Asia https://www.preventionweb.net/news/climate-whiplash-2064-study-projects-extreme-swings-rainfall-and-drought-asia
Crystal Clusters Contain Clues to Magma’s Past and Future Eruptions https://eos.org/articles/crystal-clusters-contain-clues-to-magmas-past-and-future-eruptions
Disaster risk reduction
The 1929 M7.2 Grand Banks earthquake and tsunami reshaped Atlantic coasts https://watchers.news/epicenter/1929-m7-2-grand-banks-earthquake-tsunami-reshaped-atlantic-coasts/
Earthquake Relocations Illuminate Tectonics along the Bismarck Sea Seismic Lineation, Papua New Guinea https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/2041
Peace and good institutions save lives from floods https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/peace-and-good-institutions-save-lives-floods
Critical perspectives in times of uncertainty https://www.emerald.com/dpm/article/34/4/417/1324353/Editorial-Critical-perspectives-in-times-of
New Project Turns Internet Lines into an Earthquake Monitoring System https://now.humboldt.edu/news/new-project-turns-internet-lines-earthquake-monitoring-system-video
Coastal Resilience Scorecard https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/coastal-resilience-scorecard
USA: Compound atmospheric drivers of the catastrophic 2025 Los Angeles urban firestorm https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/usa-compound-atmospheric-drivers-catastrophic-2025-los
When the wilderness burns: an analysis of current fire management and the case for prescribed fire in designated wilderness in the United States https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00414-y
Compounding preconditions of wildfires vary in time and space within Europe https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02955-1
Significant opportunities to shift from reactive disaster response toward risk-informed development https://wmo.int/media/news/wmo-and-undp-report-analyses-post-disaster-needs-assessments
How salt-tolerant floodplain forests help protect against rising salinity and floods https://www.preventionweb.net/news/how-salt-tolerant-floodplain-forests-help-protect-against-rising-salinity-and-floods
Flood risks in delta cities are increasing, study finds https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/flood-risks-in-delta-cities-are-increasing-study-finds
Nature-based Solutions https://iucn.org/our-work/nature-based-solutions
Two and a half decades of United States wildfire burn zone disaster data, 2000-2025 https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/two-and-half-decades-united-states-wildfire-burn-zone
Climate Modeling for Communities, with Communities https://eos.org/research-spotlights/climate-modeling-for-communities-with-communities
The role of resilient housing reconstruction in disaster risk management in fragile, conflict, and violence-affected countries https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/role-resilient-housing-reconstruction-disaster-risk
Emergency Management
Artificial intelligence has potential to improve emergency and crisis management, but struggles to interpret complex situations – experts tell the European Commission https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-research-and-innovation-news/artificial-intelligence-has-potential-improve-emergency-and-crisis-management-struggles-interpret-2025-12-11_en
Dolphin Sands bushfire sparked by improperly extinguished burn off, Tasmanian authorities confirm https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-15/dolphin-sands-fire-caused-by-a-landowner-burning-off/106143708
Bushfire survivor calls for better emergency planning in the suburbs https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-13/how-to-prepare-for-summer-bushfire-season-perth-wa/106120466
Tsunami preparedness in the Pacific Ocean: opportunity for enhanced regional cooperation https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/tsunami-preparedness-pacific-ocean-opportunity-enhanced
Long-term recovery from the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami in two Sri Lankan east coast municipalities https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/long-term-recovery-2004-indian-ocean-tsunami-two-sri-lankan
The town on the banks of the Nile that turned floods into fortune https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/11/the-town-on-the-banks-of-the-nile-that-turned-floods-into-fortune
Rapid assessment of severely affected earthquake areas using mobile signaling data and a random forest approach https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/rapid-assessment-severely-affected-earthquake-areas-using
Pets are unrecognized victims of climate-related disasters https://www.preventionweb.net/news/pets-are-unrecognized-victims-climate-related-disasters
RNLI Flood Rescue and UK Emergency Response https://www.unda.co.uk/news/rnli-flood-rescue-and-uk-emergency-response/
Unequally prepared: a distributive equity study of local emergency management funding in Virginia, USA https://www.emerald.com/dpm/article-abstract/34/4/420/1248944/Unequally-prepared-a-distributive-equity-study-of
Reparative planning through contextual vulnerabilities for disaster mitigation: a Gulf Coast case study https://www.emerald.com/dpm/article-abstract/34/4/448/1248882/Reparative-planning-through-contextual
AFC convenes state legislators in the Netherlands to learn from one country’s approach to flood resilience https://floodcoalition.org/afc-convenes-state-legislators-in-the-netherlands-to-learn-from-one-countrys-approach-to-flood-resilience/
Oregon hospital races to build a tsunami shelter as FEMA fights to cut its funding https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oregon-hospital-tsunami-shelter-fema-funding-cuts/
Residents urged action to restrict burn-offs for years before Dolphin Sands bushfire https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-16/dolphin-sands-residents-warned-authorities-fire-ban-bushfire/106139290
Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement
This study assesses the community-based approach to disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) in Loko, Nasarawa State, Nigeria https://taapublications.com/tijssra/article/view/886
Remembering the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, the second deadliest of the twentieth century https://watchers.news/epicenter/remembering-1920-haiyuan-earthquake-second-deadliest-of-twentieth-century/
Six real-world disaster risks being tackled with virtual reality https://www.preventionweb.net/news/six-real-world-disaster-risks-being-tackled-virtual-reality
Can Generative AI help strengthen disaster preparedness and resilience among youth? https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/12/16/proposing-a-genai-chatbot-framework-for-youth-disaster-risk-reduction/
Disaster psychology
Certainly uncertain: the role of uncertainty perception for flood risk preparedness and response https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-025-07675-5
After mass violence, trauma spreads socially. Here are 3 ways you can help reduce it https://theconversation.com/after-mass-violence-trauma-spreads-socially-here-are-3-ways-you-can-help-reduce-it-272050
Sociology and disasters
A narrative review assessing the impact of multiple ecological systems on rural resilience in the face of chronic stressors https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15332985.2025.2603964
The Roadmap: Reimagining Infrastructure to Improve Social Capital https://www.social-connection.org/socialcapital/
Stories from traditional knowledge combined with archaeological work trace 2,300km of Songlines https://theconversation.com/stories-from-traditional-knowledge-combined-with-archaeological-work-trace-2-300km-of-songlines-269400
Disaster Resilience News 