Author: NeilDufty

I am a Principal Scientist at Water Technology Pty Ltd, an Australian-based coastal, environment and natural hazards company - see https://www.watertech.com.au/. I specialise in the community aspects of disaster risk reduction and emergency management. Samples of my research and projects can be accessed at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Neil-Dufty Check out my latest book 'Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement' at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1119569796/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6 I am also a published fiction writer specialising in short stories and poems - see https://neilduftyfiction.com/

Today in disaster resilience (1 November 2024)

Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…

Recent emergencies/disasters

Tropical Storm “Trami” hits Vietnam after leaving 126 dead or missing in Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/10/27/tropical-storm-trami-vietnam-philippines-fatalities-damage-october-2024/

Dana claims four lives in Bengal and submerges over 113 000 ha (280 000 acres) of crops in Odisha, India https://watchers.news/2024/10/26/cyclone-dana-fatalities-damage-crops-october-2024/

Typhoon “Kong-rey” rapidly intensifying as it moves toward Taiwan https://watchers.news/2024/10/29/typhoon-kong-rey-rapidly-intensifying-forecast-track-taiwan-landfall/

Mount Marapi blankets parts of West Sumatra in ash, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/10/28/marapi-eruption-ashfall-october-2024/

Majorca warning as travel chaos erupts on Balearic island loved by Brits after floods https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1968662/majorca-warning-travel-chaos-erupt-flash-floods

Intense explosions at Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/10/31/intense-explosions-at-lewotobi-laki-laki-volcano-indonesia/

Kong-rey makes landfall in Taiwan as strongest typhoon since 1996 and first ever after mid-October https://watchers.news/2024/10/31/kong-rey-taiwan-landfall-october-2024/

Death toll in Spain’s floods rises to 158, among Europe’s worst storm disasters https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-rescue-teams-hunt-missing-after-deadly-floods-2024-10-31/

Volcanic activity worldwide 31 Oct 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/256490/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-31-Oct-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Duk.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Overconfidence in climate overshoot https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08020-9#ref-CR1

Would abandoning false hope help us to tackle the climate crisis? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/24/we-need-a-dash-of-hope-but-is-too-much-diverting-our-gaze-from-the-perils-of-the-climate-crisis

Subtle Coastal Sinking Raises Storm Surge Risks https://eos.org/research-spotlights/subtle-coastal-sinking-raises-storm-surge-risks

Democratising knowledge for transformative climate action https://cdkn.org/story/democratising-knowledge-transformative-climate-action

Mapped: Renewable Energy as a Percentage of Power Generation, by Country https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/mapped-renewable-energy-by-country-in-2022/

Climate change reshapes cities, both environmentally and financially https://thehill.com/future-america/future-of-cities/4934071-cities-climate-change-insurance-heat-waves/

Planet-heating pollutants in atmosphere hit record levels in 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/28/planet-heating-pollutants-in-atmosphere-hit-record-levels-in-2023

Will climate change put the Chicago area at heightened risk for hurricanes? https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/helene-milton-climate-change-chicago-risk/

World way off target in tackling climate change – UN https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8yyle2eq2o

Principles for satellite monitoring of vegetation carbon uptake https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00601-6

New NASA Instrument for Studying Snowpack Completes Airborne Testing https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/science-enabling-technology/new-nasa-instrument-for-studying-snowpack-completes-airborne-testing/

Nature and climate on the line: COP16 must deliver on both https://impact.economist.com/sustainability/ecosystems-resources/nature-and-climate-on-the-line-cop16-must-deliver-on-both

44 Scientists Just Warned Us About a Catastrophic Ocean Current Collapse https://www.vice.com/en/article/atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-amoc-tipping-point-climate-change/

How unusual was Australia’s 2017–2019 Tinderbox Drought? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094724000951

Declining tropical cyclones and east coast lows lead to major shift in Australia’s rainfall https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-30/declining-tropical-cyclone-ecl-southern-ocean-rainfall/104533506

10 new insights in climate science 2024: Heat surges risk ecosystem collapse https://www.preventionweb.net/news/10-new-insights-climate-science-2024-heat-surges-risk-ecosystem-collapse

Disaster risk reduction

Hydrological drought and floodplain disconnectivity: quantifying flow thresholds in a large coastal plain river https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QAERHXWWQV4KPJVBJRVQ/full

Global River BankFull Discharge (GQBF) https://zenodo.org/records/13855371

Torrents of Sediment-Laden Water Worsened Disastrous Libyan Floods https://eos.org/articles/torrents-of-sediment-laden-water-worsened-disastrous-libyan-floods

Fire speed, not size, drives threat to people, infrastructure https://cires.colorado.edu/news/fire-speed-not-size-drives-threat-people-infrastructure

Concepts and evolution of urban hydrology https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00599-x

Examining the contribution of lithology and precipitation to the performance of earthquake-induced landslide hazard prediction https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2024.1431203/full

Cutting-edge flooding programmes deliver big results for communities and environment https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cutting-edge-flooding-programmes-deliver-big-results-for-communities-and-environment

Wealth Over Woe: Global Biases in Hydro-Hazard Research https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF004590

Transferability of machine-learning-based modeling frameworks across flood events for hindcasting maximum river water depths in coastal watersheds https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/3537/2024/

Scientists at Western University are setting up a new laboratory to study the increasingly costly hazard of severe storms in Canada https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/science/article-severe-storm-lab-western-university/

Delivering effective early warning and early action: Integrating participatory processes for long-term equality, diversity and inclusion https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/delivering-effective-early-warning-and-early-action-integrating-participatory-processes

Comparative Analysis of Tsunami Casualty Estimation Approaches: Agent-Based Modeling versus Simplified Approach in Japanese Coastal Cities https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385408394_Comparative_Analysis_of_Tsunami_Casualty_Estimation_Approaches_Agent-Based_Modeling_versus_Simplified_Approach_in_Japanese_Coastal_Cities

Emergency management

As record acreage burns in Brazil’s Amazon, criminals are exploiting rainforest to clear land https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/as-record-acreage-burns-in-brazils-amazon-criminals-are-exploiting-rainforest-to-clear-land

Natural disasters in China affected over 84 million people in 2024, resulting in 836 deaths or missing persons https://watchers.news/2024/10/28/natural-disasters-in-china-affected-over-84-million-people-in-2024-resulting-in-836-deaths-or-missing-persons/

Disaster recovery and business continuity: A case of MSMEs in Dar es Salaam https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/1714/3237

Spain’s warning system under scrutiny as flood toll rises https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/31/world/spain-warning-system-flood/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

What is disaster resilience education? https://schools.aidr.org.au/disaster-resilience-education/what-is-disaster-resilience-education/

Disaster psychology

Radical climate protests linked to increases in public support for moderate organizations https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-024-01444-1

Sociology and disasters

Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities: Addendum for Gender Equality and Intersectionality https://mcr2030.undrr.org/gender-equality-scorecard

Conflict, poverty and water management issues exposing vulnerable communities in Africa to extreme floods that are now common events because of climate change https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/conflict-poverty-and-water-management-issues-exposing-vulnerable-communities-in-africa-to-extreme-floods-that-are-now-common-events-because-of-climate-change/

Building Resilient Communities by Fostering Social Equity in Public Administration: Analyzing the Influence of Social Capital on COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in Communities With Varying Social Vulnerabilities https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/padm.13040

Designing for happiness, building for resilience: a systematic review of key factors for cities https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19463138.2024.2412664

Chiefs and floods: hybrid governance and co-production of flood risk adaptation in Tamale, Ghana https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1523908X.2024.2410899

Strengthening Social Capital for Entrepreneurship in Building Coastal Resilience https://www.igi-global.com/gateway/article/full-text-html/358477

Today in disaster resilience (4 October 2024)

Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…

Recent emergencies/disasters

Dozens dead and millions still without power after Helene’s deadly march across south-eastern United States https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-28/helene-deadly-march-across-south-eastern-us/104409352

People ‘jump from roof to roof’ as floods kill 148 in Nepal https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0qz82e7d1jo

Catastrophic floods caused by Hurricane “Helene” leave Asheville isolated as U.S. death toll surpasses 120 https://watchers.news/2024/09/30/catastrophic-floods-caused-by-hurricane-helene-leave-asheville-isolated-as-u-s-death-toll-surpasses-120/

Strong tornado hits Moscow Oblast, causing severe destruction and one fatality, Russia https://watchers.news/2024/09/30/strong-tornado-hits-moscow-oblast-causing-severe-destruction-and-one-fatality-russia/

Extreme rainfall leaves over 260 dead or missing in Nepal https://watchers.news/2024/09/29/extreme-rainfall-leaves-over-260-dead-or-missing-in-nepal/

Strong and shallow M6.6 earthquake hits Tonga https://watchers.news/2024/10/01/strong-and-shallow-m6-6-earthquake-hits-tonga-2/

Krathon reaches super typhoon strength as it nears Taiwan https://watchers.news/2024/10/01/krathon-reaches-super-typhoon-strength-as-it-nears-taiwan/

‘The Earth is crying out for help’: as fires decimate South America, smoke shrouds its skies https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/oct/02/south-america-wildfire-smoke-deforestation-drought

Nine people killed in hospital fire in Taiwan as country battered by Typhoon Krathon https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-03/nine-people-killed-in-hospital-fire-typhoon-krathon-taiwan/104431072

Drone video shows Chimney Rock destroyed by massive flood, U.S. https://watchers.news/2024/10/02/drone-video-shows-chimney-rock-destroyed-by-massive-flood-u-s/

Tropical Storm “Leslie” forecast to become a hurricane in a day https://watchers.news/2024/10/03/tropical-storm-leslie-forecast-to-become-a-hurricane-in-a-day/

Volcanic activity worldwide 3 Oct 2024: Fuego volcano, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador, Lewotobi https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/254069/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-3-Oct-2024-Fuego-volcano-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador-Lewotobi-Nevado-del.html

Thailand is about to be drenched as heavy rain hits 54 provinces https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/weather/thailand-braces-for-severe-weather-as-heavy-rain-hits-54-provinces

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Home listings now come with their climate risks—and the results are terrifying https://fortune.com/2024/09/27/home-listings-climate-risks-zillow-floods-wildfire-extreme-heat-wind/

Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of Alpine border https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/29/melting-glaciers-switzerland-italy-alpine-border-matterhorn

How Climate Change Is Killing Cities https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/09/cities-are-ecosystems-too/680037/

A review of national climate policies via existing databases https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-024-00160-y

Hurricane Helene isn’t an outlier. It’s a harbinger of the future https://thebulletin.org/2024/09/hurricane-helene-isnt-an-outlier-its-a-harbinger-of-the-future/

‘End of an era’: UK closes last coal-fired power station https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4364612/end-era-uk-closes-last-coal-fired-power-station

New research reveals why the mighty Darling River is drying up – and it’s not just because we’re taking too much water https://theconversation.com/new-research-reveals-why-the-mighty-darling-river-is-drying-up-and-its-not-just-because-were-taking-too-much-water-239923

Flooding, Not Lockdowns, Drove Methane Surge During Pandemic, Study Finds https://e360.yale.edu/digest/pandemic-methane-spike

1 in 2 El Niño events could be extreme by mid-century https://www.colorado.edu/today/2024/09/25/1-2-el-nino-events-could-be-extreme-mid-century

Extreme heat impacts daily routines and travel patterns, study finds https://news.asu.edu/b/20240926-extreme-heat-impacts-daily-routines-and-travel-patterns-study-finds

Florida can handle storms — it’s climate change that’s the problem https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/10/01/florida-climate-change-hurricane-helene-stronger-storms-power-outages-property-insurance/

Peter Susanto becomes first NT youth delegate to attend annual UN climate change conference COP https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-02/darwin-teen-peter-susanto-to-attend-un-climate-change-conference/104383728

Quantifying vulnerability to natural hazards in changing climate patterns. New perspectives and methods https://civis.eu/en/learn/civis-courses/quantifying-vulnerability-to-natural-hazards-in-changing-climate-patterns-new-perspectives-and-methods-1

Solar and wind less than half the cost of fossil fuels as price falls continue https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-and-wind-less-than-half-the-cost-of-fossil-fuels-as-price-falls-continue/

Is the idea of a “climate haven” under water? https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/10/is-the-idea-of-a-climate-haven-under-water/

Understanding regional climate change is essential for effective climate adaptation policy, study finds https://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-environment-science-and-economy/understanding-regional-climate-change-is-essential-for-effective-climate-adaptation-policy-study-finds/

Political Regimes and Climate Change: Learning from Past Civilisations https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/whpge.63837646622499

China leads the net zero transition – here’s what we can learn from its progress in Beijing and Hong Kong https://theconversation.com/china-leads-the-net-zero-transition-heres-what-we-can-learn-from-its-progress-in-beijing-and-hong-kong-237075

Older persons and Heat Risk: Taking Action to Save Lives https://ghhin.org/news/older-persons-and-heat-risk-taking-action-to-save-lives/

Extreme weather is disrupting lives in southern Africa: new policies are needed to keep the peace https://theconversation.com/extreme-weather-is-disrupting-lives-in-southern-africa-new-policies-are-needed-to-keep-the-peace-238840

Confronting Climate Coloniality https://www.routledge.com/Confronting-Climate-Coloniality-Decolonizing-Pathways-for-Climate-Justice/Sultana/p/book/9781032737850

Disaster risk reduction

Why the ‘sponge cities’ approach to flooding has design flaws https://www.ft.com/content/ddb58f73-4ed3-4044-adbf-e26145a9195d

Brazil’s coast is eroding faster than ever, leaving homes in ruin https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/brazil-atlantic-coast-1.7337988

Where flood policy helps most — and where it could do more https://news.mit.edu/2024/where-flood-policy-helps-most-and-where-it-could-do-more-0930

How ‘invisible fences’ can make Oregon rangelands more resilient against wildfires https://www.ijpr.org/wildfire/2024-09-29/how-invisible-fences-can-make-oregon-rangelands-more-resilient-against-wildfires

Bangkok turns to urban forests to beat worsening floods https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/bangkok-turns-to-urban-forests-to-beat-worsening-floods/

Integrating user- and data-driven weather forecasts to develop legitimate, credible, and salient information services for smallholders in the Global South https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-73539-w

Where Surfaces Are Impervious https://news.rub.de/english/2024-10-01-geoscience-where-surfaces-are-impervious

Tongan volcanic eruption triggered by explosion as big as ‘five underground nuclear bombs’ https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/tongan-volcanic-eruption-triggered-by-explosion-as-big-as-five-underground-nuclear-bombs

Forecasting flash floods an hour in advance https://www.preventionweb.net/news/forecasting-flash-floods-hour-advance

Emergency management

Tiny Florida town ‘wiped off the map’ by Hurricane Helene’s wrath: ‘There’s nothing left’ https://nypost.com/2024/09/28/us-news/tiny-steinhatchee-fla-wiped-off-the-map-by-hurricane-helene/

President Biden approves disaster relief for North Carolina after Helene flooding https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/president-biden-approves-disaster-relief-for-north-carolina-after-helene-flooding/amp/

Hurricane Helene devastates inland areas of North Carolina. Expect more damage more frequently, warns Northeastern researcher https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/09/30/north-carolina-flooding-helene/

Helene left at least 128 people dead and communities ‘wiped off the map.’ Now, survivors are struggling to get food and water https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/weather/hurricane-helene-recovery-cleanup-monday/index.html

Romania to send 50 firefighters and related hardware to Greece to extinguish wildfires https://www.stiripesurse.ro/romania-to-send-50-firefighters-and-related-hardware-to-greece-to-extinguish-wildfires_3449471.html

Photos: Hurricane Helene leaves flooding and destruction across the southeastern U.S. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/28/hurricane-helene-photos-florida-destruction-cyclone.html

Helene is now the deadliest mainland U.S. hurricane since Katrina https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/10/helene-is-now-the-deadliest-mainland-u-s-hurricane-since-katrina/

Surviving Catastrophe — What to Do When You Have Lost Everything https://msanders-4103.medium.com/surviving-catastrophe-what-to-do-when-you-have-lost-everything-1ec0d111c109

Health risks are rising in mountain areas flooded by Hurricane Helene and cut off from clean water, power and hospitals https://theconversation.com/health-risks-are-rising-in-mountain-areas-flooded-by-hurricane-helene-and-cut-off-from-clean-water-power-and-hospitals-240201

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Community announcements – Disaster Risk Reduction https://www.preventionweb.net/community/community-announcement

A new immersive cinema is helping firefighters to better prepare for megafires https://theconversation.com/a-new-immersive-cinema-is-helping-firefighters-to-better-prepare-for-megafires-235892

A hazard can only become a disaster once it impacts on society or community. A hazard is natural, disasters are not https://www.undrr.org/our-impact/campaigns/no-natural-disasters

Social identity correlates of social media engagement before and after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52179-8

The theme of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) 2024, which falls on 13 October, will be on the role of education in protecting and empowering youth for a disaster-free future https://iddrr.undrr.org/

Disaster psychology

Supporting mental health in farming communities where and when it is needed most: A longitudinal analysis of risk and protective factors https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953624008359

Mental health is a hidden casualty of climate change https://www.earth.com/news/mental-health-the-hidden-casualty-of-climate-change/

Hurricanes Kill People for Years after the Initial Disaster https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricanes-kill-people-for-years-after-the-initial-disaster/

Is climate anxiety a pressing problem, or a luxury? https://grist.org/culture/climate-change-anxiety-mental-health-backlash/

Sociology and disasters

Exploring the Role of Social Capital in Urban Resilience for Sustainable Development: The Case of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam https://iieta.org/journals/ijsdp/paper/10.18280/ijsdp.190833

The great equalizer? Mixed effects of social infrastructure on diverse encounters in cities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0198971524001029

Model of socio-economic recovery of farmers in erupted areas of mount Sinabung in Karo Regency https://www.researchgate.net/publication/384500546_Model_of_socio-economic_recovery_of_farmers_in_erupted_areas_of_mount_Sinabung_in_Karo_Regency

Assessing climate change vulnerability and livelihood strategies in Burkina Faso including insecurity paradigm: a focus on rain-fed agriculture households https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-024-05442-3

Today in disaster resilience (27 September 2024)

Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…

Recent emergencies/disasters

Level 5 emergency alert issued after devastating floods hit Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture https://watchers.news/2024/09/21/level-5-emergency-alert-issued-after-devastating-floods-hit-japans-ishikawa-prefecture/

Danube rises by almost 1 m (3.2 feet) in 24 hours reaching the parliament building in Budapest, Hungary https://watchers.news/2024/09/20/danube-rises-by-almost-1-m-3-2-feet-in-24-hours-reaching-the-parliament-building-in-budapest-hungary/

Floods sweep away passenger bus in Morocco’s Tata Province, claiming 2 lives and leaving 14 missing https://watchers.news/2024/09/22/floods-sweep-away-passenger-bus-in-moroccos-tata-province-claiming-2-lives-and-leaving-14-missing/

Flash floods strike Cannes after severe storm drops nearly 40 mm (1.57 inches) of rain in just one hour, France https://watchers.news/2024/09/23/flash-floods-strike-cannes-after-severe-storm-drops-nearly-40-mm-1-57-inches-of-rain-in-just-one-hour-france/

Widespread floods claim over 1 000 lives, leave 4 million affected in West and Central Africa https://watchers.news/2024/09/24/widespread-floods-claim-over-1-000-lives-leave-4-million-affected-in-west-and-central-africa/

Black Sea storm stalls off Turkish coast, floods parts of Trabzon https://watchers.news/2024/09/23/black-sea-storm-stalls-off-turkish-coast-floods-parts-of-trabzon/

Hurricane John strikes Mexico’s Pacific coast south of Acapulco https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/24/hurricane-john-strikes-mexicos-southern-pacific-coast-south-of-acapulco

Six dead after record rain causes floods in Japan https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jdpzj3gjlo

Second Rodanthe house in 24 hours falls into ocean Friday https://coastalreview.org/2024/09/second-rodanthe-house-in-24-hours-falls-into-ocean-friday/

Pilbara hit by heaviest rainfall in 50 years, tropical surge to bring rainfall to more than 80% of Australia https://watchers.news/2024/09/24/pilbara-hit-by-heaviest-rainfall-in-50-years-tropical-surge-to-bring-rainfall-to-more-than-80-of-australia/

Florida braces for hurricane to bring 20-foot storm surge https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czd13mezz7mo

100 dead in Myanmar floods after Typhoon Yagi https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kkdpnyp4o

Swollen Ganges River in Bihar affects over 1.35 million people and claims more than 10 lives https://watchers.news/2024/09/26/swollen-ganges-river-in-bihar-affects-over-1-35-million-people-and-claims-more-than-10-lives/

Record-breaking rains leave 11 dead in Japan’s quake-stricken Ishikawa Prefecture https://watchers.news/2024/09/26/record-breaking-rains-leave-11-dead-in-japans-quake-stricken-ishikawa-prefecture/

Volcanic activity worldwide 26 Sep 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Semeru, Shiveluch, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/253522/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-26-Sep-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Semeru-Shiveluch-Ibu-Reventa.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Techno-energy is reshaping the world https://www.ft.com/content/969d1a10-0e81-450b-971c-06acd79e4561

What a Tunisian exodus says about the future of global migration https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/0920/climate-migration-inequality-Tunisia

Cities Will Suffer Health and Infrastructure Crisis Under 3° C vs. 1.5° C Warming, With Low-income Cities Worst Impacted https://www.wri.org/news/cities-will-suffer-health-and-infrastructure-crisis-under-3deg-c-vs-15deg-c-warming-low-income

Australia’s first solar garden prepares for its harvest https://www.manningrivertimes.com.au/story/8770347/australias-first-solar-garden-prepares-for-its-harvest/

Arctic Warming Is Driving Siberian Wildfires https://eos.org/research-spotlights/arctic-warming-is-driving-siberian-wildfires

Meteorologists issue warning after Australia experiences hottest winter temperature on record: ‘It isn’t normal for this time of year’ https://www.yahoo.com/news/meteorologists-issue-warning-australia-experiences-101511226.html

Australia is building more renewables than ever. It’s still not enough https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/australia-is-building-more-renewables-than-ever-it-s-still-not-enough-20240920-p5kc5j.html

Climate models predict abrupt intensification of northern wildfires due to permafrost thawing https://phys.org/news/2024-09-climate-abrupt-intensification-northern-wildfires.html

The rise of solar power and China’s staggering EV growth may have pushed global emissions into decline https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-21/major-climate-agencies-call-global-emissions-peak/104016030

Who’s to blame when climate change turns the lights off? https://theconversation.com/whos-to-blame-when-climate-change-turns-the-lights-off-236446

Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier is heading for catastrophic collapse https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448793-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-is-heading-for-catastrophic-collapse/

AI-empowered next-generation multiscale climate modelling for mitigation and adaptation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01527-w

Rich countries could raise $5tn of climate finance a year, study says https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/sep/24/rich-countries-could-raise-5tn-of-climate-finance-a-year-study-says

A clarion call on rising seas https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/09/25/united-nations-general-assembly-sea-level-rise-upper-limit-climate-change-paris-agreement/

Climate change is fueling extreme weather and chaos in the jet stream https://www.ehn.org/climate-change-is-fueling-extreme-weather-and-chaos-in-the-jet-stream-2669255105.html

Global heating ‘doubled’ chance of extreme rain in Europe in September https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/25/global-heating-doubled-chance-of-extreme-rain-in-europe-in-september

Understanding Antarctica’s contribution to sea level rise https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/improving-global-sea-level-rise-projections-and-community-response/

First-ever interagency sea level rise website is live https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/first-ever-interagency-sea-level-rise-website-is-live

A continental reconstruction of hydroclimatic variability in South America during the past 2000 years https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/20/2117/2024/

Arctic sea ice extent levels off; 2024 minimum set https://nsidc.org/sea-ice-today/analyses/arctic-sea-ice-extent-levels-2024-minimum-set

Disaster risk reduction

Understanding disaster risk: foundational concepts and principles https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk

Global crises are multiplying: Here’s how science can help our public decision-makers https://theconversation.com/global-crises-are-multiplying-heres-how-science-can-help-our-public-decision-makers-238729

Breakthrough study from IU scientists predicts catastrophic river shifts that threaten millions worldwide https://news.iu.edu/college/live/news/37912-breakthrough-study-from-iu-scientists-predicts-catastr

Scientists develop AI models able to predict future drought conditions with high accuracy https://phys.org/news/2024-09-scientists-ai-future-drought-conditions.html

An innovative system for seeing into the bowels of volcanos https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/innovative-system-seeing-bowels-volcanos

Reducing floodplain development doesn’t need to be complex, say researchers https://phys.org/news/2024-09-floodplain-doesnt-complex.html

Detailed spatio-temporal sediment supply reconstruction using tree roots data https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hyp.10923

Coupling WRF with HEC-HMS and WRF-Hydro for flood forecasting in typical mountainous catchments of northern China https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/3155/2024/

Predicting potential fire severity in Türkiye’s diverse forested areas: a SHAP-integrated random forest classification approach https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00477-024-02820-1

Unlocking effective ice-jam risk management: Insights from agent-based modeling and comparative analysis of social theories in Fort McMurray, Canada https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901124000650

Review article: Drought as a continuum – memory effects in interlinked hydrological, ecological, and social systems https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/3173/2024/

An impact-chain-based exploration of multi-hazard vulnerability dynamics: the multi-hazard of floods and the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania https://www.paratus-project.eu/2024/09/17/an-impact-chain-based-exploration-of-multi-hazard-vulnerability-dynamics-the-multi-hazard-of-floods-and-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-romania/

How cities run dry https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/how-cities-run-dry/

Channel Conveyance and Flood Risk: Are Current Models Missing the Mark? https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/News/pr/2024/24-14.aspx

Emergency management

‘Catastrophe region’: Austrian city faces up to scale of damage left by deadly flooding https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/21/austrian-city-st-polten-faces-up-to-scale-of-damage-left-by-deadly-flooding

Floods force Niger to delay new school year https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20j34ldzlxo

Hurricane Helene is unusual — but it’s not an example of the Fujiwhara Effect https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-helene-whats-fujiwhara-effect-florida-georgia-6f86030fab9bbfe9b477b7c851d4950b

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Fieldwork can be challenging for female scientists. Here are 5 ways to make it better https://theconversation.com/fieldwork-can-be-challenging-for-female-scientists-here-are-5-ways-to-make-it-better-214215

A Global Movement to empower the next generation of coastal resilience guardians https://uinspire.id/tsunami-united/

Hurricanes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/cfpor50x14/Hurricanes

Disaster psychology

Australians sent into panic as authorities issue tsunami warning – then say it was just a test https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/sep/25/bom-tsunami-warning-australia-test-nsw-qld

Sociology and disasters

Trust a few: Natural disasters and the disruption of trust in Africa https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214804324001253

Community-Led Climate Preparedness and Resilience in Boston: New Evidence from Communities of Color https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/12/9/149

How social infrastructure saves lives: a quantitative analysis of Japan’s 3/11 disasters https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/japanese-journal-of-political-science/article/how-social-infrastructure-saves-lives-a-quantitative-analysis-of-japans-311-disasters/4BD3AA196B334A23F0B749E85AE4E38F

Today in disaster resilience (20 September 2024)

Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…

Recent emergencies/disasters

‘Catastrophe’ as deadly floods hit Central and Eastern Europe https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jwp3ppp6xo

Europe hit by abrupt weather shift as heat dome collapses, bringing early snowfall, torrential rainfall and cold blast https://watchers.news/2024/09/14/europe-hit-by-abrupt-weather-shift-as-heat-dome-collapses-bringing-early-snowfall-torrential-rainfall-and-cold-blast/

Over 900 dead or missing in floods caused by remnants of Typhoon “Yagi” in Myanmar https://watchers.news/2024/09/15/over-900-dead-or-missing-in-floods-caused-by-remnants-of-typhoon-yagi-in-myanmar/

Bridge Fire destroys 33 homes and burns over 21 000 ha (52 000 acres) in California, U.S https://watchers.news/2024/09/14/bridge-fire-destroys-33-homes-and-burns-over-21-000-ha-52-000-acres-in-california-u-s/

Death toll rises as torrential rain and flooding force evacuations in Central Europe https://apnews.com/article/floods-central-europe-289648d14b39da5883b9f48fffa2d817

Typhoon “Bebinca” makes landfall in Shanghai as strongest to hit the city since 1949, China https://watchers.news/2024/09/16/typhoon-bebinca-makes-landfall-in-shanghai-as-strongest-to-hit-the-city-since-1949-china/

Storm Boris returns to Italy, placing Emilia-Romagna and Marche on high alert https://watchers.news/2024/09/17/storm-boris-returns-to-italy-placing-emilia-romagna-and-marche-on-high-alert/

Portugal wildfires claim seven lives as thousands of hectares burn https://watchers.news/2024/09/17/portugal-wildfires-claim-seven-lives-as-thousands-of-hectares-burn/

Topola dam collapses in Poland, Nysa town mayor issues evacuation orders for over 40 000 people https://watchers.news/2024/09/17/topola-dam-collapses-in-poland-nysa-town-mayor-issues-evacuation-orders-for-over-40-000-people/

Over a dozen tornadoes hit China’s Jiangsu and Shangdong https://watchers.news/2024/09/18/over-a-dozen-tornadoes-hit-chinas-jiangsu-and-shangdong/

National flood disaster declared in Mali, nearly 30 000 buildings destroyed https://watchers.news/2024/09/18/national-flood-disaster-declared-in-mali-nearly-30-000-buildings-destroyed/

Tropical Storm “Pulasan” moves over Okinawa and heads toward Shanghai, China https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/tropical-storm-pulasan-moves-over-okinawa-and-heads-toward-shanghai-china/

Flash floods in Alcalá del Júcar, Spain drag 15 cars into a river https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/flash-floods-in-alcala-del-jucar-spain-drag-15-cars-into-a-river/

Storm Boris floods Italy, Emilia-Romagna sees over 300 mm (11.8 inches) of rain in 48 hours https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/storm-boris-floods-italy-emilia-romagna-sees-over-300-mm-11-8-inches-of-rain-in-48-hours/

Floods in Chad affect 1.5 million since start of rainy season, claim 341 lives https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/floods-in-chad-affect-1-5-million-since-start-of-rainy-season-claim-341-lives/

Volcanic activity worldwide 19 Sep 2024: Etna volcano, Fuego, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador, Lewotobi https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/252862/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-19-Sep-2024-Etna-volcano-Fuego-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador-Lewotobi-Sab.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

How To Move The Needle On Climate Change https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferkitepowell/2024/03/30/how-can-ai-be-used-to-move-the-needle-on-climate-change/

Ethiopia, the first country in the world to ban the import of gasoline and diesel vehicles https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2024/09/13/ethiopia-the-first-country-in-the-world-to-ban-the-import-of-gasoline-and-diesel-vehicles_6725856_124.html#

Hydrologic impacts of past shifts of Earth’s thermal equator offer insight into those to be produced by fossil fuel CO2  https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1301855110

More intense Indian summer monsoons https://www.eumetsat.int/features/more-intense-indian-summer-monsoons

The unjust climate: Measuring impacts of climate change on rural poor, women and youth https://weadapt.org/knowledge-base/gender-and-social-equality/the-unjust-climate-measuring-impacts-of-climate-change-on-rural-poor-women-and-youth/

4 ways to support someone with dementia during extreme heat https://theconversation.com/4-ways-to-support-someone-with-dementia-during-extreme-heat-213987

Why Saving World’s Peatlands Can Help Stabilize the Climate https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-saving-worlds-peatlands-can-help-stabilize-the-climate

Dug up in Australia, burned around the world – exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets https://theconversation.com/dug-up-in-australia-burned-around-the-world-exporting-fossil-fuels-undermines-climate-targets-236248

Study Reveals Impact of Heat Waves on Rural Montana Seniors https://www.govtech.com/em/safety/study-reveals-impact-of-heat-waves-on-rural-montana-seniors

More rooftop solar in cities would help solve NZ’s energy crisis – and build disaster resilience https://theconversation.com/more-rooftop-solar-in-cities-would-help-solve-nzs-energy-crisis-and-build-disaster-resilience-238193

African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change, a new report says https://apnews.com/article/africa-climate-change-flooding-droughts-af5beebf70f414098ad2a4a73a19b76c

Landmark Bay Area Regional Plan to Combat Sea-Level Rise Unveiled https://www.kqed.org/science/1994406/landmark-bay-area-regional-plan-to-combat-sea-level-rise-unveiled

As the World Burns https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/as-the-world-burns/

An interdisciplinary research agenda for climate change and cultural heritage https://blog.geographydirections.com/2024/09/18/an-interdisciplinary-research-agenda-for-climate-change-and-cultural-heritage/

100% humidity heatwaves are spreading across the Earth. That’s a deadly problem for us… https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/100-humidity-heatwaves-are-spreading-across-the-earth-thats-a-deadly-problem-for-us

NZ to get hotter, faster than previously expected – NIWA https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528374/nz-to-get-hotter-faster-than-previously-expected-niwa

The Arctic Seed Vault Shows the Flawed Logic of Climate Adaptation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-arctic-seed-vault-shows-the-flawed-logic-of-climate-adaptation/

Four ways Africa is already seeing the effects of climate change – and what can be done about it https://theconversation.com/four-ways-africa-is-already-seeing-the-effects-of-climate-change-and-what-can-be-done-about-it-238696

Disaster risk reduction

Climate-change-triggered landslide caused Earth to vibrate for nine days https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/climate-change-triggered-landslide-caused-earth-vibrate-nine-days

Identifying regional hotspots of heatwaves, droughts, floods, and their co-occurrences https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/identifying-regional-hotspots-heatwaves-droughts-floods-and-their-co-occurrences

Cultivating Trust in AI for Disaster Management https://eos.org/opinions/cultivating-trust-in-ai-for-disaster-management

Dams built to prevent coastal flooding can worsen it https://www.uaf.edu/news/dams-built-to-prevent-coastal-flooding-can-worsen-it.php

The U.S. Geological Survey has released a new nationwide landslide susceptibility map https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/new-usgs-map-shows-where-landslides-are-most-likely-occur-us

National platforms and coordination mechanisms for disaster risk reduction in Europe and Central Asia: Regional overview report 2024 https://www.undrr.org/publication/national-platforms-and-coordination-mechanisms-disaster-risk-reduction-europe-and

The occurrence, mechanisms and hazards of large landslides along tablelands https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00587-1

GAR Special Report 2024: Forensic Insights for Future Resilience: Learning from Past Disasters https://www.undrr.org/gar/gar2024-special-report

REFLEX: a geomorphological model for flood simulation https://www.cimafoundation.org/en/news/reflex-a-geomorphological-model-for-flood-simulation/

More floods are coming to Britain, but you ought to know this: the system that should protect us is a scandal https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/18/more-floods-britain-system-protect-us-scandal

Slow-moving landslides a growing, but ignored, threat to mountain communities https://news.agu.org/press-release/slow-landslides-growing-threat-mountain-communities/

Enhancing Community Resilience: Addressing Compound and Cascading Climate Shocks https://www.climatelinks.org/blog/enhancing-community-resilience-addressing-compound-and-cascading-climate-shocks

US towns limit new buildings in floodplains more than you think – and can do better https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/us-towns-limit-new-buildings-floodplains-more-than-you-a-r-siders-vhzle

Emergency Management

‘Catastrophe of epic proportions’: eight drown in Europe amid heavy floods https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/15/catastrophe-of-epic-proportions-six-drown-in-europe-amid-heavy-floods-storm-boris-poland-austria-slovakia-hungary

Get set for more extreme weather across Australia this spring and summer https://theconversation.com/get-set-for-more-extreme-weather-across-australia-this-spring-and-summer-238985

Czechia, Poland seek EU help against floods as Slovak government aid deemed insufficient https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/czechia-poland-seek-eu-help-against-floods-as-slovak-government-aid-deemed-insufficient/

Reflexivity and interdisciplinarity: the reflexive journey of an interdisciplinary research team in disaster risk reduction https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DPM-09-2023-0222/full/html

Epic floods are wreaking havoc from Africa to Asia to Europe https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/epic-floods-are-wreaking-havoc-from-africa-to-asia-to-europe/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Stories After The Storms – flooding survey now open https://nationalemergenciestrust.org.uk/stories-after-the-storms-survey-open/

Disaster psychology

Understanding the rationales and information environments for early, late, and nonadopters of the COVID-19 vaccine https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-024-00962-5

This city is hailed as a vaccination success. Can it be sustained? https://apnews.com/article/children-vaccinated-cdc-louisville-630b05bcd3b319a1d1028ca34e65b532

Did the Pandemic Break Our Brains? https://time.com/7021575/covid-pandemic-19-brain-cognition/

Taking the risk personally: how perceived flood experience relates to risk perception, sensed coping appraisal, and protective behaviour https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/nh/2024/09/16/taking-the-risk-personally-how-perceived-flood-experience-relates-to-risk-perception-sensed-coping-appraisal-and-protective-behaviour/

The driving effect of experience: How perceived frequency of floods and feeling of loss of control are linked to household-level adaptation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924005077

Geopsychiatry, global vulnerability, mitigation and psychiatry https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00207640221110068

Sociology and disasters

Trust a few: natural disasters and the disruption of trust in Africa https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214804324001253

Determinants of Households’ Resilience to Covariate Shocks: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications from the Kenyan Fisheries and Aquaculture Sectors https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9496/4/3/15

Improving social resilience to forest fire from community perspective https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666592124000714

Urban Resilience: Multidimensional Perspectives, Challenges and Prospects for Future Research https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2664328624000408

How We Survive https://howwesurvive.com/what-can-help

Today in disaster resilience (13 September 2024)

Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…

Recent emergencies/disasters

Super Typhoon Yagi kills at least 21 people in Vietnam as officials warn of ongoing flooding risk https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-08/typhoon-yagi-kills-14-in-vietnam/104326226

Violent rainstorms strike northern Italy, leaving 1 person missing https://watchers.news/2024/09/07/violent-rainstorms-strike-northern-italy-leaving-1-person-missing/

New report reveals 1 500 dead or missing in North Korean floods https://watchers.news/2024/09/05/new-report-reveals-1-500-dead-or-missing-in-north-korean-floods/

Córdoba wildfires force intense firefighting efforts as new threats emerge in La Calera, Argentina https://watchers.news/2024/09/08/cordoba-wildfires-force-intense-firefighting-efforts-as-new-threats-emerge-in-la-calera-argentina/

Bolivia declares national emergency due to forest fires https://www.thedailystar.net/news/world/news/bolivia-declares-national-emergency-due-forest-fires-3697211

Wildfires ravage California and Nevada amid heatwave, prompt evacuations and power outages https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wildfires-ravage-california-nevada-heatwave-prompt-evacuations-power-o-rcna170368

California’s Airport Fire explodes in size, evacuations underway https://watchers.news/2024/09/10/californias-airport-fire-explodes-in-size-evacuations-underway/

Dam overflow sparks new crisis in insurgency-hit Nigerian city https://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/dam-overflow-sparks-new-crisis-in-insurgencyhit-nigerian-city/news-story/f11626bdd033b234160f66e3a5ea3518

Flash Floods Hit Central Athens as Storm Atena Strikes Greece https://greekcitytimes.com/2024/09/11/floods-athens-atena/

North African floods kill 18 in Morocco and two in Algeria https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2024/09/08/north-african-floods-kill-11-in-morocco-and-two-in-algeria/

Death toll in Vietnam from impacts of Typhoon Yagi rises to 152 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-11/typhoon-yagi-kills-more-than-100-in-vietnam/104335812

Record-high sulfur dioxide emissions force evacuations around Kanlaon volcano, Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/09/11/record-high-sulfur-dioxide-emissions-force-evacuations-around-kanlaon-volcano-philippines/

‘Half the city underwater’: One million affected by northern Nigeria floods https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/12/half-the-city-underwater-one-million-affected-by-northern-nigeria-floods

Francine makes landfall in Louisiana as Category 2 hurricane, leaving almost 400 000 without power https://watchers.news/2024/09/12/francine-makes-landfall-in-louisiana-as-category-2-hurricane-leaving-almost-400-000-without-power/

Volcanic activity worldwide 12 Sep 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/252220/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-12-Sep-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Heat waves, droughts cause billions of dollars in global economic losses https://news.ufl.edu/2024/09/weather-economy/

New Online Map Tracks Costs of Climate-Related Disasters Across Canada https://www.theenergymix.com/new-online-map-tracks-costs-of-climate-related-disasters-across-canada/

Cities at the forefront of emerging US heat governance https://www.cell.com/one-earth/abstract/S2590-3322(24)00367-1

Switzerland covers the Alps with solar panels: Now, they have achieved something impossible https://www.ecoticias.com/en/switzerland-covers-alps-solar-panels/6184/

Extreme weather to strengthen rapidly over next two decades, research suggests https://phys.org/news/2024-09-extreme-weather-rapidly-decades.html

New report reveals global methane budget blowout https://esdnews.com.au/report-reveals-global-methane-budget-blowout/

South Sudan floods: the first example of a mass population permanently displaced by climate change? https://theconversation.com/south-sudan-floods-the-first-example-of-a-mass-population-permanently-displaced-by-climate-change-238461

Greening the Jukskei river: Scaling nature-based solutions for climate resilience in Johannesburg, South Africa https://www.wri.org/update/suncasa-nature-based-solutions-alexandra-johannesburg

What Happens When Extreme Heat and Air Pollution Collide https://www.wri.org/insights/extreme-heat-air-pollution

Tuvaluans prepare for life in Australia as rising tides swallow their country https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-12/tuvaluans-prepare-for-life-in-australia-falepili-union/104285386

Underestimation of personal carbon footprint inequality in four diverse countries https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02130-y

Disaster risk reduction

Witness 1.8 billion years of tectonic plates dance across Earth’s surface in a new animation https://theconversation.com/witness-1-8-billion-years-of-tectonic-plates-dance-across-earths-surface-in-a-new-animation-238209

Wild weather is costing billions of dollars and putting the future of insurance in doubt https://theconversation.com/wild-weather-is-costing-billions-of-dollars-and-putting-the-future-of-insurance-in-doubt-237983

Opportunities and challenges for precipitation forcing data in post-wildfire hydrologic modeling applications https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wat2.1728

World Risk Report: Where are natural disasters most common? https://www.dw.com/en/world-risk-report-where-are-natural-disasters-most-common/a-70154405?maca=en-Twitter-sharing

Wildfires are spreading fast in Canada — we must strengthen forests for the future https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02919-z

Coastal cities’ growing hurricane vulnerability is fed by both climate change and unbridled population growth https://theconversation.com/coastal-cities-growing-hurricane-vulnerability-is-fed-by-both-climate-change-and-unbridled-population-growth-234547

5 Ways AI Can Strengthen Early Warning Systems https://unu.edu/ehs/series/5-ways-ai-can-strengthen-early-warning-systems

Deserts’ Biggest Threat? Flooding https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2024/09/deserts-biggest-threat-flooding/

Rolling in the deep: Norfolk street flooding predicted in seconds with machine learning models https://www.jlab.org/news/releases/rolling-deep-norfolk-street-flooding-predicted-seconds-data-enhanced-models

Summer storms are stronger and more frequent over urban areas https://news.agu.org/press-release/urban-summer-storms-strong-frequent/

Large-sample hydrology – a few camels or a whole caravan? https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/4219/2024/

Emergency Management

This hurricane season is confounding experts and defying forecasts. What the heck is going on? https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/06/weather/hurricane-season-atlantic-storms-climate/index.html

The California town that kept a record-breaking wildfire at bay https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240909-how-montecito-california-fire-proofed-and-defended-itself-against-a-mega-wildfire

Southern California Blaze Spawns ‘Fire Clouds’ https://e360.yale.edu/digest/line-fire-pyrocumulus

Editorial: Honoring 9/11 — A legacy of remembrance, unity and vigilance https://www.ems1.com/9-11/editorial-honoring-9-11-a-legacy-of-remembrance-unity-and-vigilance

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

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Disaster psychology

How residents and volcanoes co-produce risk knowledge: Ways of knowing and affective attunement to the rhythms of Lonquimay volcano, Chile https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377027324001720

Domestic violence in sub-Saharan Africa will triple by 2060 due to extreme heat epidemic and stalling development, new UNFPA research finds https://www.unfpa.org/press/domestic-violence-sub-saharan-africa-will-triple-2060-due-extreme-heat-epidemic-and-stalling

Sociology and disasters

Understanding geopolitical determinants of health https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7856359/

Today in disaster resilience (6 September 2024)

Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…

Recent emergencies/disasters

Firefighters battle forest fire in North Canterbury https://www.chrislynchmedia.com/news-items/firefighters-battle-forest-fire-in-north-canterbury/

Cyclonic Storm “Asna” forms in the Arabian Sea; Gujarat reports 32 dead, more than 32 000 evacuated https://watchers.news/2024/08/30/cyclonic-storm-asna-forms-in-the-arabian-sea-gujarat-reports-32-dead-more-than-32-000-evacuated/

Floods in Niger claim 217 lives and displace 353 000 https://watchers.news/2024/09/01/floods-in-niger-claim-217-lives-and-displace-353-000/

Strong M6.4 earthquake hits Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea https://watchers.news/2024/09/01/strong-m6-4-earthquake-hits-bougainville-region-papua-new-guinea/

Floods and landslides claim 9 lives in Andhra Pradesh amid record rainfall, India https://watchers.news/2024/09/01/floods-and-landslides-claim-9-lives-in-andhra-pradesh-amid-record-rainfall-india/

Destructive wind storm causes mass power outages in Victoria and Tasmania, Australia https://watchers.news/2024/09/02/destructive-wind-storm-causes-mass-power-outages-in-victoria-and-tasmania-australia/

6 months’ worth of rain hits the Black Sea coast of eastern Romania, causing severe flooding https://watchers.news/2024/09/02/6-months-worth-of-rain-hits-the-black-sea-coast-of-eastern-romania-causing-severe-flooding/

Intense hailstorm hits Mexico City, Mexico https://watchers.news/2024/09/02/intense-hailstorm-hits-mexico-city-mexico/

Tropical Storm “Yagi” (Enteng) strikes Philippines, floods and landslides claim 11 lives https://watchers.news/2024/09/02/tropical-storm-yagi-enteng-strikes-philippines-floods-and-landslides-claim-11-lives/

Yagi intensifies into a super typhoon as it heads toward south China and Vietnam https://watchers.news/2024/09/05/yagi-intensifies-into-a-super-typhoon-as-it-heads-toward-south-china-and-vietnam/

Shallow M6.2 earthquake hits near the coast of New Guinea, PNG https://watchers.news/2024/09/05/shallow-m6-2-earthquake-hits-near-the-coast-of-new-guinea-png/

Violent storms hit southeast France, Marseille endures worst storm in 3 years https://watchers.news/2024/09/05/violent-storms-hit-southeast-france-marseille-endures-worst-storm-in-3-years/

Volcanic activity worldwide 5 Sep 2024: Fuego volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Svartsengi, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/251660/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-5-Sep-2024-Fuego-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Svartsengi-Reventador-White-Is.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

AI analysed 1,500 policies to cut emissions. These ones worked https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02717-7

As ‘Doomsday’ Glacier Melts, Can an Artificial Barrier Save It? https://e360.yale.edu/features/thwaites-glacier-pine-glacier-antarctica-geoengineering

Study in 27 countries: Scientific consensus strengthens pro-climate attitudes in society https://www.uva.nl/shared-content/uva/en/news/press-releases/2024/08/scientific-consensus-can-strengthen-pro-climate-attitudes-in-society.html

A 27-country test of communicating the scientific consensus on climate change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01928-2

Best-case scenario for climate change is now 1.6°C of warming https://www.newscientist.com/article/2444314-best-case-scenario-for-climate-change-is-now-1-6c-of-warming/

Revising the cost of climate change https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/08/revising-the-cost-of-climate-change/

Coastal mapping holds the key to climate adaptation for the world’s island nations https://climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-stories/coastal-mapping-holds-key-climate-adaptation-worlds-island-nations

Virtual reality offers a glimpse of future climate impacts https://www.preventionweb.net/news/virtual-reality-offers-glimpse-future-climate-impacts

Climate change increased Typhoon Gaemi’s wind speeds and rainfall, with devastating impacts across the western Pacific region https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-increased-typhoon-gaemis-wind-speeds-and-rainfall/

Emissions from Australian coal-fired power stations rise as wind and hydro dip https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/30/emissions-from-coal-fired-power-stations-rise-as-wind-and-hydro-dip

Australia sweats through hottest August on record with temperatures 3C above average https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/sep/02/australia-weather-forecast-august-record-temperatures-bom

“Turning point:” Share of coal in Australia’s main grid falls below 50 pct for first time https://reneweconomy.com.au/turning-point-share-of-coal-in-australias-main-grid-falls-below-50-pct-for-first-time/

Green spaces provide substantial but unequal urban cooling globally https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51355-0

‘It’s time to give up on normal’: what winter’s weird weather means for the warm months ahead https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-give-up-on-normal-what-winters-weird-weather-means-for-the-warm-months-ahead-237857

Improving the Quality of Climate Change Adaptation Planning Through State Mandate: The Case of California https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IHS3PBSI7P8ACKKKH3BF/

Historical and Future Asymmetry of ENSO Teleconnections with Extremes https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/aop/JCLI-D-23-0619.1/JCLI-D-23-0619.1.xml

Mandatory mitigation to meet the methane imperative https://policylabs.frontiersin.org/content/policy-outlook-mitigation-meet-methane-imperative-49kmk

Japan swelters through hottest summer while parts of China log warmest August on record https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/03/japan-weather-august-heat-record-heatwaves-china

African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change, a new report says https://apnews.com/article/africa-climate-change-flooding-droughts-af5beebf70f414098ad2a4a73a19b76c

Can Australia reach net zero by 2050? A new reports shows it must be ‘the new normal’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/05/can-australia-reach-net-zero-by-2050-a-new-reports-shows-it-must-be-the-new-normal

If Australia wants to fast-track 100% renewables, it must learn from Europe’s risky path https://theconversation.com/if-australia-wants-to-fast-track-100-renewables-it-must-learn-from-europes-risky-path-237974

Climate Change Loaded Dice for Brutal Drought in Sicily https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-change-sicily-drought

Projections of streamflow intermittence under climate change in European drying river networks https://hess.copernicus.org/preprints/hess-2024-272/

Coastal flooding is getting more common, even on sunny days https://www.npr.org/2024/08/06/nx-s1-5057482/high-tide-floods-get-worse

Disaster risk reduction

Fire intensity effects on serotinous seed survival https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-024-00295-7

The changing characteristics of propagation time from meteorological drought to hydrological drought in a semi-arid river basin in India https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.15266

Researchers use AI to predict major earthquakes months in advance https://watchers.news/2024/09/01/researchers-use-ai-to-predict-major-earthquakes-months-in-advance/

New model to enhance extreme rainfall prediction https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2024/08/extremerainfallprediction/

Operational earthquake forecasting – What is it and how is it done? https://www.preventionweb.net/news/operational-earthquake-forecasting-what-it-and-how-it-done

Weaving equity into infrastructure resilience research: a decadal review and future directions https://www.nature.com/articles/s44304-024-00022-x

Study reveals precursors to the 2021 Fukushima earthquake through multi-parameter analysis https://watchers.news/2024/09/01/study-reveals-precursors-to-the-2021-fukushima-earthquake-through-multi-parameter-analysis/

Brazil wildfires worsened by ‘mega drought,’ extreme heat https://www.dw.com/en/brazil-wildfires-made-worse-by-drought-extreme-heat/a-70088581

The 2022 Drought Shows the Importance of Preparedness in European Drought Risk Management https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-2073/

CI-STR: A capabilities-based interface to model socio-technical systems in disaster resilience assessment https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924005259

Tracing the sources of paleotsunamis using Bayesian frameworks https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01643-w

Hazards with escalation potential: Governing the drivers of global and existential catastrophes https://www.undrr.org/publication/hazards-escalation-potential-governing-drivers-global-and-existential-catastrophes

Factors enabling fire management outcomes in Indigenous Savanna fire management projects in Western Australia https://www.publish.csiro.au/wf/WF24092

Research highlights drought risk and awareness gaps in global society https://phys.org/news/2024-08-highlights-drought-awareness-gaps-global.html

Multi-Hazard Interrelationships and Risk Scenarios in Urban Areas: A Case of Nairobi and Istanbul https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF004413

Planning for resilience: Understanding the connections between forests, fire, water, and drought https://mavensnotebook.com/2024/09/04/national-park-service-planning-for-resilience-understanding-the-connections-between-forests-fire-water-and-drought/

Operational Earthquake Forecasting – What is it and How is it Done? https://eos.org/editors-vox/operational-earthquake-forecasting-what-is-it-and-how-is-it-done

Australian coastal change dataset updated https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/dea/dea-data-and-products/dea-coastlines

Evaluating Distributed Snow Model Resolution and Meteorology Parameterizations Against Streamflow Observations: Finer Is Not Always Better https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023WR035982

Emergency Management

What’s in store for summer? Australians have been told to ‘prepare for anything’ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/whats-in-store-for-australia-after-europes-sizzling-summer/5fii2k40c

Tonga launched a Weather Radar https://www.sprep.org/news/weather-ready-pacific-saving-lives-in-tonga-with-new-weather-radar

Will You Get the Emergency Alerts You Need? Here’s How to Sign Up in Your County https://www.kqed.org/news/12002545/will-you-get-the-emergency-alerts-you-need-heres-how-to-sign-up-in-your-county

Disaster preparedness must be front and center in the presidential campaign https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/03/opinion-disaster-prep-2024-presidential-campaign/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Visualising extreme heat https://climateoutreach.org/visualising-extreme-heat/

US National Resilience Guidance https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/national-preparedness/plan/resilience-guidance

The girl and the Tsunami https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Kwm7-UMb4

The spillover effects from participatory research: research assistants as an impact pathway for disaster risk reduction? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924005557

Changing the Climate of School-Based Climate Change Education in England https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-64900-4_10

Disaster psychology

The Role of Teachers in Fostering Resilience After a Disaster in Indonesia https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12310-024-09709-y

Sociology and disasters

Post-Disaster Social Connectedness in Parent–Child Dyads: A Qualitative Investigation of Changes in Coping and Social Capital of Rural Australian Families Following Bushfires https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjsw/bcae123/7725014

A MAP-based approach to identify the social vulnerability to flood hazard in states adjacent to Mexican Gulf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924004795

Adapting to Adversity: Unraveling the nexus between Vulnerability and Well-being in Coastal Bangladesh https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924005600?via%3Dihub

Can the US census keep up with climate-driven displacement? https://grist.org/extreme-weather/can-the-us-census-keep-up-with-climate-driven-displacement/

The great equalizer? Mixed effects of social infrastructure on diverse encounters in cities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0198971524001029

Today in disaster resilience (23 August 2024)

Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…

Recent emergencies/disasters

Climbers narrowly escape death after eruption at Mount Dukono, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/08/20/climbers-narrowly-escape-death-after-eruption-at-mount-dukono-indonesia/

Mudflows impact 497 buildings in Issyk-Kul district, Kyrgyzstan https://watchers.news/2024/08/20/mudflows-impact-497-buildings-in-issyk-kul-district-kyrgyzstan/

Vienna hit by record rainfall, nearly average summer total in just one hour, Austria https://watchers.news/2024/08/19/vienna-hit-by-record-rainfall-nearly-average-summer-total-in-just-one-hour-austria/

Millions broil as southern US heat dome causes record highs and wildfires https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/extreme-heat-dome-arizona-texas-temperatures

Massive landslide strikes East Sikkim, impacting 18 homes and 510 MW Teesta V project, India https://watchers.news/2024/08/21/massive-landslide-strikes-east-sikkim-impacting-18-homes-and-510-mw-teesta-v-project-india/

‘Impossible’ to fight Madeira wildfire may cause unrecoverable damage to World Heritage Site https://wildfiretoday.com/2024/08/20/madeira-wildfire-evacuations-unesco-world-heritage-site-laurisilva-forest/

Volcanic activity worldwide 22 Aug 2024: Fuego volcano, Semeru, Dukono, Marapi, Reventador, Sangay https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/250360/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-22-Aug-2024-Fuego-volcano-Semeru-Dukono-Marapi-Reventador-Sangay-.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Future Climate Projections for South Florida: Improving the Accuracy of Air Temperature and Precipitation Extremes With a Hybrid Statistical Bias Correction Technique https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF004531

Climate change-fueled heat impacts Mediterranean amid ongoing wildfires https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index-alert/mediterranean-august-13-2024

The overshoot myth: you can’t keep burning fossil fuels and expect scientists of the future to get us back to 1.5°C https://theconversation.com/the-overshoot-myth-you-cant-keep-burning-fossil-fuels-and-expect-scientists-of-the-future-to-get-us-back-to-1-5-c-230814

Red centre heat could cause temperature records to tumble across Australia in coming days https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/20/red-centre-heat-could-see-temperature-records-tumble-across-australia-in-coming-days-meteorologists-forecast

Can floating homes make coastal communities resilient to climate risks? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02679-w

Boiling Point: Heat, fires, floods — extreme weather has affected 99% of Americans https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2024-08-20/boiling-point-climate-extremes-boiling-point

Victoria lays out plan for 95 pct renewables, with no coal, not much gas and a big lift in demand https://reneweconomy.com.au/victoria-lays-out-plan-for-95-pct-renewables-with-no-coal-not-much-gas-and-a-big-lift-in-demand/

Negative Power Prices Hit Europe as Renewable Energy Floods the Grid https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Negative-Power-Prices-Hit-Europe-as-Renewable-Energy-Floods-the-Grid.html

Summer heat arrives in August, theatening to break all-time Australian winter temperature records https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-22/summer-heat-august-break-australian-temperature-records/104253600

New Zealand’s biggest solar farm secures finance to go ahead at Christchurch Airport https://reneweconomy.com.au/new-zealands-biggest-solar-farm-secures-finance-to-go-ahead-at-christchurch-airport/

What has worked to fight climate change? Policies where someone pays for polluting, study finds https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-price-hike-policies-emissions-1d211ff66f7ab768a69466b9af281c79

Disaster risk reduction

Foundations for Change, Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance Phase II – Lessons from Year 5 https://floodresilience.net/resources/item/foundations-for-change-zurich-flood-resilience-alliance-phase-ii-lessons-from-year-5/

Two large landslides in Gisborne, New Zealand https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/gisborne-landslides-1

Uncertainty estimation of machine learning spatial precipitation predictions from satellite data https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2632-2153/ad63f3

Anticipatory finance: An introductory guide https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/anticipatory-finance-introductory-guide

An increase in the spatial extent of European floods over the last 70 years https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/3755/2024/

Wildfires: How under threat are cities? https://www.dw.com/en/wildfires-how-under-threat-are-cities/a-69957594

Evolution of disaster risk governance and its implication to resilience building in Nepal https://www.oaepublish.com/articles/dpr.2024.05

Estimating velocity distribution and flood discharge at river bridges using entropy theory – insights from computational fluid dynamics flow fields https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/3717/2024/

Strong persistent cooling of the stratosphere after the Hunga eruption https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01620-3

A global database of tsunami deposits https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gdj3.270

A new plan seeks to protect California’s coast against a rising ocean: It doesn’t require sea walls https://phys.org/news/2024-08-california-coast-ocean-doesnt-require.html

Tornadoes and waterspouts: Europe’s underestimated extreme weather threat? https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240821-sicily-superyacht-disaster-how-do-waterspouts-form

How open spaces can save lives during wildfires https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/how-open-spaces-can-save-lives-during-wildfires/

Physics Meets Machine Learning for Better Cyclone Predictions https://eos.org/research-spotlights/physics-meets-machine-learning-for-better-cyclone-predictions

‘Burnt Country’ – film on indigenous cultural burning https://e360.yale.edu/features/2024-film-contest-second-place-australia-indigenous-fire

CI-STR: A capabilities-based interface to model socio-technical systems in disaster resilience assessment https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924005259

New approach for improved early flood warning https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/press/news/details/neuer-ansatz-fuer-bessere-hochwasser-fruehwarnung

Data Turns Up the Heat on Fire Risk Mitigation and Response https://www.govtech.com/analytics/data-turns-up-the-heat-on-fire-risk-mitigation-and-response

New UN initiative to reduce disaster risk with AI https://www.itu.int/hub/2024/08/new-un-initiative-to-reduce-disaster-risk-with-ai/

Emergency Management

Agencies work on emergency preparedness for disabled https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2024/08/agencies-work-on-emergency-preparedness-for-disabled/

EU, Greece should change mentality to face future wildfires https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/expert-eu-greece-should-change-mentality-to-face-future-wildfires/

Severe weather insurance claims under the microscope https://www.easternriverinachronicle.com.au/story/8738311/severe-weather-insurance-claims-under-the-microscope/

In a world first, Grenada activates debt pause after Hurricane Beryl destruction https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/08/21/in-a-world-first-grenada-activates-debt-pause-after-hurricane-beryl-destruction/

Homeowners concerned about future after insurance companies drop coverage in their county: ‘A lot of people have left or are trying to leave’ https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/homeowners-concerned-future-insurance-companies-014500006.html

From theory to practice: Disaster philanthropy and wildfire https://disasterphilanthropy.org/blog/from-theory-to-practice-disaster-philanthropy-and-wildfire/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

The relationship between student participation and students’ self-perceived action competence for sustainability in a whole school approach https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504622.2024.2326462

London Fire Brigade collaborates with Amazon and Deliveroo to boost fire safety awareness for e-bikes and e-scooters https://internationalfireandsafetyjournal.com/london-fire-brigade-collaborates-with-amazon-and-deliveroo-to-boost-fire-safety-awareness-for-e-bikes-and-e-scooters/

Disaster psychology

Disparity between global drought hazard and awareness https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/disparity-between-global-drought-hazard-and-awareness

Exploring the relationship between vulnerability and adaptation of rural households: Disaster resettlement experience from rural China https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/exploring-relationship-between-vulnerability-and-adaptation-rural-households-disaster

Sociology and disasters

What Japan can teach the world about disaster risk reduction https://doi.org/10.59425/eabc.1724148000

The great equalizer? Mixed effects of social infrastructure on diverse encounters in cities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0198971524001029#f0015

Post-Disaster Social Connectedness in Parent–Child Dyads: A Qualitative Investigation of Changes in Coping and Social Capital of Rural Australian Families Following Bushfires https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjsw/bcae123/7725014

Toward Equitable Recovery for Unincorporated Areas https://hazards.colorado.edu/quick-response-report/toward-equitable-recovery-for-unincorporated-areas

Today in disaster resilience (16 August 2024)

Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…

Recent emergencies/disasters

Wildfire Risk Escalates Across Greece https://www.tovima.com/society/wildfire-risk-escalates-across-greece/

Heavy rains cause severe flooding in southern Egypt https://watchers.news/2024/08/11/heavy-rains-cause-severe-flooding-in-southern-egypt/

EF-3 tornado rips through North Carolina’s Wilson County, claiming one life https://watchers.news/2024/08/11/ef-3-tornado-rips-through-north-carolinas-wilson-county-claiming-one-life/

Thousands evacuated as wildfires reach Athens https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyj80v2wrpo

Algeria battles major forest fires in Kabylia https://apanews.net/algeria-battles-major-forest-fires-in-kabylia/

Violent thunderstorms hit Switzerland https://watchers.news/2024/08/14/violent-thunderstorms-hit-switzerland/

Volcanic activity worldwide 15 Aug 2024: Etna volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/249756/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-15-Aug-2024-Etna-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Our plan to empower Australian communities and cut climate pollution by 75 percent this decade https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/seize-the-decade/

Alaska Felt Safe From Global Warming. Then the Glacier Melted https://slate.com/technology/2024/08/alaska-flood-i-left-californias-fires-now-a-glacier-is-coming-for-my-town.html

Heat risk isn’t just about the highs: Large daily temperature swings can harm human health – maps show who is affected most https://theconversation.com/heat-risk-isnt-just-about-the-highs-large-daily-temperature-swings-can-harm-human-health-maps-show-who-is-affected-most-235085

Climate change drives disaster risk https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/risk-drivers/climate-change

Unveiling community adaptations to extreme heat events using mobile phone location data https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479724016517

Should we change the term we use for “climate change”? Evidence from a national U.S. terminology experiment https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-024-03786-3

Heat caused over 47,000 deaths in Europe in 2023, the second highest burden of the last decade https://www.isglobal.org/en/-/el-calor-causo-47.000-muertes-en-europa-en-2023

Here are 5 ways that climate change is affecting sports around the world https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/08/climate-change-sports-impact/

A Conceptual Framework and Research Design for Assessing Losses and Damages from Climate Change in Vulnerable Communities https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-8055-0_5

New report a code red on health effects of fossil fuels https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8729158/new-report-a-code-red-on-health-effects-of-fossil-fuels/

What is the hottest temperature humans can survive? These labs are redefining the limit https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02422-5

Wildfires in 2023 caused massive CO2 emissions, compounding climate change https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20240814-wildfires-in-2023-caused-massive-co2-emissions-compounding-climate-change

The oceans are weirdly hot. Scientists are trying to figure out why https://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=nx-s1-5051849

Latest global sea level rise measurement https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/

US workers launch Heat Week to fight for ‘the right to water, shade and rest’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/13/workers-protections-heat-week

China added more solar power last year than America has, period https://qz.com/china-solar-capacity-us-tariffs-1851622200

How does today’s extreme heat compare with Earth’s past climate? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/14/how-does-today-extreme-heat-compare-with-earth-past-climate

Half a billion children live in areas with twice as many very hot days as in 1960s https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/14/half-a-billion-children-live-in-areas-with-twice-as-many-very-hot-days-as-in-1960s

Disaster risk reduction

A Robust Quantitative Method to Distinguish Runoff-Generated Debris Flows From Floods https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109768

Assessing the efficacy of hydro-ecological based wetland management approach for flood resilience of a large river catchment https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169424011570

Hurricane season in Florida reminds us all to build a better house https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/08/08/florida-home-construction-building-codes-hurricanes-sea-level-rise-climate-resilience/

U.S. Earthquake Early Warning System Gets a Major Upgrade https://eos.org/articles/u-s-earthquake-early-warning-system-gets-a-major-upgrade

Fatal landslides to the end of July 2024 https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/fatal-landslides-july-2024

Ethiopia’s deadly landslides are caused by both nature and man – a geophysicist explains https://theconversation.com/ethiopias-deadly-landslides-are-caused-by-both-nature-and-man-a-geophysicist-explains-236251

Floods across the eastern United States are projected to last longer https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/floods-across-eastern-united-states-are-projected-last-longer

Assessment and Mitigation of the Fire Vulnerability and Risk in the Historic City Centre of Aveiro, Portugal https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/5/5/173

The Canadian Fire Spread Dataset https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-03436-4#Abs1

Creating a Digital Twin for more accurate flood prediction and flood risk management https://www.hull.ac.uk/research/institutes/eei/harnessing-the-power-of-two

Hurricanes are inevitable, but disasters are not https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/hurricanes-are-inevitable-but-disasters-are-not-6.2.2073132.726fad0f4c

Indigenous Fire Data Sovereignty: Applying Indigenous Data Sovereignty Principles to Fire Research https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/7/7/222

Deep Learning–Based Denoising Improves Receiver Function Imaging Using Dense Short‐Period Teleseismic Data https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/doi/10.1785/0220240017/645268/Deep-Learning-Based-Denoising-Improves-Receiver

Comprehensive Disaster and Climate Risk Management (CRM) https://www.undrr.org/climate-action-and-disaster-risk-reduction/comprehensive-disaster-and-climate-risk-management

State of Wildfires 2023-24: CAMS data supports assessment https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/state-wildfires-2023-24-cams-data-supports-assessment

How can Europe reduce the wildfire risk? https://www.eurotopics.net/en/324714/how-can-europe-reduce-the-wildfire-risk

Emergency Management

Managing a Wildfire Is an Intricate Game of Chess — and Mutual Aid Is Crucial https://www.kqed.org/news/11999549/managing-a-wildfire-is-an-intricate-game-of-chess-and-mutual-aid-is-crucial

Japan urges public not to hoard disaster kits amid megaquake fear https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/08/6c557b52f68c-japan-urges-public-not-to-hoard-disaster-kits-amid-megaquake-fear.html

A resilient disaster recovery model for Puerto Rico: a qualitative case study https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2024.2390426#abstract

Europe’s firefighters called to help battle Greek blaze as one person reported dead https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-13/wildfire-in-greece-enters-athens-and-kills-woman/104220962

Blaze blowback: 7 surprising spillovers from wildfire https://www.preventionweb.net/news/blaze-blowback-7-surprising-spillovers-wildfire

A year after Lahaina’s fire, residents want to rebuild. But what about rising seas? https://www.npr.org/2024/08/05/nx-s1-5055855/lahaina-maui-wildfire-rebuild-sea-level-anniversary

Planning for the disasters of tomorrow https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2024/august/disaster-research-center-graduate-workshop-planning/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

A flash flood is a flood of short duration with a relatively high peak discharge in which the time interval between the observable causative event and the flood is less than four to six hours  https://www.preventionweb.net/knowledge-base/hazards/flood

Scientists welcome Indigenous Knowledge focus in National Priorities https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/scientists-welcome-indigenous-knowledge-focus-in-national-priorities/

Triple zero kids’ challenge https://kids.triplezero.gov.au/

Disaster psychology

How the strength of social relationship affects pedestrian evacuation behavior: A multi-participant fire evacuation experiment in a virtual metro station https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0968090X24003267

World Risk Poll indicates South-East Asians feel more prepared than most to face disaster https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-15/disaster-preparedness-south-east-asia/104220622

World Risk Poll Resilience Index https://wrp.lrfoundation.org.uk/world-risk-poll-data/world-risk-poll-resilience-index

Sociology and disasters

Vulnerable developing countries disproportionately bear the brunt of losses from disasters, slowing – or even reversing – progress towards attaining the SDGs https://www.undrr.org/disaster-risk-and-2030-agenda-sustainable-development#sdg-10

Evidence-based social science: why, what, and future implications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-03535-y

‘Definitions are often very western. This excludes us.’ Our research shows how to boost Indigenous participation in STEM https://theconversation.com/definitions-are-often-very-western-this-excludes-us-our-research-shows-how-to-boost-indigenous-participation-in-stem-223465

How AI is advancing socioeconomic insights into disaster displacement https://www.internal-displacement.org/expert-analysis/how-ai-is-advancing-socioeconomic-insights-into-disaster-displacement/

Trust but verify: Validating new measures for mapping social infrastructure in cities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S221209552200205X

Today in disaster resilience (9 August 2024)

Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…

Recent emergencies/disasters

Powerful paroxysmal eruption at Etna, Aviation Color Code raised to Red, Italy https://watchers.news/2024/08/04/powerful-paroxysmal-eruption-at-etna-aviation-color-code-raised-to-red-italy/

Debby claims at least five lives since landfall in Florida’s Big Bend https://watchers.news/2024/08/06/debby-claims-at-least-five-lives-since-landfall-near-floridas-big-bend/

The “train effect” struck Western Australia, bringing the heaviest August downpour in 48 years https://watchers.news/2024/08/07/the-train-effect-struck-western-australia-bringing-the-heaviest-august-downpour-in-48-years/

Alaska declares state disaster emergency as Mendenhall River floods https://watchers.news/2024/08/07/alaska-declares-state-disaster-emergency-as-mendenhall-river-floods/

Catastrophic floods in Yemen claim over 45 lives, destroy thousands of homes, farms, and properties https://watchers.news/2024/08/08/catastrophic-floods-in-yemen-claim-over-45-lives-destroy-thousands-of-homes-farms-and-properties/

Massive landslide blocks Chilcotin River, triggers evacuations and flood concerns, Canada https://watchers.news/2024/08/08/massive-landslide-blocks-chilcotin-river-triggers-evacuations-and-flood-concerns-canada/

Volcanic activity worldwide 8 Aug 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Ibu, Dukono, Dempo, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/249101/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-8-Aug-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Ibu-Dukono-Dempo-Reventador-.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

‘Astonishing’ Antarctica heat wave sends temperatures 50 degrees above normal https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/03/climate/antarctica-heat-wave-sea-level-rise/index.html

Is indoor summer the new normal? Climate change delivers scorching heat across America https://www.yahoo.com/news/is-indoor-summer-the-new-normal-climate-change-delivers-scorching-heat-across-america-100055349.html

The Hidden Ways Extreme Heat Disrupts Infrastructure https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-extreme-heat-harms-planes-trains-water-mains-and-other-crucial/

The physical science basis of climate change empowering transformations, insights from the IPCC AR6 for a climate research agenda grounded in ethics https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000451

California is harnessing solar power thanks to a big battery boom, providing a glimpse into Australia’s energy future https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-06/what-australia-can-learn-from-californias-big-battery-boom/104137012

On the role of lake level management in modulating climate change impacts on perialpine lakes https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581824002635

Solar and wind overtake fossil fuels in ‘historic’ first for Europe https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-wind-renewable-energy-fossil-fuel-europe-b2591148.html

‘It made me cry’: photos taken 15 years apart show melting Swiss glaciers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/06/it-made-me-cry-photos-taken-15-years-apart-show-melting-swiss-glaciers

New Study Reveals Signs of an Ancient Tundra Ecosystem Beneath Greenland’s Thickest Ice https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05082024/ancient-tundra-ecosystem-under-greenland-ice/

Absence of causality between seismic activity and global warming https://esd.copernicus.org/articles/15/1015/2024/esd-15-1015-2024-discussion.html

Increased crossing of thermal stress thresholds of vegetation under global warming https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.17406

Deadly Mediterranean heatwave would not have occurred without human induced climate change https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/deadly-mediterranean-heatwave-would-not-have-occurred-without-human-induced-climate-change/

Removing development incentives in risky areas promotes climate adaptation https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/removing-development-incentives-risky-areas-promotes-climate-adaptation

As World Warms, Global Heat Deaths Are Grossly Undercounted https://e360.yale.edu/features/kristie-ebi-interview

From the Philippines to Mali, countries struggle to count heat deaths https://www.context.news/climate-risks/from-philippines-to-mali-countries-struggle-to-count-heat-deaths

New expert advisory group to support Australian Government protect our health from climate change https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-ged-kearney-mp/media/new-expert-advisory-group-to-support-australian-government-protect-our-health-from-climate-change

Paleoclimate data provide constraints on climate models’ large-scale response to past CO2 changes https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01531-3

The contested futures of just transition in Canada’s energy sector https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07078552.2024.2373587

Highest ocean heat in four centuries places Great Barrier Reef in danger https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07672-x

Recent study advances understanding of atmospheric rivers and Arctic climate changes https://www.climate.gov/news-features/feed/recent-study-advances-understanding-atmospheric-rivers-and-arctic-climate

Extreme heat continues throughout July with devastating impacts https://wmo.int/media/news/extreme-heat-continues-throughout-july-devastating-impacts

A fire-use decision model to improve the United States’ wildfire management and support climate change adaptation https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-sustainability/fulltext/S2949-7906(24)00200-3

Disaster risk reduction

Disaster losses and damages tracking https://www.undrr.org/building-risk-knowledge/disaster-losses-and-damages-tracking-system-dldt

Working in synergy for anticipatory action in Latin America and the Caribbean https://www.anticipation-hub.org/news/working-in-synergy-for-anticipatory-action-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean

How Asia’s 5,000-year-old rice terraces are inspiring modern flood control https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240805-how-ancient-rice-terraces-inspire-flood-resilience-in-asian-cities

How to protect people and places from landslides in Switzerland https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-change/how-to-protect-people-and-places-from-landslides-in-switzerland/85470970

South Eastern Mediterranean Excellence Development In FIre Research https://semedfire.eu/

Economic assessment of drought risk management https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/9b122608-5770-44d9-b184-efb906bc741c

Uncover the trends of disaster risk and learn more about country-level capacities to prevent disasters https://www.preventionweb.net/continents-countries/risk-profiles

Researchers revise epicentre of 1918 earthquake thought to have struck at sea near Bundaberg https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-08/1918-earthquake-epicentre-moved-250km-inland-monto/104193366

Emergency Management

Phased Post-disaster Recovery Challenges: 2016-2017 Floods and Landslides in Colombo and Kalutara, Sri Lanka https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924004904

Firefighters practice with firefighting aircraft https://aussiedlerbote.de/en/firefighters-practice-with-firefighting-aircraft/

The 30 July 2024 Wayanad landslides in Kerala, India https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/wayanad-landslides

War-weary Sudanese face new hardships as floods strike https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/07/1152676

How the wildfires disaster changed the way Maui now responds to emergencies https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/08/07/how-wildfires-disaster-changed-way-maui-now-responds-emergencies/

One year after the Maui wildfire catastrophe https://www.pdc.org/maui-wildfire-disaster-one-year-later/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Ubiquitous processes strengthening neighbourhood communities: How neighbourhood-related social media can foster the active involvement of citizens and build resilient communities https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/casp.2862

How a ‘Citizen Map’ Is Helping Brazil Prepare for Next Big Flood https://e360.yale.edu/features/southern-brazil-floods-citizen-map

Disaster Resilient Australia-New Zealand School Education Network (DRANZSEN) https://schools.aidr.org.au/disaster-resilience-education/disaster-resilient-australia-new-zealand-school-education-network/

What do you do after the hurricane has passed? https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-news/what-do-you-do-after-the-hurricane-has-passed/T3DM6AYKJUOX3VB45N7OCFWTQM/

Disaster psychology

From Hesitancy to Acceptance: An Interpretative Approach to Unravel the Vaccination Motivation Among the Rural Population https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2024.2384811

Sociology and disasters

Turning Every Disaster into an Opportunity: An Exploratory Study on Refugees’ Perceived Emergency Management Capacity and Community Resilience https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924004898

A scorching divide: How heatwaves expose inequality https://www.undp.org/blog/scorching-divide-how-heatwaves-expose-inequality

Towards a feminist political ecology of migration in a changing climate https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016718524001374

Legitimacy and place leadership: responding to and recovering from disruption in regional soft spaces https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2024.2380066

Today in disaster resilience (2 August 2024)

Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…

Recent emergencies/disasters

Cooler temperatures bring relief as Park fire explodes in California https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/27/wildfires-california-state-of-emergency

Wildfire devastates Jasper National Park, forces mass evacuations, Canada https://watchers.news/2024/07/26/wildfire-devastates-jasper-national-park-forces-mass-evacuations-canada/

Major explosion at Stromboli volcano, Italy https://watchers.news/2024/07/27/major-explosion-at-stromboli-volcano-italy-3/

Huge California wildfire tears through 5,000 acres every hour https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1dlzy04l8o

Mudslide kills 15 people near tourist site in China as rains from tropical storm Gaemi drench region https://apnews.com/article/china-typhoon-tropical-storm-gaemi-taiwan-philippines-3fdd5c362596193f3c7b1cabad3bce56

Record flooding in Amnok (Yalu) River submerges North Korea-China border https://watchers.news/2024/07/29/record-flooding-in-amnok-yalu-river-submerges-north-korea-china-border/

Extreme rainfall hits China’s Hunan, claiming at least 15 lives https://watchers.news/2024/07/29/extreme-rainfall-hits-chinas-hunan-claiming-at-least-15-lives/

West Texas hit by over 100 earthquakes in a week, state of disaster declared https://watchers.news/2024/07/29/west-texas-hit-by-over-100-earthquakes-in-a-week-state-of-disaster-declared/

Firefighters continue battle against more than 100 blazes burning in the US https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/29/100-wildfires-burning

More than 50 dead, 100 missing after large landslides in Wayanad, Kerala https://watchers.news/2024/07/30/more-than-50-dead-100-missing-after-large-landslides-in-wayanad-kerala/

Severe storm hits Latvia, record rainfall and extensive damage reported https://watchers.news/2024/07/30/severe-storm-hits-latvia-record-rainfall-and-extensive-damage-reported/

Volcanic activity worldwide 1 Aug 2024: Fuego volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador, Sangay https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/248456/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-1-Aug-2024-Fuego-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador-Sangay-Lewo.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

A new level of analysis for climate research: development of a community involvement climate scale https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10705422.2024.2385623#d1e173

Extreme heat poses ‘real risk’ to Spain’s mass tourism industry https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/27/extreme-heat-poses-real-risk-to-spains-mass-tourism-industry

Extreme Wildfires Are Getting More Extreme and Occurring More Often https://eos.org/articles/extreme-wildfires-are-getting-more-extreme-and-occurring-more-often

Urban overheating and adaptation measures: An analysis at EU, national, and local level https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/urban-overheating-and-adaptation-measures-analysis-eu-national-and-local-level

Western Europe faces intense Heatwave as Olympics kick off; scorching heat develops next week https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/heatwave-olympic-games-weather-forecast-france-2024-western-europe-mk/

Communicating numbers boosts trust in climate change science, research suggests https://phys.org/news/2024-07-communicating-boosts-climate-science.html

Marine heatwaves in a shifting Southern Ocean induce dynamical changes in primary production https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01553-x

‘Your body is completely drained’: US workers toil in heatwaves with no protections https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/29/worker-protections-heatwave-extreme-temperatures-weather

UN Secretary-General issues call to action on extreme heat https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/un-secretary-general-issues-call-action-extreme-heat-0

Plan evaluation for heat resilience: complementary methods to comprehensively assess heat planning in Tempe and Tucson, Arizona https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad5d05/pdf

The climate is changing so fast that we haven’t seen how bad extreme weather could get https://theconversation.com/the-climate-is-changing-so-fast-that-we-havent-seen-how-bad-extreme-weather-could-get-235726

Critically examining research funding patterns for climate change and human health https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-024-00142-0

As record heat risks bleaching 73% of the world’s coral reefs, scientists ask ‘what do we do now?’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/30/as-record-heat-risks-bleaching-73-of-the-worlds-coral-reefs-scientists-ask-what-do-we-do-now

Humans caused climate change. Amid the suffering, now they must solve it https://apnews.com/projects/climate-extreme-weather/

What Pune Floods Are Teaching Us About Building Climate-Resilient Cities https://www.thequint.com/opinion/what-are-pune-floods-teaching-us-about-building-climate-resilient-cities

How a community of scientists is “closing the loop” on Southern Ocean climate links https://climateextremes.org.au/how-a-community-of-scientists-is-closing-the-loop-on-southern-ocean-climate-links/

The Indian Ocean Dipole in a warming world https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00573-7

Antarctic temperatures rise 10C above average in near record heatwave https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/antarctic-temperatures-rise-10c-above-average-in-near-record-heatwave

Tipping risks from overshooting 1.5 °C can be minimised if warming is swiftly reversed https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/tipping-risks-from-overshooting-1-5-degc-can-be-minimised-if-warming-is-swiftly-reversed

Young people at a crossroads: Climate solidarity through intergenerational storytelling https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-5871.12668

Disaster risk reduction

High-resolution observations from space to address new applications in hydrology https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/fulltext/S2666-6758(23)00065-6

We’re not preparing for the inevitable megadisasters https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2024/07/27/megadisaster-emergency-preparedness-managers/stories/202407260008

Port Waikato homes at serious risk from coastal erosion https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/port-waikato-homes-at-real-risk-from-coastal-erosion/RDR5JDQHTFB2FM2K4KZGPQHWV4/

A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Validation of Disaster Resilience Indicators https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924004436

8 blazing new technologies that could spark change in wildfire risk reduction https://www.preventionweb.net/news/8-blazing-new-technologies-could-spark-change-wildfire-risk-reduction

Integrating flood and earthquake resilience: a framework for assessing urban community resilience against multiple hazards https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666449624000392

Where Do Natural Hazards Cause the Highest Annual Loss in the US? https://www.maps.com/where-do-natural-hazards-cause-the-highest-annual-loss-in-the-us/

Emergency Management

As Vermont’s weather worsens, emergency communications aren’t reaching all of its rural residents https://vtdigger.org/2024/07/28/as-vermonts-weather-worsens-emergency-communications-arent-reaching-all-of-its-rural-residents/

Does Canada need a national emergency response agency? https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-national-emergency-response-agency-1.7276749

Flood Warning Automation – watch-outs and recommendations https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/flood-warning-automation-watch-outs-recommendations-phiala-mehring-hdzne

South Sudan Protection Analysis Update https://www.globalprotectioncluster.org/publications/1938/reports/protection-analysis-update/south-sudan-protection-analysis-update

An escape route planning model based on wildfire prediction information and travel rate of firefighters https://www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF23166#ftlinks

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Early warning systems https://www.undrr.org/words-into-action/guide-multi-hazard-early-warning

Disaster psychology

Ecological Grief, Religious Coping, and Spiritual Crises: Exploring Eco-Spiritual Grief https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11089-024-01158-3

Maui Wildfire Survivors Were Re-Traumatized By Poor Disaster Response, Survey Says https://www.forbes.com/sites/willmcgough/2024/07/28/survey-says-maui-wildfire-survivors-were-re-traumatized-by-poor-disaster-response/

Sociology and disasters

From plan to practice: Interorganizational crisis response networks from governmental guidelines and real-world collaborations during hurricane events https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1468-5973.12601

Community-Level resilience analysis using earthquake-tsunami fragility surfaces https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382624067_Community-Level_resilience_analysis_using_earthquake-tsunami_fragility_surfaces

The Impact of Social Capital on Community Resilience: A Comparative Study of Seven Flood-Prone Communities in Nanjing, China https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/8/1145

An integrated approach to analyze equitable access to food stores under disasters from human mobility patterns https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/risa.16873

Balancing Flexibility and Stability: Leveraging Cooperatives for Organizational Resilience https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-56200-6_9