Category: disaster

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

British-born man dies after being caught in New South Wales floods https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/09/british-born-man-dies-after-being-caught-in-new-south-wales-floods

Colombia – at Least 12 Fatalities After Floods and Landslides in Antioquia https://floodlist.com/america/colombia-landslide-floods-antioquia-april-2022

Three separate Colorado wildfires force evacuations Sunday https://www.greeleytribune.com/2022/04/11/pueblo-wildfire-2/

South Africa – Heavy Rain Causes Floods and Mudslides in KwaZulu-Natal https://floodlist.com/africa/south-africa-floods-mudslides-kwazulu-natal-april-2022

Volcanic activity worldwide 12 Apr 2022: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Dukono, Reventador, Sangay https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/177672/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-12-Apr-2022-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Dukono-Reventador-Sangay-N.html

Dozens killed in Philippines landslides and floods as tropical storm Megi hits https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/12/tropical-storm-megi-philippines-deaths-landslides-floods

President Ramaphosa to visit flood-stricken KZN as death toll rises https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/live-rain-flooding-hit-kwazulu-natal-20220412

South Africa floods: deadliest storm on record kills over 300 people https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/13/south-africa-floods-deadliest-storm-on-record-kills-over-250-people

Texas twister injures 23; McBride Fire engulfs 150 structures https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/04/texas-twister-injures-23-mcbride-fire-engulfs-150-structures/

At least 23 injured after a large tornado and gigantic hail hit Salado, Texas https://watchers.news/2022/04/13/at-least-23-injured-after-a-large-tornado-and-gigantic-hail-hit-salado-texas/

M6.1 earthquake hits New Britain, P.N.G. https://watchers.news/2022/04/13/m6-1-earthquake-hits-new-britain-p-n-g/

Elevated volcanic unrest at Mt. Ruapehu, CO2 output now 2nd highest ever recorded, New Zealand https://watchers.news/2022/04/12/elevated-volcanic-unrest-at-mt-ruapehu-co2-output-now-2nd-highest-ever-recorded-new-zealand/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

IPCC report calls for rapid, deep, and immediate emissions reductions https://thebulletin.org/2022/04/ipcc-report-calls-for-rapid-deep-and-immediate-emissions-reductions/

How are local meteorologists connecting the weather to climate change? https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/2022-04-07/how-are-local-meteorologists-connecting-the-weather-to-climate-change

As sea levels rise, can Chesapeake Bay’s Tangier Island survive? https://news.trust.org/item/20220407075218-c7k02/

UN: 18 nations have gone green on climate, raked in green https://apnews.com/article/climate-science-business-europe-united-kingdom-746ccffa3fd16dcb8b4b4e5cc6fd371c

Climate scientists are desperate: we’re crying, begging and getting arrested https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/06/climate-scientists-are-desperate-were-crying-begging-and-getting-arrested

‘Flash Droughts’ Coming on Faster, Global Study Shows https://news.utexas.edu/2022/04/01/flash-droughts-coming-on-faster-global-study-shows/

One issue matters more to top economists than any other this election: climate change https://theconversation.com/one-issue-matters-more-to-top-economists-than-any-other-this-election-climate-change-180948

Four solutions to mitigate climate change, from the IPCC https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/Penn-experts-four-solutions-mitigate-climate-change-IPCC-report

Majorities in US back climate change proposals: Gallup https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3263848-majorities-in-us-back-climate-change-proposals-gallup/

Southern Africa storms fuelled by climate change – study https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61067254

As climate change intensifies extreme weather, local newspapers see a bright future in meteorology https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/04/as-climate-change-intensifies-extreme-weather-events-local-newspapers-see-a-bright-future-in-meteorology/

Don’t let climate change take all the blame https://knowablemagazine.org/article/food-environment/2022/dont-let-climate-change-take-all-blame

Delhi under severe heatwave conditions after hottest March on record, India https://watchers.news/2022/04/09/delhi-under-severe-heatwave-conditions-after-hottest-march-on-record-india/

Next PM urged to prioritise climate action https://thewest.com.au/politics/election/next-pm-urged-to-prioritise-climate-action-c-6420628

Individual Actions Can Reduce Emissions Up to 70%, Says IPCC Report https://www.treehugger.com/individual-actions-reduce-emissions-by-70-percent-5225478

Net-zero commitments could limit warming to below 2 °C https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00874-1

Early closure of Australia’s largest coal-fired plant could create electricity shortages without grid upgrades https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/14/early-closure-of-australias-largest-coal-fired-plant-could-create-electricity-shortages-without-grid-upgrades

Disaster risk reduction

Exploring Rates of Earthquake Occurrence https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/lesson/exploring_rates_of_earthquake_occurrence

The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than usual, researchers say https://www.npr.org/2022/04/07/1091459296/2022-hurricane-season

Our dangerous future of compounding crises: Ukraine, climate, and the pandemic https://medium.com/@Alex_Verbeek/our-dangerous-future-of-compounding-crises-ukraine-climate-and-the-pandemic-72dfcb4430d1

California utility to pay $55 million for massive wildfires https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-business-california-environment-fires-098f18ec53e70732bb13384a7720559b

Bringing Back Fire: How Burning Can Help Restore Eastern Lands https://e360.yale.edu/features/bringing-back-fire-how-burning-can-help-restore-eastern-lands

Geoarchaeological evidence reveals a major M9.5 tsunamigenic earthquake in Chile https://watchers.news/2022/04/10/geoarchaeological-evidence-reveals-a-major-tsunamigenic-earthquake-in-chile-causing-exceptional-social-disruption/

A Sharper Look at the World’s Rivers and Catchments https://eos.org/science-updates/a-sharper-look-at-the-worlds-rivers-and-catchments

Developing a large-scale dataset of flood fatalities for territories in the Euro-Mediterranean region, FFEM-DB https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01273-x

Better wildfire models save property and life: refined fidelity of predictive models using AI https://ral.ucar.edu/pressroom/features/rals-wildfire-modeling-team-wins-the-2021-hpc-innovation-award

What’s the tallest wave ever recorded on Earth? https://www.livescience.com/tallest-wave-recorded-on-earth

California, Utah and other Western states face scary wildfire season https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/4/11/23020513/california-utah-western-states-face-scary-wildfire-season-drought-snowpack-dry-west

Risk Data Hub, a renewed space to support EU countries with disaster prevention and preparedness https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news/risk-data-hub-renewed-space-support-eu-countries-disaster-prevention-and-preparedness-2022-04-11_en

The Transportation Network’s Role in Disaster and Community Resilience https://climateadaptationplatform.com/transportation-networks-role-in-disaster-and-community-resilience/

U.S. Fires Quadrupled in Size, Tripled in Frequency in 20 Years https://eos.org/articles/u-s-fires-quadrupled-in-size-tripled-in-frequency-in-20-years

Pacific Highway upgrade acted as ‘dam wall’ during floods, north coast residents claim https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-12/north-coast-flood-victims-signal-pacific-highway-class-action/100984824

Scientists Unravel How the Tonga Volcano Caused Worldwide Tsunamis https://www.quantamagazine.org/scientists-unravel-how-the-tonga-volcano-caused-worldwide-tsunamis-20220413/

Data from Swiss Re Institute’s latest sigma report shows that floods accounted for 31% of global economic losses from natural catastrophes in 2021, yet just 25% of flood risk is covered by insurance https://www.reinsurancene.ws/floods-drive-high-losses-in-2021-as-global-insured-nat-cat-bill-hits-111bn-swiss-re/

Finding higher ground as floodwaters rise https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2022/0411/Finding-higher-ground-as-floodwaters-rise

Risk Data Hub, a renewed space to support EU countries with disaster prevention and preparedness https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news/risk-data-hub-renewed-space-support-eu-countries-disaster-prevention-and-preparedness-2022-04-11_en

Emergency management

Advocates say people with disability are increasingly ‘forgotten’ in emergency planning https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/11/advocates-say-people-with-disability-are-increasingly-forgotten-in-emergency-planning

Under COVID Lockdown, Shanghai’s People Are Running Out of Food and Meds While Pets Get Killed in the Streetshttps://reason.com/2022/04/08/under-covid-lockdown-shanghais-people-are-running-out-of-food-and-meds-while-pets-get-killed-in-the-streets/

Southern Manitoba communities well-prepared for potential flooding, officials say https://globalnews.ca/news/8739790/southern-manitoba-communities-spring-flood-preparation/

Covid threat being ignored in England for ideological reasons, say NHS leaders https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/11/covid-threat-being-ignored-england-ideological-reasons-nhs-leaders

Victims of the 2011 Brisbane floods have lost a High Court over findings against dam engineers http://www.greencareer.net.au/news/court-rejects-dam-appeal

Could the KZN flooding disaster have been mitigated by a better early warning system? https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-04-12-could-the-kzn-flooding-disaster-have-been-mitigated-by-a-better-early-warning-system/

Disaster education, communications and engagement

With citizen science projects, you and your students can collect and interpret data that will be used to help better understand our Earth and Earth systems https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/education-at-home/citizen-science

The past decade has seen a significant shift in the attitudes of UK newspapers towards climate change https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/how-uk-newspapers-changed-minds-climate-change/

Submissions for the 2022 Resilient Australia National Awards open https://www.aidr.org.au/programs/resilient-australia-awards/

Protect your pets in emergencies https://rspcavic.org/services/emergency-assistance/emergency-planning/

Remote sensing classroom https://eros.usgs.gov/remote-sensing-classroom/change-pair-game/

Psychology and disasters

Community disaster exposure and first onset of depression: A panel analysis of nationally representative South African data, 2008–2017 https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000024

It’s not easy being your brain https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/04/its-not-easy-being-your-brain/

Sociology and disasters

The donut effect: How the pandemic hollowed out America’s biggest cities https://fullstackeconomics.com/the-donut-effect-how-the-pandemic-hollowed-out-americas-biggest-cities/

Mechanism of an evacuation cascade during the 2011 Tohoku tsunami inferred from an evacuation simulation incorporating communications in social networks https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420922000292

Is my vulnerability so different from yours? A call for compassionate climate change research https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/03091325221083221

People in a pandemic: Rethinking the role of ‘Community’ in community resilience practices https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016718522000690

The world’s poorest have the strongest resilience, yet their voices remain unheard https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/04/01/the-worlds-poorest-have-the-strongest-resilience-yet-their-voices-remain-unheard/

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Northern NSW towns under evacuation orders as heavy rainfall hits flood-ravaged regions https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/29/northern-nsw-towns-under-evacuation-orders-as-heavy-rainfall-hits-flood-ravaged-regions

Heavy rains trigger deadly landslide, leave more than 250 000 without drinking water in Cuenca, Ecuador https://watchers.news/2022/03/29/heavy-rains-trigger-deadly-landslide-leave-more-than-250-000-without-drinking-water-in-cuenca-ecuador/

Wilsons River at Lismore to peak at 12m, search for missing Nowra woman continues https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-30/woman-missing-lismore-flood-levee-breached/100949874

Australia – Evacuations After More Floods in New South Wales https://floodlist.com/australia/floods-nsw-queensland-late-march-2022

Strong M7.0 earthquake hits southeast of the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia https://watchers.news/2022/03/31/strong-m6-8-earthquake-hits-southeast-of-the-loyalty-islands-new-caledonia/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Shifts in El Niño May Be Driving Climates Extremes in Both Hemispheres https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23032022/el-nino-hemispheres/

The Guardian view on record-breaking Arctic temperatures: do look up https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/25/the-guardian-view-on-record-breaking-arctic-temperatures-do-look-up

The concrete breakwaters designed to protect people from the consequences of global warming also contribute to it https://www.fastcompany.com/90733862/inside-the-complicated-paradox-of-building-concrete-sea-walls

The floods and the advent of the climate emergency https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2022/april/1648731600/jo-lle-gergis/past-warning-stage-climate#mtr

Queensland’s proposed coal mines would double emissions, report suggests https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/queensland-s-proposed-coal-mines-would-double-emissions-report-suggests-20220325-p5a7x3.html

How Freaked Out Should We Be About That Antarctica Ice-Shelf Collapse? https://www.thedailybeast.com/east-antarcticas-conger-ice-shelf-collapsed-should-we-freak-out

Severity and sweep of Prairie droughts could spiral as climate changes https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/severity-and-sweep-of-prairie-droughts-could-spiral-as-climate-changes-1.6391982

Storm surges, rising sea levels and beach erosion could threaten $25 billion worth of Australian residential properties over the next 30 years https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-28/climate-change-risks-billions-of-dollars-of-coastal-property/100943830

Coastal home buyers are ignoring rising flood risks, despite clear warnings and rising insurance premiums https://theconversation.com/coastal-home-buyers-are-ignoring-rising-flood-risks-despite-clear-warnings-and-rising-insurance-premiums-179603

Atmospheric blocking and weather extremes over the Euro-Atlantic sector – a review https://wcd.copernicus.org/articles/3/305/2022/

U.S. Businesses May Be Required to Report Emissions, Climate Risk https://eos.org/articles/u-s-businesses-may-be-required-to-report-emissions-climate-risk

Indigenous peoples across the globe are uniquely equipped to deal with the climate crisis – so why are we being left out of these conversations? https://theconversation.com/indigenous-peoples-across-the-globe-are-uniquely-equipped-to-deal-with-the-climate-crisis-so-why-are-we-being-left-out-of-these-conversations-171724

On verge of record drought, East Africa grapples with new climate normal https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/verge-record-drought-east-africa-grapples-new-climate-normal

Wind and solar generated 10% of global electricity for the first time in 2021, a new analysis shows https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60917445

Trends in Europe storm surge extremes match the rate of sea-level rise https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04426-5

New, faster method to measure global warming shows no acceleration or slowdown https://phys.org/news/2022-03-faster-method-global-slowdown.html

Rising Sea Levels, Storm Surges and Heavy Rainfall: Outlining the Impacts of Climate Change on Flood Risk in Denmark https://www.ambientalrisk.com/the-impacts-of-climate-change-in-denmark/

Tasmania’s forests are burning more as climate change dries them out. Our old tools can’t fight these new fires https://theconversation.com/tasmanias-forests-are-burning-more-as-climate-change-dries-them-out-our-old-tools-cant-fight-these-new-fires-179833

Meltwater drainage, break-away icebergs linked at shrinking Helheim Glacier https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220331121246.htm

Disaster risk reduction

Novel framework for assessing long-term flood risk management pathways focusing on river channel improvement and amenity policies https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12804

Improving flash flood risk assessment using a simple approach for extreme rainfall scaling and storms transposition https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12796

Storm surge contributions to flood hazards on Canada’s Atlantic Coast https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12800

Joint flood control scheduling strategy of large cascade reservoirs: A case study of the cascade reservoirs in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12802

UN weather agency to spearhead 5 year early warning plan, boosting climate action https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1114462

LiDAR scan the entire surface of the Earth https://www.theeartharchive.com/

Threat and Risk Assessment https://www.3si.ca/3si/services-threat-risk-assessment.html

Influence of Urban Areas on Surface Water Loss in the Contiguous United States https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021AV000519

A tool to assess livelihood preparedness for disasters: a study of Kaikōura earthquake in New Zealand https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11069-022-05322-x.pdf

Communities to trial innovative ways of adapting to coastal erosion https://www.gov.uk/government/news/communities-to-trial-innovative-ways-of-adapting-to-coastal-erosion

Sponginess and why it matters https://www.arup.com/perspectives/sponginess-and-why-it-matters

Flood hydrology roadmap sets out 25-year vision to help predict and manage flood risk https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/about-us/news/flood-hydrology-roadmap-sets-out-25-year-vision-to-help-predict-and-manage-flood-risk

Chaos theory provides hints for controlling the weather https://www.riken.jp/en/news_pubs/research_news/pr/2022/20220328_2/index.html

Using flood probabilities to improve the effectiveness of the monitoring, reinforcement and maintenance of dikes https://www.deltares.nl/en/news/doctorate-research-using-flood-probabilities-to-improve-the-effectiveness-of-the-monitoring-reinforcement-and-maintenance-of-dikes/

Government of Canada Helps Protect Canadians With Earthquake Early Warning System https://www.canada.ca/en/natural-resources-canada/news/2022/03/government-of-canada-helps-protect-canadians-with-earthquake-early-warning-system.html

Science to guide our relationship with nature https://www.naturalhazards.com.au/news-and-events/news-and-views/science-guide-our-relationship-nature

Quantifying CMIP6 model uncertainties in extreme precipitation projections https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094722000238

Wildfire contribution to streamflow variability across Australian temperate zone https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169422003031

Behavioral Economic Consequences of Disasters: A Basis for Inclusion in Benefit–Cost Analysis https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s41885-022-00107-9.pdf

Rainforest persistence and recruitment after Australia’s 2019–2020 fires in subtropical, temperate, dry and littoral rainforests https://www.publish.csiro.au/bt/BT21091

Deadly ‘Smoke Waves’ From Wildfires Set to Soar https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28032022/smoke-waves-wildfires/

As drought pushes east, more intense wildfires are sparking in new areas https://www.climatesignals.org/headlines/drought-pushes-east-more-intense-wildfires-are-sparking-new-areas

Historic restructuring of flood insurance begins tomorrow https://www.eenews.net/articles/historic-restructuring-of-flood-insurance-begins-tomorrow/

B.C. landslide caused 100-metre-high tsunami, set off earthquake scale: study https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/b-c-landslide-caused-100-metre-high-tsunami-set-off-earthquake-scale-study/ar-AAVGQLZ

Why can floods in Northern Rivers towns like Lismore and Byron Bay come in clusters? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-31/floods-lismore-byron-bay-northern-rivers-why-come-in-clusters/100954926

Losses from flood have been on an upward trend globally https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2022-01.html

Counterfactual Analysis is increasingly used in Disaster Risk Management to explore the effectiveness and the value of measures aimed at preventing disasters or mitigating their impacts https://averteddisasteraward.org/2022/03/25/counterfactual-analysis/

Emergency management

All eyes are on China as it attempts to quash its largest COVID-19 outbreaks since the early days of the pandemic https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00884-z

Global vaccination must be swifter https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00809-w

NSW government approves just 377 grants for flood-hit business, despite receiving 8,000 applications https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/29/nsw-government-approves-377-grants-for-flood-hit-business-despite-receiving-8000-applications

The learning vacuum of bushfire public inquiries — a review https://www.themandarin.com.au/185396-the-learning-vacuum-of-bushfire-public-inquiries-a-review/

NDK detects early-stage forest fires in Korea https://roboticscats.com/2022/03/29/ndk-detects-early-stage-forest-fires-in-korea/

GESA – Global Emergency Services Action https://apfmag.mdmpublishing.com/gesa-global-emergency-services-action/

Dire impact from floods in South Sudan as new wet season looms https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1114992

Female wildland firefighters are forging a sisterhood in a field dominated by men https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2022/03/28/represented-kelly-martin.cnn

Assessing distributive inequities in FEMA’s Disaster recovery assistance fund allocation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420922000747?via%3Dihub

Early warning systems hold the key to disaster management in West Africa https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/03/07/early-warning-systems-hold-the-key-to-disaster-management-in-west-africa/

Disaster education, communications and engagement

The Climate Action Board Game https://climaniathegame.com/

Actionable and understandable? Evidence-based recommendations for the design of (multi-) hazard warning messages https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420922001364

Data-driven citizen science changes the way communities deal with flooding https://phys.org/news/2022-03-data-driven-citizen-science.html

Psychology and disasters

Household Hurricane Evacuation Plan Adaptation in Response to Estimated Travel Delay Provided Prior to Departure https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29NH.1527-6996.0000557

‘Essential for the soul’?: leisure as a flashpoint during COVID-19 lockdowns in Ontario, Canada https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11745398.2022.2055586

Risk Attitudes to Catastrophic Events: VSL and WTP for Insurance Against Earthquakes https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41885-022-00109-7

Typhoon Risk Perception: A Case Study of Typhoon Lekima in China https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-022-00405-6

Geopolitical factors and mental health https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0020764018808548

‘There’s a cracking’: Residents are broken in Lismore after the NSW town is flooded again https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/31/theres-a-cracking-residents-are-broken-in-lismore-after-the-nsw-town-is-flooded-again

Sociology and disasters

Social influence matters: We follow pandemic guidelines most when our close circle does https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjop.12491

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Indonesia – Floods Affect 50,000 in Java, Borneo and Sumatra https://floodlist.com/asia/indonesia-floods-march-2022

A massive tornado struck parts of New Orleans that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina nearly two decades ago https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/deadly-new-orleans-area-tornado-given-preliminary-ef3-rating/1161023

Mozambique – Death Toll From Cyclone Gombe Rises to More Than 50 https://floodlist.com/africa/mozambique-cyclone-gombe-update-march-2022

Brazil – Deadly Floods and Landslides Strike Again in Petrópolis https://floodlist.com/america/brazil-floods-landslides-petropolis-march-2022

Volcanic activity worldwide 23 Mar 2022: Fuego volcano, Semeru, Sangay, São Jorge, Lonquimay https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/176114/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-23-Mar-2022-Fuego-volcano-Semeru-Sangay-So-Jorge-Lonquimay-Nevad.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/20/heatwaves-at-both-of-earth-poles-alarm-climate-scientists

Climate Change Is Disrupting the Global Supply Chain Too https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-is-disrupting-the-global-supply-chain-too/

Climate change: Wildfire smoke linked to Arctic melting https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60782084

Cut Climate Tech Invention-to-Innovation Time https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cut-climate-tech-invention-to-innovation-time-gianni-giacomelli/

Faced with rising seas, this Florida city is building a resilience fund https://floodcoalition.org/2022/03/faced-with-rising-seas-this-florida-city-is-building-a-resilience-fund/

Climate Resilience for Whom? The Importance of Locally-Led Development in the Northern Triangle https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2022/03/climate-resilience-whom-importance-locally-led-development-northern-triangle/

The world needs a new water agenda https://news.trust.org/item/20220321114401-ui73l/

Within the next five years, everyone on Earth should be protected by early warning systems against increasingly extreme weather and climate change https://www.preventionweb.net/news/early-warning-systems-must-protect-everyone-within-five-years

Heatwaves in the Asia-Pacific https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/heatwaves-addressing-sweltering-risk-asia-pacific

The Effects of Climate Change https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/

Climate Change Will Make Supply Chain Woes Worse https://hakaimagazine.com/news/climate-change-will-make-supply-chain-woes-worse/

Tornadoes, climate change and why Dixie is the new Tornado Alley https://theconversation.com/tornadoes-climate-change-and-why-dixie-is-the-new-tornado-alley-178863

Disaster risk reduction

US tsunami warning system needs an urgent overhaul, experts say https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/20/weather/tsunami-system-urgent-action-weather/index.html

Megafire-induced interval squeeze threatens vegetation at landscape scales https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.2482

Controls on watershed flashiness across the continental US https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169422002888?dgcid=author

FEMA is giving homeowners money to prepare for floods — or move away https://grist.org/politics/fema-is-giving-homeowners-money-to-prepare-for-floods-or-move-away/

A new technology will allow researchers to quickly compare data from different satellites to better assess changes on Earth https://www.lanl.gov/discover/publications/national-security-science/2021-spring/satellites.php

Flood hydrology roadmap sets out 25-year vision to help predict and manage flood risk https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/flood-hydrology-roadmap-sets-out-25-year-vision-to-help-predict-and-manage-flood-risk

Was It a Flash Flood or Not? Categorizing Disaster Types in Historical Records https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/03/21/was-it-a-flash-flood-or-not-categorizing-disaster-types-in-historical-records/

Development of a Flash Flood Confidence Index from Disaster Reports and Geophysical Susceptibility https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/14/2764

Spatial targeting of nature-based solutions for flood risk management within river catchments https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12803

Emergency management

So you’ve recovered from Covid. What next? https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/21-03-2022/so-youve-recovered-from-covid-what-next

Flood-affected Lismore residents with nowhere to go return to homes deemed uninhabitable https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/20/flood-affected-lismore-residents-with-nowhere-to-go-return-to-homes-deemed-uninhabitable

NSW government promises to respond better and mitigate against future deadly floods as clean up gathers pace https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-21/nsw-government-promises-better-response-to-future-deadly-floods/100925392

Tonga Tsunami, January 15, 2022 https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/tsunami/tonga

Guardian Essential poll: voters mark Morrison government down on flood response https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/22/guardian-essential-poll-voters-mark-morrison-government-down-on-flood-response

FEMA trailers for 2020 hurricanes soon to require rent https://www.wwltv.com/article/money/fema-trailers-2020-hurricanes-rent/289-fd186684-010d-43ba-b9b1-6b34185e6828

Governments love to talk about ‘shared responsibility’ in a disaster – but does anyone know what it means? https://theconversation.com/governments-love-to-talk-about-shared-responsibility-in-a-disaster-but-does-anyone-know-what-it-means-179459

Flood-stricken, isolated central Queensland farmers want more access to recovery funding https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-03-24/flood-stricken-farmers-in-isolated-regions-want-more-funding/100931842

Did the COVID lockdowns work? Here’s what we know two years on https://theconversation.com/did-the-covid-lockdowns-work-heres-what-we-know-two-years-on-176623

Disaster education, communications and engagement

Adaptation pathways: A review of approaches and a learning framework https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901120313836

Resilience First launches ground-breaking Business Resilience Self-Assessment Tool https://www.resiliencefirst.org/news/resilience-first-launches-ground-breaking-resilience-self-assessment-tool

How to make your home safer in tornadoes, hurricanes https://www.fox26houston.com/news/how-to-make-your-home-safer-in-tornadoes-hurricanes

Enthusiasm for Twitter changed science communication during the pandemic—but will it last? https://www.science.org/content/article/twitter-transformed-science-communication-pandemic-will-last

How Participatory is Participatory Flood Risk Mapping? Voices from the Flood Prone Dharavi Slum in Mumbai https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-022-00406-5

Psychology and disasters

Koala champion escapes floods https://www.echo.net.au/2022/03/koala-champion-escapes-floods/

Sociology and disasters

Disasters, Ruins, and Crises: Masculinity and Ramifications of Storms in Vietnam https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00141844.2018.1561490

A billion of the world’s most climate-vulnerable people live in informal settlements – here’s what they face https://theconversation.com/a-billion-of-the-worlds-most-climate-vulnerable-people-live-in-informal-settlements-heres-what-they-face-178116

Risk, Resilience and Gender in the Current Petrópolis Tragedy https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/irdr/2022/03/10/risk-resilience-and-gender-in-the-current-petropolis-tragedy/

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Mozambique – 12 Killed as Cyclone Gombe Brings Strong Winds and Torrential Rain https://floodlist.com/africa/mozambique-cyclone-gombe-march-2022

Malaysia – Deadly Landslide in Kuala Lumpur https://floodlist.com/asia/malaysia-landslide-ampang-kuala-lumpur-march-2022

Historic drought looms for 20 million living in Horn of Africa https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/historic-drought-looms-for-20-million-living-in-horn-of-africa

Roads blocked and homes evacuated as heavy rain hits southern France https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/French-news/Roads-blocked-and-homes-evacuated-as-heavy-rain-hits-southern-France#.Yi-gB-rH4Hw.twitter

Malawi – 4 Dead After Cyclone Gombe Causes Floods in South https://floodlist.com/africa/malawi-cyclone-gombe-floods-march-2022

Landslide in Peruvian Andes buries dozens of homes https://news.yahoo.com/landslide-peruvian-andes-buries-dozens-172941422.html

Australia – More Deadly Floods Hit New South Wales https://floodlist.com/australia/floods-brokenhill-new-south-wales-march-2022

Ecuador – 1 Missing After Flash Floods and Landslides in Loja https://floodlist.com/america/ecuador-floods-loja-march-2022

Magnitude-6.7 earthquake off Sumatra a reminder of region’s earthquake and tsunami hazards https://www.earthobservatory.sg/blog/magnitude-67-earthquake-sumatra-reminder-region%E2%80%99s-earthquake-and-tsunami-hazards

Powerful quake off north Japan kills 4, more than 90 injured https://phys.org/news/2022-03-powerful-quake-north-japan.html

Volcanic activity worldwide 16 Mar 2022: Fuego volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador, Kilauea, Sangay https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/175570/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-16-Mar-2022-Fuego-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador-Kilauea-Sangay-Be.html

USA – Floods Cause Traffic Chaos in Alabama https://floodlist.com/america/usa/floods-birmingham-alabama-march-2022

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Sun Cable’s giant Northern Territory solar project gets $210m funding boost https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/14/sun-cables-giant-northern-territory-solar-project-gets-210m-funding-boost

UK not prepared for climate impacts, warns IPCC expert https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/04/uk-not-prepared-climate-impacts-ipcc-intergovernmental

What does the latest climate science mean for anticipatory action? https://www.anticipation-hub.org/news/what-does-the-latest-climate-science-mean-for-anticipatory-action

Estimating Heat Wave Frequency and Strength: A Chicago Case Study https://eos.org/research-spotlights/estimating-heat-wave-frequency-and-strength-a-chicago-case-study

February 2022: Earth’s 7th-warmest February on record https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/03/february-2022-earths-7th-warmest-february-on-record/

Increasing spatiotemporal proximity of heat and precipitation extremes in a warming world quantified by a large model ensemble https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5712

IPCC report: how politics – not climate change – is responsible for disasters and conflict https://theconversation.com/ipcc-report-how-politics-not-climate-change-is-responsible-for-disasters-and-conflict-178071

Children’s climate change case overturned on appeal as Federal Court dismisses government’s ‘duty of care’ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-15/federal-court-judgement-on-climate-change-government-doc/100909214

Why Is the World Ignoring the Latest U.N. Climate Report? https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/un-climate-report.html

Fast-melting alpine permafrost may contribute to rising global temperatures https://phys.org/news/2022-03-fast-melting-alpine-permafrost-contribute-global.html

Precipitation trends determine how often droughts and heat waves will occur together https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=36336&webc_pm=07/2022

As sea levels rise, coastal megacities will need more than flood barriers https://theconversation.com/as-sea-levels-rise-coastal-megacities-will-need-more-than-flood-barriers-176935

Using Thoreau’s Notebooks to Understand Climate Change https://daily.jstor.org/using-thoreaus-notebooks-to-understand-climate-change/

Black Summer bushfire smoke altered ozone-depleting chemicals in atmosphere, study finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-03-18/smoke-black-summer-bushfires-ozone-layer-altered/100908234

Germany aims to get 100% of energy from renewable sources by 2035 https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/germany-aims-get-100-energy-renewable-sources-by-2035-2022-02-28/

To really address climate change, Australia could make 27 times as much electricity and make it renewable https://theconversation.com/to-really-address-climate-change-australia-could-make-27-times-as-much-electricity-and-make-it-renewable-179311

When will eastern Australia’s wet weather end and will we get a La Niña ‘three-peat’? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/18/when-will-eastern-australias-wet-weather-end-and-will-we-get-a-la-nina-three-peat

U.S. Fires Four Times Larger, Three Times More Frequent Since 2000 https://cires.colorado.edu/news/us-fires-four-times-larger-three-times-more-frequent-2000

Disaster risk reduction

Fire-Environment Analysis: An Example of Army Garrison Camp Williams, Utah https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/3/1/6

‘It makes sense to improve’: flood-hit mayors fear road rebuild won’t reduce risk https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/14/it-makes-sense-to-improve-flood-hit-mayors-fear-road-rebuild-wont-reduce-risk

Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework https://sendaiframework-mtr.undrr.org/

Grantham residents moved to higher ground after record floods, so why haven’t others? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-13/grantham-land-swap-a-model-for-future/100902758

A retrospective on hydrological catchment modelling based on half a century with the HBV model https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/26/1371/2022/

To build for the future, we need updated rainfall records https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/598099-to-build-for-the-future-we-need-updated-rainfall-records

The human factor in seasonal streamflows across natural and managed watersheds of North America https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-022-00848-1

Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis https://sites.google.com/site/pshabook/

Assessing the Potential for Compound Storm Surge and Extreme River Discharge Events at the Catchment Scale with Statistical Models: Sensitivity Analysis and Recommendations for Best Practice https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0002154

After the floods, the distressing but necessary case for managed retreat https://theconversation.com/after-the-floods-the-distressing-but-necessary-case-for-managed-retreat-178641

Yukon government mapping all flood prone areas, minister says https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-government-flood-mapping-1.6385752

Strengthening emergency communications for complex, cascading and compounding events – lessons learned from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption and tsunami in Tonga https://council.science/current/blog/emergency-communications-complex-cascading-events-lessons-eruption-and-tsunami-in-tonga/

Trees: why they’re our greatest allies against floods – but also tragic victims https://theconversation.com/trees-why-theyre-our-greatest-allies-against-floods-but-also-tragic-victims-178981

World’s largest dam removal reverses coastal erosion https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-50387-7

A Comparative Assessment of Mobile Device-Based Multi-Hazard Warnings: Saving Lives through Public Alerts in Europe https://css.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/pdfs/RR-Reports-2022-Warning-App-Study.pdf

More than one million properties are at risk of flooding across 30 priority local government areas around Australia https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/one-million-homes-at-risk-of-flooding-by-2030-new-modelling-shows-20220316-p5a57r.html

Burned areas and number of wildfires around the world https://gwis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/apps/gwis.statistics/

Community Resilience Estimates https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/community-resilience-estimates.html

SeisBench—A Toolbox for Machine Learning in Seismology https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/doi/10.1785/0220210324/612498/SeisBench-A-Toolbox-for-Machine-Learning-in

New high-resolution map shows wildfires caused one third of global forest loss between 2001 and 2019 https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/946430

Emergency management

China battles worst Covid outbreak for two years as cases double in 24 hours https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/13/china-battles-worst-covid-outbreak-for-two-years-as-cases-double-in-24-hours

If you think you know how many Britons died during the pandemic, think again https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/britain-covid-pandemic-deaths-lancet-b2034463.html

Responding faster to droughts with satellites and adaptive social protection in Niger https://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/responding-faster-droughts-satellites-and-adaptive-social-protection-niger

COVID pandemic 2nd anniversary: 3 things we got wrong, and 3 things to watch out for https://theconversation.com/covid-pandemic-2nd-anniversary-3-things-we-got-wrong-and-3-things-to-watch-out-for-177618

SES boss defends decision to reject army assistance days before northern NSW floods https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-13/nsw-floods-adf-offer-rejected-by-ses/100906268

Scott Morrison says he met with BOM last year to discuss ‘cyclones and floods’ after government blasted for refusing to heed warnings https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-14/morrison-government-blasted-for-bungling-flood-disaster-bushfire/100907116

Post-event flood mapping for road networks using taxi GPS data https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12799

Brisbane floods damage University of Queensland glasshouses, result in ‘huge loss of knowledge’ https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-03-15/brisbane-floods-lost-research-in-university-queensland-/100903544

Kids show mysteriously low levels of COVID antibodies https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00681-8

‘Pretty brutal’: Hiring woes plague Biden effort to contain wildfires https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/15/bidens-effort-to-contain-wildfires-threatened-by-staffing-woes-00016419

After the tornado, can a rural Kentucky town create a comeback? https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2022/0223/After-the-tornado-can-a-rural-Kentucky-town-create-a-comeback

Has the COVID-19 pandemic made the world more prepared for the future? https://www.today.com/video/has-the-covid-19-pandemic-made-the-world-more-prepared-for-the-future-135258693996

Burned Area Emergency Response Teams: Interactions and Opportunities During Southwestern Monsoon Seasons https://hazards.colorado.edu/weather-ready-research/burned-area-emergency-response-teams-interactions-and-opportunities-during-southwestern-monsoon-seasons

Review on visualization technology in simulation training system for major natural disasters https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-022-05277-z

Disaster education, communications and engagement

Ulladulla’s Gateway sculpture rises up as symbol of resilience after Black Summer bushfires https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-13/ulladulla-gateway-sculpture-black-summer-bushfire-resilience/100898386

Virginia Flood Awareness Week https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/floodawarenessweek/

Study proposes to involve high school students in mapping natural disaster hazards and impact prevention https://agencia.fapesp.br/study-proposes-to-involve-high-school-students-in-mapping-natural-disaster-hazards-and-impact-prevention/38090/

Moral Emotions Shape the Virality of COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.03590.pdf

Artists address flood awareness https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/insights/artists-address-flood-awareness

Flood recovery resources https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/flood-recovery-resources/

ADA brings flood risk management into focus in schools https://www.ada.org.uk/2022/03/ada-brings-flood-risk-management-into-focus-in-schools/

Examining Public Response and Climate Conditions During Overlapping Tornado and Flash Flood Warnings https://hazards.colorado.edu/weather-ready-research/examining-public-response-and-climate-conditions-during-overlapping-tornado-and-flashflood-warnings

Household-Targeted Hurricane Warnings for Effective Evacuation https://hazards.colorado.edu/weather-ready-research/household-targeted-hurricane-warnings-for-effective-evacuation

Risk Communication Planning: Learning From Lived Experiences of Homelessness https://hazards.colorado.edu/weather-ready-research/risk-communication-planning-learning-from-lived-experience-of-homelessness

The Role of 360-Degree Videos in Wildfire Preparedness https://hazards.colorado.edu/weather-ready-research/the-role-of-360-degree-videos-in-wildfire-preparedness

Evacuation: A Resource Round-Up https://fireadaptednetwork.org/evacuation-a-resource-round-up/

Psychology and disasters

Anxious nation: Eco-grief takes hold as ‘code red for humanity’ hits home https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/anxious-nation-eco-grief-takes-hold-as-code-red-for-humanity-hits-home-20220311-p5a3ua.html

The March 2020 Tennessee Tornados: Risk Perceptions, Preparedness, and Communication https://hazards.colorado.edu/weather-ready-research/the-march-2020-tennessee-tornados-risk-perceptions-preparedness-and-communication

Learning From Hurricane Laura’s Near Miss: Evacuation Decision-Making Under Uncertainty https://hazards.colorado.edu/weather-ready-research/learning-from-hurricane-lauras-near-miss-evacuation-decision-making-under-uncertainty

Sociology and disasters

Cabbage Tree Island’s Indigenous community displaced by NSW floods ‘left out’ of government’s response https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-13/nsw-floods-displace-cabbage-tree-island-indigenous-community/100903252

Disasters as Enablers of Negotiation for Sustainability Transition: A Case from Odaka, Fukushima https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/5/3101

Why climate change is inherently racist https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220125-why-climate-change-is-inherently-racist

So far, vaccine inequity is widening the gap between rich and poor https://sdgintegration.undp.org/vaccine-equity

Location Intelligence Reveals the Extent, Timing, and Spatial Variation of Hurricane Preparedness https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359227982_Location_Intelligence_Reveals_the_Extent_Timing_and_Spatial_Variation_of_Hurricane_Preparedness

Homeless and looking for help – why people with disability and their carers fare worse after floods https://theconversation.com/homeless-and-looking-for-help-why-people-with-disability-and-their-carers-fare-worse-after-floods-178983

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

NSW residents warned to prepare again as more dangerous weather forecast https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-06/nsw-flood-danger-not-over-with-east-coast-low-forecast/100886342

Destructive tornadoes hit Iowa, leaving at least 7 people dead, U.S. https://watchers.news/2022/03/06/iowa-tornado-march-2022-casualties-damage/

Flooding in Mindanao displaces hundreds as tropical wave lingers over the Philippines https://watchers.news/2022/03/07/flooding-in-mindanao-displaces-hundreds-as-tropical-wave-lingers-over-the-philippines/

Colombia – Thousands Isolated After Rivers Overflow in Antioquia https://floodlist.com/america/colombia-antioquia-floods-march-2022

Haiti and Dominican Republic – 2 Dead, Hundreds Displaced After Rain Triggers Flash Floods https://floodlist.com/america/haiti-dominican-republic-floods-march-2022

Thousands of acres near Panama City are torched as Florida Panhandle wildfires continue https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/07/us/florida-panhandle-wildfire-monday/index.html

Sydney floods: two found dead, roads inundated, homes and suburbs across the city swamped https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/08/sydney-floods-nsw-evacuation-orders-flood-manly-dam-spills-roseville-bridge-inundated-road-closures-flooding

Wildfires erupt after hottest week in history across parts of the West ignited them https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/wildfires-erupt-after-hottest-week-history-across-parts-west-ignited-n1271603

Indonesia – Deadly Floods and Landslides in Java and Sulawesi Islands https://floodlist.com/asia/indonesia-floods-landslides-java-sulawesi-march-2022

Volcanic activity worldwide 10 Mar 2022: Fuego volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador, Sangay, Pavlof https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/174958/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-10-Mar-2022-Fuego-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador-Sangay-Pavlof-Kir.html

Ecuador – Hundreds of Homes Damaged, Communities Isolated After Floods in Cotopaxi https://floodlist.com/america/ecuador-floods-cotopaxi-march-2022

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Worse weather and more floods: The IPCC report contains warnings Australia should heed https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-06/climate-change-to-intensify-weather-in-australia-ipcc-report-say/100882692

How climate data scarcity costs lives https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2022/03/01/how-climate-data-scarcity-costs-lives

Tasmania’s dry summer in review, as BOM eyes autumn with waning La Niña https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-07/bom-tasmania-summer-review-autumn-preview/100885004

Lismore embodies the problem now facing Australia from climate change https://thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2022/03/07/alan-kohler-lismore-climate-change/

Ten climate-resilient homes https://dezeen.com/2022/03/07/climate-resilient-homes-roundups/

How climate change is already hitting Europe and how we need to adapt https://thebristolcable.org/2022/03/leading-scientist-how-climate-change-is-already-hitting-europe-and-how-we-need-to-adapt/

The importance of hydrology in routing terrestrial carbon to the atmosphere via global streams and rivers https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2106322119

Causes and Consequences of Epic Western US Drought https://blog.ucsusa.org/pablo-ortiz/causes-and-consequences-of-epic-western-us-drought/

“Delay Means Death,” UN Chief Warns About Climate Change https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/delay-means-death-un-chief-warns-about-climate-change

A new study challenges a commonly accepted explanation that a “sudden stratospheric warming” caused the unusually cold weather over the U.S. early last year https://news.ucar.edu/132831/new-study-questions-explanation-last-winters-brutal-us-cold-snap

The UK’s Heat and Buildings Strategy https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/independent-assessment-the-uks-heat-and-buildings-strategy/

New Climate Council report ‘A Supercharged Climate: Rain bombs, flash flooding and destruction’ https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/more-rain-three-days-entire-year-london-new-report-shows-disaster-off-charts/

Projected Impact of Mid-21st Century Climate Change on Wildfire Hazard in a Major Urban Watershed outside Portland, Oregon USA https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/3/4/70

So, we are “learning to live with COVID” — can we learn to live with climate change? https://www.abc.net.au/religion/should-we-learn-to-live-with-climate-change/13789412

The floods have killed at least 21 Australians. Adapting to a harsher climate is now a life-or-death matter https://theconversation.com/the-floods-have-killed-at-least-21-australians-adapting-to-a-harsher-climate-is-now-a-life-or-death-matter-178761

Our climate crisis https://www.sciencenews.org/century/climate-change-carbon-dioxide-greenhouse-gas-emissions-global-warming

Human actions accelerate climate-driven floods and droughts https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/human-actions-accelerate-climate-driven-floods-and-droughts

Disaster risk reduction

Can Cloud Seeding Help Quench the Thirst of the U.S. West? https://e360.yale.edu/features/can-cloud-seeding-help-quench-the-thirst-of-the-u.s.-west

Victims of NSW and Queensland floods have lodged 60,000 claims, but too many are underinsured. Here’s a better way https://theconversation.com/victims-of-nsw-and-queensland-floods-have-lodged-60-000-claims-but-too-many-are-underinsured-heres-a-better-way-178294

Scientists seek to solve mystery of why some people do not catch Covid https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/02/scientists-seek-to-solve-mystery-of-why-some-people-do-not-catch-covid

South-east Queensland flood damage bill revised to cost up to $2.5b https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-07/south-east-queensland-flood-disaster-damage-bill-budget/100888958

Expert calls for better flood preparation across south-east Queensland after severe weather event https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-06/qld-flood-weather-south-east-queensland-brisbane-property/100874398

What is flood planning? https://stateresilience.org/planning/

The normative dimensions of flood risk management: Two types of flood harm https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12798

Join Pew and Partners March 8 for ‘Flood Resilience and Adaptation Planning in the U.S.: Challenges and Opportunities’https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/events/2022/flood-resilience-and-adaptation-planning-in-the-us-challenges-and-opportunities

Should every house be rebuilt after flooding? https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-03-10/floods-nsw-queensland-climate-change-worst-ever-natural-disaster/100894956

One in 4 homes and businesses in UK at risk of flooding http://www.floodsax.co.uk/news/one-in-4-homes-and-businesses-in-uk-at-risk-of-flooding-and-it-will-only-get-worse/

Toward integrated fire management to promote ecosystem resilience https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190052822000013

Hurricanes and Other Tropical Cyclones Linked to Rise in U.S. Deaths from Several Major Causes https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/public-health-now/news/hurricanes-and-other-tropical-cyclones-linked-rise-us-deaths-several-major-causes

Under-resourced and undermined: as floods hit south-west Sydney, our research shows councils aren’t prepared https://theconversation.com/under-resourced-and-undermined-as-floods-hit-south-west-sydney-our-research-shows-councils-arent-prepared-178293

Briefing Note on Systemic Risk https://council.science/publications/briefing-systemic-risk/

All disaster risk is systemic, all disaster impact is systemic…but what does it mean? https://www.undrr.org/news/all-disaster-risk-systemic-all-disaster-impact-systemicbut-what-does-it-mean

To Track Magma’s Path to Eruption, Scientists Say There’s Something in the Water https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2022/03/10/to-track-magmas-path-to-eruption-scientists-say-theres-something-in-the-water/

A framework for research on recurrent acute disasters https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abk2458

One in 1,000 years? Old flood probabilities no longer hold water https://theconversation.com/one-in-1-000-years-old-flood-probabilities-no-longer-hold-water-178524

Weather forecasts won’t save us – we must pre-empt monster floods years before they hit https://theconversation.com/weather-forecasts-wont-save-us-we-must-pre-empt-monster-floods-years-before-they-hit-178767

Emergency management

How a spreadsheet became a lifesaver in Lismore’s flood crisis https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-06/nsw-floods-how-a-spreadsheet-became-lifesaver-in-lismore/100885054

NMSU researchers dive deeper into humanitarian response of COVID-19 crisis https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/education/nmsu/2022/03/05/nmsu-researchers-dive-into-humanitarian-response-covid-19-crisis/9378131002/

‘His body was just there’: Mullumbimby volunteers confronted by horrors and chaos of flood aftermath https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/05/his-body-was-just-there-mullumbimby-volunteers-confronted-by-horrors-and-chaos-of-flood-aftermath

Mapping of current Australian floods https://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping/list-of-components/EMSR567

Chefs lead volunteers to feed NSW flood victims in absence of government food relief https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/08/chefs-lead-volunteers-to-feed-nsw-flood-victims-in-absence-of-government-food-relief

‘The sad reality is many don’t survive’: how floods affect wildlife, and how you can help them https://theconversation.com/the-sad-reality-is-many-dont-survive-how-floods-affect-wildlife-and-how-you-can-help-them-178310

US National COVID Preparedness Plan https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/NAT-COVID-19-PREPAREDNESS-PLAN.pdf

Lori Moore-Merrell, the new US Fire Administrator, discusses her agency’s priorities and challenges https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Publications-and-media/NFPA-Journal/2022/Summer-2022/POV/Perspectives

Two years on, COVID-19 pandemic ‘far from over’ https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1113632

Understanding the uneven spread of COVID-19 in the context of the global interconnected economy https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-04717-3

Northern NSW vets work to save hundreds of starving, suffering animals amid flood crisis https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-09/qld-vet-angry-over-ignorance-of-animal-crisis-post-floods/100894214

The national emergency declaration came days after the east coast was already underwater. Why? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-09/why-did-it-take-days-to-declare-national-emergency-floods/100894892

‘A year’s worth of landfill’: what will happen to all the waste from flood-damaged homes in Queensland and NSW? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/09/qld-and-nsw-floods-create-mountains-of-waste-and-spark-environmental-and-vermin-fears

Floods left thousands without power. Microgrids could help communities weather the next disaster https://theconversation.com/floods-left-thousands-without-power-microgrids-could-help-communities-weather-the-next-disaster-178311

Louisiana hurricane aid missing from federal spending deal https://www.theadvocate.com/lake_charles/article_6c34e26e-9fd0-11ec-8676-1f73acb0a83c.html

Water releases from Wivenhoe have been halted. So what’s the status of south-east Queensland’s major water supply? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-10/wivenhoe-dam-capacity-stopping-water-releases/100896366

Disaster education, communications and engagement

These Photos Show the Already Devastating Impact of Australia’s Dystopic ‘Rain Bomb’ https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxd7yx/these-photos-show-the-already-devastating-impact-of-australias-dystopic-rain-bomb

People could’ve prepared for the floods better if the impacts of weather forecasts were clearly communicated https://theconversation.com/people-couldve-prepared-for-the-floods-better-if-the-impacts-of-weather-forecasts-were-clearly-communicated-178309

Disasters: Deconstructed Podcast: Engaging with Communities https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-he9p2-11c5f10

Engaging communities to prepare for natural hazards: a conceptual model https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-022-05290-2

Sea Level Rise Viewer https://coast.noaa.gov/slr/#

Why Vulnerability Still Matters: The Politics of Disaster Risk Creation https://www.routledge.com/Why-Vulnerability-Still-Matters-The-Politics-of-Disaster-Risk-Creation/Bankoff-Hilhorst/p/book/9781032113432

Whether people prepare for natural disasters depends on how the message is sent https://theconversation.com/whether-people-prepare-for-natural-disasters-depends-on-how-the-message-is-sent-178986

Psychology and disasters

Shining a Light on Suicide Risk for Wildland Firefighters https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08032022/suicide-risk-wildland-firefighters-wildfire-climate-change/

First come floods, then domestic violence. We need to prepare for the next inevitable crisis https://theconversation.com/first-come-floods-then-domestic-violence-we-need-to-prepare-for-the-next-inevitable-crisis-178607

Sociology and disasters

Women and Girls in Disasters https://disasterphilanthropy.org/issue-insight/women-and-girls-in-disasters/

Black Neighborhoods Will Bear Future Flood Burden https://eos.org/articles/black-neighborhoods-will-bear-future-flood-burden

Mapping vulnerability: why the IPCC’s geography of climate risk is contentious https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/03/10/mapping-vulnerability-why-the-ipccs-geography-of-climate-risk-is-contentious/

Preparing for when lightning strikes the same place twice, then strikes again https://www.caryinstitute.org/news-insights/press-release/preparing-when-lightning-strikes-same-place-twice-then-strikes-again

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

South Manchester severe flood warning prompts home evacuations https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-60452827

Brazil – Evacuations After Floods Hit Espírito Santo https://floodlist.com/america/espirito-santo-brazil-february-2022

Madagascar – Storm Dumako Leaves 6 Dead, Homes Damaged https://floodlist.com/africa/madagascar-storm-dumako-february-2022

Storm Eunice unleashes record-setting winds, widespread damage in England https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/storm-eunice-storm-dudley-uk-europe-winds-flooding/1144745

Portugal’s drought worsens, rainfall down to 7% of average https://www.euronews.com/2022/02/21/portugal-s-drought-worsens-rainfall-down-to-7-of-average

Category 3 Tropical Cyclone Emnati headed for vulnerable Madagascar https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/02/category-3-tropical-cyclone-emnati-headed-for-vulnerable-madagascar/

Colombia – 1 Missing After Flash Floods in Nariño https://floodlist.com/america/colombia-floods-narino-february-2022

Brazil – Flooding Rivers Displace Thousands in Rondônia https://floodlist.com/america/brazil-floods-rondonia-february-2022

South Africa – 1 Dead, 3 Missing After Floods in Gauteng https://floodlist.com/africa/floods-tembisa-gauteng-south-africa-february-2022

Woman dies in floodwater after Queensland records ‘scary’ amount of rain, BOM warns of more to come https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-23/qld-rain-bom-weather-forecast-flooding/100852808

UK – Hundreds of Homes Damaged After Storm Franklin Causes Rivers to Rise https://floodlist.com/europe/united-kingdom/floods-storm-franklin-february-2022

Bolivia – 20 Feared Missing After Floods in Tarija https://floodlist.com/america/floods-tarija-bolivia-february-2022

Argentina wildfires spread to engulf key cattle farming region https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/argentina-wildfires-spread-to-engulf-key-cattle-farming-region.phtml

Volcanic activity worldwide 23 Feb 2022: Fuego volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Sangay, Telica, Nevado del Ruiz https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/173652/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-23-Feb-2022-Fuego-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Sangay-Telica-Nevado-del-Ruiz.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

The night brakes on fires are failing https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00352-8

Magpies face bleak future as heat rises with climate change https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-20/magpies-face-bleak-future-from-rising-climate-change-heat/100843148

Western Sydney will swelter through 46 days per year over 35°C by 2090, unless emissions drop significantly https://theconversation.com/western-sydney-will-swelter-through-46-days-per-year-over-35-c-by-2090-unless-emissions-drop-significantly-177056

Heatwaves and public housing in Melbourne https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-17/air-con-rooms-shut-in-victorian-public-housing/100833014

How Australia’s geology gave us an abundance of coal – and a wealth of greentech minerals to switch to https://theconversation.com/how-australias-geology-gave-us-an-abundance-of-coal-and-a-wealth-of-greentech-minerals-to-switch-to-173988

Building a Resilient Tomorrow: How to Prepare for the Coming Climate Disruption https://global.oup.com/academic/product/building-a-resilient-tomorrow-9780197626610

How does Antarctic sea ice differ from Arctic sea ice? https://nsidc.org/cryosphere/icelights/2014/01/why-there-so-much-antarctic-sea-ice

Brazilian Town is Losing at Least 5 Meters of Coast Per Year https://worldwarzero.com/magazine/2022/02/brazilian-town-is-losing-at-least-5-meters-of-coast-per-year/

In worst case climate, rain and storm surge combine often for extreme flooding https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/worst-case-climate-rain-storm-surge-combine-often-extreme-flooding-rcna14656

Rising Seas Could Raise Insurance Rates of Those Living Near Water https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/climate-in-crisis/rising-seas-could-raise-insurance-rates-of-those-living-near-water/2816932/

How will climate change impact different regions in America? https://inhabitat.com/how-will-climate-change-impact-different-regions-in-america/

Storm Eunice: UK set for more ‘red’ Met Office weather warnings as a result of climate change https://inews.co.uk/news/science/storm-eustice-uk-more-red-met-office-weather-warnings-climate-change-1469846

Minnesota winters will warm 11 degrees by 2100, study says https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2022/02/18/minnesota-winters-study-global-warming

Timing of emergence of modern rates of sea-level rise by 1863 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28564-6

Cold blob in Atlantic may be slowing ice loss from Iceland’s glaciers https://www.newscientist.com/article/2308086-cold-blob-in-atlantic-may-be-slowing-ice-loss-from-icelands-glaciers/

How public opinion can help shape climate policies https://www.popsci.com/environment/climate-change-public-opinion/

Coal, oil and gas projects emitting greenhouse gases above estimates given at environmental approval, new study finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-24/fossil-fuel-emissions-worse-than-estimates-when-approved/100855338

Antarctic sea ice falls to lowest level since measurements began in 1979 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/23/antarctic-sea-ice-falls-to-lowest-level-since-measurements-began-in-1979

Climate change is intensifying Earth’s water cycle at twice the predicted rate, research shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/24/climate-change-is-intensifying-earths-water-cycle-at-twice-the-predicted-rate-research-shows

Wildfires likely to increase by a third by 2050, warns UN https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/23/climate-crisis-driving-increase-in-wildfires-across-globe-says-report-aoe

Future of the human climate niche https://www.pnas.org/content/117/21/11350

Climate change is warping our fresh water cycle – and much faster than we thought https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-warping-our-fresh-water-cycle-and-much-faster-than-we-thought-177453

NASA develops technology to dissect the lower atmosphere https://phys.org/news/2022-02-nasa-technology-atmosphere.html

Swiss rivers on track to overheat by the end of the century https://phys.org/news/2022-02-swiss-rivers-track-overheat-century.html

NASA is helping fly drones in the Arctic. Here’s what that means for sea ice and sea level change https://phys.org/news/2022-02-nasa-drones-arctic-sea-ice.html

The first step to preparing for surging climate migration? Defining it https://www.npr.org/2022/02/23/1082370619/migration-climate-change-disaster

Melting glaciers, fast-disappearing gauge of climate change https://phys.org/news/2022-02-glaciers-fast-disappering-gauge-climate.html

Cities are abandoning homes that will be destroyed by climate change https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/grand-forks-demolishing-homes-1.6362428

Disaster risk reduction

London flooding poses ‘significant risk’ unless immediate action taken https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/20/london-flooding-poses-significant-risk-unless-immediate-action-taken

Understanding what happens when bushfires merge https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/hazardnotes/113

Inclusive disaster risk management: What have we learned? https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/inclusive-disaster-risk-management-what-have-we-learned

Mitigating the Impact of Climate Change and Flooding on Austria https://www.ambientalrisk.com/mitigating-the-impact-of-climate-change-and-flooding-on-austria/

The problem of doing more: success and paradoxes in scaling up informal initiatives for disaster risk reduction and climate action https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02255189.2021.2019574

The very large urban landslide at Morro da Oficina in Petrópolis https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2022/02/17/morro-da-oficina-1/

NSW government’s issuing of flood plain harvesting licences ‘an act of bastardry’, crossbenchers say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/feb/21/nsw-government-issuing-of-flood-plain-harvesting-licences-an-act-of-bastardry-crossbenchers-say

Virginia Beach leaders to discuss flood protection plans https://www.13newsnow.com/article/tech/science/environment/flooding-plans-virginia-beach/291-0445d57d-da79-4374-8b96-dd5a3dd52acd

Stockton earthquake: How many quakes happen in the UK? https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-51221404

Managing residual flood risk behind levees: Comparing USA, France, and Quebec (Canada) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jfr3.12785

Our infrastructure is succumbing to natural disasters — we need to be ready for worsening floods https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/595212-our-infrastructure-is-succumbing-to-natural-disasters-we-need-to

Parramatta Powerhouse: NSW arts minister dismisses claims $915m museum is being built on a flood zone https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/feb/23/nsw-arts-minister-dismisses-claims-915m-parramatta-powerhouse-museum-is-being-built-on-a-flood-zone

Identification of flood-prone areas with GeoFlood: Lessons learned from the Tiber River case study https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12795

Experimental Evidence for Coverage Preferences in Flood Insurance https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-022-00397-3

Comparing machine learning models for earthquake detection https://phys.org/news/2022-02-machine-earthquake.html

Flood-hit village Boris Johnson promised to ‘get done’ 2 years ago is underwater again https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/flood-hit-village-boris-johnson-26311106

Towards stronger and more accountable EU-wide disaster risk management https://medium.com/ecajournal/towards-stronger-and-more-accountable-eu-wide-disaster-risk-management-eb6c449ab265

Emergency management

England is expected to end all virus restrictions in the coming days https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60446908

Who is dying of COVID amid omicron surge and widespread vaccine availability? https://abcnews.go.com/Health/dying-covid-unvaccinated/story

Brazil – Search Continues for Dozens Missing in Petrópolis Floods and Landslides https://floodlist.com/america/brazil-petropolis-floods-landslides-update

Enhancing pedestrian evacuation routes during flood events https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-022-05251-9

What Does Building Back Better Look Like? https://hakaimagazine.com/news/what-does-building-back-better-look-like/

Horn of Africa Drought: Humanitarian Key Messageshttps://reliefweb.int/report/ethiopia/horn-africa-drought-humanitarian-key-messages

British Columbia set to move to year-round BC Wildfire Service https://globalnews.ca/news/8635723/bc-wildfire-service-year-round/

Why does the Omicron sub-variant spread faster than the original? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00471-2

Iceland to lift all COVID-19 restrictions on Friday https://www.arctictoday.com/iceland-to-lift-all-covid-19-restrictions-on-friday/

Disaster education, communications and engagement

The call for nominations for the 2022 United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction is open, under the theme “Building resilience through a multi-hazard approach.” https://globalplatform.undrr.org/sasakawa-award

Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework – Open Stakeholder Survey https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx

Maritime Tsunami Preparedness https://video.buffer.com/v/620be236fa9fa5237437fb06

Tsunami hīkoi – your evacuation walk – to high ground or inland, by foot or bike https://www.eastcoastlab.org.nz/getinvolved/tsunami-hikoi/

Role-Play Workshops Accelerate County’s Adaptation Action https://coast.noaa.gov/states/stories/role-play-workshops-accelerate-countys-adaptation-action.html

Four Ways Education Can Fight Climate Change https://blogs.adb.org/blog/four-ways-education-can-fight-climate-change

Science needs to address its imagination problem – lives depend on it https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333753-500-science-needs-to-address-its-imagination-problem-lives-depend-on-it/

Psychology and disasters

Climate change contributes to poorer mental health: study https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/climate-change-contributes-to-poorer-mental-health-study-1.5763334

Research found that rural residents generally perform better than urban residents in terms of community resilience https://www.preventionweb.net/news/rural-communities-report-higher-resilience-after-disasters

Sociology and disasters

Inclusive Approaches to Disaster Risk Management — A Qualitative Review https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099920102112210580/p17651608cd5ae0120bcf801c3db57fdfdf

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

WA weather warnings: Severe storms light up skies with over 2 million lightning strikes https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-14/perth-weather-severe-storms-light-up-skies/100829482

Brazil – Floods Affect Thousands in Minas Gerais and Rio De Janeiro States https://floodlist.com/america/brazil-floods-minas-gerais-rio-de-janeiro-february-2022

Oman – Dozens Rescued After Flash Floods in Muscat https://floodlist.com/asia/oman-floods-february-2022

Madagascar – Death Toll From Tropical Cyclone Batsirai Rises to 121 https://floodlist.com/africa/madagascar-death-cyclone-batsirai-update-february-2022

Honduras – Hundreds of Families Evacuate Floods in Atlántida https://floodlist.com/america/honduras-floods-atlantida-february-2022

Indonesia – Over 16,000 Affected by Floods in West Kalimantan https://floodlist.com/asia/indonesia-floods-west-kalimantan-february-2022

Guatemala earthquake kills two, triggers landslides https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/guatemala-earthquake-triggers-rockfalls-uproots-trees-2022-02-16/

Flooding in Brazil leaves 102 dead after landslide hits city of Petrópolis in Rio de Janeiro state https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-17/deadly-rains-in-brazil-leaves-dead-102-as-death-toll-rises/100838236

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

“Australia is falling behind:” Clean energy investment shackled by outdated rules https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-is-falling-behind-clean-energy-investment-shackled-by-outdated-rules/

Himalayas Are Experiencing an “Exceptional” Loss of Glacial Mass https://eos.org/articles/himalayas-are-experiencing-an-exceptional-loss-of-glacial-mass

Ice velocity and thickness of the world’s glaciershttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00885-z

Europeans more likely to vote green after extreme weather events https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/feb/12/europeans-more-likely-to-vote-green-after-extreme-weather-events

How the UK can cut carbon emissions and reduce household energy bills https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/13/how-the-uk-can-cut-carbon-emissions-and-reduce-household-energy-bills

Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles could be the hottest on record https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/02/09/super-bowl-heat-advisory-california/

Bushfires, dry lightning, rapid spark and spread all indicate climate change, southern fire chief says https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-14/bushfires-dry-lightning-indicate-climate-change/100829712

Stunning solar milestone as Australia passes 25GW mark https://reneweconomy.com.au/stunning-solar-milestone-as-australia-passes-25gw-mark/

Cold connections: Climate change challenges ice roads into remote communities https://www.thestar.com/autos/2022/02/12/cold-connections.html

Southwest experiencing driest conditions in at least 1,200 years due to climate change, new study finds https://abcnews.go.com/US/southwest-experiencing-driest-conditions-1200-years-due-climate/story?id=82881211

Experts say UN’s next climate change warning will be ‘a nightmare painted in the dry language of science’ https://www.marketwatch.com/story/experts-say-uns-next-climate-change-warning-will-be-a-nightmare-painted-in-the-dry-language-of-science-11644854819

Narrabri mine expansion would make it dirtiest thermal coalmine in Australia, environmentalists say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/14/narrabri-mine-expansion-would-make-it-dirtiest-thermal-coalmine-in-australia-environmentalists-say

Global sea-level budget and ocean-mass budget, with a focus on advanced data products and uncertainty characterisation https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/411/2022/

Global sea level rise: All roads lead to one conclusion https://earthsky.org/earth/global-sea-level-rise-all-roads-lead-to-one-conclusion/

Explicit calculations of Wet Bulb Globe Temperature compared with approximations and why it matters for labor productivity https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021EF002334

Experts outline governing principles to fund climate loss and damage https://www.devex.com/news/experts-outline-governing-principles-to-fund-climate-loss-and-damage-102619

Sea level to rise one foot along U.S. coastlines by 2050, government report finds https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/02/15/sea-level-rise-2050-climate/

U.S. faces “significant consequences” from more severe coastal flooding https://www.axios.com/new-sea-level-rise-forecast-warns-increasing-flooding-759e812c-8f79-4115-80e9-b3099724e9d6.html

Flower growth in Antarctica is accelerating due to warming climate https://www.newscientist.com/article/2308214-flower-growth-in-antarctica-is-accelerating-due-to-warming-climate/

Rapid intensification of the emerging southwestern North American megadrought in 2020–2021 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01290-z

2022 Sea Level Rise Technical Report https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazards/sealevelrise/sealevelrise-tech-report.html

China’s rising influence on climate governance: Forging a path for the global South https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095937802200022X

The Effects of Climate Change https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent/Concentration https://sites.uci.edu/zlabe/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

Fact check: Have we really avoided the ‘worst case’ climate change scenarios? https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/02/16/fact-check-have-we-really-avoided-the-worst-case-climate-change-scenarios

Oil majors ‘not walking the talk’ on climate action, study confirms https://www.carbonbrief.org/oil-majors-not-walking-the-talk-on-climate-action-study-confirms

How hot will the planet get? Public opinion is key factor, finds study https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/feb/16/how-hot-will-the-planet-get-climate-projections-social-attitudes

What drives sea level rise? US report warns of 1-foot rise within three decades and more frequent flooding https://theconversation.com/what-drives-sea-level-rise-us-report-warns-of-1-foot-rise-within-three-decades-and-more-frequent-flooding-177211

Western Sydney will swelter through 46 days per year over 35°C by 2090, unless emissions drop significantly https://theconversation.com/western-sydney-will-swelter-through-46-days-per-year-over-35-c-by-2090-unless-emissions-drop-significantly-177056

HeatWatch: Extreme heat in Western Sydney https://australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/HeatWatch-2022-WEB.pdf

Disaster risk reduction

Why do landslides happen? https://soilsmatter.wordpress.com/2022/02/01/why-do-landslides-happen/

GLOBathy, the global lakes bathymetry dataset https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01132-9#Abs1

Better prediction of megathrust earthquakes: Illuminating slow slip plate tectonics in south-western Japan https://phys.org/news/2022-02-megathrust-earthquakes-illuminating-plate-tectonics.html

As Australia faces new fire reality, forest restoration tactics reevaluated https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/as-australia-faces-new-fire-reality-forest-restoration-tactics-reevaluated/

Tonga Volcanic Eruption and Tsunami: World Bank Disaster Assessment Report Estimates Damages at US$90M https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/02/14/tonga-volcanic-eruption-and-tsunami-world-bank-disaster-assessment-report-estimates-damages-at-us-90m

Improving the performance of city-scale hydrodynamic flood modelling through a GIS-based DEM correction method https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-022-05267-1

Mobile home residents face higher flood risk https://headwaterseconomics.org/natural-hazards/mobile-home-flood-risk/

Tongan volcano eruption leaves scientists with unanswered questions https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00475-y

Disasters Spur Planned UK Coastal Flood Barrier https://www.air-worldwide.com/blog/posts/2022/02/disasters-spur-uk-flood-barrier/

Human ignitions on private lands drive USFS cross-boundary wildfire transmission and community impacts in the western US https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-06002-3

Controversial floodplain harvesting regulations could soon be in place in NSW http://www.watercareer.com.au/news/nsw-preps-harvest-rules

Is flooding in England getting worse? https://policy.friendsoftheearth.uk/insight/flooding-england-getting-worse

Interior Announces Plan to Implement Historic Wildland Fire Management Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law https://www.doi.gov/wildlandfire/news/interior-announces-plan-implement-historic-wildland-fire-management-funding

Emergency management

New Covid Variant: What We Know About the BA.2 Omicron Strain https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-we-know-about-the-ba-2-omicron-variant-11643300997

When communities lose affordable housing, it’s harder for businesses—and the entire economy—to recover from those disasters https://www.fastcompany.com/90721097/natural-disasters-can-wipe-out-affordable-housing-for-years

Can Haiti rebuild a food system broken by disaster, historical injustice, and neglect? https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2022/2/2/can-Haiti-rebuild-broken-food-system-disaster-historical-injustice-neglect

As bushfires tore through Bridgetown the power and phone lines were cut https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-15/bridgetown-bushfires-wa-led-to-power-an-phone-line-outages/100829974

We can’t surrender to COVID. Why ‘back to normal’ is a dangerous fantasy https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/02/15/opinion/we-cant-surrender-covid-why-back-normal-dangerous-fantasy

US has suffered more than 1m excess deaths during pandemic, CDC finds https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/17/us-excess-deaths-pandemic-cdc

Disaster education, communications and engagement

Free online tool identifies climate risks in your neighborhood https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/02/free-online-tool-identifies-climate-risks-in-your-neighborhood/

What happens to your home’s value when your neighbourhood floods? https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-what-happens-to-your-homes-value-when-your-neighbourhood-floods/

What makes a climate story effective? https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-04392-4

Public asked to help build national flood photo database https://niwa.co.nz/news/public-asked-to-help-build-national-flood-photo-database

Psychology and disasters

One of the greatest assets following a disaster is the people who experience them. But this asset is hugely underutilised https://theconversation.com/disaster-survivors-feel-more-prepared-for-the-next-one-but-are-often-left-out-of-planning-176674

Disaster preparedness and resilience at household level in Yangon, Myanmar https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-022-05226-w

Can Empathy Grow in the Metaverse and Virtual Reality? https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urban-survival/202202/can-empathy-grow-in-the-metaverse-and-virtual-reality

Overcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Black Communities https://hazards.colorado.edu/quick-response-report/overcoming-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-in-black-communities

Sociology and disasters

As climate change continues to spur more natural disasters, a new study found that Black Americans are likely to bear the brunt of the risks associated with floods over the next several decades https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/01/31/climate-study-flood-risk-black-americans-

Heat waves hit the poor hardest – a new study calculates the rising impact on those least able to adapt to the warming climate https://theconversation.com/heat-waves-hit-the-poor-hardest-a-new-study-calculates-the-rising-impact-on-those-least-able-to-adapt-to-the-warming-climate-175224

(In)visibilities About the Vulnerabilities of People with Visual Impairments to Disasters and Climate Change: A Case Study in Cuiabá, Brazil https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-022-00394-6

Social Capital and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preliminary Qualitative Analysis https://hazards.colorado.edu/quick-response-report/social-capital-and-the-covid-19-pandemic

Queer Communities Often Left Out of Disaster Planning, Research Shows https://www.kqed.org/science/1978439/queer-communities-often-left-out-of-disaster-planning-research-shows

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Cyclone Batsirai: Whole villages swept away in Madagascar https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-60264389

‘Horrendous’ bushfires hit WA’s Wheatbelt in devastating weekend https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-07/bushfires-hit-wa-wheatbelt-in-devastating-weekend/100809216

South Africa – 3 Missing, Dozens Evacuated After Floods in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal https://floodlist.com/africa/south-africa-floods-gauteng-kwazulunatal-february-2022

United Nations says 13 million face hunger as Horn of Africa drought worsens https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-08/un-says-13-million-face-hunger-as-horn-of-africa-drought/100814832

Colombia – Heavy Rains Trigger Deadly Mudslide in Risaralda https://floodlist.com/america/colombia-floods-mudslide-risaralda-february-2022

Daily Noon Briefing Highlights: Horn of Africa, Ethiopia, Madagascar https://www.unocha.org/story/daily-noon-briefing-highlights-horn-africa-ethiopia-madagascar

Tropical Cyclone Dovi causes major flooding in Vanuatu https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/461257/tropical-cyclone-dovi-causes-major-flooding-in-vanuatu

Volcanic activity worldwide 9 Feb 2022: Semeru volcano, Reventador, Nyamuragira, Sangay https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/172384/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-9-Feb-2022-Semeru-volcano-Reventador-Nyamuragira-Sangay-Nevados-de-.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

US household air conditioning use could exceed electric capacity in next decade due to climate change https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220204093124.htm

Are winters losing their chill in the Kansas City region as the climate changes? https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article257768288.html

Robust but weak winter atmospheric circulation response to future Arctic sea ice loss https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28283-y

Ice velocity and thickness of the world’s glaciers https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00885-z

Glaciers of the world mapping https://ige-vis.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/glaciers/index.html

Lessons from New York: What makes a community turn against climate adaptation? https://grist.org/climate/lessons-from-new-york-what-makes-a-community-turn-against-climate-adaptation/

Non-state climate change action: Hope for just response to climate change? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901122000375?dgcid=author

Arctic Sea Ice extent is the highest since 2009, now above 14 million square kilometers. On the other side of the pond, Antarctic Sea Ice at an all-time low https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/arctic-sea-ice-extent-highest-since-2009-antarctic-sea-ice-all-time-low-january-rrc/

The Roles of Celebrities in Public Disputes: Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joms.12800

How Climate Change Could Impact Your Skin https://www.gearpatrol.com/style/grooming/a38953432/climate-change-skincare/

The world is on fire and our leaders are failing, poll finds https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/08/citizens-politicians-combat-climate-change-00004590

Making Indian cities climate and water resilient https://watersciencepolicy.com/article/making-indian-cities-climate-and-water-resilient-d22349e15819

CO₂ emissions dataset: Our sources and methods https://ourworldindata.org/co2-dataset-sources

Assessing extremes in hydroclimatology: A review on probabilistic methods https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169421013524?via%3Dihub

Increasing Heat-Stress Inequality in a Warming Climate https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021EF002488

Disaster risk reduction

Failure to prevent pandemics at source is ‘greatest folly’, say scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/04/failure-to-prevent-pandemics-at-source-is-greatest-folly-say-scientists

Daylighting Rivers and Streams http://nrcsolutions.org/daylighting-rivers/

Future hurricanes likely to pose much greater flood risk to U.S. East and Gulf coasts https://engineering.princeton.edu/news/2022/02/03/future-hurricanes-likely-pose-much-greater-flood-risk-u-s-east-and-gulf-coasts

Five Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Flood Risk (Part One) https://www.rms.com/blog/2022/02/01/five-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-flood-risk-part-one

Five Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Flood Risk (Part Two) https://www.rms.com/blog/2022/02/01/five-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-flood-risk-part-two

How countries can better cope with flood risk https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/how-countries-can-better-cope-flood-risk

Deforestation Is Flooding West African Coasts https://eos.org/articles/deforestation-is-flooding-west-african-coasts

Volcanoes, plague, famine, endless winter: Historians and scientists recall 536, the ‘worst year to be alive’ https://phys.org/news/2022-02-volcanoes-plague-famine-endless-winter.html

Researchers identify ‘double-hazard’ zones for wildfire in the West https://earth.stanford.edu/news/researchers-identify-double-hazard-zones-wildfire-west#gs.oflj37

NRDC Pushes FEMA for Climate-Smart Flood Maps and Standards https://www.nrdc.org/experts/joel-scata/nrdc-pushes-fema-climate-smart-flood-maps-and-standards

Flood Risk-Related Research Trends in Latin America and the Caribbeanhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/1/10

Google Maps to fix directions after years of trapped travellers around Burketown https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-08/google-maps-to-fix-routes-trapped-travellers-queensland/100805884

What determines variation in remotely sensed fire severity? Consideration of remote sensing limitations and confounding factors https://www.publish.csiro.au/WF/justaccepted/WF21131

The role of the scientist in a post-truth world https://thebulletin.org/2022/02/the-role-of-the-scientist-in-a-post-truth-world/

JBA launches flood model for more effective risk pricing https://member.fintech.global/2022/02/07/jba-launches-flood-model-for-more-effective-risk-pricing/

Atlas provides districts maps on hazard events and vulnerability for all the calendar months and at annual scale in India https://imdpune.gov.in/hazardatlas/index.html

Storm Ana’s devastation in southern Africa highlights need for early warnings https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/02/01/storm-anas-devastation-southern-africa-highlights-need-early-warnings/

US flood risk is about to explode — but not for the reasons you think https://grist.org/extreme-weather/flood-risk-growth-development/

Impacts of space weather https://thesciencebehindit.org/how-does-space-weather-affect-us-here-on-earth/

Earthquake early warning system could save lives in southern Europe https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2022/feb/earthquake-early-warning-system-could-save-lives-southern-europe

Why the Tongan eruption will go down in the history of volcanology https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00394-y

Rethinking resilience and development: A coevolutionary perspective https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-020-01485-8

The Canadian Partnership for Wildland Fire Science https://www.canadawildfire.org/

The benefits of strengthening buildings against earthquakes https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/hazardnotes/112

Emergency management

How accurate are weather forecaster’s predictions, really, and how do they come up with them? https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/climate/weather-forecasting-less-accurate/

The future of the pandemic is looking clearer as we learn more about infection https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/02/07/1057245449/the-future-of-the-pandemic-is-looking-clearer-as-we-learn-more-about-infection

Using drone technology in Africa’s devasting cyclones https://www.fairplanet.org/story/drone-technology-saves-thousands-from-devastating-cyclones/

Practice Makes Preparedness: NASA Participates in North Carolina Hurricane Exercise https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3144/practice-makes-preparedness-nasa-participates-in-north-carolina-hurricane-exercise/

Drawing disaster-preparedness lessons from Tonga’s volcano https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/drawing-disaster-preparedness-lessons-tongas-volcano

Increasing Public Criticism, Confusion Over COVID-19 Response in U.S. https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2022/02/09/increasing-public-criticism-confusion-over-covid-19-response-in-u-s/

Wildfire smoke increases inflammation, lung disease risk https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/wildfire-smoke-increases-inflammation-lung-disease-risk/2022/02

Covid rules are to be axed in England, but is pandemic’s end really in sight? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/09/covid-rules-axed-england-is-pandemic-end-really-in-sight

Evacuation Planning Handbook review update https://www.aidr.org.au/news/evacuation-planning-handbook-review-update/

The INFORM Severity Index is a regularly updated, and easily interpreted model for measuring the severity of humanitarian crisis globally https://www.acaps.org/methodology/severity

Disaster education, communications and engagement

2022 Great Washington ShakeOut https://www.shakeout.org/washington/

Professionalization of community engagement in flood risk management: Insights from four European countries https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420922000309?via%3Dihub

Exploring Soils: A Living Treasure https://www.access-ed.ngo/exploring-soils-a-living-treasure

15 things not to do when using a rapid antigen test, from storing in the freezer to sampling snot https://theconversation.com/15-things-not-to-do-when-using-a-rapid-antigen-test-from-storing-in-the-freezer-to-sampling-snot-176364

The Invention of Disaster: Power and Knowledge in Discourses on Hazard and Vulnerability https://www.routledge.com/The-Invention-of-Disaster-Power-and-Knowledge-in-Discourses-on-Hazard-and/Gaillard/p/book/9781138805620

2022 Australia Digital report https://wearesocial.com/au/blog/2022/02/digital-2022-australia-online-like-never-before/

Naming Competition: National Large Air Tanker https://schools.aidr.org.au/national-lat-naming-competition/

Psychology and disasters

The Well-Being of Secondary School Principals One Year into the COVID-19 Pandemic https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA827-6.html

Virtual reality experiment shows most people living in high-risk fire zones are “woefully unprepared” https://www.unisa.edu.au/media-centre/Releases/2021/virtual-reality-experiment-shows-most-people-living-in-high-risk-fire-zones-are-woefully-unprepared/

‘Harrowing’: trauma caused by Morwell coalmine fire set high school students back 18 months https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/feb/03/harrowing-trauma-caused-by-morwell-coalmine-fire-set-high-school-students-back-18-months

Sociology and disasters

The U.S. Equity-First Vaccination Initiative https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1627-1.html

Unequal Impact: Putting Justice at the Heart of the Climate Fight https://e360.yale.edu/features/unequal-impact-putting-justice-at-the-heart-of-the-climate-fight

Fleeing the unsustainable city: soft policy and the dual effect of social capital in hurricane evacuation https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-022-01098-y

Social protection to ensure those most affected by climate change can strengthen their resilience capacity and avoid the worst impacts of disasters https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/early-action-and-climate-crisis-could-social-protection-be-game-changer

Poorer populations may be hit with a one-two punch of more heat waves from climate change due to their location and an inability to keep up with it as a result of lack of heat adaptations like air conditioning https://news.agu.org/press-release/poorest-people-bear-growing-burden-of-heat-waves-as-temperatures-rise/