Category: earthquake

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Over 200 killed by heavy rains, flooding and storms across Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe https://watchers.news/2026/01/17/over-200-killed-by-heavy-rains-flooding-and-storms-across-mozambique-south-africa-and-zimbabwe/

State of Emergency declared for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky after extreme snow kills 2, Russia https://watchers.news/2026/01/18/state-of-emergency-declared-for-petropavlovsk-kamchatsky-after-extreme-snow-kills-2-russia/

Rapidly spreading wildfires claim at least 16 lives in Ñuble and Biobío, Chile https://watchers.news/2026/01/18/rapidly-spreading-wildfires-claim-at-least-16-lives-in-nuble-and-biobio-chile/

Chile declares ‘state of catastrophe’ as deadly wildfires menace cities https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7ypw4rjrzo

Woman killed, homes damaged as heavy rainfall and landslides strike New South Wales, Australia https://watchers.news/2026/01/19/woman-killed-homes-damaged-as-heavy-rainfall-and-landslides-strike-new-south-wales-australia/

Shallow M5.6 earthquake kills one and damages dozens of homes in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan https://watchers.news/2026/01/20/shallow-m5-6-earthquake-kills-one-and-damages-dozens-of-homes-in-gilgit-baltistan-pakistan/

Volcanic activity worldwide 21 Jan 2026: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Tangkubanparahu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/292576/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-21-Jan-2026-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Tangkubanparahu.html

Record-breaking rainfall leaves dead and missing in New Zealand https://watchers.news/2026/01/22/record-breaking-rainfall-leaves-dead-and-missing-in-new-zealand/

At least 5 dead in Tunisia after the heaviest rain in 70 years https://watchers.news/2026/01/22/5-dead-flood-tunisia-heaviest-rain-in-70-years-january-2026/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Scientists discover Greenland’s ‘Achilles heel’ that is driving its rapid ice melt https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-discover-greenlands-achilles-heel-sediment-that-rapidly-driving-ice-loss/

By 2100, year-round navigation of the Arctic Ocean https://www.climatechangepost.com/news/by-2100-year-round-navigation-of-the-arctic-ocean/

Australia’s climate hit regions will need fit-for-future science and modelling https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-climate-hit-regions-will-need-fit-for-future-science-and-modelling/

Water cycle instability drove global water-related disasters in 2025 https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/water-cycle-instability-drove-global-water-related-disasters-in-2025

Major river deltas are sinking faster than sea-level rise https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/01/science-sinking-river-deltas.html

More than 120 giga-scale battery projects planned around world in 2026, as costs continue to fall https://reneweconomy.com.au/more-than-120-giga-scale-battery-projects-planned-around-world-in-2026-as-costs-continue-to-fall/

Urban Greenery Is Making Some Cities Hotter, Study Finds https://e360.yale.edu/digest/urban-greenery-heat

WMO and IWMI strengthen cooperation on Climate and Water Resilience https://wmo.int/media/update/wmo-and-iwmi-strengthen-cooperation-climate-and-water-resilience

How climate change is making extreme rainfall events like the Great Ocean Road flooding more frequent and intense https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-16/victoria-floods-climate-change-and-extreme-rainfall/106237516

Greening school playgrounds improves quality of life in cities and helps deal with climate change https://www.uoc.edu/en/news/2026/greening-school-playgrounds-health-climate-uoc

Heatwaves, extreme heat, and heat stress https://www.preventionweb.net/knowledge-base/hazards/heatwave

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/21/carbon-dioxide-co2-emissions-fossil-fuel-firms-study

NZ is again being soaked this summer – record ocean heat helps explain it https://theconversation.com/nz-is-again-being-soaked-this-summer-record-ocean-heat-helps-explain-it-274013

Humidity quietly turning U.S. heat waves into a far deadlier threat https://watchers.news/epicenter/humidity-quietly-turning-u-s-heat-waves-into-a-far-deadlier-threat/

In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels https://e360.yale.edu/digest/europe-wind-solar-fossil-fuels

Shaping a cooler Bangkok: Tackling urban heat for a more livable city https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/shaping-cooler-bangkok-tackling-urban-heat-more-livable-city

Climate change increased the chance of intense Australian heatwave fivefold, study finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-23/climate-change-increased-australian-heatwave-january-study/106253192

Disaster risk reduction

Global Risks Report 2026: Geopolitical and economic risks rise in new age of competition https://www.preventionweb.net/news/global-risks-report-2026-geopolitical-and-economic-risks-rise-new-age-competition

WMO, GWP launch global flood forecasting community to strengthen early warnings https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/science-environment/3740567-wmo-gwp-launch-global-flood-forecasting-community-to-strengthen-early-warnings

Flood Forecasting and Warning (E2E-EWS-FF) Community https://waterclimatecommunities.info/group/73/about

Atmospheric rivers are associated with nine out of every 10 floods in major global river basins https://www.nature.com/articles/s44304-026-00167-x

Report on global losses in 2025 due to disasters related to natural hazards https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2026/natural-disaster-figures-2025.html

A description of each of the 281 hazard information profiles (HIPs)developed by scientists and experts across the globe https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-glossary/hips

New study reveals earth system models overestimate river flow increases https://www.preventionweb.net/news/new-study-reveals-earth-system-models-overestimate-river-flow-increases

When lightning strikes: Models of multi-ignition wildfires could predict catastrophic events https://www.llnl.gov/article/53926/when-lightning-strikes-models-multi-ignition-wildfires-could-predict-catastrophic-events

Unequal evidence and impacts, limits to adaptation: Extreme weather in 2025 https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/unequal-evidence-and-impacts-limits-adaptation-extreme

Climate mode interactions amplify coastal flood risks and their seasonal predictability https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01903-0

From Wildfire Risk to Resilience: The Investment Case for Action https://www.weforum.org/publications/from-wildfire-risk-to-resilience-the-investment-case-for-action-2026/

Value Yes, Chain No: Warnings Beyond Linearity https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/warning-research-centre/2026/01/21/value-yes-chain-no-warnings-beyond-linearity/

Lightning-triggered fire mergers are driving the world’s worst wildfire years https://watchers.news/epicenter/lightning-triggered-fire-mergers-are-driving-the-worlds-worst-wildfire-years/

A year of evidence showing the impact of disaster risk reduction https://www.preventionweb.net/news/year-evidence-showing-impact-disaster-risk-reduction

Plagued by Flooding, an African City Reengineers Its Wetlands https://e360.yale.edu/features/kigali-rwanda-wetland-restoration

Rockfall: An Increasing Hazard due to Climate Change https://riskfrontiers.com/insights/rockfall-hazard-climate-change/

Can pre-disaster community resilience enhance post-disaster recovery? A natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6099442

Emergency Management

‘People saw dollar signs’: a year after devastating wildfires, an LA community is fighting displacement https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/altadena-wildfire-displacement

Learnings to strengthen anticipatory action for cyclones in Madagascar https://www.preventionweb.net/news/learnings-strengthen-anticipatory-action-cyclones-madagascar

China inaugurates university specializing in emergency management https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202601/20/WS696ed774a310d6866eb34a43.html

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

Playing seriously: Stop Disasters! Adapt our cities to climate change https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/playing-seriously-stop-disasters-adapt-our-cities-climate-change

No power, no phone, no radio: why comms dropped out during the central Victorian fires https://theconversation.com/no-power-no-phone-no-radio-why-comms-dropped-out-during-the-central-victorian-fires-273234

More floods are coming. Here’s what actually works to help people prepare https://theconversation.com/more-floods-are-coming-heres-what-actually-works-to-help-people-prepare-273694

Disaster psychology

What makes people more likely to give to charity after a disaster: new research https://theconversation.com/what-makes-people-more-likely-to-give-to-charity-after-a-disaster-new-research-273217

After the disaster, living for today https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/01/after-the-disaster-living-for-today/

The effect of evacuation decisions on flash flood preparedness in Fujairah, UAE: When the waters rise are we ready in desert country? https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/effect-evacuation-decisions-flash-flood-preparedness

Sociology and disasters

When survival is organized locally: Perspectives of community resilience by collective action to flooding in three informal settlements of Douala, Cameroon https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590061726000086

Severe weather is deadly for vulnerable older adults long after the storm ends, study finds https://news.umich.edu/severe-weather-is-deadly-for-vulnerable-older-adults-long-after-the-storm-ends-study-finds/

As we begin to assess the fire damage in Victoria, we must not overlook these hidden costs https://theconversation.com/as-we-begin-to-assess-the-fire-damage-in-victoria-we-must-not-overlook-these-hidden-costs-273218

Combined benefits of multi-hazard early warnings on human mobility resilience to tropical cyclones https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959378025001487

Vertical vulnerability and exposure of people in the context of disaster risk at the building, city and regional level https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420926000324

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Leavenworth Christmastown festival cancelled as historic flooding and power disruptions hit Washington, U.S. https://watchers.news/2025/12/13/leavenworth-christmastown-festival-cancelled-historic-flooding-power-disruptions-hit-washington-us/

Record floods in Washington state trigger dramatic rescues and evacuations hehttps://www.castanet.net/news/World/589209/Record-floods-in-Washington-state-trigger-dramatic-rescues-and-evacuations

Record snow, winds, and blizzards leave over 35 000 homes without power in Hokkaido https://watchers.news/2025/12/15/record-snow-winds-and-blizzards-leave-over-35-000-homes-without-power-in-hokkaido/

At least 21 killed as flash floods hit Safi following one hour of extreme rainfall, Morocco https://watchers.news/2025/12/15/deadly-flash-floods-safi-morocco-extreme-rainfall-december-14-2025/

Bondi Beach shooting: how it happened https://theconversation.com/bondi-beach-shooting-how-it-happened-272051

A driver is found dead in a submerged car near Seattle after a week of heavy rain and flooding https://apnews.com/article/pacific-northwest-levee-floods-washington-5a5d085e96e98d24c96a889b4d7d8e6c

Multiple emergency bushfires downgraded across WA after communication system fails https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-15/wa-regs-emergency-bushfire/106146320

Falling tree kills farmer tackling blaze in Mindarabin, in WA’s Great Southern https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-17/volunteer-firefighter-farmer-killed-in-mindarabin/106154044

Powerful winter storm leaves over 1.5 million people without power across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho https://watchers.news/2025/12/17/powerful-winter-storm-leaves-over-1-5-million-people-without-power-across-washington-oregon-and-idaho/

White River levee breach prompts evacuation order for the city of Pacific, Washington https://watchers.news/2025/12/16/white-river-levee-breach-prompts-evacuation-order-for-the-city-of-pacific-washington/

Out-of-control bushfire damages historic Mogumber Mission, WA Wheatbelt crops https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-16/bushfire-damage-mogumber-mission-eneabba-crops/106148826

Volcanic activity worldwide 17 Dec 2025: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Barren Island, Soputan https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/289684/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-17-Dec-2025-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Barren-Island-Soputan-Talan.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/13/a-shift-no-country-can-ignore-where-global-emissions-stand-10-years-after-the-paris-climate-agreement

State of the Climate Update for COP30 https://wmo.int/publication-series/state-of-climate-update-cop30

1.5 degrees Celsius isn’t just a number https://www.earthday.org/decoding-15-degrees-celsius/

Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/15/alpine-glaciers-rate-extinction-climate-crisis

Warm, humid ‘atmospheric rivers’ threaten Antarctica https://www.science.org/content/article/warm-humid-atmospheric-rivers-threaten-antarctica

Past and future change in global river flows https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00745-z

Arctic has hottest year ever recorded, as climate impacts cascade https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3336680/arctic-has-hottest-year-ever-recorded-climate-impacts-cascade

Peak glacier extinction in the mid-twenty-first century https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02513-9

Communities must be central to climate adaptation strategies – 10 insights to guide national policy https://theconversation.com/communities-must-be-central-to-climate-adaptation-strategies-10-insights-to-guide-national-policy-269926

How the planet fared in 2025 — the good, the bad, and the ugly https://grist.org/climate/climate-environmental-stories-2025/

Warming Responsible for Two-Thirds of Emissions from Western Wildfires https://e360.yale.edu/digest/warming-western-fire-emissions

King Charles issues climate change warning amid ‘frustration’ at escalating crisis https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/king-charles-climate-crisis-itv-steve-backshall-b2877491.html

Coastal storms and climate change https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocean/coastal-storms-climate-change

‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/18/massive-disruption-uk-worst-case-climate-crisis-risks

Ocean warmed by climate change fed intense rainfall and deadly floods in Asia, study finds https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-asia-cyclones-ef733af1a6b5acf08335e672e8476c32

Climate whiplash by 2064: Study projects extreme swings in rainfall and drought for Asia https://www.preventionweb.net/news/climate-whiplash-2064-study-projects-extreme-swings-rainfall-and-drought-asia

Crystal Clusters Contain Clues to Magma’s Past and Future Eruptions https://eos.org/articles/crystal-clusters-contain-clues-to-magmas-past-and-future-eruptions

Disaster risk reduction

The 1929 M7.2 Grand Banks earthquake and tsunami reshaped Atlantic coasts https://watchers.news/epicenter/1929-m7-2-grand-banks-earthquake-tsunami-reshaped-atlantic-coasts/

Earthquake Relocations Illuminate Tectonics along the Bismarck Sea Seismic Lineation, Papua New Guinea https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/2041

Peace and good institutions save lives from floods https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/peace-and-good-institutions-save-lives-floods

 Critical perspectives in times of uncertainty https://www.emerald.com/dpm/article/34/4/417/1324353/Editorial-Critical-perspectives-in-times-of

New Project Turns Internet Lines into an Earthquake Monitoring System https://now.humboldt.edu/news/new-project-turns-internet-lines-earthquake-monitoring-system-video

Coastal Resilience Scorecard https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/coastal-resilience-scorecard

USA: Compound atmospheric drivers of the catastrophic 2025 Los Angeles urban firestorm https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/usa-compound-atmospheric-drivers-catastrophic-2025-los

When the wilderness burns: an analysis of current fire management and the case for prescribed fire in designated wilderness in the United States https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00414-y

Compounding preconditions of wildfires vary in time and space within Europe https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02955-1

Significant opportunities to shift from reactive disaster response toward risk-informed development https://wmo.int/media/news/wmo-and-undp-report-analyses-post-disaster-needs-assessments

How salt-tolerant floodplain forests help protect against rising salinity and floods https://www.preventionweb.net/news/how-salt-tolerant-floodplain-forests-help-protect-against-rising-salinity-and-floods

Flood risks in delta cities are increasing, study finds https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/flood-risks-in-delta-cities-are-increasing-study-finds

Nature-based Solutions https://iucn.org/our-work/nature-based-solutions

Two and a half decades of United States wildfire burn zone disaster data, 2000-2025 https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/two-and-half-decades-united-states-wildfire-burn-zone

Climate Modeling for Communities, with Communities https://eos.org/research-spotlights/climate-modeling-for-communities-with-communities

The role of resilient housing reconstruction in disaster risk management in fragile, conflict, and violence-affected countries https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/role-resilient-housing-reconstruction-disaster-risk

Emergency Management

Artificial intelligence has potential to improve emergency and crisis management, but struggles to interpret complex situations – experts tell the European Commission https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-research-and-innovation-news/artificial-intelligence-has-potential-improve-emergency-and-crisis-management-struggles-interpret-2025-12-11_en

Dolphin Sands bushfire sparked by improperly extinguished burn off, Tasmanian authorities confirm https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-15/dolphin-sands-fire-caused-by-a-landowner-burning-off/106143708

Bushfire survivor calls for better emergency planning in the suburbs https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-13/how-to-prepare-for-summer-bushfire-season-perth-wa/106120466

Tsunami preparedness in the Pacific Ocean: opportunity for enhanced regional cooperation https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/tsunami-preparedness-pacific-ocean-opportunity-enhanced

Long-term recovery from the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami in two Sri Lankan east coast municipalities https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/long-term-recovery-2004-indian-ocean-tsunami-two-sri-lankan

The town on the banks of the Nile that turned floods into fortune https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/11/the-town-on-the-banks-of-the-nile-that-turned-floods-into-fortune

Rapid assessment of severely affected earthquake areas using mobile signaling data and a random forest approach https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/rapid-assessment-severely-affected-earthquake-areas-using

Pets are unrecognized victims of climate-related disasters https://www.preventionweb.net/news/pets-are-unrecognized-victims-climate-related-disasters

RNLI Flood Rescue and UK Emergency Response https://www.unda.co.uk/news/rnli-flood-rescue-and-uk-emergency-response/

Unequally prepared: a distributive equity study of local emergency management funding in Virginia, USA https://www.emerald.com/dpm/article-abstract/34/4/420/1248944/Unequally-prepared-a-distributive-equity-study-of

Reparative planning through contextual vulnerabilities for disaster mitigation: a Gulf Coast case study https://www.emerald.com/dpm/article-abstract/34/4/448/1248882/Reparative-planning-through-contextual

AFC convenes state legislators in the Netherlands to learn from one country’s approach to flood resilience https://floodcoalition.org/afc-convenes-state-legislators-in-the-netherlands-to-learn-from-one-countrys-approach-to-flood-resilience/

Oregon hospital races to build a tsunami shelter as FEMA fights to cut its funding https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oregon-hospital-tsunami-shelter-fema-funding-cuts/

Residents urged action to restrict burn-offs for years before Dolphin Sands bushfire https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-16/dolphin-sands-residents-warned-authorities-fire-ban-bushfire/106139290

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

This study assesses the community-based approach to disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) in Loko, Nasarawa State, Nigeria https://taapublications.com/tijssra/article/view/886

Remembering the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, the second deadliest of the twentieth century https://watchers.news/epicenter/remembering-1920-haiyuan-earthquake-second-deadliest-of-twentieth-century/

Six real-world disaster risks being tackled with virtual reality https://www.preventionweb.net/news/six-real-world-disaster-risks-being-tackled-virtual-reality

Can Generative AI help strengthen disaster preparedness and resilience among youth? https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/12/16/proposing-a-genai-chatbot-framework-for-youth-disaster-risk-reduction/

Disaster psychology

Certainly uncertain: the role of uncertainty perception for flood risk preparedness and response https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-025-07675-5

After mass violence, trauma spreads socially. Here are 3 ways you can help reduce it https://theconversation.com/after-mass-violence-trauma-spreads-socially-here-are-3-ways-you-can-help-reduce-it-272050

Sociology and disasters

A narrative review assessing the impact of multiple ecological systems on rural resilience in the face of chronic stressors https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15332985.2025.2603964

The Roadmap: Reimagining Infrastructure to Improve Social Capital https://www.social-connection.org/socialcapital/

Stories from traditional knowledge combined with archaeological work trace 2,300km of Songlines https://theconversation.com/stories-from-traditional-knowledge-combined-with-archaeological-work-trace-2-300km-of-songlines-269400

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

‘Just heartbreak’: At least a dozen homes lost in bushfires near Sydney https://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/sydney-set-for-its-hottest-day-in-almost-two-years-20251206-p5nldi.html

Tasmania Fire Service confirms 19 homes destroyed and nearly 200 assets damaged in Dolphin Sands bushfire https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-07/dolphin-sands-residents-weigh-up-bushfire-risk/106111658

Firefighter killed by falling tree amid NSW wildfires that destroyed over 20 homes https://watchers.news/2025/12/08/firefighter-killed-falling-tree-nsw-wildfires-destroyed-over-20-homes-december-2025/

Magnitude-7.6 earthquake in Japan prompts tsunami warning and evacuation order for 90,000 people https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-09/japan-earthquake-prompts-tsunami-warning/106117964

JMA issues advisory of elevated megathrust earthquake risk along Japan Trench after December 8 M7.6 Sanriku quake https://watchers.news/2025/12/09/jma-issues-advisory-of-elevated-megathrust-earthquake-risk-along-japan-trench-after-december-8-m7-6-sanriku-quake/

Up to 80 homes damaged by tornado in Flores da Cunha, Brazil https://watchers.news/2025/12/10/up-to-80-homes-damaged-by-tornado-in-flores-da-cunha-brazil/

Major atmospheric river moves into Washington State, triggering widespread and potentially historic riverine flooding https://watchers.news/2025/12/10/major-atmospheric-river-washington-state-widespread-potentially-historic-riverine-flooding-december-2025/

Houses destroyed in bushfire near St Helens as ‘hundreds’ flee to evacuation centre https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-10/tasmania-st-helens-stieglitz-bushfire-houses-destroyed/106123090

Volcanic activity worldwide 10 Dec 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/289140/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-10-Dec-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Rev.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Strictly protected Mediterranean forests stay cooler, study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-10-strictly-mediterranean-forests-stay-cooler.html

New approach narrows uncertainty in future warming and remaining carbon budget for 2°C https://phys.org/news/2025-12-approach-narrows-uncertainty-future-carbon.html

Integrated assessment of climate-related security risks for peace and security in Blue Nile, Sudan, and their gender dimensions https://www.unep.org/resources/report/integrated-assessment-climate-related-security-risks-peace-and-security-blue-nile

Storms in the Southern Ocean are producing more rain – and the consequences could be global https://theconversation.com/storms-in-the-southern-ocean-are-producing-more-rain-and-the-consequences-could-be-global-270880

Temporary carbon removals can offset methane’s short-term warming impact https://phys.org/news/2025-12-temporary-carbon-offset-methane-short.html

Global Warming At 3 °C By 2050? What’s Behind The New German Climate Warning https://worldcrunch.com/focus/green-or-gone/global-warming-at-3c-by-2050-what-s-behind-the-new-german-climate-warning/

How do we know the role of climate change in weather events? Attribution science https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/attribution-science-101

Temperature increase is accelerating in Arab Region, with escalating impacts https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/temperature-increase-accelerating-arab-region-escalating-impacts

COP30 and displacement: Limited political momentum but strategic opportunities for 2026 https://www.internal-displacement.org/policy-analysis/cop30-and-displacement-limited-political-momentum-but-strategic-opportunities-for/

Wildfire emissions in 2025 reach records for Europe and Canada https://internationalfireandsafetyjournal.com/cams-wildfire-emissions-2025/

Satellites play critical role in tracking climate adaptation, researchers say https://phys.org/news/2025-11-satellites-play-critical-role-tracking.html

2025 ‘virtually certain’ to be second- or third-hottest year on record, EU data shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/09/2025-virtually-certain-second-or-third-hottest-year-on-record-eu-data-coperincus

Embracing a Wetter Future, the Dutch Turn to Floating Homes https://e360.yale.edu/features/the-dutch-flock-to-floating-homes-embracing-a-wetter-future

Texas makes clean power breakthrough as solar output overtakes coal https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/texas-makes-clean-power-breakthrough-solar-output-overtakes-coal-2025-12-09/

Five ways cities across Europe and Central Asia are adapting to extreme heat https://www.preventionweb.net/news/five-ways-cities-across-europe-and-central-asia-are-adapting-extreme-heat

Scientists make alarming discovery while studying Arctic ice: ‘Powerful’ https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/warming-arctic-rainfall-patterns-sea-ice/

Australia’s energy grid must triple capacity by 2050 with major increase to wind and solar, Aemo says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/10/australia-must-increase-energy-grid-capacity-wind-solar-aemo

The State of Climate Resilience and Water Governance in the City of Toronto: Advancing Adaptation at the Climate–Water Interface Through Baseline Assessment Research https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cli2.70025

Even ‘weak’ cyclones are being turned into deadly rainmakers by fast-warming oceans https://theconversation.com/even-weak-cyclones-are-being-turned-into-deadly-rainmakers-by-fast-warming-oceans-271550

A 30-year-old sea level rise projection has basically come true https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/12/a-30-year-old-sea-level-rise-projection-has-basically-come-true/

Excessive Heat Harms Young Children’s Development, Study Suggests https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2025/december/-excessive-heat-harms-young-children-s-development–study-sugges.html

Three things that might trigger massive ice sheet collapse https://theconversation.com/three-things-that-might-trigger-massive-ice-sheet-collapse-267275

A climate-neutral pathway makes 90 percent of fossil fuels in the EU redundant by 2050 https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/eu-climate-target-could-cut-fossil-fuel-use-by-90-per-cent

Ocean warmed by climate change fed intense rainfall and deadly floods in Asia, study finds https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-asia-cyclones-ef733af1a6b5acf08335e672e8476c32

Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes detected at the crumbling end of Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier https://theconversation.com/hundreds-of-iceberg-earthquakes-detected-at-the-crumbling-end-of-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-268893

Europe agrees to cut emissions 90% by 2040 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/europe-agrees-to-slash-emissions-90.html

Disaster risk reduction

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

Why the Philippines can’t escape its endless cycle of disaster https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3335387/why-philippines-cant-escape-its-endless-cycle-disaster

Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2025: Rising heat, rising risk https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/asia-pacific-disaster-report-2025-rising-heat-rising-risk

Australia’s bushfires were held at bay by five wet years — but experts warn the country is ‘ready to burn’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/09/australia-nsw-tasmania-bushfires-warning-experts

Coastal regions and climate change: how better risk assessment can help protect infrastructure and livelihoods https://theconversation.com/coastal-regions-and-climate-change-how-better-risk-assessment-can-help-protect-infrastructure-and-livelihoods-269441

When disaster strikes: How fire insurance protects lives and property in informal settlements https://www.ilo.org/resource/article/when-disaster-strikes-how-fire-insurance-protects-lives-and-property

Why does the U.S. flood insurance gap persist, and how can private insurance transform the market? https://www.moodys.com/web/en/us/insights/insurance/us-flood-insurance-gap-how-private-insurers-can-transform-the-market.html

Volcanic eruptions set off a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/volcanoes-black-death

Six-year study reveals ancient quakes along 150-mile fault system in Nepal https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/11/CM-earthquake-research-Nepal-2025.html

Developing community resilience index for flood (CRIF): evidence from extreme flood-prone Jamalpur district of Bangladesh https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2452292925000979

Postfire recovery trajectories of bulldozed versus burned chaparral eight years postfire https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00428-6

Integrated fire management as an adaptation and mitigation strategy to altered fire regimes https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/integrated-fire-management-adaptation-and-mitigation-strategy-altered-fire-regimes

The 2025 Blatten disaster in the Swiss Alps followed exceptional warming and highlights the vulnerability of people and heritage in glaciated landscapes https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02994-8

Primed to burn: what’s behind the intense, sudden fires burning across New South Wales and Tasmania https://theconversation.com/primed-to-burn-whats-behind-the-intense-sudden-fires-burning-across-new-south-wales-and-tasmania-271499

Associate student develops efficient fire fuel model https://naturalhazards.com.au/news-and-events/news-and-views/associate-student-develops-efficient-fire-fuel-model

G7 initiative on extreme weather prediction, preparedness, and response https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/canada-international-action/g7-initiative-extreme-weather.html

From soil to space: Building flood-resilient cities https://www.preventionweb.net/news/soil-space-building-flood-resilient-cities

Study reveals wildfire risk and resource mismatch in Colorado https://warnercnr.source.colostate.edu/study-reveals-wildfire-risk-and-resource-mismatch-in-colorado/

UN Global Risk Report https://unglobalriskreport.org/

COV-FCE-Based Evaluation of Old Community Fire Resilience: A Case Study of Xuzhou City, China https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/8/12/473

Potential drivers of fire severity in Golden Gate Highlands National Park: a case study of the November 2022 big fire event https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00427-7

Emergency Management

Devastated families grapple with ferocity of NSW Central Coast bushfires https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-08/nsw-central-coast-families-devasted-by-fierce-koolewong-bushfire/106111938

Survivors plead for urgent aid after catastrophic floods and landslides killed over 1,500 in Asia https://www.castanet.net/news/World/588014/Survivors-plead-for-urgent-aid-after-catastrophic-floods-and-landslides-killed-over-1-500-in-Asia

Integrating Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, Extended Reality, and Simulation-Based Systems into Fire and Rescue Service Training: Current Practices and Future Directions https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/8/6/228

Medical shortages and disease cases rise as Cyclone Senyar death tolls climbs to 940, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2025/12/08/medical-shortages-disease-cases-rise-cyclone-senyar-death-tolls-climbs-940-indonesia/

New findings reveal that Thailand must act swiftly to prepare schools for future emergencies https://www.unicef.org/thailand/press-releases/new-findings-reveal-thailand-must-act-swiftly-prepare-schools-future-emergencies

When Animals Complicate Disasters: Why Scotland Must Rethink Emergency Planning https://ncr.glasgow.ac.uk/?p=2490

Record-breaking Floods Spark Warning of ‘Major Damage’ To River Levees https://www.newsweek.com/record-breaking-floods-spark-warning-major-damage-river-levees-11188116

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

Children should help shape disaster preparedness https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/children-should-help-shape-disaster-preparedness

Participants who received localized messages were twice as likely to seek further information about wildfire preparedness compared with those who received generic communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02352-w

Art as a tool to enable resilience against tidal flooding https://india.mongabay.com/2025/12/art-as-a-tool-to-enable-resilience-against-tidal-flooding/

Stop Hurricane Disaster Game https://www.stopdisastersgame.org/game/?scenario=hurricane&dificulty=easy=en

Disaster psychology

The devastating Hong Kong fire reminds us it’s okay not to be calm in an emergency https://www.abc.net.au/religion/hong-kong-fire-its-ok-not-to-be-calm-in-emergency/106088380

How to talk with young people about the climate crisis https://ecojustice.ca/news/how-to-talk-with-young-people-about-the-climate-crisis/

Sociology and disasters

Building a connected and resilient Australia by measuring our invisible infrastructure https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396792279_Building_a_connected_and_resilient_Australia_by_measuring_our_invisible_infrastructure_October_2025_Publisher_Acknowledgement_of_Country

Who’s at the table? Disaster committee composition and policy pathways after Hurricane Sandy https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395327514_Who’s_at_the_table_Disaster_committee_composition_and_policy_pathways_after_Hurricane_Sandy

A geospatial and quantitative analysis of agricultural exemption passes during the California wildfires https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2025.2566203

Repoliticizing Social Infrastructure: Framing Uneven Geographies of Social Infrastructure in Times of Crisis https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00330124.2025.2586113

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

One dead in Haiti as Tropical Storm Melissa brings severe weather across the Caribbean https://watchers.news/2025/10/24/one-dead-in-haiti-as-tropical-storm-melissa-brings-severe-weather-across-the-caribbean/

Unwarned potential tornado causes significant damage in south Fort Worth, Texas https://watchers.news/2025/10/25/unwarned-potential-tornado-causes-significant-damage-in-south-fort-worth-texas/

Catastrophic and life-threatening winds, flooding and storm surge forecast as Category 5 Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica landfall https://watchers.news/2025/10/27/catastrophic-and-life-threatening-winds-flooding-and-storm-surge-forecast-as-category-5-hurricane-melissa-nears-jamaica-landfall/

Severe floods hit Hue and Da Nang, leaving at least one dead and thousands isolated, Vietnam https://watchers.news/2025/10/27/severe-floods-hit-hue-and-da-nang-leaving-at-least-one-dead-and-thousands-isolated-vietnam/

Strong and shallow M6.0 earthquake hits western Turkey https://watchers.news/2025/10/27/strong-and-shallow-m6-0-earthquake-hits-western-turkey/

Hurricane Melissa Barrels Down on Jamaica as Category 5 Storm https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/hurricane-melissa-barrels-down-on-jamaica-as-category-5-storm-11a39b95

Hurricane Melissa Live: Category four storm stronger than Katrina makes landfall in Jamaica https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-29/storm-melissa-jamaica-live/105945328

Jamaica declared a disaster area after Hurricane Melissa leaves over half a million without power https://watchers.news/2025/10/29/jamaica-declared-a-disaster-area-after-hurricane-melissa-leaves-over-half-a-million-without-power/

Cyclone Montha leaves 2 dead and around 50 000 ha (123 000 acres) of crops destroyed in Andhra Pradesh https://watchers.news/2025/10/29/cyclone-montha-leaves-2-dead-and-around-50-000-ha-123-000-acres-of-crops-destroyed-in-andhra-pradesh/

Category 3 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall over Santiago de Cuba, Cuba https://watchers.news/2025/10/29/category-3-hurricane-melissa-makes-landfall-over-santiago-de-cuba-cuba/

Hurricane Melissa devastates Caribbean countries and leaves dozens dead https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-30/hurricane-melissa-devastates-caribbean-countries-kills-dozens/105949964

100 000 homes flooded, nine fatalities as extreme rainfall hits Vietnam https://watchers.news/2025/10/30/100-000-homes-flooded-nine-fatalities-as-extreme-rainfall-hits-vietnam/

Volcanic activity worldwide 30 Sep 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Karymsky, Popocatépetl, Soputa https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/282215/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-30-Sep-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Karymsky-Popocatepetl-Soputa.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

El Niño could soon turn deadly predictable, scientists warn https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251024041753.htm

Australia fiddles with fossil gas while the country swelters in record heat. It doesn’t make sense https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/25/australia-fossil-gas-record-heat

Risk of Atlantic Current Collapsing Much Higher Than Previously Expected https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/25/risk-of-atlantic-current-collapsing-much-higher-than-previously-expected/

Slashing methane emissions could slow the runaway train of global warming long enough to get other emissions under control https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/10/10/greenhouse-gas-emissions-climate-change-methane-leaks-eu-regulations-trump-lng-exports-smac/

UN agency says CO2 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-greenhouse-gases-wmo-un-708c3d35ce6fc3d3bcaccafdba6bba45

Antarctica Will Teach Us A Hard Lesson About Non-Linear Change https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/08/antarctica-will-teach-us-a-hard-lesson-about-non-linear-change/

Southern Ocean Is Building a ‘Burp’ That Could Reignite Global Warming https://www.sciencealert.com/southern-ocean-is-building-a-burp-that-could-reignite-global-warming

Thai villagers have moved four times to escape rising sea levels – life on the climate-change frontline https://theconversation.com/thai-villagers-have-moved-four-times-to-escape-rising-sea-levels-life-on-the-climate-change-frontline-267278

UN Report Finds Country Climate Commitments Falling Short https://www.wri.org/news/statement-un-report-finds-country-climate-commitments-falling-short

Climate change is a crisis of intergenerational justice. It’s not too late to make it right https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-a-crisis-of-intergenerational-justice-its-not-too-late-to-make-it-right-263347

‘Climate change impacting marathon records’ https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/cx2pxl7v9myo

Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10% https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/29/americas-super-rich-running-down-planet-safe-climate-spaces-oxfam

‘Millions of Avoidable Deaths’: Climate Change Health Harms Reach Unprecedented Levels https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28102025/millions-of-avoidable-deaths-climate-change-health-harms-reach-unprecedented-levels/

Global climate plans need urgent acceleration to meet 2035 emissions target, UN report finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-28/climate-goals-not-on-track-to-meet-2035-emissions-target-says-un/105945130

The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biaf149/8303627

Just 1% of coastal waters could power a third of the world’s electricity – but can we do it in time? https://theconversation.com/just-1-of-coastal-waters-could-power-a-third-of-the-worlds-electricity-but-can-we-do-it-in-time-268237

Climate change is making hurricanes more destructive https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/climate-change-is-making-hurricanes-caf

The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01919-1/abstract

World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/28/worlds-climate-plans-fall-drastically-short-of-action-needed-analysis-shows

In 2024, the climate crisis worsened in all ways. But we can still limit warming with bold action https://theconversation.com/in-2024-the-climate-crisis-worsened-in-all-ways-but-we-can-still-limit-warming-with-bold-action-268579

Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/29/rising-heat-kills-one-person-a-minute-worldwide-lancet-countdown

Are Countries’ New Climate Plans Ambitious Enough? What We Know So Far https://www.wri.org/insights/assessing-2025-ndcs

Why heat warnings need to get more local https://dialogue.earth/en/climate/why-heat-warnings-need-to-get-more-local/

Disaster risk reduction

Enhance infrastructure resilience https://www.undrr.org/resilient-infrastructure/enhance-infrastructure-resilience

How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help save lives https://theconversation.com/how-ai-can-improve-storm-surge-forecasts-to-help-save-lives-259007

To build trust, include researchers in major disaster infra projects https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/opinion-research-builds-trust-flood-control-infrastructure/

Systemic risk https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/key-concepts/systemic-risk

Nature-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction https://www.undrr.org/words-action-nature-based-solutions-disaster-risk-reduction

Why animals are the missing link in disaster risk reduction https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/funding-resilience-why-animals-are-missing-link-disaster-risk-reduction

Could a Cascadia Megathrust Earthquake Trigger the San Andreas Fault? https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/News/pr/2025/25-14.aspx

Six nature-based solutions transforming communities and ecosystems in Africa https://www.preventionweb.net/news/six-nature-based-solutions-transforming-communities-and-ecosystems-africa

Urban disaster resilience: A new framework for quantifying and enhancing city preparedness https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1103112

A tale of two fire systems: indigenous fire stewardship in British Columbia and California https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00399-8

New Arun Checklists Set Higher Bar for Drainage Design https://www.unda.co.uk/news/new-arun-checklists-set-higher-bar-for-drainage-design/

Bureau of Meteorology ordered to fix new website after torrent of complaints https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-29/bureau-of-meteorology-ordered-to-fix-website-after-backlash/105945832

Operational Ethics for Researching Geohazards https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-03754-1_5

Insurance price caps sound like a good idea. But are they? https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/insurance/article/insurance-price-caps-144327688.html

Funding resilience: India’s pathway lies in data and technology https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/funding-resilience-indias-pathway-lies-data-and-technology

Construction in flood zones continues to leave thousands of Valencians exposed to a new DANA https://www.valenciaextra.com/societat/construccio-en-zones-inundables-continua-deixant-milers-valencians-exposats-davant-nova-dana_578869_102.html

Marine cores record Cascadia megathrust earthquakes followed by near-simultaneous San Andreas fault rupture https://watchers.news/epicenter/marine-cores-record-cascadia-megathrust-earthquakes-followed-by-near-simultaneous-san-andreas-fault-rupture/

Valencia floods, one year on: what have we learned, and how can we prevent similar tragedies in the future? https://theconversation.com/valencia-floods-one-year-on-what-have-we-learned-and-how-can-we-prevent-similar-tragedies-in-the-future-268603

The effectiveness of prescribed burning for protecting houses during wildfires in Australia https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00413-z

Emergency Management

Hurricane Melissa’s Wind Speeds Doubled in Less Than a Day https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/weather/hurricane-melissa-rapid-intensification-jamaica.html

Melissa leaps from tropical storm to Category 4 hurricane in 18 hours https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/melissa-leaps-from-tropical-storm-to-category-4-hurricane-in-18-hours/

Man accused of lighting Mount Gambier Valley Lake bushfire while wearing mask and cape denied bail https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-27/man-accused-of-lighting-mount-gambier-bushfire-denied-bail/105938734

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

Your reliable roundup of the latest disaster risk reduction news and research collected by the PreventionWeb editors https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/preventionweb-editors-picks-undrr-pqnzf

Minecraft: CoastCraft – players can manage the coast and make decisions for the needs of the area https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/educational-materials/minecraft-coastcraft

What local leaders can teach us about floods https://www.worldwildlife.org/news/sustainability-works/what-local-leaders-can-teach-us-about-floods/

A new online game helps imagine life on Earth in 2100 https://theconversation.com/a-new-online-game-helps-imagine-life-on-earth-in-2100-267353

I tried out a new version of Minecraft to see why environmental storylines help children learn https://www.preventionweb.net/news/i-tried-out-new-version-minecraft-see-why-environmental-storylines-help-children-learn

Disaster psychology

Invest in social and collective approaches to improve mental health in the context of climate disasters https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-sustainability/fulltext/S2949-7906(25)00224-1

An empirical analysis of unwillingness to participate in flash flood hazard adjustments in mountain communities of North India https://www.emerald.com/ijdrbe/article/doi/10.1108/IJDRBE-01-2025-0002/1301865/An-empirical-analysis-of-unwillingness-to

Planetary Dysregulation and Our Mental Health https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202510/planetary-dysregulation-and-our-mental-health

Crisis and Risk Psychology in Norway https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202510/crisis-and-risk-psychology-in-norway

Aussie mum reveals how she healed after the Black Summer bushfires https://www.nowtolove.com.au/news/real-life/take-5/aussie-mum-reveals-how-she-healed-after-the-black-summer-bushfires/

Sociology and disasters

Building a connected and resilient Australia by measuring our invisible infrastructure https://sociabli.resilientready.org/

Advancing gender-responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes: State of play and promising examples https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/advancing-gender-responsive-national-adaptation-plan-nap-processes-state-play-and

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Quality of Life, Anxiety, Connections to Friends, and Access to Resources Among People with HIV: Using the Social Ecological Model https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10461-025-04928-z

Call for Multilingual Inclusiveness in Science and Disaster Research and Contexts Studies https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article/971123