Category: earthquake

Please find below links to recent disaster resilience news…

Recent emergencies/disasters

Two destructive tornadoes hit New Zealand https://watchers.news/2023/04/10/two-destructive-tornadoes-hit-new-zealand/

Burundi – Damage and Fatalities After Floods in 4 Provinces https://floodlist.com/africa/burundi-rwanda-floods-april-2023

Massive eruption at Sheveluch volcano produces strongest ashfall in 60 years, Russia https://watchers.news/2023/04/11/massive-eruption-at-sheveluch-volcano-produces-strongest-ashfall-in-60-years-russia/

Cyclone Ilsa: Powerful storm hits Western Australia https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-65259342

Volcanic activity worldwide 11 Apr 2023: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/208967/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-11-Apr-2023-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Shiveluc.html

USA – Flash Floods in South Florida After 650mm of Rain in 24 Hours https://floodlist.com/america/usa/floods-fort-lauderdale-florida-april-2023

Iran – 3 Killed, Hundreds Displaced After Floods in North West https://floodlist.com/asia/iran-floods-april-2023

Philippines – 5 Dead, 1 Missing After Floods and Storms in South https://floodlist.com/asia/philippines-floods-davao-april-2023

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Wind and solar power generators wait in yearslong lines to put clean electricity on the grid, then face huge interconnection fees they can’t afford https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/06/outdated-us-energy-grid-tons-of-clean-energy-stuck-waiting-in-line.html

Heat-driven shifts in wind patterns could increase hurricane risks along US coastlines, researchers say https://abcnews.go.com/US/heat-driven-shifts-wind-patterns-increase-hurricane-risks/story

‘Headed off the charts’: world’s ocean surface temperature hits record high https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/08/headed-off-the-charts-worlds-ocean-surface-temperature-hits-record-high

Washington state’s 2021 heat wave contributed to 159 excess injury deaths over three weeks https://www.washington.edu/news/2023/04/06/washington-states-2021-heat-wave-contributed-to-159-excess-injury-deaths-over-three-weeks/

“We must work for water, for water to work for us” – UN Climate Change Executive Secretary addresses water-climate challenge https://unfccc.int/news/we-must-work-for-water-for-water-to-work-for-us-un-climate-change-executive-secretary-addresses

Climate models warn of possible ‘super El Niño’ before end of year https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/12/climate-models-warn-of-possible-super-el-nino-before-end-of-year

The suite of substances that can tackle carbon dioxide https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/electrocatalysts-carbon-dioxide-bonds/

NOAA says methane is now over 2.5 times pre-industrial levels https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/noaa-methane-climate-carbon-dioxide/

Does climate breakdown mean we’re doomed? No: if we’re brave, big change can happen fast https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/11/climate-breakdown-climate-crisis-solutions-idea

Global warming is disrupting an Antarctic current system that life on Earth relies on https://www.salon.com/2023/04/11/global-warming-is-disrupting-an-antarctic-current-system-that-life-on-earth-relies-on/

Getting real: what would serious climate action look like? https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/getting-real-what-would-serious-climate-action-look

Simulated volcanic eruptions may be blowing up our ability to predict near-term climate https://news.ucar.edu/132890/predictive-power-climate-models-may-be-masked-volcanoes

New study reveals ‘invisible’ glacier loss in the greater Himalaya https://news.st-andrews.ac.uk/archive/new-study-reveals-invisible-glacier-loss-in-the-greater-himalaya/

How cities use energy to regulate temperature – just like mammals https://news.arizona.edu/story/how-cities-use-energy-regulate-temperature-%E2%80%93-just-mammals

Disaster risk reduction

Machine Learning Model Doubles Accuracy of Global Landslide ‘Nowcasts’ https://www.nasa.gov/feature/esnt/2021/machine-learning-model-doubles-accuracy-of-global-landslide-nowcasts

Characterising the coincidence of soil moisture – precipitation extremes as a possible precursor to European floods https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169423003876

Novel Google Maps and Google Earth application for chemical industry disaster risk assessment during complex emergencies in Eastern Ukraine https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-31848-6

Why are earthquakes unpredictable? https://www.aa.com.tr/en/analysis/opinion-why-are-earthquakes-unpredictable/2868166

Addressing challenges in uncertainty quantification: the case of geohazard assessments https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/16/1601/2023/

After years of large cyclones, some Vanuatu residents believe they are more prepared than ever for future disasters https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacific-prepared/vanuatu-cyclones/102197106

Is an active hurricane season ahead for 2023? AccuWeather issues early forecast https://www.silive.com/weather/2023/04/is-an-active-hurricane-season-ahead-for-2023-accuweather-issues-early-forecast.html

Babbling brook to thunderous torrent: Using sound to monitor river stage https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/esp.5199

One Surface Model to Rule Them All? https://eos.org/articles/one-surface-model-to-rule-them-all

Early Warning Systems and Their Role in Disaster Risk Reduction https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-98989-7_2

Kontur is a geospatial data and real-time risk management solutions provider for business, government and humanitarian organizations https://data.humdata.org/organization/kontur

Can artificial intelligence predict weather months in advance? https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/13/can-artificial-intelligence-predict-weather-months-in-advance

Memphis area seeing an increase in days with the possibility of tornadoes, study finds https://www.localmemphis.com/article/tech/science/climate-science/memphis-tornado-increasing-alley-more-storm-climate-change-arkansas-tennessee-mississippi/522-526654e5-0e34-4c8c-beb9-9b2a4ccc084b

Project SIREN – Crowd-Sourcing to Save 70 Years of Italian Hydrological Measurements https://floodlist.com/europe/project-italy-hydrological-measurements

Cities will need more resilient electricity networks to cope with extreme weather https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/cities-will-need-more-resilient-electricity-networks-cope-extreme-weather

Addressing challenges in uncertainty quantification: the case of geohazard assessments https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/16/1601/2023/

Severe Storm, Supercell, and Tornado Trends https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/severe-storm-supercell-and-tornado-trends-2023

Emergency management

Federal government to pay 100% of Arkansas’ tornado costs for 30 days, Sanders says https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/apr/08/federal-government-to-pay-100-of-arkansas-tornado-costs-for-30-days-sanders-says/

Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa makes landfall on WA’s Kimberley-Pilbara coast as category five system https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-14/tropical-cyclone-ilsa-landfall-western-australia-category-five/102219844

Anatomy of monster storm: how Cyclone Ilsa is shaping up to devastate the WA coast https://theconversation.com/anatomy-of-monster-storm-how-cyclone-ilsa-is-shaping-up-to-devastate-the-wa-coast-203678

Disaster education, communications and engagement

10 questions to ask when reporting on natural disasters https://ijnet.org/en/story/10-questions-ask-when-reporting-natural-disasters

Digitalization in Disaster Risk Reduction: The Use of Smartphones to Enhance the Safety of Informal Settlements in Iringa, Tanzania https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-023-00483-0

Be Ready for Earthquakes: California’s April Earthquake Preparedness Month https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2989743735681-be-ready-for-earthquakes-californias-april-earthquake-preparedness-month

Global training in disaster risk reduction https://www.preventionweb.net/event-type/training

We need your help! Gender and Sexual Minorities in Disasters Reference Guide https://www.grripp.net/post/gender-and-sexual-minorities-drr-reference-guide

Preparing for hurricane season: Lessons learned from risk communication to behavioral change https://blogs.worldbank.org/latinamerica/preparing-hurricane-season-caribbean

Psychology and disasters

Lucy Easthope: “We are all disaster survivors now” https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/interviews-and-profiles/2023/03/lucy-easthope-interview-disaster-survivors

What I Saved from the Disaster https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/10/What-I-Saved-From-Disaster/

Climate Anxiety and High School: How Young People Are Coping https://www.teenvogue.com/story/climate-anxiety-high-school

Sociology and disasters

Uneven paths: Soft Policy’s benefits to recovery in Louisiana Parishes after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479722012956

Governance of Disaster Management https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-030-66252-3_3314

When the Water Rises: Lives and Livelihoods of Flood-Prone Communities of Sierra Leone https://storyteller.iom.int/stories/when-water-rises-lives-and-livelihoods-flood-prone-communities-sierra-leone

Flooded City: Affects of (Slow) Catastrophe in Post-Harvey Houston https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/722270

Repetitive floods intensify outmigration and climate gentrification in coastal cities https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6668

Stratifying Disaster: State Aid, Institutional Processes, and Inequality in American Communities https://academic.oup.com/sf/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/sf/soad050/7111727

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Death toll from US tornadoes rises to 26 as clean-up efforts begin https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-02/tonadoes-death-toll-rises-in-united-states/102176792

Very strong M7.0 earthquake hits Papua New Guinea https://watchers.news/2023/04/02/very-strong-m7-0-earthquake-hits-papua-new-guinea/

Indonesia – Floods in Central Kalimantan Damage 4,000 Homes https://floodlist.com/asia/indonesia-floods-central-kalimantan-april-2023

Latvia – Augšdaugava Communities Isolated After Daugava River Floods https://floodlist.com/europe/latvia-augsdaugava-daugava-river-floods-april-2023

Pakistan – 11 Dead as Rain and Flash Floods Cause Houses to Collapse in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa https://floodlist.com/asia/pakistan-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-floods-march-april-2023

Democratic Republic of the Congo – 20 Killed in North Kivu Landslide https://floodlist.com/africa/democratic-republic-of-the-congo-20-killed-in-north-kivu-landslide

Ethiopia – 240,000 Impacted by Heavy Rains and Floods, 29 Dead, Says UN https://floodlist.com/africa/ethiopia-floods-march-april-2023

Kenya – More Fatalities After Floods in South https://floodlist.com/africa/kenya-more-fatalities-after-floods-in-south

Italy – Deadly Flash Floods in Calabria https://floodlist.com/europe/italy-flash-floods-calabria-april-2023

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Australia has a carbon price for industry – and it may infuse greater climate action https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-has-a-carbon-price-for-industry-and-it-may-infuse-greater-climate-action/

‘Slipping through our fingers’: New Zealand scientists distraught at scale of glacier loss https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/01/slipping-through-our-fingers-new-zealand-scientists-distraught-at-scale-of-glacier-loss

Back-to-Back Hurricanes Could Become Common by 2100 https://eos.org/articles/back-to-back-hurricanes-could-become-common-by-2100

‘Losing your home is a massive thing’: how the climate crisis came to Norfolk https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/03/losing-your-home-is-a-massive-thing-how-the-climate-crisis-came-to-norfolk

‘Tornado alley’ is shifting farther into the US east, climate scientists warn https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/04/us-tornadoes-global-heating-climate-science?CMP=share_btn_tw

Climate risks could prompt a rethink of planned SEQ dam upgrades https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/climate-risks-could-prompt-a-rethink-of-planned-seq-dam-upgrades-20230329-p5cwfk.html

Underestimated mass loss from lake-terminating glaciers in the greater Himalaya https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01150-1

For Uganda’s Vanishing Glaciers, Time Is Running Out https://e360.yale.edu/features/rwenzoris-mount-stanley-africa-glaciers-climate-change

In Fiji, the climate crisis is no longer off in the future – it’s a daily reality https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/fiji-climate-change-moving-villages-vunidogoloa/102186670

Disaster risk reduction

A new book examines the extent of biodiversity loss caused by Australia’s Black Summer wildfires and what lessons our country must learn https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the-burning-of-australia-s-nature

Historical Hurricane Tracks – GIS Map Viewer https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/dataset/historical-hurricane-tracks-gis-map-viewer

In 5 charts: continued high losses from natural catastrophes in 2022 https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/sigma-research/sigma-2023-01/5-charts-losses-natural-catastrophes.html

Extreme flooding controlled by stream network organization and flow regime https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01155-w

International Journal of Wildland Fire https://www.publish.csiro.au/wf#CurrentIssue

New UNC study quantifies $562M in financial risk from Hurricane Florence using novel modeling approach that evaluates risk of mortgage default and property abandonment https://sph.unc.edu/sph-news/new-unc-study-quantifies-562m-in-financial-risk-from-hurricane-florence-using-novel-modeling-approach-that-evaluates-risk-of-mortgage-default-and-property-abandonment/

Satellites reveal hotspots of global river extent change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37061-3

Why the U.S. leads the world in weather catastrophes https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/us-leads-world-weather-catastrophes-rcna77898

Flood risk in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A consideration of flood defences in a broadscale hydraulic model https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12907

The timing of decreasing coastal flood protection due to sea-level rise https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01616-5

A systematic review of natural flood management modelling: Approaches, limitations, and potential solutions https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jfr3.12899

Importance of catchment hydrological processes and calibration of hydrological-hydrodynamic rainfall-runoff models in small rural catchments https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12901

Flood vulnerability and risk assessment of historic urban areas: Vulnerability evaluation, derivation of depth-damage curves and cost–benefit analysis of flood adaptation measures applied to the historic city centre of Tomar, Portugal https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12908

Disaster risk out of control despite global agreement to stop them https://www.undrr.org/news/disaster-risk-out-control-despite-global-agreement-stop-them

UC geography study finds detention basins often work best https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2023/04/uc-geography-study-finds-detention-basins-often-work-best.html

Emergency management

The UN Secretary-General has called for every person on Earth to be protected by early warning systems within five years by 2027 https://www.undrr.org/early-warning

England’s automated flood alerts to be permanent despite inaccuracy warnings https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/04/englands-automated-flood-warning-system-to-stay-despite-inaccuracy-warnings

Disaster education, communications and engagement

Indigenous knowledge offers solutions, but its use must be based on meaningful collaboration with Indigenous communities https://theconversation.com/indigenous-knowledge-offers-solutions-but-its-use-must-be-based-on-meaningful-collaboration-with-indigenous-communities-201670

Psychology and disasters

Personality Traits and Types of Housing Recovery after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/7/5679

The effects of secondary stressors, social identity, and social support on perceived stress and resilience: Findings from the COVID-19 pandemic https://psyarxiv.com/8vk63/

Geopsychiatry and social psychiatry https://academic.oup.com/book/43957/chapter-abstract/369594815

Survey: 37% of evacuees who fled Fukushima may have PTSD https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14861912

Sociology and disasters

Social Safety Theory: Conceptual foundation, underlying mechanisms, and future directions https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17437199.2023.2171900

Tornado destruction highlights low-income disaster preparedness challenges https://abcnews.go.com/US/tornado-destruction-highlights-low-income-disaster-preparedness-challenges/story

Bonding, bridging, linking social capital as mutually reinforcing elements in adaptive capacity development to flood hazard: Insights from rural Bangladesh https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096323000244

This study illuminates how congregations adapted to an unfolding crisis in real-time and reveals areas of organizational learning and vulnerability https://wmpllc.org/ojs/index.php/jem/article/view/3381

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

New Conceptual Model of Social Sustainability: Review from Past Concepts and Ideas https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/7/5350

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Mississippi tornado kills 26 and brings devastation to US state https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65075276

Spain’s first major wildfire of the year rages in Valencia region https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/24/first-major-wildfire-of-the-year-rages-in-spains-valencia-region

Deadly landslide hits Alausí, Ecuador, destroying homes and part of Pan-American Highway https://watchers.news/2023/03/27/deadly-landslide-hits-alausi-ecuador-destroying-homes-and-part-of-pan-american-highway/

Jubaland state of Somalia hit by the worst floods in a decade https://watchers.news/2023/03/27/jubaland-state-of-somalia-hit-by-the-worst-floods-in-a-decade/

South Africa – Deadly Floods Hit Eastern Cape https://floodlist.com/africa/south-africa-floods-eastern-cape-late-march-2023

Bolivia – Thousands Affected by Floods in Santa Cruz and Pando Departments https://floodlist.com/america/bolivia-floods-santacruz-pando-march-2023

Brazil – 170 Families Homeless After More Floods in Manaus https://floodlist.com/america/brazil-floods-manaus-late-march-2023

Ecuador – Hundreds of Homes Damaged After Floods in 5 Provinces https://floodlist.com/america/ecuador-floods-late-march-2023

Environmental tragedy as fires burn through one-fifth of Northern Territory national park https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/29/environmental-tragedy-as-fires-burn-through-one-fifth-of-northern-territory-national-park

Severe flash floods hit Oman https://watchers.news/multimedia_gallery/severe-flash-floods-hit-oman/

Ecuador – Over 60 Missing After Landslide in Chimborazo Province https://floodlist.com/america/ecuador-landslide-alausi-chimborazo-march-2023

Brazil – Over 10,000 Displaced by Floods in Acre State https://floodlist.com/america/brazil-floods-acre-march-2023

Kenya – Fatalities and Evacuations After Floods in Several Regions https://floodlist.com/africa/kenya-floods-march-2023

Colombia – Floods Destroy Homes in Cauca, 1,500 Families Affected https://floodlist.com/america/colombia-floods-cauca-march-2023

Volcanic activity worldwide 29 Mar 2023: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Krakatau https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/207849/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-29-Mar-2023-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Krakatau-Shivel.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Forget geoengineering. We need to stop burning fossil fuels. Right now https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/24/ipcc-report-we-must-stop-burning-fossil-fuels

While you fight climate wars, we lose the climate battle https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/while-you-fight-climate-wars-we-lose-the-climate-battle-20230323-p5cune.html?js-chunk-not-found-refresh=true

Fortescue hails “green iron” breakthrough as own coal-free tech moves to pilot phase https://reneweconomy.com.au/fortescue-hails-green-iron-breakthrough-as-own-coal-free-tech-moves-to-pilot-phase/

Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming https://apnews.com/article/drought-rainfall-climate-change-flooding-satellite-51ba64f58528e5db93e846765b2da9f3

10 countries at risk of climate disaster https://www.rescue.org/article/10-countries-risk-climate-disaster

Why Western Sydney is feeling the heat from climate change more than the rest of the city https://theconversation.com/why-western-sydney-is-feeling-the-heat-from-climate-change-more-than-the-rest-of-the-city-201477

Impact of Accelerated Climate Change on Maximum Temperature Differences between Western and Coastal Sydney https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/11/4/76

Rooftop solar’s dominant summer: Homes and businesses outpower brown coal https://reneweconomy.com.au/rooftop-solars-dominant-summer-homes-and-businesses-outpower-brown-coal/

The South Australia grid, the world’s leader with a 70 per cent share of wind and solar power over the past 12 months, is about to take another big step towards running on a truly fossil fuel free grid https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-about-to-take-another-big-step-towards-fossil-free-grid/

How Is India Adapting to Heatwaves?: An Assessment of Heat Action Plans With Insights for Transformative Climate Action https://cprindia.org/briefsreports/how-is-india-adapting-to-heatwaves-an-assessment-of-heat-action-plans-with-insights-for-transformative-climate-action/

Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05762-w

Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists know the sea is rising https://theconversation.com/fear-and-wonder-podcast-how-scientists-know-the-sea-is-rising-202512

Landmark study projects ‘dramatic’ changes to Southern Ocean by 2050 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-30/dramatic-south-ocean-circulation-changes-study/102154690

‘A win of epic proportions’: World’s highest court can set out countries’ climate obligations after Vanuatu secures historic UN vote https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/29/world/un-advisory-opinion-vanuatu-climate-change

Disaster risk reduction

NSW Labor ‘do not support’ raising the Warragamba Dam wall https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/nsw-labor-do-not-support-raising-the-warragamba-dam-wall/video/9bde7c6c7c9ed0253a3648576d1010f9

First global water conference in 50 years yields hundreds of pledges, zero checks https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/24/united-nations-water-conference-new-york-pledges

What to expect when you’re expecting an El Niño (the answer might surprise you) https://theconversation.com/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-an-el-nino-the-answer-might-surprise-you-198510

Evolution of a river management industry in Australia reveals meandering pathway to 2030 UN goals https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00748-y

A Time‐Domain Approach for Accurate Spectral Source Estimation with Application to Ridgecrest, California, Earthquakes https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article-abstract/doi/10.1785/0120220228/620786/A-Time-Domain-Approach-for-Accurate-Spectral

Alerting vulnerable communities to extreme weather https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news-science/news/article/5269/alerting-vulnerable-communities-to-extreme-weather

Toward a searchable, network-linked database of river inundation extents https://waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/nhgf-river-inundation/

Why Tornadoes Are Still Hard To Forecast – Even Though Storm Predictions Are Improving https://today.tamu.edu/2023/03/28/why-tornadoes-are-still-hard-to-forecast-even-though-storm-predictions-are-improving/

Emergency management

India, UK scientists collaborate on SMART early warning flood alert system https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/india-uk-scientists-collaborate-on-smart-early-warning-flood-alert-system-123032800937_1.html

2023 US Tornadoes https://disasterphilanthropy.org/disasters/2023-us-tornadoes/

Disaster education, communications and engagement

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

Wash, blow dry and 1.5 degrees please: hairdressers trained to talk about climate action https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/26/wash-blow-dry-and-15-degrees-please-hairdressers-trained-to-talk-about-climate-action

Protect the heart of your home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnUTCrCdB_U

Connecting the dots: the importance of recognising multi-hazard events in disaster reporting https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/nh/2023/03/27/connecting-the-dots-the-importance-of-recognising-multi-hazard-events-in-disaster-reporting/

Global disaster recovery expert launches free digital Roadmap for businesses https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/8131515/global-disaster-recovery-expert-launches-free-digital-roadmap-for-businesses/

Psychology and disasters

What is geopsychiatry? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09540261.2022.2031915

Climate doomism is bad storytelling – hope is much more effective at triggering action https://theconversation.com/climate-doomism-is-bad-storytelling-hope-is-much-more-effective-at-triggering-action-202401

The risk of relocation: risk perceptions and communication surrounding the tradeoffs between floods and economic opportunities in Iquitos, Peru https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360822481_The_risk_of_relocation_risk_perceptions_and_communication_surrounding_the_tradeoffs_between_floods_and_economic_opportunities_in_Iquitos_Peru

Sociology and disasters

The importance of women’s roles in adaptive capacity and resilience to flooding in rural Bangladesh https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420923001401

Assessing COVID-19 pandemic policies and behaviours and their economic and educational trade-offs across US states from Jan 1, 2020, to July 31, 2022: an observational analysis https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00461-0/fulltext

The impact of demographic developments on flood risk management systems in rural regions in the Alpine Arc https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420923001280

Personality Traits and Types of Housing Recovery after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/7/5679

Disasters as opportunities for enhancing sustainability values: Disaster experience and environmental awareness in rural China https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sd.2544

Revealing hazard-exposure heterophily as a latent characteristic of community resilience in social-spatial networks https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-31702-9

Disaster survivors need help remaining connected with friends and families – and access to mental health care https://theconversation.com/disaster-survivors-need-help-remaining-connected-with-friends-and-families-and-access-to-mental-health-care-200247

Seismic resilience in Metro Manila: Accessing healthcare after a catastrophic earthquake on the West Valley Fault line https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/seismic-resilience-metro-manila-accessing-healthcare-after-catastrophic

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Hot, windy conditions a worry as Victoria blaze continues https://www.9news.com.au/national/bushfire-updates-major-fire-out-of-control-emergency-warning-flowerdale-victoria/7a49ddd4-2849-4301-b351-962fc3f1935b

Turkey earthquake: Deadly new tremor traps people under rubble https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64711228

Brazil – Death Toll Rises in Sao Paulo Floods and Landslides https://floodlist.com/america/brazil-sao-paulo-floods-update-february-2023

Philippines – 30,000 Displaced After Low-Pressure Area Causes Floods and Landslides https://floodlist.com/asia/philippines-floods-february-2023

Paraguay – Hundreds of Families Affected by Floods in Amambay https://floodlist.com/america/paraguay-floods-amambay-february-2023

South Africa – More Floods Leave 2 Dead, 5 Missing https://floodlist.com/africa/south-africa-floods-update-feberuary-2023

Volcanic activity worldwide 22 Feb 2023: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Shiveluch https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/204813/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-22-Feb-2023-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Shiveluch-Karangetan.html

Madagascar – Thousands Displaced by Tropical Cyclone Freddy https://floodlist.com/africa/madagascar-thousands-displaced-by-tropical-cyclone-freddy

Ecuador – Fatalities After Flooding in 5 Provinces https://floodlist.com/america/ecuador-floods-february-2023

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Unpriced climate risk and the potential consequences of overvaluation in US housing markets https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01594-8

Wet Bulb Globe Temperature: Indicating Extreme Heat Risk on a Global Grid https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GH000701

#KeepItCool infographics https://www.cleancoolingcollaborative.org/toolkits_and_data/keep-it-cool-infographics/

France goes 31 days without rainfall, unprecedented in winter https://www.france24.com/en/france/20230221-france-goes-31-days-without-rainfall-unprecedented-in-winter

Florida’s Great Displacement https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-residents-moving-leaving-climate-change-refugees-hurricanes-flood-2023-2

XDI releases world-first comparison of every state’s physical climate risk https://xdi.systems/xdi-releases-world-first-comparison-of-every-states-physical-climate-risk/

Q&A: Cyclone Gabrielle’s biggest climate lessons for NZ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/qa-cyclone-gabrielles-biggest-climate-lessons-for-nz/7JHOAXYNQZF2FI25T6PA7S7VOI/

As Louisiana’s coast disappears, its historic communities are disappearing too https://grist.org/migration/louisiana-pointe-aux-chenes-great-displacement-book-excerpt-hurricane-managed-retreat/

Hurricanes are changing with the climate. Our words about them may need to change, too https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/hurricanes-are-changing-with-the-climate-our-words-about-them-may-need-to-change-too/

Record Low Ice at Great Lakes Seen in Before and After Images From Space https://www.newsweek.com/great-lakes-ice-cover-record-low-space-1782339

Disaster risk reduction

Australia faces unprecedented grassfires next summer ‘supercharged’ by global heating https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/22/australia-faces-unprecedented-grassfires-next-summer-supercharged-by-global-heating

Deconstructing plate tectonic reconstructions https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-022-00384-8

Secrets of Earth’s inner core revealed by large quakes https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00496-1

The 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, Earthquake Sequence https://earthquake.usgs.gov/storymap/index-turkey2023.html

CoastSat is an open-source software toolkit written in Python that enables users to obtain time-series of shoreline position at any coastline worldwide from 30+ years (and growing) of publicly available satellite imagery https://github.com/kvos/CoastSat

UK – Thousands of Trees to Be Planted at Flood Defence Project in Northern England https://floodlist.com/protection/trees-flood-defence-project-east-hull

Germany – Insurers Demand a Stop to Building New Homes in Flood-Risk Areas https://floodlist.com/europe/germany-stop-building-houses-flood-risk-areas

Flooded Home Buyback scheme helps wash away the pain for Queenslanders https://theconversation.com/flooded-home-buyback-scheme-helps-wash-away-the-pain-for-queenslanders-200242

Earthquake prone: how can we bring our riskiest buildings up to scratch? https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2023/02/22/Earthquake-prone-buildings-upgrades.html

Using dense Sentinel-2 time series to explore combined fire and drought impacts in eucalypt forests https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1018936/full

Prevention is a ‘no-brainer’: top UN disaster risk reduction official on Türkiye-Syria quakes https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/interview/2023/02/23/prevention-no-brainer-top-un-disaster-risk-reduction-official-turkiye-syria

Details of the CSIRO’s report on Lismore’s flood recovery and response https://www.lismorecitynews.com.au/story/8096725/revealed-key-details-in-csiros-flood-report/

Emergency management

Early warning systems and evacuation: rare and extreme versus frequent and small-scale tropical cyclones in the Philippines and Dominica https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/disa.12434

Italy and partners handover Situation Room to African Union Commission https://www.undrr.org/news/italy-and-partners-handover-situation-room-african-union-commission

Tech experts turn firefighters in battle against wildfires https://www.independent.ie/news/environment/tech-experts-turn-firefighters-in-battle-against-wildfires-42354536.html

Disaster education, communications and engagement

The benefits and negative impacts of citizen science applications to water as experienced by participants and communities https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wat2.1488

Justice in climate change education: a systematic review https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504622.2023.2181265

Psychology and disasters

Disaster fatigue as more rain forecast for cyclone-hit areas https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2023/02/22/disaster-fatigue-as-more-rain-forecast-for-cyclone-hit-areas-expert-reaction/

Characterizing the mental health and functioning of Canadian respiratory therapists during the COVID-19 pandemic https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20008066.2023.2171751

This qualitative analysis gave a voice to older adults (aged 59-65 years and 78-87 years) to share their experiences of the 2019/2020 Australian bushfires https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/older-adults-experiences-during-2019/2020-bushfires-path-through-life-project

Community members from Northern Rivers and South East Queensland share their stories of recovery twelve months on from the devastating 2022 floods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBDDpgIzhbg

Sociology and disasters

International humanitarian narratives of disasters, crises and Indigeneity https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/disa.12576

Ethical Guidelines for Post-Disaster Research https://resiliencechallenge.nz/outputs/ethical-guidelines-for-post-disaster-research/

As deadly flooding devastates more communities, often the poorest and most disinvested, residents are banding together to research the problems and press for solutions https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/flooding-is-pummeling-the-southeast-u-s-these-organizers-are-fighting-back/