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
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