Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Climbers narrowly escape death after eruption at Mount Dukono, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/08/20/climbers-narrowly-escape-death-after-eruption-at-mount-dukono-indonesia/
Mudflows impact 497 buildings in Issyk-Kul district, Kyrgyzstan https://watchers.news/2024/08/20/mudflows-impact-497-buildings-in-issyk-kul-district-kyrgyzstan/
Vienna hit by record rainfall, nearly average summer total in just one hour, Austria https://watchers.news/2024/08/19/vienna-hit-by-record-rainfall-nearly-average-summer-total-in-just-one-hour-austria/
Millions broil as southern US heat dome causes record highs and wildfires https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/extreme-heat-dome-arizona-texas-temperatures
Massive landslide strikes East Sikkim, impacting 18 homes and 510 MW Teesta V project, India https://watchers.news/2024/08/21/massive-landslide-strikes-east-sikkim-impacting-18-homes-and-510-mw-teesta-v-project-india/
‘Impossible’ to fight Madeira wildfire may cause unrecoverable damage to World Heritage Site https://wildfiretoday.com/2024/08/20/madeira-wildfire-evacuations-unesco-world-heritage-site-laurisilva-forest/
Volcanic activity worldwide 22 Aug 2024: Fuego volcano, Semeru, Dukono, Marapi, Reventador, Sangay https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/250360/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-22-Aug-2024-Fuego-volcano-Semeru-Dukono-Marapi-Reventador-Sangay-.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Future Climate Projections for South Florida: Improving the Accuracy of Air Temperature and Precipitation Extremes With a Hybrid Statistical Bias Correction Technique https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF004531
Climate change-fueled heat impacts Mediterranean amid ongoing wildfires https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-shift-index-alert/mediterranean-august-13-2024
The overshoot myth: you can’t keep burning fossil fuels and expect scientists of the future to get us back to 1.5°C https://theconversation.com/the-overshoot-myth-you-cant-keep-burning-fossil-fuels-and-expect-scientists-of-the-future-to-get-us-back-to-1-5-c-230814
Red centre heat could cause temperature records to tumble across Australia in coming days https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/20/red-centre-heat-could-see-temperature-records-tumble-across-australia-in-coming-days-meteorologists-forecast
Can floating homes make coastal communities resilient to climate risks? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02679-w
Boiling Point: Heat, fires, floods — extreme weather has affected 99% of Americans https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2024-08-20/boiling-point-climate-extremes-boiling-point
Victoria lays out plan for 95 pct renewables, with no coal, not much gas and a big lift in demand https://reneweconomy.com.au/victoria-lays-out-plan-for-95-pct-renewables-with-no-coal-not-much-gas-and-a-big-lift-in-demand/
Negative Power Prices Hit Europe as Renewable Energy Floods the Grid https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Negative-Power-Prices-Hit-Europe-as-Renewable-Energy-Floods-the-Grid.html
Summer heat arrives in August, theatening to break all-time Australian winter temperature records https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-22/summer-heat-august-break-australian-temperature-records/104253600
New Zealand’s biggest solar farm secures finance to go ahead at Christchurch Airport https://reneweconomy.com.au/new-zealands-biggest-solar-farm-secures-finance-to-go-ahead-at-christchurch-airport/
What has worked to fight climate change? Policies where someone pays for polluting, study finds https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-price-hike-policies-emissions-1d211ff66f7ab768a69466b9af281c79
Disaster risk reduction
Foundations for Change, Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance Phase II – Lessons from Year 5 https://floodresilience.net/resources/item/foundations-for-change-zurich-flood-resilience-alliance-phase-ii-lessons-from-year-5/
Two large landslides in Gisborne, New Zealand https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/gisborne-landslides-1
Uncertainty estimation of machine learning spatial precipitation predictions from satellite data https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2632-2153/ad63f3
Anticipatory finance: An introductory guide https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/anticipatory-finance-introductory-guide
An increase in the spatial extent of European floods over the last 70 years https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/3755/2024/
Wildfires: How under threat are cities? https://www.dw.com/en/wildfires-how-under-threat-are-cities/a-69957594
Evolution of disaster risk governance and its implication to resilience building in Nepal https://www.oaepublish.com/articles/dpr.2024.05
Estimating velocity distribution and flood discharge at river bridges using entropy theory – insights from computational fluid dynamics flow fields https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/3717/2024/
Strong persistent cooling of the stratosphere after the Hunga eruption https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01620-3
A global database of tsunami deposits https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gdj3.270
A new plan seeks to protect California’s coast against a rising ocean: It doesn’t require sea walls https://phys.org/news/2024-08-california-coast-ocean-doesnt-require.html
Tornadoes and waterspouts: Europe’s underestimated extreme weather threat? https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240821-sicily-superyacht-disaster-how-do-waterspouts-form
How open spaces can save lives during wildfires https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/08/how-open-spaces-can-save-lives-during-wildfires/
Physics Meets Machine Learning for Better Cyclone Predictions https://eos.org/research-spotlights/physics-meets-machine-learning-for-better-cyclone-predictions
‘Burnt Country’ – film on indigenous cultural burning https://e360.yale.edu/features/2024-film-contest-second-place-australia-indigenous-fire
CI-STR: A capabilities-based interface to model socio-technical systems in disaster resilience assessment https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924005259
New approach for improved early flood warning https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/press/news/details/neuer-ansatz-fuer-bessere-hochwasser-fruehwarnung
Data Turns Up the Heat on Fire Risk Mitigation and Response https://www.govtech.com/analytics/data-turns-up-the-heat-on-fire-risk-mitigation-and-response
New UN initiative to reduce disaster risk with AI https://www.itu.int/hub/2024/08/new-un-initiative-to-reduce-disaster-risk-with-ai/
Emergency Management
Agencies work on emergency preparedness for disabled https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2024/08/agencies-work-on-emergency-preparedness-for-disabled/
EU, Greece should change mentality to face future wildfires https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/expert-eu-greece-should-change-mentality-to-face-future-wildfires/
Severe weather insurance claims under the microscope https://www.easternriverinachronicle.com.au/story/8738311/severe-weather-insurance-claims-under-the-microscope/
In a world first, Grenada activates debt pause after Hurricane Beryl destruction https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/08/21/in-a-world-first-grenada-activates-debt-pause-after-hurricane-beryl-destruction/
Homeowners concerned about future after insurance companies drop coverage in their county: ‘A lot of people have left or are trying to leave’ https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/homeowners-concerned-future-insurance-companies-014500006.html
From theory to practice: Disaster philanthropy and wildfire https://disasterphilanthropy.org/blog/from-theory-to-practice-disaster-philanthropy-and-wildfire/
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
The relationship between student participation and students’ self-perceived action competence for sustainability in a whole school approach https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504622.2024.2326462
London Fire Brigade collaborates with Amazon and Deliveroo to boost fire safety awareness for e-bikes and e-scooters https://internationalfireandsafetyjournal.com/london-fire-brigade-collaborates-with-amazon-and-deliveroo-to-boost-fire-safety-awareness-for-e-bikes-and-e-scooters/
Disaster psychology
Disparity between global drought hazard and awareness https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/disparity-between-global-drought-hazard-and-awareness
Exploring the relationship between vulnerability and adaptation of rural households: Disaster resettlement experience from rural China https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/exploring-relationship-between-vulnerability-and-adaptation-rural-households-disaster
Sociology and disasters
What Japan can teach the world about disaster risk reduction https://doi.org/10.59425/eabc.1724148000
The great equalizer? Mixed effects of social infrastructure on diverse encounters in cities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0198971524001029#f0015
Post-Disaster Social Connectedness in Parent–Child Dyads: A Qualitative Investigation of Changes in Coping and Social Capital of Rural Australian Families Following Bushfires https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjsw/bcae123/7725014
Toward Equitable Recovery for Unincorporated Areas https://hazards.colorado.edu/quick-response-report/toward-equitable-recovery-for-unincorporated-areas
Disaster Resilience News 