Category: resilience

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Residents forced to evacuate as ‘out of control’ fire in WA’s Chapman Valley threatens homes https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-10/out-of-control-bushfire-forces-mid-west-residents-to-flee-homes/103211650

Tennessee tornadoes leave at least 6 dead, tens of thousands without power https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tennessee-tornadoes-leave-least-6-dead-tens-thousands-without-power-2023-12-10/

No respite for Far North Queensland as record rainfall forecast to continue https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-18/qld-record-flooding-far-north-monday/103239260

Thousands urged to evacuate in Queensland amid severe floods, Australia https://watchers.news/2023/12/17/flood-emergency-thousands-urged-to-evacuate-in-queensland-amid-severe-floods-australia/

Severe thunderstorm wreaks havoc along Argentina’s Atlantic coast, leaving at least 13 dead in Bahia Blanca https://watchers.news/2023/12/17/severe-thunderstorm-wreaks-havoc-along-argentinas-atlantic-coast-leaving-at-least-13-dead-in-bahia-blanca/

Far North Queensland township evacuation delayed by weather, rain easing in Cairns and Cooktown https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-18/qld-record-flooding-far-north-monday/103239260

Record rainfall and major flooding hit Carolinas as storm moves up East Coast https://watchers.news/2023/12/18/record-rainfall-and-major-flooding-hit-carolinas-as-storm-moves-up-east-coast/

Tropical Storm “Jelawat” (Kabayan) makes landfall in the Philippines, causing widespread evacuations https://watchers.news/2023/12/18/tropical-storm-jelawat-kabayan-makes-landfall-in-the-philippines-causing-widespread-evacuations/

Parts of Tamil Nadu record 950 mm (37 inches) of rain in 24 hours, India https://watchers.news/2023/12/18/parts-of-tamil-nadu-record-950-mm-37-inches-of-rain-in-24-hours-india/

Strong and shallow M5.9 earthquake hits Gansu-Qinghai border region, China https://watchers.news/2023/12/18/strong-and-shallow-m6-0-earthquake-hits-gansu-qinghai-border-region-china/

Wujal Wujal, a rural town located in Queensland’s Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire, faces a mandatory evacuation in the wake of ex-tropical cyclone Jasper https://nit.com.au/18-12-2023/9092/entire-town-of-wujal-wujal-set-to-be-evacuated-after-cyclone-jasper-leaves-residents-stranded

Earthquake kills 127 people and injures hundreds more in China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-19/earthquake-china-gansu-qinghai-province/103245630

Volcanic eruption starts near Grindavik, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland https://watchers.news/2023/12/19/volcanic-eruption-starts-near-grindavik-reykjanes-peninsula-iceland/

Strong M6.2 earthquake hits southern Peru https://watchers.news/2023/12/20/strong-m6-2-earthquake-hits-southern-peru/

The biggest blizzard ever recorded along China’s coast https://watchers.news/2023/12/21/the-biggest-blizzard-ever-recorded-along-chinas-coast/

Firefighters battle major wildfire near Cape Town, South Africa https://watchers.news/2023/12/21/firefighters-battle-major-wildfire-near-cape-town-south-africa/

Brief EF-1 tornado strikes Oroville, California, causing damage https://watchers.news/2023/12/21/brief-ef-1-tornado-strikes-oroville-california-causing-damage/

Volcanic activity worldwide 20 Dec 2023: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/229193/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-20-Dec-2023-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Duk.html

‘Incredibly intense’: Parkerville fire started with a tree falling on powerlines https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/incredibly-intense-parkerville-fire-started-with-a-tree-falling-on-powerlines-20231221-p5et66.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Climate-driven sea level rise combines with land subsidence in some of Africa’s fastest-growing cities https://eos.org/articles/sinking-cities-and-rising-waters

Compounding natural hazards and high vulnerability led to severe impacts from Horn of Africa flooding exacerbated by climate change and Indian Ocean Dipole https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-indian-ocean-dipole-compounding-natural-hazards-and-high-vulnerability-increased-severity-of-flooding-in-the-horn-of-africa/

The blue houses of Jodhpur: Traditional wisdom for a cooler future https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/blue-houses-jodhpur-traditional-wisdom-cooler-future

COP28 deal confirms what Australia already knows: coal is out of vogue and out of time https://theconversation.com/cop28-deal-confirms-what-australia-already-knows-coal-is-out-of-vogue-and-out-of-time-219906

Australia could be at 99 pct renewables by 2032, if green exports take off as hoped https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-could-be-at-99-pct-renewables-by-2032-if-green-exports-take-off-as-hoped/

Future Amplification of Multivariate Risk of Compound Drought and Heatwave Events on South Asian Population https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023EF003688

North Queensland’s record-breaking floods are a frightening portent of what’s to come under climate change https://theconversation.com/north-queenslands-record-breaking-floods-are-a-frightening-portent-of-whats-to-come-under-climate-change-220039

From laggard to leader? Why Australia must phase out fossil fuel exports, starting now https://theconversation.com/from-laggard-to-leader-why-australia-must-phase-out-fossil-fuel-exports-starting-now-219912

Scotland’s climate ‘changing faster than expected’ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-67752167

Researchers discover Himalayan glaciers are cooling down, potentially slowing down effects of climate change https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-15/new-report-shows-himalayan-glaciers-cooling-and-drying/103231372

‘Not conducive to our survival’: Pacific islands on the climate frontline respond to Cop28 deal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/20/not-conducive-to-our-survival-pacific-islands-on-the-climate-frontline-respond-to-cop28-deal

Unpacking COP28: Key Outcomes from the Dubai Climate Talks, and What Comes Next https://www.wri.org/insights/cop28-outcomes-next-steps

Integrating climate change induced flood risk into future population projections https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43493-8

How COP28 failed the world’s small islands https://theconversation.com/how-cop28-failed-the-worlds-small-islands-219938

About 3 million Americans are already “climate migrants,” analysis finds. Here’s where they left https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-america-3-million-migrants-first-street-nature/

Imagining climate resilient futures: A layered Delphi panel approach https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328723000046

Canada to require all new cars to be zero-emission by 2035 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/19/canada-car-emissions-automaker-electric-2035

2023’s extreme storms, heat and wildfires broke records – a scientist explains how global warming fuels climate disasters https://theconversation.com/2023s-extreme-storms-heat-and-wildfires-broke-records-a-scientist-explains-how-global-warming-fuels-climate-disasters-217500

After a Decade of Planning, New York City Is Raising Its Shoreline https://e360.yale.edu/features/new-york-city-climate-plan-sea-level-rise

How El Niño and Climate Change Supercharged This Week’s East Coast Storm https://www.newsweek.com/how-el-nino-climate-change-supercharged-this-weeks-east-coast-storm-1854246

Solar and on-shore wind provide cheapest electricity and nuclear most expensive, CSIRO analysis shows https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/21/solar-and-on-shore-wind-provide-cheapest-electricity-and-nuclear-most-expensive-csiro-analysis-shows

Amid a year of record-breaking climate disaster, the U.S. broke its record on oil production https://www.salon.com/2023/12/20/amid-a-year-of-record-breaking-climate-disaster-the-us-broke-its-record-on-oil-production/

Disaster risk reduction

Precipitation inequality exacerbates streamflow inequality, but dams moderate it https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723077288

Natural Flood Management (NFM) https://thefloodhub.co.uk/nfm/

‘Green Roads’ Are Plowing Ahead, Buffering Drought and Floods https://e360.yale.edu/features/green-roads

Targeted Analysis: Improving Local Intermediate Authorities’ crises preparedness and territorial Resilience – ResiLIAnce https://www.espon.eu/targeted-analysis-ResiLIAnce

AI Meets Its Match: The Butterfly Effect https://eos.org/research-spotlights/ai-meets-its-match-the-butterfly-effect

Highly Resolved Precipitation Maps Based on AI https://www.kit.edu/kit/english/pi_2023_099_highly-resolved-precipitation-maps-based-on-ai.php

Our cities will need to harvest stormwater in an affordable and green way – here’s how https://theconversation.com/our-cities-will-need-to-harvest-stormwater-in-an-affordable-and-green-way-heres-how-216363

Australia’s Riskscape https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/australias-riskscape

pRecipe: A global precipitation climatology toolbox and database https://connect.agu.org/hydrology/about/committees/pretech/highlights#Dec23

A new tool to better model future wildfire impacts in the United States https://news.osu.edu/a-new-tool-to-better-model-future-wildfire-impacts-in-the-united-states/

The U.S. saw 25 billion-dollar weather disasters this year — more than ever before. Next year could be worse https://grist.org/extreme-weather/2023-climate-disasters-billion-dollar-maui-fire-hurricane-flood/

Wildland-urban fire disasters aren’t actually a wildfire problem https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2315797120

Wildfires increasing across eastern U.S., new study reveals https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/news/2023/12/18/wildfires-increasing-across-eastern-u-s-new-study-reveals/

WMO issues new guidelines on evaluation of weather and climate extremes https://wmo.int/media/news/wmo-issues-new-guidelines-evaluation-of-weather-and-climate-extremes

CAMELS-CH: hydro-meteorological time series and landscape attributes for 331 catchments in hydrologic Switzerland https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/5755/2023/

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $150 Million to Help Underserved Communities Receive Low-Interest Loans for Resilience Projects https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20231219/biden-harris-administration-announces-150-million-help-underserved

Reversal of the levee effect towards sustainable floodplain management https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01202-9

FLAMITS: A global database of plant flammability traits https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.13799

Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland after weeks of earthquake warnings − a geologist explains what’s happening https://theconversation.com/volcanic-eruption-lights-up-iceland-after-weeks-of-earthquake-warnings-a-geologist-explains-whats-happening-220193

Hydrological regimes explain the seasonal predictability of streamflow extremes https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acf678

From Silos to Synergy: Outcomes & Implications for Early Warning & Early Action from COP28 https://www.early-action-reap.org/silos-synergy-outcomes-implications-early-warning-early-action-cop28

A new way to monitor the flow of rivers from satellites could provide a valuable early warning system for flood risk https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_1032983_en.html

Number of People Affected by Tropical Cyclones Has Increased Sharply Since 2002 https://www.rand.org/news/press/2023/12/20.html

Emergency Management

First Field Exercise of the European Earthquake Geology Task Force (EuQuaGe) performed in Türkiye on the surface rupture of 06 February 2023 Elbistan (Kahramanmaraş) Earthquake https://www.preventionweb.net/news/first-field-exercise-european-earthquake-geology-task-force-euquage-performed-turkiye-surface

Lincolnshire in the UK prepares for major emergencies with digital twins and drones https://www.preventionweb.net/news/lincolnshire-uk-prepares-major-emergencies-digital-twins-and-drones

U.S. Geological Survey field crews in Maine are working December 20-23 and December 26-0 looking for evidence that will tell how high the flood waters reached from the recent heavy rains that hit New England and most of the East Coast https://www.usgs.gov/news/state-news-release/usgs-determining-extent-flooding-maine-caused-large-coastal-storm-worsened

Canada’s top 10 weather stories of 2023: Wildfires, smoky skies, a record hot summer and more https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/2023-top-10-weather-stories-1.7063022

JN.1 Covid variant: WHO charts its rapid global spread https://www.bbc.com/news/health-67772390

Off the radar: Ten disasters of 2023 you’ve likely never heard of https://www.ifrc.org/article/radar-ten-disasters-2023-youve-likely-never-heard

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Nature Lab is The Nature Conservancy’s youth curriculum platform https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/how-we-work/youth-engagement/nature-lab/

“One community at a time”: promoting community resilience in the face of natural hazards and public health challenges https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-023-17458-x

Leveraging social media and crowdsourcing in disaster risk management processes in Europe https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/leveraging-social-media-and-crowdsourcing-disaster-risk-management-processes-europe

How social media and crowdsourcing can help build disaster resilience https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/share-follow-and-save-lives

Preparing Canadian homes and communities to limit the growing risk of wildfire https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/ahead-flames

Snapping a picture on your next bushwalk could now help predict and prevent devastating bushfires, thanks to an innovative new AI-powered mobile phone app https://www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/news/list/2023/11/02/ai-phone-app-transforms-bushwalks-into-tools-for-high-tech-bushfire-prevention

Disaster psychology

As the temperature rises, so do rates of domestic violence https://theconversation.com/as-the-temperature-rises-so-do-rates-of-domestic-violence-215070

Collective Resilience and the COVID-19 Experience https://academic.oup.com/book/55279/chapter-abstract/428684801

Prolonged reminders of death from long-term disasters affect people’s choices and behaviours https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/reminders-of-death-affect-peoples-behaviours-research-finds

Who causes bushfires? https://cosmosmagazine.com/people/behaviour/bushfires-arson-climate-change/

Persistent Wildfire Smoke Is Eroding Rural America’s Mental Health https://www.climatecentral.org/partnership-journalism/persistent-wildfire-smoke-is-eroding-rural-americas-mental-health

Sociology and disasters

Covid lockdowns had ‘catastrophic effect’ on UK’s social fabric, report claims https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/10/covid-lockdowns-had-catastrophic-effect-on-uks-social-fabric-report-claims

Exploring the role of social capital in flood risk reduction: Insights from a systematic review https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376582265_Exploring_the_role_of_social_capital_in_flood_risk_reduction_Insights_from_a_systematic_review

Socio-Spatial Micro-Networks: Building Community Resilience in Kenya https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-7996-7_9

Community flood resilience assessment of Saadi neighborhood, Shiraz, Iran https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13669877.2023.2288023

2023 in Nine Charts: A Growing Inequality https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2023/12/18/2023-in-nine-charts-a-growing-inequality

The epic floods receded, but the misery remains in poor California farm towns https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-12-18/who-got-hit-hardest-in-2023-epic-floods-the-people-who-grow-your-food

New research shows that US renters are hit the hardest when a hurricane strikes https://www.sra.org/2023/11/16/ten-years-of-data-indicate-that-a-hurricane-disaster-leads-to-rent-increases-higher-eviction-rates-and-less-affordable-housing-for-renters/

Global population profile of tropical cyclone exposure from 2002 to 2019 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06963-z

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Rivers overflow in Tanzania, causing severe floods and destruction https://watchers.news/2023/11/17/rivers-overflow-in-tanzania-causing-severe-floods-and-destruction/

Very strong M6.7 earthquake hits Mindanao, Philippines https://watchers.news/2023/11/17/very-strong-m6-7-earthquake-hits-mindanao-philippines/

Major eruption at Ulawun volcano triggers highest Alert Level, ash reaches 15 km (50 000 feet) a.s.l., P.N.G. https://watchers.news/2023/11/20/major-eruption-at-ulawun-volcano-triggers-highest-alert-level-ash-reaches-15-km-50-000-feet-a-s-l-p-n-g/

Guaíba River overflows in Porto Alegre’s center in third-highest flood since 1941, Brazil https://watchers.news/2023/11/20/guaiba-river-overflows-in-porto-alegres-center-in-third-highest-flood-since-1941-brazil/

Severe storms hit Turkey, leaving 9 dead and 11 missing from sunken cargo ship https://watchers.news/2023/11/20/severe-storms-hit-turkey-leaving-9-dead-and-11-missing-from-sunken-cargo-ship/

Dominican Republic – 21 Dead After “Highest Ever Rainfall Total” Triggers Floods and Landslides https://floodlist.com/america/floods-november-2023-jamaica-dominicanrepublic-haiti

Landslides triggered by the 17 November 2023 M=6.8 earthquake in Sarangani in the Philippines https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/sarangani-1

Alaska declares disaster in Wrangell following deadly landslide, U.S. https://watchers.news/2023/11/22/alaska-declares-disaster-in-wrangell-following-deadly-landslide-u-s/

Residents flee ‘absolutely chaotic’ Perth bushfire, as 10 homes destroyed https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/residents-flee-in-40c-heat-as-massive-perth-bushfire-destroys-10-homes/qwj3f0qxw

Extensive flooding hits Democratic Republic of Congo, nearly 1 500 homes destroyed or damaged https://watchers.news/2023/11/23/extensive-flooding-hits-democratic-republic-of-congo-nearly-1-500-homes-destroyed-or-damaged/

Volcanic activity worldwide 22 Nov 2023: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/226898/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-22-Nov-2023-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Dukono-Reykjane.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Solar power to the people: California program brings clean energy to Oakland https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/18/solar-power-oakland-california-low-income

Research shows subsidies and discounts for two-wheeled EVs can drive active transport https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-19/unlocking-the-potential-of-e-bikes-and-scooters/103120546

GeoTalk: meet Andreas Kvas, researcher of Earth’s gravity affected by climate change! https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2023/11/17/geotalk-meet-andreas-kvas-researcher-of-how-earths-gravity-is-affected-by-climate-change/

Greenland Joins the Paris Agreement on Climate Change https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/greenland-joins-paris-agreement-climate-change

Earth facing dire sea level rise — up to 20m — even if climate goals met https://globalnews.ca/news/10098366/sea-level-rise-20-metres-report-climate-change/

COP28: Your Guide to the 2023 UN Climate Conference https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-priorities/tackle-climate-change/climate-change-stories/cop-climate-change-conference/

Disturbing model suggests New York will more regularly see ‘100-year flooding’ https://www.silive.com/climate/2023/11/disturbing-model-suggests-new-york-will-more-regularly-see-100-year-flooding.html

Major US climate disasters occur every three weeks, report finds https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03554-w

Solar smashes more records, as coal power sent to another new low https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-smashes-more-records-as-coal-power-sent-to-another-new-low/

Emissions Gap Report 2023 https://www.unep.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2023

Study links volcanic eruptions in 540s, 1450s, 1600s to global cooling events https://watchers.news/2023/11/19/study-links-volcanic-eruptions-in-540s-1450s-1600s-to-global-cooling-events/

‘Where did I go wrong?’ The scientist who tried to raise the climate alarm https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/20/where-did-i-go-wrong-the-scientist-who-tried-to-raise-the-climate-alarm

Climate Equality: A planet for the 99% https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/climate-equality-a-planet-for-the-99-621551/

Global surface temperature breaches 2℃ mark above baseline https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environment/global-surface-temperature-breaches-2%e2%84%83-mark-above-baseline/

Controversies of carbon dioxide removal https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-023-00493-y

UNEP at the climate COP28 https://www.unep.org/unep-climate-cop28

Humanity is still ‘breaking all the wrong records’ in fast-warming world https://www.carbonbrief.org/unep-humanity-is-still-breaking-all-the-wrong-records-in-fast-warming-world/

The perceived feasibility of behavior change is positively associated with support for domain-matched climate policies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259033222300492X

Adapting to Climate Change in Scotland https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/adapting-to-climate-change-progress-in-scotland/

New tool helps Vanuatu accelerate adaptation to climate change https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/News/2023/November/Vanuatu-Climate-Futures-Portal

If we do it right, we can replant trees and shrubs to store carbon – and restore biodiversity https://theconversation.com/if-we-do-it-right-we-can-replant-trees-and-shrubs-to-store-carbon-and-restore-biodiversity-216734

Is it too late to keep global warming below 1.5 °C? The challenge in 7 charts https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-023-03601-6/index.html

Climate loss-and-damage funding: how to get money to where it’s needed fast https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03605-2

14% of Americans say there is no solid evidence that climate change is happening https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2023/08/09/why-some-americans-do-not-see-urgency-on-climate-change/ps_2023-08-09_climate-change_00-01/

Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/climate-change-urgent-threat-pregnant-women-and-children

In September we went past 1.5 degrees. In November, we tipped over 2 degrees for the first time. What’s going on? https://theconversation.com/in-september-we-went-past-1-5-degrees-in-november-we-tipped-over-2-degrees-for-the-first-time-whats-going-on-218228

Too many renters swelter through summer. Efficient cooling should be the law for rental homes https://theconversation.com/too-many-renters-swelter-through-summer-efficient-cooling-should-be-the-law-for-rental-homes-214483

Our new high-resolution climate models are a breakthrough in understanding Australia’s future https://theconversation.com/our-new-high-resolution-climate-models-are-a-breakthrough-in-understanding-australias-future-216739

Disaster risk reduction

Evaluating 3 decades of precipitation in the Upper Colorado River basin from a high-resolution regional climate model https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/16/6531/2023/

Human and infrastructure exposure to large wildfires in the United States https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01163-z

Improving the predictability of compound dry and hot extremes through complexity science https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad0c0c

Volcanic Iceland is rumbling again as magma rises − a geologist explains eruptions in the land of fire and ice https://theconversation.com/volcanic-iceland-is-rumbling-again-as-magma-rises-a-geologist-explains-eruptions-in-the-land-of-fire-and-ice-217671

Floods pose significant risk to education and healthcare in Cambodia https://blogs.worldbank.org/eastasiapacific/floods-pose-significant-risk-education-and-healthcare-cambodia

United Nations And Government Of Fiji Launch Ground-Breaking Anticipatory Action Framework For Tropical Cyclones https://pacific.un.org/en/252971-united-nations-and-government-fiji-launch-ground-breaking-anticipatory-action-framework

It is now possible to quantify the risk associated with rockfalls in the Andes https://www.inrae.fr/en/news/mountain-it-now-possible-quantify-risk-associated-rockfalls-andes

DeepMind AI accurately forecasts weather — on a desktop computer https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03552-y

Resilient Cities Index 2023 https://impact.economist.com/projects/resilient-cities/

A statistical–dynamical approach for probabilistic prediction of sub-seasonal precipitation anomalies over 17 hydroclimatic regions in China https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/27/4187/2023/

The role of compound climate and weather extreme events in creating socio-economic impacts in South Florida https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094723000786

AI finds formula on how to predict monster waves https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/ai-finds-formula-on-how-to-predict-monster-waves/

Alaska’s changing wildfire environment https://www.frames.gov/documents/alaska/docs/AlaskasChangingWildfireEnvironment(1).pdf

We rarely hear about the disasters that were avoided – but there’s a lot we can learn from them https://theconversation.com/we-rarely-hear-about-the-disasters-that-were-avoided-but-theres-a-lot-we-can-learn-from-them-217850

Emergency management

Rebuilding red tape: Cabin owners in the shadow of the Caldor Fire face unique permit problem https://www.kcra.com/article/eldorado-forest-red-tape-cabin-owners-caldor-permit-rebuilding/45656904

Why are so few people getting the latest Covid-19 vaccine? https://www.vox.com/policy/2023/11/17/23964294/covid-19-vaccine-2023-us-vaccination-rates

Wildfires in the EU: 2022 was the second-worst year, a warning from a changing climate https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/wildfires-eu-2022-was-second-worst-year-warning-changing-climate-2023-11-22_en

Evacuation planning handbook https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/evacuation-planning-handbook

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Engagement in the Digital Age: Navigating the Technical and Ethical Debates Around Participatory Technologies in Environmental Decision-Making https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm

Yes, tsunamis can happen in coastal BC. How is your business preparing? https://www.ccemstrategies.com/ccem-blog/2023/11/09/tsunamis-can-happen-in-coastal-bc

Disaster psychology

How climate change affects mental health https://wellcome.org/news/explained-how-climate-change-affects-mental-health

Perception, experience and resilience to risks: a global analysis https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-46680-1

Addressing Climate Change with Behavioral Science: A Global Intervention Tournament in 63 Countries https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/cr5at

What is seasonal affective disorder? https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/seasonal-affective-disorder

5 reasons why climate change may see more of us turn to alcohol and other drugs https://theconversation.com/5-reasons-why-climate-change-may-see-more-of-us-turn-to-alcohol-and-other-drugs-217894

Climate change: Rise in Google searches around ‘anxiety’ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67473829

Sociology and disasters

‘Hell de Janeiro’: scorching heat highlights Brazil’s glaring inequality https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/19/brazil-temperatures-extreme-heat-danger-climate-change-inequality

Human capital as a turnkey resource in resilience to cyclones and storm surges: Empirical evidence from coastal Bangladesh https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X23011566

World’s cities across the wealth divide, critically unprepared as climate events become more extreme, new study shows https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/worlds-cities-across-the-wealth-divide-critically-unprepared-as-climate-events-become-more-extreme-new-study-shows-301989774.html

Fukushima and Civil Society: The Japanese Anti-Nuclear Movement from a Socio-Political Perspective https://academic.oup.com/ssjj/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ssjj/jyad022/7439552

Online support groups, social identity, and the health and wellbeing of adults with Long Covid: An interview study https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/puw8b

Extreme poverty rendering Madagascar highly vulnerable to underreported extreme heat that would not have occurred without human-induced climate change https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-poverty-rendering-madagascar-highly-vulnerable-to-underreported-extreme-heat-that-would-not-have-occurred-without-human-induced-climate-change/

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Heavy rains from Hurricane “Tammy” to impact Windward and Leeward Islands https://watchers.news/2023/10/21/heavy-rains-from-hurricane-tammy-to-impact-windward-and-leeward-islands-today-extend-to-virgin-islands-and-puerto-rico-by-sunday/

Tropical Cyclone “Tej” to rapidly intensify as it heads toward the Yemen – Oman border region https://watchers.news/2023/10/21/tropical-cyclone-tej-to-rapidly-intensify-as-it-heads-toward-the-yemen-oman-border-region/

Emergency warnings issued for fast-moving fires in southern Queensland https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-23/emergency-warnings-issued-for-southern-qld-bushfires/103010840

Tropical Cyclone “Lola” intensifies as it approaches Vanuatu, poses threat to southern New Caledonia https://watchers.news/2023/10/23/tropical-cyclone-lola-intensifies-as-it-approaches-vanuatu-poses-threat-to-southern-new-caledonia/

UK – Over 1,000 Homes Damaged, Hundreds Evacuated as Storm Babet Triggers Major Floods https://floodlist.com/europe/floods-england-scotland-storm-babet-october-2023

Tropical Cyclone “Hamoon” makes landfall in Bangladesh https://watchers.news/2023/10/24/tropical-cyclone-hamoon-makes-landfall-in-bangladesh/

Red Alert in Vanuatu, Lola becomes southern hemisphere’s earliest Category 5 tropical cyclone on record https://watchers.news/2023/10/24/red-alert-in-vanuatu-lola-becomes-southern-hemispheres-earliest-category-5-tropical-cyclone-on-record/

Extremely dangerous Category 5 Hurricane “Otis” makes unexpected landfall near Acapulco, Mexico https://watchers.news/2023/10/25/extremely-dangerous-category-5-hurricane-otis-makes-unexpected-landfall-near-acapulco-mexico/

Storm Bernard impacts Morocco, adds to Spain’s abnormal weather patterns after record rainfall from Storm Aline https://watchers.news/2023/10/25/storm-bernard-impacts-morocco-adds-to-spains-abnormal-weather-patterns-after-record-rainfall-from-storm-aline/

Yemen – Thousands Displaced by Floods After Cyclone Tej Dumps 400mm of Rain https://floodlist.com/asia/yemen-floods-cyclone-tej-october-2023

Central Australian fires burn across twice the size of Tasmania https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/pm/central-australian-fires-burn-across-twice-the-size-of-tasmania-/103028462

Dozens killed by ‘disastrous’ Hurricane Otis in Mexico https://thewest.com.au/news/weather/dozens-killed-by-disastrous-hurricane-otis-in-mexico-c-12341330

Volcanic activity worldwide 25 Oct 2023: Klyuchevskoy volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/224419/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-25-Oct-2023-Klyuchevskoy-volcano-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-R.html

Crews, residents battle to contain Qld fires after lives and homes lost https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/crews-residents-battle-to-contain-qld-fires-after-lives-and-homes-lost-20231026-p5effd.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Surging renewable energy sees record supply to Australia’s electricity grid https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/23/surging-renewable-energy-sees-record-supply-to-australias-electricity-grid

Renewables are on the rise in the United States https://environmentamerica.org/articles/renewables-are-on-the-rise-in-the-united-states/

Climate scientist rings alarm bells on the state of our planet — and the political obstacles preventing action https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/2023/10/21/a-dangerous-path

Half of the world is past a peak in fossil power https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/half-of-the-world-has-passed-peak-fossil-power/

Urgent action needed to address climate change threats to coastal areas https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/urgent-action-needed-to-address-climate-change-threats-to-coastal-areas

Could the UK’s tides help wean us off fossil fuels? https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67170625

World Rapidly Approaching Peak Fossil Fuels, Analysts Say https://e360.yale.edu/digest/peak-fossil-fuels-peak-emissions

Unavoidable future increase in West Antarctic ice-shelf melting over the twenty-first century https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01818-x

State of the climate: Global temperatures throughout mid-2023 shatter records https://www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-global-temperatures-throughout-mid-2023-shatter-records/

Championing nature and Indigenous wisdom: Latin American and Caribbean Climate Week sets the stage for COP28 https://climatechampions.unfccc.int/lac-sets-the-stage-for-cop28/

Drought turns Amazonian capital into climate dystopia https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/18/drought-amazon-capital-climate-manaus-forest-fires-air-quality-rivers

Unavoidable future increase in West Antarctic ice-shelf melting over the twenty-first century https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01818-x

A locally time-invariant metric for climate model ensemble predictions of extreme risk https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/environmental-data-science/article/locally-timeinvariant-metric-for-climate-model-ensemble-predictions-of-extreme-risk/F26C359A109C3A738DC50AA08E8CFEBA

Climate catastrophe in Sikkim Himalaya: Twin track resilience strategy https://www.unescap.org/blog/climate-catastrophe-sikkim-himalayas-twin-track-resilience-strategy

Clean energy is officially ‘unstoppable’ now https://www.theverge.com/23930058/forecast-clean-renewable-unstoppable-international-energy-agency

The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biad080/7319571

Earth’s ‘vital signs’ worse than at any time in human history, scientists warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/24/earth-vital-signs-human-history-scientists-sustainable-future

Valleys in Antarctica haven’t seen sunlight for over 14 million years, but that may change https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/science/environment/2023/10/25/antarctica-retreat

Beyond The Hockey Stick: What We’re Missing When We Talk About Climate Change https://time.com/6328017/climate-change-hockey-stick/

An ancient river landscape preserved beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42152-2

Himalayan communities are under siege from landslides – and climate change is worsening the crisis https://theconversation.com/himalayan-communities-are-under-siege-from-landslides-and-climate-change-is-worsening-the-crisis-215202

Heatwaves, droughts, other extreme weather events increasingly influencing adaptation policies https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/newsroom/news/heatwaves-droughts-other-extreme

Global energy-related CO2 emissions could peak as soon as this year – and by 2025 at the latest https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-global-co2-emissions-could-peak-as-soon-as-2023-iea-data-reveals/

How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2023 https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-how-the-greenland-ice-sheet-fared-in-2023/

Hallucinatory world: Governments blind as multiple catastrophes besiege human civilisation https://johnmenadue.com/hallucinatory-world-governments-blind-as-multiple-catastrophes-besiege-human-civilisation/

What Does ‘Unavoidable’ West Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt Mean for the Bay Area? https://www.kqed.org/science/1984927/what-does-unavoidable-west-antarctic-ice-shelf-melt-mean-for-the-bay-area

Cyclones – earlier, stronger, lingering longer https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/climate/explainer-cyclones-earlier-stronger-lingering-longer/

Disaster risk reduction

Hydrological model-based streamflow reconstruction for Indian sub-continental river basins, 1951–2021https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02618-w

Uncertainty Estimation and Probabilistic Prediction in Hydrology https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/51638/uncertainty-estimation-and-probabilistic-prediction-in-hydrology

Value of process understanding in the era of machine learning: A case for recession flow prediction https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169423012921

How multiple anthropic pressures may lead to unplanned channel patterns: Insights from the evolutionary trajectory of the Po River (Italy) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0341816223006896

Water crises show need to link management of underground and surface waters in international basins, urge countries and UN https://unece.org/media/news/384423

Mass Movement Hazard and Exposure in the Himalaya https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2022EF003253

Whatever the weather, Vanuatu’s met service observers equipped to gather good data https://www.sprep.org/news/whatever-the-weather-vanuatus-met-service-observers-equipped-to-gather-good-data

Flood warnings for Africa advance with EU expertise https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/flood-warnings-africa-advance-eu-expertise

Atlantic hurricanes now twice as likely to strengthen from weak to major intensity in 24 hours, researchers suggest https://phys.org/news/2023-10-atlantic-hurricanes-weak-major-intensity.html

The dams are full for now – but Sydney will need new water supplies as rainfall becomes less reliable https://theconversation.com/the-dams-are-full-for-now-but-sydney-will-need-new-water-supplies-as-rainfall-becomes-less-reliable-214071

As the climate changes, once lower-risk houses are projected to be exposed to increasing bushfire threat https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-23/house-bushfire-resilience-star-rating-app-launched-prepare/102914534

Cloud-Optimized Geospatial Formats Guide https://guide.cloudnativegeo.org/

Finding Argoland: how a lost continent resurfaced https://www.uu.nl/en/news/finding-argoland-how-a-lost-continent-resurfaced

Deciphering Permanent Uplift Along the Pacific Coast of South America Through Signal Analysis of Various Tectonic Processes https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023TC007815

Fire Technology: Volume 59, issue 6, November 2023 https://link.springer.com/journal/10694/volumes-and-issues/59-6

Rhine flood stories: Spatio-temporal analysis of historic and projected flood genesis in the Rhine River basin https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.14918

New model tackles immature faults and their widespread fractures https://temblor.net/temblor/new-model-immature-faults-fractures-15619/

The New Zealand Paleoseismic Site Database, Version 1.0 https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/doi/10.1785/0220230150/628270/The-New-Zealand-Paleoseismic-Site-Database-Version

How to avoid dam collapse devastation and flooding https://www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/How-to-avoid-dam-collapse-devastation-and-flooding

Towards Interpretable LSTM-based Modelling of Hydrological Systems https://hess.copernicus.org/preprints/hess-2023-252/

Recent seismic activity in Australia https://www.ga.gov.au/news/seismic-activity-in-australia

Technical note: Seamless extraction and analysis of river networks in R https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/27/3733/2023/

Opportunities and limitations of the ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis plugin for hydrological analyses https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hyp.15015

Advances and gaps in the science and practice of impact-based forecasting of droughts https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wat2.1698

Emergency management

PAHO supports countries in the Americas to prepare health systems ahead of hurricane season https://www.paho.org/en/news/9-6-2023-paho-supports-countries-americas-prepare-health-systems-ahead-hurricane-season

Firefighters having to hunt for fire hydrants during emergencies due to obstructed access https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-22/residents-urged-not-to-block-fire-hydrants-face-fine/102993950

Scotland’s agricultural sector heavily impacted by Storm Babet https://watchers.news/2023/10/23/scotlands-agricultural-sector-heavily-impacted-by-storm-babet/

A web-based analytical framework for the detection and visualization space-time clusters of COVID-19 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15230406.2023.2264749

Norway launches Wildland Fires Initiative as part of Arctic Council chairship https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2023/10/norway-launches-wildland-fires-initiative-part-arctic-council-chairship

Storm Babet caused dangerous floods as the ‘dry side’ of Scotland isn’t used to such torrential rain https://www.preventionweb.net/news/storm-babet-caused-dangerous-floods-dry-side-scotland-isnt-used-such-torrential-rain

Sutlej River floods in Pakistan worsened by catalogue of issues https://www.thethirdpole.net/en/climate/sutlej-river-floods-in-pakistan-worsened-by-catalogue-of-issues/

Greece’s climate challenges call for more European collaboration https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/greeces-climate-challenges-call-for-more-european-collaboration

Long road ahead for Afghan earthquake survivors, especially women https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2023/10/23/afghanistan-earthquake-survivors-women-long-road-ahead

International Exercise Builds Resilience for Emergency Preparedness https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/international-exercise-builds-resilience-for-emergency-preparedness

As storms batter the Dominican Republic, its people are better prepared https://www.wfp.org/stories/storms-batter-dominican-republic-its-people-are-better-prepared

Input-Process-Output of decision-making framework during bushfire https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/ajem-october-2023-input-process-output-of-decision-making-framework-during-bushfire/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Flooding Mapping Tour for school students https://programs.greenlearning.ca/course/flooding-mapping-tour

For Fijian students, annual tsunami drills are just another part of their school life https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacific-prepared/fiji-tsunami-drill/102998036

Community monitoring of the environment is rapidly increasing https://www.unep-wcmc.org/en/news/study-praises-community-led-environmental-monitoring-efforts-and-calls-for-state-level-funding-and-protections

Learning histories, participatory methods and creative engagement for climate resilience https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305748823000877

Rhine flood stories: Spatio-temporal analysis of historic and projected flood genesis in the Rhine River basin https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.14918

Method involving citizen participation found effective to address risks of environmental disaster https://phys.org/news/2023-10-method-involving-citizen-effective-environmental.html

Disaster psychology

Strategies to improve quality and usefulness of mental health outcomes in humanitarian settings https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(23)00273-0/fulltext

The beauty and wonder of the natural world is what keeps these scientists fighting to protect it https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-24/odyssey-climate-scientists-suppress-truth-or-risk-funds-careers/102968970

Residents unprepared for wildland fires, face barriers in implementing prevention measures: York U study https://www.yorku.ca/news/2023/10/23/residents-unprepared-for-wildfires-due-to-many-individual-and-social-factors/

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

Global Call to Reduce the Stigma of Mental Illness and COVID-19 Worldwide https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00332747.2022.2113317

Sociology and disasters

Career barriers and motivations for women and men in disaster risk reduction in Asia-Pacific https://www.undrr.org/publication/career-barriers-and-motivations-women-and-men-disaster-risk-reduction-asia-pacific

The importance of accounting for equity in disaster risk models https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01039-2

More than 113 million displacements of children will occur in the next three decades, estimated the UNICEF report https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-child-displacement-extreme-weather-87e933b1ee0d81f9345daa801f311ea6

Social science to advance wildfire adaptation in the southwestern United States: a review and future research directions https://www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF23102

The role of citizenship in geosciences https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gmpv/2023/10/11/the-role-of-citizenship-in-geosciences-2/

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Series of powerful earthquakes, including twin M6.3s, hit western Afghanistan in quick succession – more than 2 000 killed and 9 000 injured https://watchers.news/2023/10/07/afghanistan-earthquakes-october-7-2023/

Twin M6.7 earthquakes hit Papua New Guinea https://watchers.news/2023/10/07/twin-m6-7-earthquakes-hit-papua-new-guinea/

Gopalganj tornado leaves 25 shops, temples damaged, Bangladesh https://watchers.news/2023/10/06/gopalganj-tornado-leaves-25-shops-temples-damaged-india/

Major flooding in Scotland as motorists airlifted to safety after landslides https://news.sky.com/story/uk-weather-risk-to-life-and-dozens-of-flood-warnings-as-heavy-rain-continues-in-scotland-12979841

Tsunami waves up to 60 cm (2 feet) hit Japan’s Izu Islands following shallow M5.0 earthquake https://watchers.news/2023/10/09/tsunami-waves-up-to-60-cm-2-feet-hit-japans-izu-islands-following-shallow-m5-0-earthquake/

Dam burst triggers fatal landslide in Yaounde, killing at least 30, Cameroon https://watchers.news/2023/10/09/dam-burst-triggers-fatal-landslide-in-yaounde-killing-at-least-30-cameroon/

Tropical Storm “Max” hits Guerrero; Lidia to intensify into hurricane before Mexico landfall https://watchers.news/2023/10/09/tropical-storm-max-hits-guerrero-lidia-to-intensify-into-hurricane-before-mexico-landfall/

M6.0 earthquake hits Jujuy, Argentina at intermediate depth https://watchers.news/2023/10/10/m6-0-earthquake-hits-jujuy-argentina-at-intermediate-depth/

Wildfires prompt evacuations in Argentina’s Cordoba Province amid heat wave https://watchers.news/2023/10/11/wildfires-prompt-evacuations-in-argentinas-cordoba-province-amid-heat-wave/

Western Afghanistan hit by third M6.3 earthquake since October 7 https://watchers.news/2023/10/11/western-afghanistan-hit-by-third-m6-3-earthquake-since-october-7/

Extremely dangerous Category 4 Hurricane “Lidia” makes landfall in west-central Mexico https://watchers.news/2023/10/11/extremely-dangerous-category-4-hurricane-lidia-makes-landfall-in-west-central-mexico/

Volcanic activity worldwide 11 Oct 2023: Stromboli volcano, Fuego, Klyuchevskoy, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/223106/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-11-Oct-2023-Stromboli-volcano-Fuego-Klyuchevskoy-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono.html

Myanmar – 15,000 Evacuate Floods in Bago, Mon and Yangon https://floodlist.com/asia/myanmar-floods-bago-mon-yangon-october-2023

Brazil – Rains and Floods Wreak Havoc in Santa Catarina as Emergency Declarations Escalate https://floodlist.com/america/brazil-floods-santa-catarina-october-2023

Powerful eruptions, significant gas and ash emissions at Yasur volcano, Vanuatu https://watchers.news/2023/10/12/powerful-eruptions-significant-gas-and-ash-emissions-at-yasur-volcano-vanuatu/

Two long-track tornadoes strike Tampa Bay, Florida https://watchers.news/2023/10/12/two-long-track-tornadoes-strike-tampa-bay-florida/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Scientists Examine Dangerous Global Warming ‘Accelerators’ https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17022023/climate-feedback-loop-accelerators/

Dubai Civil Defence Programme Maps Impact Of Fires On Climate Change https://menafn.com/1107208475/Dubai-Civil-Defence-Programme-Maps-Impact-Of-Fires-On-Climate-Change

Impact of 2050 tree shading strategies on building cooling demands https://journal-buildingscities.org/articles/10.5334/bc.353

Revising the Bureau’s ENSO Alert System: Adapting Indices in a Changing Climate http://www.bom.gov.au/research/publications/researchreports/BRR-083.pdf

Influence of urban extent discrepancy on the estimation of surface urban heat island intensity: A global-scale assessment in 892 cities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623031906

Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/09/climate-crisis-cost-extreme-weather-damage-study

Misogyny, authoritarianism, and climate change https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/asap.12347

Rebalance attention from global target setting toward national climate politics and policy https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk7428

Study finds that US 143 billion per year of the costs of extreme events is attributable to climatic change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41888-1

Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2108146119

Bureau of Meteorology says more heatwaves and fewer cyclones forecast for Queensland during severe weather season https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-09/queensland-severe-weather-forecast-bureau-of-meteorology/102952726

The U.S. just had its 7th-warmest September on record https://www.noaa.gov/news/us-just-had-its-7th-warmest-september-on-record

Recent Increase in a Recurrent Pan-Atlantic Wave Pattern Driving Concurrent Wintertime Extremes https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/104/9/BAMS-D-21-0295.1.xml

Positive IOD keeps getting stronger https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/positive-iod-keeps-getting-stronger/1554561

Greatly enhanced risk to humans as a consequence of empirically determined lower moist heat stress tolerance https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2305427120#

Impact of 2050 tree shading strategies on building cooling demands https://journal-buildingscities.org/articles/10.5334/bc.353

Climate target overshoot could lead to centuries-long global fish habitat loss: study https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-10-11/climate-overshoot-loss-fish-habitat-irreversible-warming/102940790

Sectoral water use responses to droughts and heatwaves: analyses from local to global scales for 1990–2019 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/acf82e

Why Australia urgently needs a climate plan and a Net Zero National Cabinet Committee to implement it https://theconversation.com/why-australia-urgently-needs-a-climate-plan-and-a-net-zero-national-cabinet-committee-to-implement-it-213866

Climate-driven extreme heat may make parts of Earth too hot for humans https://www.psu.edu/news/health-and-human-development/story/climate-driven-extreme-heat-may-make-parts-earth-too-hot-humans/

Climate hazards aren’t restricted by borders – African countries have taken a big step to address this https://theconversation.com/climate-hazards-arent-restricted-by-borders-african-countries-have-taken-a-big-step-to-address-this-213779

Glacial lake outburst floods in Alaska and the Himalayas show evolving hazards in a warming world https://theconversation.com/glacial-lake-outburst-floods-in-alaska-and-the-himalayas-show-evolving-hazards-in-a-warming-world-214829

Globally, September 2023 was the warmest September — and the largest monthly anomaly of any month — since records began in 1850 https://berkeleyearth.org/september-2023-temperature-update/

El Niño active; positive Indian Ocean Dipole strengthens http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/

Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/11/stockholm-ban-petrol-and-diesel-cars-city-centre-2025-swedish-capital-pollution

Quantifying Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Human Deaths to Guide Energy Policy https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/16/6074

Observational and model evidence together support wide-spread exposure to noncompensable heat under continued global warming https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg9297

Thermal and Optical Remote Sensing: Evaluating Urban Green Spaces and Urban Heat Islands in a Changing Climate https://www.mdpi.com/books/book/6691

New modeling method helps scientists understand extreme heat waves https://new.nsf.gov/news/new-modeling-method-helps-scientists-understand

Scientists have proposed a new ocean–sea ice–atmosphere observing system between the Ross Sea and Casey station https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2023/new-antarctic-observing-system-proposed/

October 2023 El Niño update: big cats https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/october-2023-el-nino-update-big-cats

Australia’s resources minister sees a gas-fired future just as international experts chart the fossil fuel’s decline https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2023/oct/12/australias-resources-minister-sees-a-gas-fired-future-just-as-international-experts-chart-the-fossil-fuels-decline

Three ex-hurricanes hit Ireland in recent weeks. What’s going on? https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2023/1012/1409210-ex-hurricanes-ireland-storm-agnes-ophelia-nigel-tropical-cyclones/

Disaster risk reduction

Sedimentary evidence of the Late Holocene tsunami in the Shetland Islands (UK) at Loch Flugarth, northern Mainland https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bor.12635

Understanding the dynamics of snow cover in forests can help us predict flood risks https://theconversation.com/understanding-the-dynamics-of-snow-cover-in-forests-can-help-us-predict-flood-risks-214619

AI-driven earthquake forecasting shows promise in trials https://www.preventionweb.net/news/ai-driven-earthquake-forecasting-shows-promise-trials

Wave movements in North Sea more predictable through machine learning https://www.deltares.nl/en/news/predicting-wave-movements-more-accurately-with-machine-learning

Tracking urban flood exposure: Global trends since 1985 https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/tracking-urban-flood-exposure-global-trends-1985

CIRIA: The Natural Flood Management manual https://slowtheflow.net/ciria-the-natural-flood-management-manual/

SEAS5 skilfully predicts late wet-season precipitation in Central American Dry Corridor excelling in Costa Rica and Nicaragua https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/joc.7514

The Sendai Framework Eight Years On: Whither the “Science–Policy Interface”? https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/disaster-medicine-and-public-health-preparedness/article/abs/sendai-framework-eight-years-on-whither-the-sciencepolicy-interface/5537D69C3F36425B6ACAE6CAC2C1466C

Calibrating macroscale hydrological models in poorly gauged and heavily regulated basins https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/27/3485/2023/

Open and free data and tools for assessing the human presence on the planet https://ghsl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

Normal and reverse storm surges along the coast of Florida during the September 2022 Hurricane Ian: Observations, analysis, and modelling https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1463500323000914

Decolonising Australia’s fire science https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/philip-zylstra-decolonising-fire-management-uncle-dave-wandin/102882176

Machine Learning for Earth Sciences https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-35114-3

Biden-Harris Administration invests $26 million to improve NOAA forecasts of droughts and floods through public-private partnership https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/biden-harris-administration-invests-26-million-to-improve-noaa-forecasts-of-droughts-and-floods

Dry lightning can spark wildfires even under wetter conditions https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230814122329.htm

ChatGPT in Hydrology and Earth Sciences: Opportunities, Prospects, and Concerns https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2023WR036288

CONUS404 is unprecedented high-resolution long-term weather dataset https://news.ucar.edu/132917/scientists-gain-powerful-tool-scrutinize-changing-us-weather-patterns

Representation of water infrastructures in large-scale hydrological and Earth system models https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/special_issue1210.html

State of Global Water Resources 2022 https://public.wmo.int/en/our-mandate/water/state-of-global-water-resources-2022

Volcanic Ash In Antarctica Pins Down Date Of One Of The Most Violent Eruptions In The Past 5,000 Years https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2023/10/12/volcanic-ash-in-antarctica-pins-down-date-of-one-of-the-most-violent-eruptions-in-the-past-5000-years/

New York must do much more to protect itself from torrential rains https://www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/floodproofing-new-york-city

Hydrogeology 101 – Introduction to groundwater science and engineering https://www.un-igrac.org/resource/hydrogeology-101-introduction-groundwater-science-and-engineering

The Second National Action Plan to implement the National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework https://nema.gov.au/sites/default/files/inline-files/28605%20NEMA%20Second%20Action%20Plan_V10_A_1.pdf

Natural disasters data book 2022: An analytical overview https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/natural-disasters-data-book-2022-analytical-overview

Emergency management

Officials discuss evacuation scheme around Campi Flegrei supervolcano following recent earthquakes, Italy https://watchers.news/2023/10/06/officials-discuss-evacuation-scheme-around-campi-flegrei-supervolcano-following-recent-earthquakes-italy/

Before disaster strikes: Preparing for complex emergencies with anticipatory action https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/2023/10/before-disaster-strikes-preparing-for-complex-emergencies-with-anticipatory-action/

Scientists and Technologists: Pillars of Community Support https://www.iawfonline.org/article/presidents-desk-scientists-and-technologists-pillars-of-community-support/

Sluggish, confusing disaster relief programs aren’t just a B.C. problem, experts say https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/disaster-relief-financial-aid-programs-canada-1.6988067

New Evacuation Planning Handbook https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/handbook-evacuation-planning/

Towards transformative action: The unfulfilled promise of resilient recovery https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/towards-transformative-action-unfulfilled-promise-resilient-recovery-0

How Wildfires and Weather Affect Portugal’s Public Health https://eos.org/research-spotlights/how-wildfires-and-weather-affect-portugals-public-health

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Capacity strengthening engages community in DRR https://www.gndr.org/capacity-strengthening-engages-community-in-drr/

Will ChatGPT give us a lesson in education? https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-023-00083-y

Call for competition essay entries: Words of Resilience: Youth Perspectives on Urban Flood Solutions https://youth4drr.com/wor/

Empowering Tomorrow’s Leaders: Girls on the Frontlines of Flood Resilience https://floodresilience.net/blogs/girls-on-the-frontlines-of-flood-resilience/

2023 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction with the theme of fighting inequality for a resilient future https://iddrr.undrr.org/learn

Disaster psychology

Perceptions of Urban Community Resilience: Beyond Disaster Recovery in the Face of Climate Change https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/19/14543#

Flooding and Mental Health https://thefloodhub.co.uk/blog-flooding-and-mental-health/

Embracing climate emotions to advance higher education https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01838-7.epdf

Natural Hazard Versus Natural Disaster: Does Framing the Event Affect Preparedness Intentions, Attitudes, and Behaviour? https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/8357

Global mental health and climate change: A geo-psychiatry perspective https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187620182300117X

The natural warning signs of tsunami earthquake in Indonesia: case of the 2006 Cilacap event https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17477891.2023.2190871

Free riding in climate protests https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01833-y

“And Then COVID-19 Happened”: Impacts of the Pandemic on Hazard and Disaster Researchers https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/NHREFO.NHENG-1834

Sociology and disasters

Weather-related disasters led to 43.1 million displacements of children over six years – UNICEF https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/weather-related-disasters-led-431-million-displacements-children-over-six-years

Trust but verify: Validating new measures for mapping social infrastructure in cities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S221209552200205X#f0030

This article delves into the critical role and functions of social workers in disaster response and recovery https://hrdc.gujaratuniversity.ac.in/Publication/article

New research shows why older adults are both vulnerable and resilient to climate disasters https://www.uab.edu/news/research/item/13798-new-research-shows-why-older-adults-are-both-vulnerable-and-resilient-to-climate-disasters

The Costs of Polarizing a Pandemic: Antecedents, Consequences, and Lessons https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17456916231190395

Persons with disabilities constitute 16% of the world’s population, with 80% living in the Global South. They are frequently the most affected by natural hazards, climate-induced disasters, and global health emergencies https://www.undrr.org/report/2023-gobal-survey-report-on-persons-with-disabilities-and-disasters

Extreme heat amplifies social inequalities when it comes to subway usage and mobility in big cities, a new study shows https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/stuck-to-the-subway-less-privileged-people-have-fewer-possibilities-to-adapt-their-mobility-behaviour-to-heat

World must act on unacceptable failures to protect persons with disabilities from disasters https://www.preventionweb.net/news/world-must-act-unacceptable-failures-protect-persons-disabilities-disasters