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

Recent emergencies/disaster

‘Totally terrified’ observers catch tornado touching down outside Davis on video https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article235604617.html

Drought-hit Australian towns prepare for ‘unimaginable’ water crisis https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-drought-water/drought-hit-australian-towns-prepare-for-unimaginable-water-crisis-idUSKBN1WC2EP

Lorenzo becomes the strongest hurricane this far north and east in the Atlantic basin https://watchers.news/2019/09/29/lorenzo-becomes-the-strongest-hurricane-this-far-north-and-east-in-the-atlantic-basin/

Tibesti – another mining-induced landslide https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2019/09/27/tibesti-mining-landslide/

Niger: Tens of Thousands Impacted by Devastating Floods https://www.voanews.com/africa/niger-tens-thousands-impacted-devastating-floods

Bihar and Uttar Pradesh: More than 100 dead in fresh India flood chaos https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49875027

Turkey – 13 Rescued After Flash Floods in Artvin Province http://floodlist.com/asia/turkey-flash-floods-artvin-september-2019

Severe thunderstorms north of Brisbane flood homes and businesses https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/severe-thunderstorms-north-of-brisbane-flood-homes-and-businesses/530286

Worst monsoon in 25 years kills 148 across India, floods ravage Patna https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/worst-monsoon-in-25-years-kills-over-100-across-india-floods-rains-in-patna-10-points-1604967-2019-10-01

UK weather: Torrential rain brings floods across Britain https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49890229

Hurricane Lorenzo lashes mid-Atlantic Azores Islands https://www.heraldnews.com/news/20191002/hurricane-lorenzo-lashes-mid-atlantic-azores-islands?rssfeed=true

Pakistan – Fatalities After Heavy Rain and Flash Floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa http://floodlist.com/asia/pakistan-flash-floods-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-october-2019

Mexico – Deadly Floods After Heavy Rain From Tropical Storm Narda http://floodlist.com/america/mexico-floods-heavy-rain-tropical-storm-narda

Senegal – Thousands Displaced by Floods in Dakar and Kaolack Regions http://floodlist.com/africa/senegal-floods-dakar-kaolack-september-2019

South Korea – Torrential Rain From Typhoon Mitag Causes Deadly Floods and Landslides http://floodlist.com/asia/south-korea-typhoon-mitag-floods-october-2019

Volcanic activity worldwide 3 Oct 2019: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Shiveluch, Dukono, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/88612/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-3-Oct-2019-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Shiveluch-Dukono-Reventador.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

UK’s new flagship polar research vessel officially named Sir David Attenborough https://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2019/09/27/uks-new-flagship-polar-research-vessel-officially-named-sir-david-attenborough/

Climate lessons from the classroom spill into the streets https://climateactionaustralia.wordpress.com/2019/09/29/climate-lessons-from-the-classroom-spill-into-the-streets-cbc-news-climatestrike-climateemergency-stopadani-extinctionrebellion-auspol-qldpol-insiders/

This Victorian surf club is under threat as climate change eats away at the coast https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/this-victorian-surf-club-is-under-threat-as-climate-change-eats-away-at-the-coast-20190927-p52vgy.html

‘It’s heartbreaking’: a coastal community watches its beach wash away https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/29/its-heartbreaking-a-coastal-community-watches-its-beach-wash-away

Didn’t teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg cause a stir last week? https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/genius-gamechanger-has-thrown-down-the-gauntlet-20190927-p52vm1.html

Girt by sea, Australia faces serious climate challenge https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6410847/girt-by-sea-australia-faces-serious-climate-challenge/

U.S. taxpayers are at risk for homes threatened by climate change https://www.cbsnews.com/news/banks-shift-mortgages-on-disaster-prone-properties-to-taxpayers-study-shows/

Where climate cash is flowing and why it’s not enough https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02712-3

Feeling flight shame? Try quitting air travel and catch a sail boat https://theconversation.com/feeling-flight-shame-try-quitting-air-travel-and-catch-a-sail-boat-123349?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton

Australia’s mangroves and seagrass meadows absorb 20m tonnes of CO2 a year but report warns damage to ecosystems contributing to climate change https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/01/australias-vast-carbon-sink-releasing-millions-of-tonnes-of-co2-back-into-atmosphere?CMP=share_btn_tw

NSW considers laws to stop courts and planners blocking coalmines on climate grounds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/02/nsw-considers-laws-to-stop-courts-and-planners-blocking-coalmines-on-climate-grounds

What Climate Change Will Do to Three Major American Cities by 2100 https://www.teenvogue.com/story/climate-change-timeline-st-louis-san-francisco-houston

Use the Sea Ice Aware App to Monitor Conditions in the Poles https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/mapping/sea-ice-aware/

Vast iceberg bigger than Los Angeles breaks off Antarctic shelf https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/01/world/vast-iceberg-leaves-antarctic-shelf-scli-intl/index.html

Australia Must Listen To First Nations People If It Wants To Combat Climate Change https://junkee.com/australia-must-listen-to-first-nations-people-if-it-wants-to-combat-climate-change/223360

Human Activity Outpaces Volcanoes, Asteroids in Releasing Deep Carbon https://eos.org/articles/human-activity-outpaces-volcanoes-asteroids-in-releasing-deep-carbon

Watch: Thirty-five years of Arctic thaw in two minutes https://www.euronews.com/2019/10/02/watch-thirty-five-years-of-arctic-thaw-in-two-minutes?fbclid=IwAR0HdMEDzewIeiSpfjrOrpkrmFViqo9KlUVDkR21QIA81CiO00_yPBg58Z8

Report: Global Use of Renewable Energy Will Soar By 2050 (But So Will CO2) https://www.theinertia.com/environment/report-global-use-of-renewable-energy-will-soar-by-2050-but-so-will-co2/

Disaster risk reduction

North Miami bought her flooded home. Now it’s going to become a park to fight sea rise https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article235403232.html

Resilient Cities, User-Driven Planning, and Open Data Policy https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336105323_Resilient_Cities_User-Driven_Planning_and_Open_Data_Policy

Hydrological signatures describing the translation of climate seasonality into streamflow seasonality https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/hess-2019-463/

Scientists have found that most fires start on the side of highways or near power lines. What if the vegetation in those places was impervious to fire? https://www.fastcompany.com/90410369/this-new-gel-prevents-plants-from-burning-to-stop-wildfires

Life on the coast is already hazardous. Groundwater mismanagement amplifies other risks https://www.circleofblue.org/2019/world/as-seas-rise-unchecked-groundwater-use-sinks-coastal-cities/

FEMA’s flood maps may not accurately reflect the real risk for millions of Americans https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/building-a-better-algorithm-to-predict-flood-risk-in-the-age-of-climate-change/

The launch of Australia FloodScore now marks an important step forward for rating flood risk in the region https://www.ambientalrisk.com/new-improved-flood-risk-solutions-for-australia/

How the American nuclear industry downplays the threat of climate-induced flooding https://newrepublic.com/article/154942/america-nuclear-power-plants-climate-change-risk-fukushima

A new study highlights the potential to improve the accuracy of flood hazard maps by incorporating richer data http://createsend.com/t/r-6394FEC9EF986CFF2540EF23F30FEDED

Phase two of the £112 million Leeds flood defence scheme is one of the largest river flood alleviation scheme in the UK https://www.leedsclimate.org.uk/leeds-flood-alleviation-enters-next-phase

This Beautiful Bamboo Sports Hall Can Withstand Earthquakes And Has A Zero-Carbon Footprint https://www.intelligentliving.co/bamboo-sports-hall-withstand-earthquakes-zero-carbon-footprint/

Researchers Hone Our Ability to Map Storm Flooding https://today.uconn.edu/2019/09/researchers-hone-ability-map-storm-flooding/#

Houston’s pocket prairies: Natural solutions to unnatural flooding https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2019/1001/Houston-s-pocket-prairies-Natural-solutions-to-unnatural-flooding?cmpid=shared-twitter

Groundwater pumping in some of the world’s critical watersheds exceeds safe levels. It’s causing surface waters to fall at an alarming rate https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-02/river-flows-are-falling-worldwide-as-groundwater-is-depleted

Fire as a key driver of Earth’s biodiversity https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/brv.12544#.XS3mpo5qQ0s.twitter

Emergency management

Iowa residents asked to ignore false weather alert https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/weather/2019/09/28/false-weather-alert-pottawattamie-county-emergency-service-iowa-severe-system-agency/3807080002/

NISC – Our members include the following public safety, emergency preparedness, management, and response stakeholders https://www.nisconsortium.org/nisc-membership/

Bangladesh promises to improve local flood warnings after complaints https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/international/689694-bangladesh-promises-to-improve-local-flood-warnings-after-complaints

More than 1,600 die in India’s heaviest monsoon season for 25 years http://news.trust.org/item/20191001101315-5w3md/

US Aid for Hurricane Dorian https://www.usaid.gov/crisis/hurricane-dorian

Disaster education, communications and engagement

See where your town was located in the ancient past http://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth#66

The Best Nature Books of 2019 https://chireviewofbooks.com/2019/09/26/the-best-nature-books-of-2019-part-3/

Hull Flood Protection Guide https://www.coversure.co.uk/hull/blog/hull-flood-protection-guide

Hurricane Evacuation Decision Making https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=LBrzw71eBrg

Resident input sought for Harvey-related flood projects https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Resident-input-sought-for-Harvey-related-flood-14481085.php

“You wouldn’t walk into a bushfire, so why would you drive your car into floodwaters?” https://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/6414913/nsw-warned-to-prepare-for-storm-season/?cs=9397

The Role of Introductory Geoscience Courses in Preparing Teachers—And All Students—For the Future: Are We Making the Grade? http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/29/10/

Most Americans are highly concerned about several issues when it comes to social media and news https://www.journalism.org/2019/10/02/americans-are-wary-of-the-role-social-media-sites-play-in-delivering-the-news/

The Great Flood of 2019: A Complete Picture of a Slow-Motion Disaster https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/11/us/midwest-flooding.html

Flood Snakes and Ladders – a community flood engagement event https://esrc.ukri.org/public-engagement/festival-of-social-science/festival-events/events-in-north-east-england/flood-snakes-and-ladders-a-community-flood-engagement-event/

Psychology and Disasters

Nearly 20 percent of Hurricane Harvey flood victims reported post-flood PTSD, depression and anxiety https://phys.org/news/2019-09-multiple-events-erode-neighborhood-spirit.html

Flooding, Recovery and Hydraulic Citizenship in Post-Harvey Houston https://anthropology.rice.edu/sites/g/files/bxs1041/f/Flooding_Report.pdf

Every Single Cognitive Bias in One Infographic https://www.visualcapitalist.com/every-single-cognitive-bias/

Why Near‐Miss Events Can Decrease an Individual’s Protective Response to Hurricanes https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01506.x#.XZUKXbnJRHk.twitter

Sociology and disasters

Black Wave: How Networks and Governance Shaped Japan’s 3/11 Disasters https://www.amazon.com/Black-Wave-Networks-Governance-Disasters/dp/022663843X

The number of people in the average U.S. household is going up for the first time in over 160 years https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/01/the-number-of-people-in-the-average-u-s-household-is-going-up-for-the-first-time-in-over-160-years/

New research suggests the assumption Aboriginal people lived in open vegetation sustained by fire is misplaced https://theconversation.com/new-research-turns-tasmanian-aboriginal-history-on-its-head-the-results-will-help-care-for-the-land-124285?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton

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

Recent emergencies/disaster

Three kids die in Delta floods https://thenationonlineng.net/three-kids-die-in-delta-floods/

Flood: Over 150 communities submerged in Kogi – Commissioner https://dailytimes.ng/flood-over-150-communities-submerged-in-kogi-commissioner/

Albania struck by 5.6-magnitude earthquake, injuring at least 37 https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/21/europe/earthquake-albania/index.html

Trinidad and Tobago – Tropical Storm Karen Causes Severe Flooding http://floodlist.com/america/trinidad-tobago-tropical-storm-karen-floods-september-2019

Haiti – 2 Dead, 4 Missing After Flash Floods in Ouest Department http://floodlist.com/america/haiti-flash-floods-ouest-department-september-2019

Tropical Storm Karen intensifies as it bears down on Puerto Rico https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-karen/tropical-storm-karen-intensifies-as-it-bears-down-on-puerto-rico-idUSKBN1W90KJ?

England weather: Heavy rain causes floods and travel chaos https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-49810079

Volcanic activity worldwide 26 Sep 2019: Popocatépetl volcano, Dukono, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/88091/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-26-Sep-2019-Popocatepetl-volcano-Dukono-Reventador-Nevados-de-Chill.html

Pune Flood: Death Toll Rises To 7; NDRF Teams On Rescue Operation https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/accidents-and-disasters/pune-flood-death-toll-rises-to-7-ndrf-teams-on-rescue-operation.html

India – 12 Dead, Thousands Displaced After Floods in Maharashtra http://floodlist.com/asia/india-floods-pune-maharashtra-september-2019

Sri Lanka – Floods and Landslides Leave 1 Dead and 15,000 Displaced http://floodlist.com/asia/sri-lanka-floods-september-2019

Oman – Rain and Winds From Tropical Cyclone Hikaa Prompt Evacuations and Rescues http://floodlist.com/asia/oman-tropical-cyclone-hikka-september-2019

Strong and shallow M6.8 earthquake hits Maluku, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2019/09/26/strong-and-shallow-m6-8-earthquake-hits-maluku-indonesia/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Greta Thunberg condemns world leaders in emotional speech at UN https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/23/greta-thunberg-speech-un-2019-address?CMP=share_btn_tw

Climate effort must be boosted five-fold to limit global warming to 1.5°C https://reneweconomy.com.au/climate-effort-must-be-boosted-five-fold-to-limit-global-warming-to-1-5c-88884/

Climate change ‘hitting harder and sooner’ than forecast, warn scientists ahead of UN meeting https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-23/climate-change-accelerating-warn-scientists/11537240

New coastal development is designed to live with sea level rise https://www.fastcompany.com/90405944/instead-of-trying-to-prevent-flooding-this-coastal-apartment-complex-invites-the-water-in

2019 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum Tied for Second Lowest on Record https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2913/2019-arctic-sea-ice-minimum-tied-for-second-lowest-on-record/

Increasing flood risk due to co-occurring storm surges and heavy precipitation in Northern Europe https://innovationorigins.com/increasing-flood-risk-due-to-co-occurring-storm-surges-and-heavy-precipitation-in-northern-europe/

Climate change could stretch our capabilities, Defence Force chief speech warns https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-25/australian-defence-force-angus-campbell-climate-change-speech/11543464

David Attenborough attacks Australian PM on climate record and support for coal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/24/david-attenborough-attacks-australian-pm-on-climate-record-and-support-for-coal?CMP=share_btn_tw

Teen girls are leading the climate strikes and helping change the face of environmentalism https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/09/24/teen-girls-are-leading-climate-strikes-helping-change-face-environmentalism/

Even a 20-centimetre rise in sea level would more than double the frequency of flooding in tropical zones such as the Mumbai coast, according to a 2017 report by US experts https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/just-20-centimetre-rise-in-sea-level-may-double-mumbai-flood-frequency-2106127

A sense of climate crisis now haunts stories which aren’t even about the environment https://theconversation.com/a-sense-of-climate-crisis-now-haunts-stories-which-arent-even-about-the-environment-123429

Humans Just Held Another Funeral For a Glacier, And It May Not Be The Last https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-just-held-another-funeral-for-a-glacier-because-that-s-the-world-we-live-in-now?perpetual=yes&limitstart=1

Australia is the runaway global leader in building new renewable energy https://theconversation.com/australia-is-the-runaway-global-leader-in-building-new-renewable-energy-123694

How we measure glaciers https://www.wsj.com/video/devising-an-earthquake-algorithm-to-save-lives/A94E85D7-4B25-4025-96A1-1D6FDEA51436.html

New study shows major changes in severity of flooding across Europe linked to climate change https://www.waterbriefingglobal.org/new-study-shows-major-changes-in-severity-of-flooding-across-europe-linked-to-climate-change/

Home to “New York City’s newest island,” Hunter’s Point South is a city-funded park that offers lessons for cities struggling with rising tides https://www.fastcompany.com/90402599/this-small-public-park-is-model-for-the-water-logged-cities-of-the-future

World’s oceans at a tipping point, indicates UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-25/un-ipcc-climate-report-warns-oceans-at-tipping-point/11547454

Italy and France Prepare for Imminent Collapse of Mont Blanc Glacier https://www.thedailybeast.com/italy-and-france-prepare-for-imminent-collapse-of-mont-blanc-glacier?ref=home

The IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, approved on 24 September 2019 by the 195 IPCC member governments, provides new evidence for the benefits of limiting global warming to the lowest possible level https://www.ipcc.ch/2019/09/25/srocc-press-release/

Satellite will gain hi-res view of greenhouse effect https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49799760

Evolution of 21st Century Sea Level Rise Projections https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018EF000991

Not convinced on the need for urgent climate action? Here’s what happens to our planet between 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming https://theconversation.com/not-convinced-on-the-need-for-urgent-climate-action-heres-what-happens-to-our-planet-between-1-5-c-and-2-c-of-global-warming-123817?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton

Climate Change Hits Vulnerable Communities First and Hardest https://www.iisd.org/blog/climate-change-hits-vulnerable-communities-first-and-hardest

How climate change is melting, drying and flooding Earth — in pictures https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02793-0

World’s poorest communities have done the least to cause climate change, but end up paying for it https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/worlds-poor-1-cent-day-climate-change-oxfam-190923040238683.html

Dying of laughter: comics joke about climate change at U.N. summit http://news.trust.org/item/20190926175919-4utjd/

Disaster risk reduction

Experts warn of ‘endless’ flood cycle https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1755089/experts-warn-of-endless-flood-cycle

Aussie startup FloodMapp raises $1.3 million for tech reducing “catastrophic” impact of flooding https://www.smartcompany.com.au/startupsmart/news/floodmapp-raise-flood-prediction/

Massive Study of European Flooding Sees North-South Climate Split https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-28/massive-study-of-european-flooding-sees-north-south-climate-split

Gilbert White Special Issue https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/venv20/current#.VHVLuku4lFI

Surging Waters looks at flooding in the United States and demonstrates how science is supporting flood management, as well as furthering the solutions needed to mitigate flood impacts on people and property in the future https://scienceisessential.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/09/Surging_Waters_credits_pages_web.pdf

Rethinking resilience to wildfire https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/58436

Hurricane resilience in the Bahamas: Ecosystem https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190924154350.htm

Devising an Earthquake Algorithm to Save Lives https://www.wsj.com/video/devising-an-earthquake-algorithm-to-save-lives/A94E85D7-4B25-4025-96A1-1D6FDEA51436.html

Imelda, Florence, Harvey: Bigger Rains and Bigger Floods https://www.nrdc.org/experts/joel-scata/imelda-florence-harvey-bigger-rains-and-bigger-floods

The Effect Of The Rising UK Flood Risk On Commercial Property https://www.todaysconveyancer.co.uk/partner-news/effect-rising-uk-flood-risk-commercial-property/

Cumbria Strategic Flood Partnership (CSFP) brings together Flood Risk Management Authorities and other organisations including representation from community groups https://thefloodhub.co.uk/your-local-area/cumbria/

Risk Rating 2.0 Overview https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1569002542461-a458061bb06a2d7cf6dbdf83bbd8d763/RiskRatingOverview_May2019_to_Sept2019.pdf

Calgary flood protection project faces opposition https://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/catastrophes/calgary-flood-protection-project-faces-opposition-1004168812/

Role of earthquake motions in triggering a ‘surprise’ tsunami https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190905090931.htm

Herogram illustrates how ECMWF scientists support EU flood work https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/news/2019/herogram-illustrates-how-ecmwf-scientists-support-eu-flood-work

Paradise Dam will have ‘some difficulty’ in extreme flood event https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-25/dam-water-release-paradise-drought-bundaberg-north-burnett/11543600

New satellite may make flood prediction easier https://phys.org/news/2019-09-satellite-easier.html

Extreme floods that once came every 100 years will be annual event by 2050: UN climate report https://nationalpost.com/news/world/extreme-floods-that-once-came-every-100-years-will-be-annual-event-by-2050-un-climate-report

Tsunami Disasters and Global Heating in Japan: Incremental or Transformational Adaptation to Sea Level Rise? https://medium.com/@SheffSocScience/tsunami-disasters-and-global-heating-in-japan-incremental-or-transformational-adaptation-to-sea-d5f9c0665ad8

Dr Lee Bosher : The terrifying experience that led to a lifetime of work https://volume.lboro.ac.uk/throughthestorm/

The satellite-based atlas includes information about more than 13 million fires https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145417/a-new-global-fire-atlas

Flood Gates, Flood Walls and Home Buyouts: Coming Soon To Miami? https://www.wlrn.org/post/flood-gates-flood-walls-and-home-buyouts-coming-soon-miami

Emergency management

‘Opening the Door to Hell Itself’: Bahamas Confronts Life After Hurricane Dorian https://www.wsj.com/articles/opening-the-door-to-hell-itself-bahamas-confronts-life-after-hurricane-dorian-11569176306

We talked to Obama’s top FEMA official on the future of flooding and what humanity can do to prepare https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/craig-fugate-obama-fema-imelda-flooding-887712/

Why will FEMA spend as much in past 2 years as the previous 37? Here’s how disaster aid works https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/446635-why-will-fema-spend-as-much-in-past-2-years-as-the-previous-37

Imelda dumped 40 inches of rain on Texas — and it wasn’t even a hurricane? https://grist.org/article/imelda-dumped-40-inches-of-rain-on-texas-and-it-wasnt-even-a-hurricane/

Public-Private-People Relationship Stakeholder Model for disaster and humanitarian operations https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313485734_Public-Private-People_Relationship_Stakeholder_Model_for_disaster_and_humanitarian_operations

Exploring the Complications of Counting Casualties After Natural Disasters http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=9122019

FEMA officials tour safe rooms in Joplin, Webb City https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/fema-officials-tour-safe-rooms-in-joplin-webb-city/article_6cb18444-88a2-564d-b330-a2a4036a381f.html

UAE rescues 50,000 people from floods in Sudan https://gulfnews.com/uae/uae-rescues-50000-people-from-floods-in-sudan-1.66672578

Minister reassures Nigerians of measures to tackle floods https://www.matthewtegha.com/2019/09/minister-reassures-nigerians-of.html

Disaster education, communications and engagement

Children, young people and flooding http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/cyp-floodrecovery/

The Role of Children in Creating Culturally Sensitive Disaster Management https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/research-counts/special-collection/the-role-of-children-in-creating-culturally-sensitive-disaster-management?

International Day for Disaster Reduction 13 October https://www.un.org/en/events/disasterreductionday/index.shtml

Climate Watch an App developed to monitor the effects of climate change locally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBsY_gaLHCg&feature=youtu.be

The Regional Resilience Exposure Tool (R2ET) is intended to function as a base-line resource for citizens, businesses, and governmental actors to kickstart conversations about sea level rise and emergency preparedness http://buildcommunityresilience.com/northeastflorida/

Psychology and Disasters

The National Household Survey (NHS) tracks progress in personal disaster preparedness through investigation of the American public’s preparedness actions, attitudes, and motivations https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/182373

Sociology and disasters

Community Resilience: A Case Study of a Community of Fortaleza, CE https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335943543_Community_Resilience_A_Case_Study_of_a_Community_of_Fortaleza_CE

Visually exploring social perceptions of environmental harm in global urban contextshttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0011392118823842?journalCode=csia

A coupled human–natural systems framework of community resilience https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329587615_A_coupled_human-natural_systems_framework_of_community_resilience

Please find below links to recent news about some aspects of disaster resilience…

Recent emergencies/disaster

The drought is now so severe it is biting in even the greenest corners of the country https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-16/drought-now-affecting-even-the-greenest-parts-of-the-country/11487026

Tens of thousands in Chiba urged to evacuate due to possible mudslides, Japan https://watchers.news/2019/09/16/tens-of-thousands-in-chiba-urged-to-evacuate-due-to-possible-mudslides-japan/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Worst storm in over a century hits Spain, major floods and tornadoes reported https://watchers.news/2019/09/12/spain-flood-tornado-september-12-2019/

Strong explosion at Sakurajima volcano, Japan https://watchers.news/2019/09/16/strong-explosion-at-sakurajima-volcano-japan/

Floods In Rajasthan After Release Of Water From Dams, Thousands Evacuated https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/floods-in-rajasthan-after-release-of-water-from-dams-thousands-evacuated-2101383

‘This is mind-blowing’: Residents cope with historic flooding in Dell Rapids https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/education/2019/09/13/south-dakota-flooding-dell-rapids-big-sioux-river/2314029001/

23,000 flee after floods in northeast Thailand https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2019/09/15/23000-flee-after-floods-in-northeast-thailand

‘On pins and needles’: Flooded-out Iowans brace for a third round in six months https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2019/09/17/iowa-flooding-2019-missouri-river-levee-breaches-mills-fremont-county-pacific-junction-hamburg/2355669001/

At least 33 people dead as floods submerge large areas of northern Thailand https://watchers.news/2019/09/18/at-least-33-people-dead-as-floods-submerge-large-areas-of-northern-thailand/

Record 1,422 people killed in monsoon rains from June to September, India https://watchers.news/2019/09/18/record-1-422-people-killed-in-erratic-rains-from-june-to-september-india/

One killed, two escape death as flood ravages Anambra capital https://www.ndreporters.com/2019/09/17/one-killed-two-escape-death-as-flood-ravages-anambra-capital/

Imelda brings heavy rainfall, fears of flooding to Texas https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tropical-depression-imelda-houston-area-possible-heavy-rains-flooding-today-2019-09-18/

USA – Flooding in South East Texas After Tropical Depression Imelda Dumps Heavy Rain http://floodlist.com/america/usa/usa-flood-east-texas-tropical-depression-imelda-september-2019

India – Thousands Displaced by Floods in Rajasthan http://floodlist.com/asia/india-floods-rajasthan-september-2019

Algeria – 2 Dead as Floods Hit Algiers and Souk Ahras http://floodlist.com/africa/algeria-floods-algiers-soukahras-september-2019

Indonesia shuts down plantations linked to illegal forest fires https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/09/17/Indonesia-shuts-down-plantations-linked-to-illegal-forest-fires/7491568734814/?spt=su&or=btn_tw

Forest fires in Bolivia burn Switzerland-sized area https://www.omaha.com/news/world/ngo-forest-fires-in-bolivia-burn-switzerland-sized-area/article_d3a7e5c4-e917-5ff8-b628-d1fe494b5248.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share

Eruption Of Russian Volcano Caused Colorful Skies https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2019/09/17/eruption-of-russian-volcano-caused-colorful-skies/#228fc14c2511

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Eight More Effects of Climate Change: Some Surprising, Some Fatal https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/09/15/eight-more-surprising-and-sometimes-fatal-effects-of-climate-change#66a44f570e39

‘Climigration’: when communities must move because of climate change https://theconversation.com/climigration-when-communities-must-move-because-of-climate-change-122529?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton

Emission impossible? Harsh facts on climate change https://www.ft.com/content/d7ec60e6-9b9a-11e9-b8ce-8b459ed04726

The world has a third pole – and it’s melting quickly https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/15/tibetan-plateau-glacier-melt-ipcc-report-third-pole?CMP=share_btn_tw

Are businesses doing enough to prepare for climate change or do executives have their heads in the sand? https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/countingthecost/2019/09/economic-cost-adapting-warming-planet-190915082329723.html

UK will see four heatwaves a year and twice as many flash floods by 2070s, Met Office predicts https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-weather-met-office-climate-change-defra-environment-agency-a9107446.html

The case for strategic and managed climate retreat https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6455/761

Jacinda Ardern on rising to the climate change challenge https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/09/18/813908/jacinda-ardern-on-rising-to-the-challenge-of-climate-change

Worrying new calculations show Earth is warming faster than previously thought https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7473971/Worrying-new-models-Earth-warming-faster-previously-thought.html

With Greenland’s Extreme Melting, a New Risk Grows: Ice Slabs That Worsen Runoff https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18092019/greenland-ice-sheet-melting-sea-level-rise-climate-change-heat-wave-study?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

The Impact of Climate Change on Kivalina, Alaska https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/09/photos-impacts-climate-change-kivalina-alaska/598282/

Scientists set out how to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/19/power-halve-greenhouse-gas-emissions-2030-climate-scientists

Fighting for a stolen future https://feature.undp.org/fighting-for-a-stolen-future/

Inequality and climate change https://stories.undp.org/997ccd59d6fbff50efc5c08552f3602f?

Hundreds of Australian academics declare support for climate rebellion https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/20/hundreds-of-australian-academics-declare-support-for-climate-rebellion?CMP=share_btn_tw

Ignoring young people’s climate change fears is a recipe for anxiety https://theconversation.com/ignoring-young-peoples-climate-change-fears-is-a-recipe-for-anxiety-123357?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton

Climate disasters to leave 150 million in humanitarian need by 2030: Red Cross https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/climate-disasters-to-leave-150-million-in-humanitarian-need-by-2030-red-cross-20190919-p52t3o.html

New UN report launched to help ratchet up action to combat climate crisis https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/09/1046672?395

The Arctic and climate change (1979 – 2019): What the ice record tells us https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/the-arctic-and-climate-change-1979-2019-what-the-ice-record-tells-us/

We want to learn about climate change from weather presenters, not politicians https://theconversation.com/we-want-to-learn-about-climate-change-from-weather-presenters-not-politicians-123761

A survey of Australian TV audiences’ views on climate change https://www.monash.edu/mcccrh/research/a-survey-of-australian-tv-audiences-views-on-climate-change

Climate change: Warming to drive ‘robust increase’ in UK flooding https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49731591

Global warming simulations: Parts of U.K. and northern Europe to see more compound flooding https://phys.org/news/2019-09-global-simulations-uk-northern-europe.html

Disaster risk reduction

“There’s no record of fire dangers that high that early in those areas in NSW” https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/an-ill-wind-fans-the-flames-20190912-p52qir.html

Don’t politicise the bushfires? The alternative is to sit back while more severe events happen https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/15/dont-politicise-the-bushfires-the-alternative-is-to-sit-back-while-more-severe-events-happen?CMP=share_btn_tw

Work on Wangaratta’s inadequate flood levees delayed by bureaucracy https://www.bordermail.com.au/story/6387830/work-on-inadequate-flood-levees-delayed-by-bureaucracy/

Researchers Hone Ability to Map Storm Flooding https://scienceblog.com/510523/researchers-hone-ability-to-map-storm-flooding/

Flood: When Disaster Becomes Unnatural By Ahmed Maiyaki https://emergencydigest.com/2019/09/07/flood-disaster-ahmed-maiyaki/

Constructing a comprehensive disaster resilience index: The case of Italy https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335845276_Constructing_a_comprehensive_disaster_resilience_index_The_case_of_Italy

Review of the Transition From Smouldering to Flaming Combustion in Wildfires https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmech.2019.00049/full?utm_source=S-TWT&utm_medium=SNET&utm_campaign=ECO_FMECH_XXXXXXXX_auto-dlvrit

Dams were built to control floods; they are now triggers https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/natural-disasters/dams-were-built-to-control-floods-they-are-now-triggers-66767

Flood relief scheme will be a catalyst for Cork city https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/analysis/flood-relief-scheme-will-be-a-catalyst-for-cork-city-951114.html

More than half of FEMA’s flood maps rely on decades-old data. Now, a group of Texas researchers is tackling the problem with a $3 million grant and crowdsourced data https://www.texasobserver.org/floodplain-maps-are-outdated-this-scientist-wants-to-change-that/

Hurricane Dorian: Harbinger of the new normal https://floodresilience.net/blogs/hurricane-dorian-harbinger-of-the-new-normal?

Why Flood Victims Blame Their City, Not the Climate https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/09/local-climate-action-plans-public-trust-government-detroit/598060/

As Flooding Worsens, Home Buyouts Move at a Snail’s Pace https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/09/flooded-home-buyout-fema-disaster-recovery-flood-insurance/598075/

Resilient Communities: A New Disaster Preparedness Approach https://medium.com/the-moment-by-pete-for-america/resilient-communities-a-new-disaster-preparedness-approach-89fd78a689e2

What to do about the constant threat – and reality – of flooded homes in coastal communities https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/115519323/what-to-do-about-the-constant-threat–and-reality–of-flooded-homes-in-coastal-communities

Flooding and Land Use Change in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/8/9/139

Google to expand AI-powered flood forecasts in India for monsoon season https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/18/google-to-expand-ai-powered-flood-forecasts-in-india-ahead-of-monsoon-season/

Urban flood resilience in Indonesia: New approaches through an urban design lens http://blogs.worldbank.org/eastasiapacific/urban-flood-resilience-indonesia-new-approaches-through-urban-design-lens

Emergency management

Haitians fear deportation from Bahamas after storm disaster https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2019/09/16/Haitians-deportation-Bahamas-storm-Dorian-disaster?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Extreme Weather Displaced a Record 7 Million in First Half of 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/climate/extreme-weather-displacement.html

California Prepares For Wildfire Season As Climate Change Keeps Temperatures Rising https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/california-wildfire-season-climate-change_n_5d7fecade4b00d69059d206c

Mozambique cyclones: One million facing food shortages https://www.pennews.net/international/2019/09/17/mozambique-cyclones-one-million-facing-food-shortages

The University of the Bahamas, After Dorian https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/18/university-bahamas-deals-damage-and-disruption-dorian

False Tsunami Warning In Hawaii Triggered By Police Exercise https://www.npr.org/2019/09/19/762215269/false-tsunami-warning-in-hawaii-triggered-by-police-exercise?

20,000 flood victims in Northeast remain trapped https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30376409

Disaster education, communications and engagement

Preparedness Day Educates Thousands of Californians on Disaster Readiness http://www.oesnews.com/preparedness-day-educates-thousands-of-californians-on-disaster-readiness/

Capacity Building toward Resilience: How Communities Recover, Learn, and Change in the Aftermath of Extreme Events https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/psj.12364

Global Mapping of Citizen Science Projects for Disaster Risk Reduction https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335887687_Global_Mapping_of_Citizen_Science_Projects_for_Disaster_Risk_Reduction

In the past 20 years climate change education has been in and out of the formal curriculum depending on the whims of Australian governments https://theconversation.com/ever-wondered-what-our-curriculum-teaches-kids-about-climate-change-the-answer-is-not-much-123272

Psychology and Disasters

Recent Development in Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics: Bibliographic Analyses, Collaboration Patterns, and Future Directions https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329963335_Recent_Development_in_Pedestrian_and_Evacuation_Dynamics_Bibliographic_Analyses_Collaboration_Patterns_and_Future_Directions

How to talk to children and teens about their fears surrounding climate change https://www.today.com/parents/how-talk-children-about-climate-change-t162981

Sociology and disasters

Women are at the Heart of Disaster Preparedness and Response https://womensenews.org/2019/09/women-are-at-the-heart-of-disaster-preparedness-and-response/

Improving community resiliency following disasters is a dynamic partnership between community-based organizations and public health agencies established pre-disaster https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/lsuh-ssp091819.php

Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience…

Recent emergencies/disaster

‘Like nothing we’ve seen’: Queensland bushfires tear through rainforest https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/09/like-nothing-weve-seen-queensland-bushfires-tear-through-rainforest

Tens of thousands in Atlantic Canada still in the dark after Hurricane Dorian https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/hundreds-of-thousands-still-in-the-dark-after-hurricane-dorian-1.5275706

Peregian homes destroyed after ferocious bushfire rips through Sunshine Coast community https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/10/peregian-homes-destroyed-after-ferocious-bushfire-rips-through-sunshine-coast-community?CMP=share_btn_tw

Hurricane Dorian Lashes the Carolinas with Storm-Surge Flooding, Tornadoes https://www.westernjournal.com/hurricane-dorian-lashes-carolinas-storm-surge-flooding-tornadoes/

Morocco and Algeria – More Flash Floods Leave 11 Dead http://floodlist.com/africa/morocco-and-algeria-flash-floods-errachidia-bechar-september-2019

Firefighters fear significant losses on Sunshine Coast, while more than 50 blazes are burning across New South Wales https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2019/sep/10/queensland-nsw-bushfires-evacuations-live-updates

Dorian’s death toll in Bahamas rises to 50 -official http://news.trust.org/item/20190910164446-e5sgg/

Heavy rains result in landslide killing 7 in southern Ethiopia https://watchers.news/2019/09/11/southern-ethiopia-landslide-september-8-2019/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Typhoon “Lingling” killed 8 in North Korea, destroyed 460 houses and 46 200 ha (114 162 acres) of farmland https://watchers.news/2019/09/10/typhoon-lingling-north-korea-landfall-damage/

Floods kill seven people, 700 pigs in Cambodia https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1163419/floods-kill-seven-people-700-pigs-in-cambodia

Volcanic activity worldwide 12 Sep 2019: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Dukono, Reventador, Ubinas https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/87181/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-12-Sep-2019-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Dukono-Reventador-Ubinas-N.html

More than 800 homes destroyed by floods in Mali https://watchers.news/2019/09/11/floods-destroy-800-homes-mali/

Worst storm in over a century hits Spain, major floods and tornadoes reported https://watchers.news/2019/09/12/spain-flood-tornado-september-12-2019/

17 dead, 1 missing as more flooding hits Morocco and Algeria https://watchers.news/2019/09/12/17-dead-1-missing-as-more-flooding-hits-morocco-and-algeria/

Sweden – Flash Floods in Gothenburg After Heavy Rain http://floodlist.com/europe/sweden-flash-floods-gothenburg-september-2019

Ethiopia – Deadly Landslide After Heavy Rains in South East http://floodlist.com/africa/ethiopia-landslide-south-east-dawuro-september-2019

West Africa – Death Toll Rises in Niger, Homes Destroyed in Nigeria, Hundreds Displaced in Chad http://floodlist.com/africa/westafrica-floods-nigeria-niger-chad-september-2019

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Australians increasingly fear climate change-related drought and extinctions https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/10/australians-increasingly-fear-climate-change-related-drought-and-extinctions?CMP=share_btn_tw

Climate gentrification: Coming to a community near you https://grist.org/article/climate-gentrification-coming-to-a-community-near-you/

Australia’s main grid hits new peak of 41 per cent wind and solar https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-main-grid-hits-new-peak-of-41-per-cent-wind-and-solar-16763/

Climate change survey shows Australians want action on emissions, but are divided on nuclear https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-09-10/climate-of-nation-australia-attitudes/11484690

Extreme heat a far greater threat for most Australians than extreme cold weather, study finds https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/extreme-heat-a-far-greater-threat-for-most-australians-than-extreme-cold-weather-study-finds-20190909-p52ph1.html

European summer heatwave killed 1,500 in France, Minister says https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-09/heatwave-in-france-kills-1500-people,-minister-says/11491610

Climate change: ‘Invest $1.8 trillion to adapt’ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49635546

What Is the Sun’s Role in Climate Change? https://climate.nasa.gov/blog/2910/what-is-the-suns-role-in-climate-change/

The climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/what-if-we-stopped-pretending

Stay or go? Asian nations mull options as seas rise, cities sink http://www.thisisplace.org/i/?id=4eefff34-739f-4084-9699-dc2a50b22596

Climate change is bringing a new world of bushfires https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-bringing-a-new-world-of-bushfires-123261?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton

Urban growth, heat islands, humidity, climate change: the costs multiply in tropical cities https://theconversation.com/urban-growth-heat-islands-humidity-climate-change-the-costs-multiply-in-tropical-cities-120825?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton

Adaptation can deliver high rates of return, bringing multiple benefits to people and the economy https://gca.org/global-commission-on-adaptation/report

How much do direct livestock emissions actually contribute to global warming? https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.13975

“Business as usual” could lead to catastrophic global sea-level rise, says new study https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/business-usual-could-lead-catastrophic-global-sea-level-rise-says-new-study

Emergent Constraints on Climate-Carbon Cycle Feedbacks https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40641-019-00141-y

Climate change, reforestation/afforestation, and urbanization impacts on evapotranspiration and streamflow in Europe https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/23/3631/2019/

Why gender matters in climate adaptation https://www.sei.org/perspectives/why-gender-matters-in-climate-adaptation/

Dangerous new hot zones are spreading around the world https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/climate-environment/climate-change-world/

‘In for a roasting’: Australia ‘on brink’ of ‘apocalyptic’ conditions https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/climate-change/in-for-a-roasting-australia-on-brink-of-apocalyptic-conditions/news-story/73d731e4a07f6b9c39b18897faa0e085

The losses from glaciers on Arctic islands and middle-latitude mountain ranges have been quite significant https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145574/malaspina-on-the-move

Building climate change defences could massively boost world economy https://www.newscientist.com/article/2215576-building-climate-change-defences-could-massively-boost-world-economy/

Disaster risk reduction

‘Dead things everywhere’: is Australia facing the summer from hell? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/06/dead-things-everywhere-is-australia-facing-the-summer-from-hell

Dorian One of Strongest, Longest-Lasting Hurricanes on Record in the Atlantic https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07092019/hurricane-dorian-record-climate-change-bahamas-north-carolina-gulf-stream

We’re Barely Listening to the U.S.’s Most Dangerous Volcanoes https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/09/science/volcanoes-cascades-monitoring.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesscience

Recharging Aquifers by Capturing Flood Flows – Texas Case Study https://www.waterwired.org/2019/09/paper-recharging-aquifers-by-capturing-flood-flows-texas-case-study.html

Government pledges £62m flood funding for communities in England https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-pledges-62m-flood-funding-for-communities-in-england

Flood risk management: Slowing the flow http://www.engineersjournal.ie/2019/09/09/flood-risk-management-slowing-the-flow/

Going Under: Post-Flood Buyouts Take Years to Complete https://www.nrdc.org/experts/anna-weber/going-under-post-flood-buyouts-take-years-complete

Emergency management

Meet air attack supervisor Nadia Rhodes, Canberra’s eyes in the sky this bushfire season https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6378586/meet-the-woman-at-the-helm-of-canberras-looming-bushfire-season/?cs=14225

Five things to watch after Hurricane Dorian strikes the Bahamas http://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2019/09/10/Hurricane-Dorian-Bahamas-aid-five-things-watch

Fires are burning where they never used to burn https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/fires-are-burning-where-they-never-used-to-burn-20190909-p52pnn.html

Nebraska’s Emergency Management Agency Strained by Record Floods https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2019/09/10/539379.htm

Disaster education, communications and engagement

National forums to understand disaster risk https://www.aidr.org.au/news/national-forums-for-understanding-disaster-risk/

Capacity Building toward Resilience: How Communities Recover, Learn, and Change in the Aftermath of Extreme Events https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335720504_Capacity_Building_toward_Resilience_How_Communities_Recover_Learn_and_Change_in_the_Aftermath_of_Extreme_Events

Canada Tries a Forceful Message for Flood Victims: Live Someplace Else https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/climate/canada-flood-homes-buyout.html

Remembering 9/11 https://globalresilience.northeastern.edu/2019/09/remembering-9-11/

Psychology and Disasters

Study reveals link between flooding and poor mental health http://futureclimateinfo.com/study-reveals-link-between-flooding-and-poor-mental-health/

Sociology and disasters

Bridging Social Capital through the Techno-subsystem: A Qualitative Analysis of GoFundMe Requests for Hurricane Relief https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335700762_Bridging_Social_Capital_through_the_Techno-subsystem_A_Qualitative_Analysis_of_GoFundMe_Requests_for_Hurricane_Relief

Please find links below to recent news about some aspects of disaster resilience…

Recent emergencies/disaster

Category 5 Hurricane Dorian hits Bahamas, moves closer to United States https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-02/hurricane-dorian-category-5/11469130

Hurricane Dorian Becomes the 5th Atlantic Category 5 in 4 Years https://weather.com/amp/storms/hurricane/news/2019-09-01-hurricane-dorian-atlantic-hurricane-category-five-history.html?__twitter_impression=true

Hurricane “Dorian” caused ‘unprecedented damage’ to the Bahamas https://watchers.news/2019/09/02/hurricane-dorian-damage-september-2019/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Ravaging hailstorm in Edmonton racked up $90 million in insured damages, Alberta, Canada https://watchers.news/2019/09/01/edmonton-hailstorm-damage-august-2019/

Vietnam and Thailand – Floods Hit After Rain From Tropical Cyclone ‘Podul’ http://floodlist.com/asia/vietnam-thailand-cyclone-podul-august-2019

Kenya – Deadly Flash Floods in Hell’s Gate National Park http://floodlist.com/africa/kenya-floods-hells-gate-national-park-september-2019

Uganda – Deadly Floods and Landslides in Eastern Region http://floodlist.com/africa/uganda-floods-landslides-bulambuli-eastern-region-august-2019

Dorian triggers massive flooding in Bahamas; at least 5 dead https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/dorian-triggers-massive-flooding-in-bahamas-at-least-5-dead/ar-AAGGwXg?ocid=spartandhp

Algeria – Dozens Rescued After Flash Floods in North http://floodlist.com/africa/algeria-flash-floods-skikda-jijel-september-2019

Central African Republic – Deadly Floods in North West http://floodlist.com/africa/central-african-republic-ouham-pende-floods-august-2019

Tropical Cyclone “Lingling” forms in the Western Pacific Ocean, heading toward the Korean Peninsula https://watchers.news/2019/09/04/tropical-cyclone-lingling-forms-in-the-western-pacific-ocean-heading-toward-the-korean-peninsula/

Volcanic activity worldwide 4 Sep 2019: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Shiveluch, Dukono, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/86719/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-4-Sep-2019-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Shiveluch-Dukono-Reventador.html

Morocco – 2 Dead in Khenifra Floods, Massive Debris Flow in Imlil http://floodlist.com/africa/morocco-floods-khenifra-imlil-september-2019

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

MOOC: Climate Change: The Science and Global Impact https://www.edx.org/course/climate-change-the-science-and-global-impact?

Scientists discover evidence for past high-level sea rise https://phys.org/news/2019-08-scientists-evidence-high-level-sea.html

The four big climate challenges for India https://www.livemint.com/news/india/the-four-big-climate-challenges-for-india-1567354297958.html

Major floods will happen more often, due to climate change http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/major-floods-will-happen-more-often-due-to-climate-change/article/557147

Why Are Hurricanes Like Dorian Stalling, and Is Global Warming Involved? https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03092019/hurricane-dorian-climate-change-stall-record-wind-speed-rainfall-intensity-global-warming-bahamas

Trees Are Key To Fighting Urban Heat — But Cities Keep Losing Them https://www.npr.org/2019/09/04/755349748/trees-are-key-to-fighting-urban-heat-but-cities-keep-losing-them

Climate change: Greenland’s ice faces melting ‘death sentence’ https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49483580

Devastation from Hurricane Dorian provokes calls for reporters to acknowledge the climate emergency’s connection to extreme weather https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/04/analysis-finds-us-corporate-media-failing-connect-climate-crisis-strongest-atlantic

70% of Americans worried about climate change https://climatenexus.org/wp-content/uploads/National-Poll-Toplines-Crosstabs-PR1922.pdf?utm_content=buffercef76&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Greenland’s rapidly vanishing glaciers https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-49570809/greenland-s-rapidly-vanishing-glaciers

Disaster risk reduction

Best practices for successful coastal flooding adaptation https://www.coastalnewstoday.com/post/best-practices-for-successful-coastal-flooding-adaptation

Making Mitigation Work: The Battle for Better Building Codes https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/center-news/237

The 2018 rift eruption and summit collapse of Kīlauea Volcano https://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6425/367

Natural Hazards Research Platform https://www.naturalhazards.org.nz/NHRP/Publications/Natural-Hazards-Issues

Analysis of the Potential of IT System Support in Early Warning Systems: Mitigating Flood Risk in Poland https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/prehospital-and-disaster-medicine/article/analysis-of-the-potential-of-it-system-support-in-early-warning-systems-mitigating-flood-risk-in-poland/96FF5761834B69DD08E19EE7F6456A76

Using flood data to get a clearer picture of environmental risk https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/planning-construction-news/flood-data-environmental-risk/35352/

A “Managed Retreat” from Disasters http://pcap2016.org/a-managed-retreat-from-disasters/

Whose resilience matters? Like-for-like comparison of objective and subjective evaluations of resilience https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305750X19302803

Disasters drive up insurance rates https://www.climatechangenews.com/2019/09/03/natural-disaster-spike-drive-2020-insurance-rate-rise/

Why Forecasting Floods Should Be a Global Collaborative Effort http://theconversation.com/why-forecasting-floods-should-be-a-global-collaborative-effort-119657

Emergency management

Japan conducts emergency drills in preparation for the huge quake predicted to hit Tokyo area https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/01/national/japan-conducts-emergency-drills-preparation-huge-quake-predicted-hit-tokyo-area/#.XWxA4xqP7IU

Grim fire season looms but many Australians remain unprepared https://theconversation.com/grim-fire-season-looms-but-many-australians-remain-unprepared-122711?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton

Recovery of Tourism-Based Economies on the Texas Gulf Coast after Hurricane Harvey https://hazards.colorado.edu/quick-response-report/recovery-of-tourism-based-economies-on-the-texas-gulf-coast-after-hurricane-harvey

Dramatic video shows people in Bahamas swimming through rushing floodwaters https://abcnews.go.com/International/dramatic-video-shows-people-bahamas-swimming-rushing-floodwaters/story?id=65348072

Bahamas Relief Efforts Frustrated as Dorian Pulls Away https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/world/americas/bahamas-hurricane-dorian.html

Six months after cyclones, Pope spotlights Mozambique’s needs http://news.trust.org/item/20190904161802-y022r/

Aerial footage reveals extent of storm devastation in Bahamas – as it happened https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2019/sep/03/hurricane-dorian-bahamas-florida-storm-flooding-live-updates

NASA’s ARIA team maps flooding in the Bahamas https://phys.org/news/2019-09-nasa-aria-team-bahamas.html

Disaster education, communications and engagement

Japan’s emergency advisories are too complex and hard to understand, even for fluent Japanese speakers, experts say https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/08/30/national/japans-emergency-advisories-complex-hard-understand-even-fluent-japanese-speakers-experts-say/#.XWxAdhqP7IU

Students Promote Landslide Education Across Puerto Rico https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/center-news/students-promote-landslide-education-across-puerto-rico

September is US National Preparedness Month. Theme: Prepared, Not Scared https://www.ready.gov/september

New map marker a stark reminder to be ready for natural disasters http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201909010006.html

Protecting schools from natural hazards https://www.policyforum.net/planning-for-the-worst-2/

700 people gather in Tokyo for memorial of Koreans massacred during Great Kanto Earthquake http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/860478.html

Social media lessons from Calgary flood highlighted in wake of Houston crisis https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/houston-floods-calgary-social-media-1.4267539

Residents invited to learn more about flood risk work https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/news/article/residents-invited-learn-more-about-flood-risk-work

Psychology and Disasters

Full Collection on Children and Disasters Now Available https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/center-news/240

Sociology and disasters

A Global Survey on the Perceptions and Impacts of Gender Inequality in the Earth and Space Sciences https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019EA000706

Building and measuring community resilience https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25383/building-and-measuring-community-resilience-actions-for-communities-and-the

Indigenous Women of the Amazon Send a Call: The Fight for Mother Earth Is the Mother of All Fights https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/08/29/indigenous-women-amazon-send-call-fight-mother-earth-mother-all-fights

Please find links below to recent news about some aspects of disaster resilience…

Recent emergencies/disaster

51 homes, 3 businesses lost in Alaska wildfire https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/51-homes-3-businesses-lost-in-alaska-wildfire/ar-AAGf529?li=BBnbcA1&srcref=rss&ocid=iehrs

Worst drought in decades hits Chile capital and outskirts https://phys.org/news/2019-08-worst-drought-decades-chile-capital.html

Philippines and Taiwan – 3 Dead as Tropical Storm ‘Bailu’ Hits http://floodlist.com/asia/philippines-taiwan-tropical-storm-bailu-august-2019

USA – Deadly Flash Floods in Arkansas http://floodlist.com/america/usa/flash-floods-arkansas-august-2019

Sudan flooding leaves at least 62 dead as two months of rain causes devastation http://diazhub.com/sudan-flooding-leaves-at-least-62-dead-as-two-months-of-rain-causes-devastation/

Nigeria: Anxiety As 15 States Battle Flood https://allafrica.com/stories/201908260088.html

Greece wildfires: Blaze forces evacuations on island of Samos https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49471213

Powerful hailstorm hits capital Madrid, turning roads into raging rivers, Spain https://watchers.news/2019/08/27/madrid-hailstorm-august-27-2019/

Tropical Storm “Ivo” dumps heavy rain, claims two lives in Mexico https://watchers.news/2019/08/27/tropical-storm-ivo-dumps-heavy-rain-claims-two-lives-in-mexico/

Two dead as Japan orders 900,000 to leave homes amid heavy rains https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2019/08/dead-japan-orders-900000-leave-homes-heavy-rains-190828065722311.html?__twitter_impression=true

Dorian strengthens into hurricane as Puerto Rico avoids direct hit — live updates https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/hurricane-dorian-latest-storm-updates-track-path-weather-forecast-today-2019-08-28/

Sudan villagers reel from Nile water floods https://www.nation.co.ke/news/africa/Sudan-villagers-reel-from-Nile-water-floods/1066-5250822-10s0sygz/index.html

Morocco – Deadly Flash Floods in Taroudant Province http://floodlist.com/africa/morocco-floods-taroudant-august-2019

Mauritania – Flooding in South Leaves 5 Dead http://floodlist.com/africa/mauritania-flood-guidimaka-august-2019

Volcanic activity worldwide 29 Aug 2019: Stromboli volcano, Popocatépetl, Shiveluch, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/86248/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-29-Aug-2019-Stromboli-volcano-Popocatepetl-Shiveluch-Dukono-Revent.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

G7 can’t turn a blind eye to ecocide in the Amazon https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/25/g7-cant-turn-blind-eye-to-amazon-ecocide-forest-fires-indigenous-tribes?CMP=share_btn_tw

Fires intensifying climate change https://www.feedbackreigns.net/fires-intensifying-climate-change/

Book review: The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n15/francis-gooding/all-the-news-is-bad

Global Heat Waves Point to Intensifying Global Climate Crisis https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/global-heat-waves-point-intensifying-global-climate-crisis?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=sierramag&utm_medium=social

Humans have never lived on a planet this hot, and we’re totally unprepared for what’s to come https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/climate-crisis-goodell-survive-extreme-heat-875198/

We know the Arctic is melting – but it’s also on fire http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190822-why-is-the-arctic-on-fire?ocid=ww.social.link.twitter

Climate explained: how emissions trading schemes work and they can help us shift to a zero carbon future https://theconversation.com/climate-explained-how-emissions-trading-schemes-work-and-they-can-help-us-shift-to-a-zero-carbon-future-122325

Region stands out in the deep red of global warming https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/region-stands-out-in-the-deep-red-of-global-warming/

‘100-year’ floods will happen every 1 to 30 years, according to new flood maps https://www.popsci.com/iceland-grieving-dead-glacier-climate-change/

City council changes mind on climate emergency https://indaily.com.au/news/local/2019/08/28/city-council-changes-mind-on-climate-emergency/

Taking on the Temperature https://medium.com/@kathybaughmanmcleod/taking-on-the-temperature-1d3788549745

Climate change melts 12.5bn billions tons of ice in Greenland fifty years earlier than predicted https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/28/climate-change-melts-billions-tons-ice-greenland-fifty-years/

Winter isn’t coming — get ready for a full-blown age of fire https://www.alternet.org/2019/08/winter-isnt-coming-get-ready-for-a-full-blown-age-of-fire/

Landsat Illustrates Five Decades of Change to Greenland Glaciers https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2908/landsat-illustrates-five-decades-of-change-to-greenland-glaciers/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Ireland among countries to bear brunt of flooding caused by climate change https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/ireland-among-countries-to-bear-brunt-of-flooding-caused-by-climate-change-1.4000229

Over the past seven decades, the number of extreme heat days in Europe has steadily increased https://earther.gizmodo.com/europe-is-warming-even-faster-than-climate-models-predi-1837669154?IR=T

Oceans turning from friend to foe, warns landmark UN climate report https://phys.org/news/2019-08-oceans-friend-foe-landmark-climate.html

The air conditioning trap: how cold air is heating the world https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/29/the-air-conditioning-trap-how-cold-air-is-heating-the-world?CMP=share_btn_tw

Flooding in UK over the past 50 years is worst in Europe as climate change ‘increases the amount of rainfall’ https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/uk-flooding-news-latest-worst-europe-climate-change/

Disaster risk reduction

Amazon fires explained: what are they, why are they so damaging, and how can we stop them? https://theconversation.com/amazon-fires-explained-what-are-they-why-are-they-so-damaging-and-how-can-we-stop-them-122340

Study makes the case for thoughtful, planned ‘managed retreat’ from areas prone to flooding and storms https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/08/making-a-case-for-managed-retreat-from-areas-prone-to-flooding-and-storms/

Dilapidated Harvey-damaged townhomes to get new life as Kingwood greenspace https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/kingwood/news/article/Dilapidated-Harvey-damaged-townhomes-to-get-new-14374848.php?

Almost one year after a historic storm surge caused by a powerful typhoon inundated Kansai International Airport, many parts of Japan remain vulnerable to a similar disaster  http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201908260066.html

More than half of FEMA’s flood maps rely on decades-old data. Now, a group of Texas researchers is tackling the problem with a $3 million grant and crowdsourced data https://www.texasobserver.org/floodplain-maps-are-outdated-this-scientist-wants-to-change-that/

Land Use Planning for Urban Flood Risk Management https://floodresilience.net/resources/item/land-use-planning-for-urban-flood-risk-management

Two years after Harvey, a more resilient Houston (opinion) https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Two-years-after-Harvey-a-more-resilient-Houston-14373548.php

100-Year Floods Could Soon Happen Annually in Parts of U.S., Study Finds https://e360.yale.edu/digest/100-year-floods-could-soon-happen-annually-in-parts-of-u-s-study-finds

Improving the understanding of flood risk in the Alsatian region by knowledge capitalization: the ORRION participative observatory https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/19/1653/2019/#&gid=1&pid=1

New Orleans’ women religious donate 25 acres for flood control project https://trentonmonitor.com/Content/Default/Church/Article/New-Orleans-women-religious-donate-25-acres-for-flood-control-project/-3/262/21377?

The Real Reason the Amazon Is On Fire https://time.com/5661162/why-the-amazon-is-on-fire/?xid=tcoshare#a73610a0-2580-43e7-ad2f-11b291ee04f3

Indonesia picks new site for capital city as Jakarta slowly sinks into sea https://globalnews.ca/news/5814220/indonesia-new-capital-city-jakarta/

First insights from the Flood Resilience Measurement Tool: A large-scale community flood resilience analysis https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420919303735

Despite Floods, Figures Show Sharp Decline In Rainfall In India Since The 1940s https://swarajyamag.com/economy/data-story-despite-floods-figures-show-sharp-decline-in-rainfall-in-india-since-the-1940s

The role of the state in China’s post-disaster reconstruction planning: Implications for resilience https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335434493_The_role_of_the_state_in_China’s_post-disaster_reconstruction_planning_Implications_for_resilience

Strengthening Disaster Resilience in Lao PDR https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/video/2019/08/14/strengthening-disaster-resilience-in-lao-pdr

Special Issue: Preparing for, Responding to, and Recovering from Hurricane Flooding Disasters https://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/15396924/homepage/special_issue__preparing_for__responding_to__and_recovering_from_hurricane_flood.htm

Changing climate both increases and decreases European river floods https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1495-6

US Governmental Spending for Disaster-Related Research, 2011-2016: Characterizing the State of Science Funding Across 5 Professional Disciplines https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31213215/

What to do with Houston’s perpetually flooded homes https://grist.org/article/buyouts-can-save-houston-hurricane-harvey-flood-soaked-homeowners/

Kiwis back earthquake early warning system idea https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/nz/news/breaking-news/kiwis-back-earthquake-early-warning-system-idea-176585.aspx

Mapping the Risk of Flooding in the Philippines http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2019/08/mapping-risk-of-flooding.html

To Battle Floods, Cities Revive Their Long-Forgotten Alleyways https://daily.jstor.org/to-battle-floods-cities-revive-their-long-forgotten-alleyways/

Emergency management

Two years after Harvey, has Houston lost its urgency on flood repairs, prevention? https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Two-years-after-Harvey-has-Houston-lost-its-14373573.php?

Why California is having its mildest fire season in 20 years https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/23/why-california-is-having-its-mildest-fire-season-in-20-years/

After the Meltdown: Post-Fukushima Environmentalism and a Nuclear Energy Industrial Complex in Japan https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-8327-4_8

1 058 killed, 1.8 million displaced since the start of the monsoon season, India https://watchers.news/2019/08/20/1058-killed-1-8-million-displaced-since-the-start-of-the-monsoon-season-india/

After Missouri River Flooding, Some Iowans Say They Won’t Move Back https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/after-missouri-river-flooding-some-iowans-say-they-wont-move-back#stream/0

Challenges to Coordination: Understanding Intergovernmental Friction During Disasters (pre print) https://works.bepress.com/daniel_aldrich/50/

Bushfire season: Australia warned to prepare early amid grim outlook https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/28/bushfire-season-australia-warned-to-prepare-early-amid-grim-outlook?CMP=share_btn_tw

Development and divergent post-disaster trajectories in a mountain village: Temporal dynamics of differentiation after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335455859_Development_and_divergent_post-disaster_trajectories_in_a_mountain_village_Temporal_dynamics_of_differentiation_after_the_2008_Wenchuan_earthquake

Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook: August 2019 http://www.bnhcrc.com.au/hazardnotes/63

Disaster education, communications and engagement

Less than 6% of families in Japan thoroughly prepare children for natural disasters, survey shows https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/08/23/national/japan-prepare-children-for-disaster/#.XWMFtRqP7IU

Community partnerships between agencies and citizens are critical for identifying and implementing place-based solutions to reducing wildfire vulnerability https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/2/1/9/htm

Why Smokey Bear Desperately Needs a Makeover https://www.outsideonline.com/2401107/smokey-bear-75-anniversary-whats-next

Fire and Smoke Tweet Chat: Learn about the ongoing FIREX-AQ campaign to study what’s in smoke from wildfires and agricultural burning https://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/fire-and-smoke-tweet-chat-learn-about-ongoing-firex-aq-campaign-study-whats

Home Flood Risk Assessment Training https://flemingcollege.ca/continuing-education/courses/home-flood-risk-assessment-training

Kempsey SES hold memorial service to honour the six people who lost their lives in the 1949 flood https://www.macleayargus.com.au/story/6351159/kempsey-ses-hold-memorial-service-to-honour-the-six-people-who-lost-their-lives-in-the-1949-flood/

Free Interactive Maps Plot Fires and Other Disasters in Real Time https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2019/08/21/292660.htm

Disaster education: It should be all about the learners https://disasterece.com/2019/08/27/disaster-education-it-should-be-all-about-the-learners/

Learn more about flooding events in Canada https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/water-overview/quantity/floods/events-canada.html

Disaster researchers can comment on evacuation, sea level rise, health issues, pet safety as Hurricane Dorian approaches https://www.newswise.com/articles/disaster-researchers-can-comment-on-evacuation-sea-level-rise-health-issues-pet-safety-as-hurricane-dorian-approaches/sc-c89

Psychology and Disasters

Weighted Blankets for PTSD https://www.weightedblanketguides.com/benefits-ptsd/

1 in 4 homeowners in at-risk areas made no preparations for hurricane season https://www.housingwire.com/articles/49922-in-4-homeowners-in-at-risk-areas-made-no-preparations-for-hurricane-season

‘Another hurricane?’ How climate disasters can give us compassion fatigue https://grist.org/article/hurricane-dorian-puerto-rico-trump-reaction-compassion-fatigue/

Faced with floods and suicides, U.S. readies for a warmer world http://news.trust.org/item/20190819223716-606fb/

Sociology and disasters

Traditional social capital and socioeconomic networks in response to flood disaster: A case study of rural areas in Sri Lanka https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420919307228

Though marginalised gender groups are more vulnerable to the risks of disasters their experiences are rarely included in research https://floodresilience.net/blogs/missing-voices-and-a-new-approach-to-community-research