Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Record rains and 3 dead as Cyclone Fengal makes landfall over Puducherry, India https://watchers.news/2024/12/01/record-rains-and-3-dead-as-cyclone-fengal-makes-landfall-over-puducherry-india/
Severe floods hit southern Thailand, affecting over 240 000 households https://watchers.news/2024/11/30/severe-floods-hit-southern-thailand-affecting-over-240-000-households/
Steady eruption near Grindavík, Iceland https://watchers.news/2024/11/28/steady-eruption-near-grindavik-iceland/
Severe thunderstorms hit Rio Grande do Sul, leaving over 3 million without power, Brazil https://watchers.news/2024/12/02/severe-thunderstorms-hit-rio-grande-do-sul-leaving-over-3-million-without-power-brazil/
Storm Bora hits Greece with powerful winds and heavy rain, leaving at least 3 people dead https://watchers.news/2024/12/02/storm-bora-greece-damage-fatalities-december-2024/
Strong eruption at Bledug Kesongo mud volcano, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/12/03/strong-eruption-at-bledug-kesongo-mud-volcano-indonesia/
Phreatomagmatic eruption at Taal volcano, ashfall reported in Agoncillo and Laurel, Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/12/03/phreatomagmatic-eruption-taal-volcano-ashfall-agoncillo-laurel-philippines/
M7.0 earthquake hits near Northern California coast, Tsunami Warning issued for California and Oregon https://watchers.news/2024/12/05/m7-earthquake-northern-california-tsunami-warning-california-oregon-december-2024/
Volcanic activity worldwide 2 Dec 2024: Popocatépetl volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador, Canlaon https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/259098/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-2-Dec-2024-Popocatepetl-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador-Canlaon-Lew.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
How climate change became a pretext for fascism https://www.salon.com/2024/11/30/how-climate-change-became-a-pretext-for-fascism/
2024 to be a record year for US solar with 32 GW of installations https://electrek.co/2024/11/29/2024-us-solar-with-record-32-gw-of-installations/
The carbon footprints of consumption of goods and services in Sweden at municipal and postcode level and policy interventions https://www.sei.org/publications/carbon-footprints-of-consumption-of-goods-and-services/
Misogyny, authoritarianism, and climate change https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/asap.12347
International Court of Justice to begin hearings in landmark climate change case started by Pacific Islander students https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-01/vanuatu-icj-climate-change-case-pacific-island-students/104657334
Collapse of Earth’s global water circulation system is already happening https://www.earth.com/news/collapse-of-main-atlantic-ocean-circulaton-current-amoc-is-already-happening/
Could Tenbury Wells be the first UK town centre abandoned over climate change? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/01/could-tenbury-wells-be-the-first-uk-town-centre-abandoned-due-to-climate-change
Striking photos highlight the stark reality of Arctic glacier melt https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435184-300-striking-photos-highlight-the-stark-reality-of-arctic-glacier-melt/
‘We are failing to protect the most vulnerable’ – pregnant women and babies at risk from climate change, researchers warn https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/we-are-failing-to-protect-the-most-vulnerable-pregnant-women-and-babies-at-risk-from-climate-change-researchers-warn/a1796508957.html
The slippery challenge of defining climate adaptation https://thebulletin.org/2024/11/the-slippery-challenge-of-defining-climate-adaptation/
Australia sweats through hottest spring on record as temperatures soar 2.5C above pre-industrial levels https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-02/australia-weather-hottest-spring-on-record-temperatures-soar/104673886
Rising sea levels could put Vancouver’s airport underwater https://vancouversun.com/news/rising-sea-levels-could-put-vancouvers-airport-underwater
Climate actions on the neighbourhood level—Individual, collective, cultural, and socio-structural factors https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000424
This summer will likely be wetter and warmer for most Australians, bureau forecast says https://theconversation.com/this-summer-will-likely-be-wetter-and-warmer-for-most-australians-bureau-forecast-says-244520
Climate damage: Australia faces $7 trillion hit to standard of living https://reneweconomy.com.au/climate-damage-australia-faces-7-trillion-hit-to-standard-of-living/
Linking glacier retreat with climate change on the Tibetan Plateau through satellite remote sensing https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/18/5595/2024/
Projections of multiple climate-related coastal hazards for the US Southeast Atlantic https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02180-2
Spain introduces paid climate leave after deadly floods https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/spain-paid-climate-leave-floods
Türkiye’s first Climate Portal launched to accelerate climate action https://www.undp.org/turkiye/press-releases/turkiyes-first-climate-portal-launched-accelerate-climate-action
Early Warnings for All: Empowering All to Climate Action https://wmo.int/media/magazine-article/early-warnings-all-empowering-all-climate-action
The weirdly hyperactive 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ends https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/12/the-weirdly-hyperactive-2024-atlantic-hurricane-season-ends/
Facing the new reality of urban wildfires https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-facing-the-new-reality-of-urban-wildfires/
Natural world heritage sites are at risk from climate change globally https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01933-3
Disaster risk reduction
Planetary boundaries: Confronting the global crisis of land degradation https://www.unccd.int/news-stories/press-releases/planetary-boundaries-confronting-global-crisis-land-degradation
An enhanced dynamic-network-based framework for quantifying and enhancing the resilience of disaster response networks to old communities under rainstorm waterlogging https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479724030846
Extreme weather has battered Australia’s eastern states this week. Here’s what’s causing it https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/extreme-weather-has-battered-australias-eastern-states-whats-causing-it/bxgkp7qvg
Predicting Flood Inundation after a Dike Breach Using a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Neural Network https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/11/9/152
Mantle flow in subduction systems and its effects on surface tectonics and magmatism https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00612-3
World Drought Atlas https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/world-drought-atlas
Vulnerability evolution of critical infrastructures: A multidimensional environment-integrated system dynamics analysis https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0951832024007907
Emergency Management
Exploring the Effects of Floods in Pakistan: Pre/Post Flood Analysis 2022 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924007945
Report into destructive 2023 Okanagan wildfires details how fire spread https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/grouse-complex-wildfires-report-1.7397912
Estimating displacement risk using data-driven approaches https://story.internal-displacement.org/estimating-displacement-risk-using-data-driven-approaches-flood-and-drought-displacement-risk-in-the-horn-of-africa/
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
Conspiracy! Why lack of capacity will make one believe just about anything about disasters… https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/conspiracy-why-lack-capacity-will-make-one-believe-just-about-anything-about
Dam Fine Ideas. An animated film about the impact on nature by man-made structures on British rivers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0y5kK2Vyzk
Using geoinformation for anticipatory action frameworks: a technical training workshop in Pakistan https://www.anticipation-hub.org/news/using-geoinformation-for-anticipatory-action-frameworks-a-technical-training-workshop-in-pakistan
Disaster psychology
Understanding protest intentions: The influence of belief systems post-earthquake tragedies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924007933
Determining the threshold of issuing flash flood warnings based on people’s response process simulation https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/5229/2024/
Sociology and disasters
Local Social Capital, Disaster Housing Damage, and Mental Health: Insights from Hurricane Harvey https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21568693241290307
The role of community leadership in building community adaptive capacity to coastal hazards – Insights from neighborhood networks in Semarang, Indonesia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901124002971
Handbook on Inequality and Social Capital https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-on-inequality-and-social-capital-9781802202366.html
Filipino PWDs struggle more in disaster recovery and preparedness https://hhi.harvard.edu/blog/filipino-pwds-struggle-more-disaster-recovery-and-preparedness
Disaster Resilience News 