Category: volcano

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Super Typhoon “Man-Yi” — fourth typhoon to strike Philippines in 10 days makes second landfall over Aurora https://watchers.news/2024/11/17/super-typhoon-man-yi-fourth-typhoon-to-strike-philippines-in-10-days-makes-second-landfall-over-aurora/

Tropical Storm “Sara” floods Honduras, makes landfall over Belize https://watchers.news/2024/11/17/tropical-storm-sara-floods-honduras-makes-landfall-over-belize/

Coastal storm causes sixth house collapse of the year in Rodanthe Village, North Carolina https://watchers.news/2024/11/17/coastal-storm-sixth-house-collapse-rodanthe-north-carolina/

Typhoon Man-yi death toll rises in Philippines as major clean-up gets underway https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-18/typhoon-man-yi-death-toll-rises-as-philippines-clean-up-begins/104616464

160 deaths recorded in three weeks as six typhoons batter the Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/11/18/160-deaths-recorded-in-three-weeks-as-six-typhoons-batter-the-philippines/

Bomb cyclone kills at least 2, leaves over 1.8 million without power in U.S. and Canada https://watchers.news/2024/11/20/bomb-cyclone-pacific-northwest-november-2024-aftermath/

Israel sets a new all-time rainfall record in just 4 hours https://watchers.news/2024/11/20/israel-sets-a-new-all-time-rainfall-record-in-just-4-hours/

Lava destroys Blue Lagoon parking lot in latest eruption on Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland https://watchers.news/2024/11/21/lava-destroys-blue-lagoon-parking-iceland-november-2024/

Landslide claims 4 lives in Central Java, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/11/21/landslide-claims-4-lives-in-central-java-indonesia/

Bomb cyclone kills at least 2, leaves over 1.8 million without power in U.S. and Canada https://watchers.news/2024/11/20/bomb-cyclone-pacific-northwest-november-2024-aftermath/

Grindavík evacuated as new volcanic eruption begins on Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland https://watchers.news/2024/11/21/svartsengi-iceland-volcano-eruption-november-2024/

Deadly landslide strikes Rize, leaving one dead and three injured, Turkey https://watchers.news/2024/11/21/deadly-landslide-strikes-rize-leaving-one-dead-and-three-injured-turkey/

Indonesia prepares for peak rainy season as natural disasters claim 381 lives in 2024 https://watchers.news/2024/11/21/indonesia-prepares-for-peak-rainy-season-as-natural-disasters-claim-381-lives-in-2024/

Volcanic activity worldwide 19 Nov 2024: Popocatépetl volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/258271/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-19-Nov-2024-Popocatepetl-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador-Lew.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Australia to invest $125m in Pacific island off-grid and community scale renewables https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-to-invest-125m-in-pacific-island-off-grid-and-community-scale-renewables/

Will Hydrogen Hubs Be a Clean Energy Boom or Boondoggle? https://e360.yale.edu/features/east-coast-hydrogen-hub

Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/athanasiou-interview-climate-justice/

The Amazon is teetering on the edge of a climate tipping point https://www.newscientist.com/article/2453873-the-amazon-is-teetering-on-the-edge-of-a-climate-tipping-point/

Melting glaciers leave homes teetering in valley of jagged mountains https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgly8y1j12o

Artificial intelligence reveals past climate extremes by reconstructing historical records https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53464-2

Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south https://theconversation.com/meltwater-from-greenland-and-the-arctic-is-weakening-ocean-circulation-speeding-up-warming-down-south-238302

World’s 1.5C climate target ‘deader than a doornail’, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/climate-crisis-world-temperature-target

Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/climate-crisis-to-blame-for-dozens-of-impossible-heatwaves-studies-reveal

South America is becoming warmer, drier, and more flammable https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01654-7

The cost of inaction: Quantifying the impact of climate change on health in low- and middle-income countries https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/cost-inaction-quantifying-impact-climate-change-health-low-and-middle-income-countries

Study Finds Humidity Diminishes Daytime Cooling Gains in Urban Green Spaces https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/study-finds-humidity-diminishes-daytime-cooling-gains-urban-green-spaces

Projected increase in the frequency of extremely active Atlantic hurricane seasons https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq7856

Ahead of G20 Summit in Brazil, Guterres urges bloc to take the lead on peace, climate and other challenges https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157096

To Cope with Extreme Heat, Paris Will Swap Parking Spaces for Trees https://e360.yale.edu/digest/paris-trees-parking-spaces

When Rome’s fountains run dry https://thebulletin.org/2024/11/when-romes-fountains-run-dry/

Paris agreement is working, Australian minister tells Cop29, but much deeper cuts needed by 2035 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/paris-agreement-is-working-australian-minister-tells-cop29-but-much-deeper-cuts-needed-by-2035

“Quiet revolution:” Wind and solar slash electricity emissions by 40 pct in just 10 years https://reneweconomy.com.au/quiet-revolution-wind-and-solar-slash-electricity-emissions-by-40-pct-in-just-10-years/

Geological Net Zero and the need for disaggregated accounting for carbon sinks https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08326-8

Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters – a look at how insurance companies set rates and coverage https://theconversation.com/americans-face-an-insurability-crisis-as-climate-change-worsens-disasters-a-look-at-how-insurance-companies-set-rates-and-coverage-241772

The evolving science of ‘extreme weather attribution’ https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-the-evolving-science-of-extreme-weather-attribution/

Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-studies/index.html

Challenging future projected for children in 2050 in world transformed by extreme climate crises, population shifts, and tech disparities https://www.unicef.org/eca/press-releases/challenging-future-projected-children-2050-world-transformed-extreme-climate-crises

Australian author Richard Flanagan wins $97,000 Baillie Gifford Prize but declines prize money https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-20/richard-flanagan-baillie-gifford-prize-for-non-fiction/104623462

What’s Causing the Recent Spike in Global Temperatures? https://e360.yale.edu/features/gavin-schmidt-interview

Water is an integral part of the global climate agenda https://wmo.int/media/news/water-integral-part-of-global-climate-agenda

Heat stress and the labour force https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00606-1

Amid Earth’s heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-pollution-carbon-dioxide-rising-worsening-df9814ea7e39dd214fd3042f299af914

‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing Arctic isle https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/21/canada-arctic-herschel-island-qikiqtaruk-climate-permafrost-tundra-ecology-aoe

It’s not normal for the East Coast to be on fire https://www.vox.com/climate/384323/drought-new-york-east-coast-wildfires-water

Disaster risk reduction

Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities: Climate Resilience Addendum https://mcr2030.undrr.org/climate-resilience-scorecard

Disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/key-concepts/disaster-risk-reduction-disaster-risk-management

A Study On Landslide Events In The Western Ghats: Assessing Causes, Impacts, And Strategies For Building Resilience https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385907260_A_Study_On_Landslide_Events_In_The_Western_Ghats_Assessing_Causes_Impacts_And_Strategies_For_Building_Resilience

Building a resilient future: How GRMI seeks to champion children’s charter for disaster risk reduction in Nigeria https://medium.com/@geohazardmaps/rising-above-the-flood-how-kogis-youth-and-childrens-charter-for-disaster-risk-reduction-are-a1b25ce9d1e6

Hydromet Services and Early Warning Systems https://www.gfdrr.org/en/hydromet-services-and-early-warning-systems

Perspective Chapter: Socio-Economic Impacts of Earthquakes – A Survey of the Planning Literature https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/1206491

Challenges and opportunities of ML and explainable AI in large-sample hydrology https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/7659/

Tracking global floodplain urban growth https://www.the-innovation.org/article/doi/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2024.100086

Emergency management

Implementing Early Warnings for All in Caribbean Nations: Technical Pathways and Development Opportunities https://blogs.iadb.org/sostenibilidad/en/implementing-early-warnings-for-all-in-caribbean-nations-technical-pathways-and-development-opportunities/

Florida’s Largest Insurer Not Paying Out Majority of Claims—Ratings Agency https://www.newsweek.com/largest-florida-insurer-rejects-most-claims-says-ratings-agency-1988783

The Staggering Success of Vaccines https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-how-many-lives-vaccines-have-saved-around-the-world/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Engaging older people with climate change – a largely forgotten but key demographic https://climateoutreach.org/engaging-older-people/

Knowledge, urgency and agency: reflections on climate change education course outcomes https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504622.2023.2296359

Disaster psychology

What Affects Citizens’ Perception of Public Infrastructure Decision-Making in a Disaster Setting? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15309576.2024.2426987

Anxiety and demand for living conditions in the aftermath of disaster https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924007568

Extreme weather events, food shopping behavior, and card spending https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jaa2.140

Sociology and disasters

A City of Two Tales [Part 1]: A Quantitative Analysis of Vulnerability, Connectedness, and Resilience in Cloverdale, CA https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924007131

Factors influencing women’s participation in disaster recovery after the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir, Pakistan https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2024.2422353#abstract

Experiences of Immigrants During Disasters in the US: A Systematic Literature Review https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10903-024-01649-8

Applied Social Network Analysis – Online Course https://statisticalhorizons.com/seminars/applied-social-network-analysis/ Eco-Esteem and Depopulation: Broadening the Perspective on the Demographic Challenge in the Rural World https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ruso.12575