Disaster Resilience News

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Widespread flooding continues across Nigeria as death toll rises to 238 https://watchers.news/2025/10/17/widespread-flooding-damage-nigeria-2025-death-toll-rises-238/

Tropical Storm Fengshen kills at least five, leaves two missing in the Philippines https://watchers.news/2025/10/19/tropical-storm-fengshen-kills-five-leaves-two-missing-philippines/

Hundreds evacuated, homes destroyed as Alaska communities reel from devastating flooding https://abcnews.go.com/US/hundreds-evacuated-homes-destroyed-alaska-communities-reel-devastating/story?id=126612663

Rare tornado hits Paris, France, killing one and causing major structural damage https://watchers.news/2025/10/21/rare-tornado-hits-paris-france-killing-one-causing-major-structural-damage/

Torrential rain and floods in Honduras leave 16 dead, over 34 000 affected https://watchers.news/2025/10/22/torrential-rain-and-floods-in-honduras-leave-16-dead-over-34-000-affected/

Volcanic activity worldwide 30 Sep 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Karymsky, Popocatépetl, Soputa https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/282215/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-30-Sep-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Karymsky-Popocatepetl-Soputa.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

‘Bigger, hotter, faster’: Extreme blazes drive rise in CO₂ fire emissions https://phys.org/news/2025-10-bigger-hotter-faster-extreme-blazes.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/environment

Southern Ocean’s low-salinity Antarctic waters continue absorbing CO₂ despite climate model predictions https://phys.org/news/2025-10-southern-ocean-salinity-antarctic-absorbing.html

Europe’s climate is changing fast – here’s how it’s affecting people and the economy https://theconversation.com/europes-climate-is-changing-fast-heres-how-its-affecting-people-and-the-economy-266399

Adapting roads, rails and bridges to extreme heat https://www.dw.com/en/transport-infrastructure-adaptation-to-a-hotter-world-solutions-for-hot-summer-days/a-72563060

October on track to beat hottest November on record for Sydney https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/october-on-track-to-beat-hottest-november-on-record-for-sydney/1890953

BOM’s first long-range summer forecast shows increased chance of extreme heat https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-19/bom-summer-weather-forecast-hot-and-dry-with-high-fire-risk/105899594

Warming Made L.A. Wildfires 25 Times Larger https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-la-wildfires

Wildfires across the Americas have been supercharged by climate change https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/wildfires-americas-supercharged-climate-change

Climate whiplash effects due to rapidly intensifying El Niño cycles https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/announce/news/climate-whiplash-intensifying-el-nino/

Weather and climate extremes in a changing Arctic https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00724-4

Atmospheric rivers emerge as future freshwater reserves and heat stocks https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02780-6

Birdsville breaks October records as severe heatwave blankets parts of Queensland https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-22/extreme-heatwave-blankets-parts-of-queensland/105917292

Climate change could make it dangerous for humans to go outside – we must act https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/2122594/climate-change-dangerous-humans

Greenhouse Gases In Earth’s Atmosphere Hit New Record https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2025/10/20/greenhouse-gases-in-earths-atmosphere-hit-new-record/

What goes up must come down: The ‘universal thermal performance curve’ that shackles evolution https://phys.org/news/2025-10-universal-thermal-shackles-evolution.html

Biggest Meat Producers Unleashing More Methane Than Biggest Oil Firms https://e360.yale.edu/digest/meat-oil-gas-methane

State of Climate Action 2025 https://systemschangelab.org/state-climate-action-2025

Global use of coal hit record high in 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/22/global-use-of-coal-hit-record-high-in-2024

Australian homes in flood zones are collectively worth about $42 billion less due to the risk of floods https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/42bn-dent-in-aussie-home-values-as-climate-fuels-worsening-floods/

First Nations and feds make progress on joint climate action https://environmentjournal.ca/first-nations-and-feds-make-progress-on-joint-climate-action/

3 ways nature-based solutions are tackling climate displacement in the Global South https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/10/nature-based-solution-climate-displacement-global-south/

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/21/mosquitoes-found-iceland-first-time-climate-crisis-warms-country

Ten actions to combat extreme heat https://www.undrr.org/news/ten-actions-combat-extreme-heat

Increasing heat is super-charging Arctic climate and weather extremes https://phys.org/news/2025-10-super-arctic-climate-weather-extremes.html

Disaster risk reduction

Comprehensive portfolio of adaptation measures to safeguard against evolving flood risks in a changing climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02779-z

Some scientists challenge logic of Victoria’s fuel reduction burns https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-20/scientists-challenge-fuel-load-burns-victoria/105666680

Taftan volcano reawakens after 710 000 years of sleep, revealing hidden hazards https://watchers.news/epicenter/taftan-volcano-reawakens-after-710-000-years-of-sleep-revealing-hidden-hazards/

Workshop “Innovating wildfire risk management and adaptive planning” https://fire-res.eu/event/workshop-innovating-wildfire-risk-management-and-adaptive-planning/

Cities Fight to Get Off FEMA’s Flood Maps. One Montana Town Shows the Risk https://www.wsj.com/us-news/climate-environment/cities-fight-to-get-off-femas-flood-maps-one-montana-town-shows-the-risk-47c126b9

Multi-hazard early warning systems for anticipatory action: how to make these a reality https://www.anticipation-hub.org/news/multi-hazard-early-warning-systems-for-anticipatory-action-how-to-make-these-a-reality

When the Earth Moves: 25 Years of Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazards https://eos.org/editors-vox/when-the-earth-moves-25-years-of-probabilistic-fault-displacement-hazards

Two years after Libya’s disastrous floods, dam neglect remains a global risk https://www.iwmi.org/news/two-years-after-libyas-disastrous-floods-dam-neglect-remains-a-global-risk/

The technology dividend: Empowering and protecting communities through early warnings https://www.undp.org/geneva/blog/technology-dividend-empowering-and-protecting-communities-through-early-warnings

Preventing Disasters Before They Happen: Lessons from Successful Disaster Risk Reduction in Southern Africa https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/20/9131

U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-services/billion-dollar-disasters

From risk to resilience and sustainability: addressing urban flash floods and waterlogging https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/risk-resilience-and-sustainability-addressing-urban-flash-floods-and-waterlogging

The Flood Resilient Garden https://www.floodre.co.uk/flood-resilient-garden/

Scaling Early Warnings for All, by all: Advisory Panel calls for accelerated action https://www.undrr.org/news/scaling-early-warnings-all-all-advisory-panel-calls-accelerated-action

WMO launches the Flood Forecasting and Warning Community of Practice https://wmo.int/media/update/wmo-launches-community-of-practice-flood-forecasting

Emergency Management

States say new FEMA rules, grant delays put disaster response at risk https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/state-emergency-officials-new-rules-delays-fema-grants-126657914

In the name of storm recovery, a new law trampled smart-growth rules https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/10/16/sb-180-florida-legislature-growth-management-hurricane-recovery-climate-impacts-vision-2050/

Fire authorities warn of ‘above average’ fire season as NSW starts to warm up https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-18/nsw-above-average-fire-season-bushfire-risk-weather/105900120

Months after the Jan. 7 fires, L.A.’s evacuation plans remain untested https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-07-25/l-a-fire-evacuation-plans-remain-untested

Extraordinary WMO Congress will accelerate drive for life-saving early warnings https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/extraordinary-wmo-congress-will-accelerate-drive-life-saving-early-warnings

Forecasting flash floods an hour in advance https://phys.org/news/2023-06-hour-advance.html

How Portland Prepares for Disaster https://www.portland.gov/pbem/news/2025/10/10/how-portland-prepares-disaster-2025

Disaster Recovery Is Big Business https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-disaster-industrial-complex-us-economy/

Meet MeteoSat-12: The Geostationary Satellite Giving Firefighters a Head Start https://ororatech.com/resources/news-blog/meet-meteosat-12-the-geostationary-satellite-giving-firefighters-a-head-start

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

Understanding disaster risk: Risk drivers https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/risk-drivers

Could Crowdsourcing Hold the Key to Early Wildfire Detection? https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/01/could-crowdsourcing-hold-the-key-to-early-wildfire-detection/

Why early warnings don’t always lead to early action: The missing link of public engagement https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/why-early-warnings-dont-always-lead-early-action-missing-link-public

Tsunami United: How Can Youth Invest in Tsunami Preparedness for a Safer Future? https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/tsunami-united-how-can-youth-invest-tsunami-preparedness-safer-future

Stop Disasters Game expands to 11 languages and new learning spaces https://www.preventionweb.net/news/stop-disasters-game-expands-11-languages-and-new-learning-spaces

Community Participation in Flood Mitigation Programs and Its Effect on Social Resilience in Semarang City https://gensain.com/index.php/mjdpp/article/view/246/179

Wildfire Walk education resources https://www.frames.gov/afsc/resources/wildfire-walk

Disaster psychology

Exploring the relationship between housing conditions and risk perception in a disaster context https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0310665

Sociology and disasters

Social Connectedness in Pandemic Times: A Case Study of Australia’s Italian-Background Community https://www.jstor.org/stable/jj.25968912.16

When the Floodwaters Rise: Putting Women at the Center of Climate Adaptation in Cameroon https://gca.org/when-the-floodwaters-rise-putting-women-at-the-center-of-climate-adaptation-in-cameroon/

Rapid community response and resilience to typhoon Doksuri in coastal Fujian: insights from large-scale human mobility data https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569843225005576

Social capital as a protective resource in times of social crisis—lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. A mixed-method study protocol https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1648074/full

Resilient Ready is proud to launch Australia’s first framework and mapping tool that puts people, connections, and the places that bring us together at the heart of disaster resilience https://sociabli.resilientready.org/

Extreme weather events hit the socially vulnerable hardest, research finds https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/10/23/extreme-weather-events-social-vulnerable-research/

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Severe flooding leaves 28 dead across central and southeastern Mexico https://watchers.news/2025/10/11/severe-flooding-leaves-28-dead-across-central-and-southeastern-mexico/

Strong M6.7 aftershock hits Mindanao, Philippines hours after deadly M7.4 https://watchers.news/2025/10/10/strong-m6-7-aftershock-hits-mindanao-philippines-hours-after-deadly-m7-4/

Remnants of Priscilla trigger flash floods in New Mexico, U.S. https://watchers.news/2025/10/12/remnants-of-priscilla-trigger-flash-floods-in-new-mexico-u-s/

Severe floods destroy nearly 10 000 homes, kill 22 in southern Chad https://watchers.news/2025/10/09/severe-floods-destroy-nearly-10-000-homes-kill-22-in-southern-chad/

Storm Alice brings record rainfall and flash floods to Catalonia, Valencia, and Murcia, Spain https://watchers.news/2025/10/13/storm-alice-record-rainfall-flash-floods-catalonia-valencia-murcia-spain/

Major flooding hits Pagosa Springs, Colorado https://watchers.news/2025/10/13/major-flooding-hits-pagosa-springs-colorado/

Over 120 dead and missing, 100 000 homes damaged as severe floods sweep through Mexico https://watchers.news/2025/10/14/over-120-dead-and-missing-100-000-homes-damaged-as-severe-floods-sweep-through-mexico/

Nor’easter leaves at least three dead as coastal flooding and high winds impact multiple states https://watchers.news/2025/10/14/noreaster-leaves-at-least-three-dead-as-coastal-flooding-and-high-winds-impact-multiple-states/

Landslide destroys hotel and shops along Jammu–Srinagar Highway https://watchers.news/2025/10/13/landslide-collapses-hotel-shops-along-jammu-srinagar-highway/

At least one dead and two missing after remnants of Typhoon Halong flood western Alaska https://watchers.news/2025/10/15/at-least-one-dead-and-two-missing-after-remnants-of-typhoon-halong-flood-western-alaska/

High-level eruption at Lewotobi volcano, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2025/10/14/high-level-eruption-at-lewotobi-volcano-indonesia/

Tornado-like storm injures 13 and damages dozens of buildings in Kuala Langat, Malaysia https://watchers.news/2025/10/16/tornado-like-storm-injures-13-damages-dozens-buildings-kuala-langat-malaysia/

Volcanic activity worldwide 30 Sep 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Karymsky, Popocatépetl, Soputa https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/282215/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-30-Sep-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Karymsky-Popocatepetl-Soputa.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Wind and solar smash grid market share records, even after heavy curtailment, coal at new low https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-solar-smash-grid-market-share-records-even-after-heavy-curtailment-coal-at-new-low/

IEA Report Claims Fossil Fuel Imports Have Declined In More Than 100 Countries https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/10/iea-report-claims-fossil-fuel-imports-have-declined-in-more-than-100-countries/

Antarctic sea ice winter peak in 2025 is third smallest on record https://www.carbonbrief.org/antarctic-sea-ice-winter-peak-in-2025-is-third-smallest-on-record/

World Reaches a Climate ‘Tipping Point,’ Imperiling Coral Reefs https://e360.yale.edu/digest/climate-tipping-point-coral-reefs

Modelling shows gas project emissions will cause hundreds of heat-related deaths https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-14/fossil-fuel-climate-impact-study-models-heatwave-deaths/105870098

The $3.3 trillion climate question: Can data centres take the heat? https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/10/data-centres-3-3-trillion-question-heat-cooling/

State of Global Water Resources 2024 https://wmo.int/publication-series/state-of-global-water-resources-2024

For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project https://theconversation.com/for-the-first-time-we-linked-a-new-fossil-fuel-project-to-hundreds-of-deaths-heres-the-impact-of-woodsides-scarborough-gas-project-266060

Most of the world has recently set all-time heat records https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/most-of-the-world-has-recently-set

Record renewable energy growth falls short of climate goals https://www.dw.com/en/record-renewable-energy-growth-falls-short-of-climate-goals/a-74357169

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/15/record-leap-in-co2-fuels-fears-of-accelerating-global-heating

UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/15/uk-prepare-buildings-2c-rise-temperature

Existing demand-side climate change mitigation policies neglect avoid options https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02800-5

Antarctica is starting to look a lot like Greenland—and that isn’t good https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/antarctica-is-starting-to-look-a-lot-like-greenland-and-that-isnt-good/

The climate crisis is fuelling extreme fires across the planet https://theconversation.com/the-climate-crisis-is-fuelling-extreme-fires-across-the-planet-267626

Disaster risk reduction

WMO and the Early Warnings for All Initiative https://wmo.int/activities/early-warnings-all/wmo-and-early-warnings-all-initiative

How climate information and early warning systems protect lives and economies https://climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-stories/how-climate-information-and-early-warning-systems-protect-lives-and-economies

How do faults evolve into plate boundaries? https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00729-z

Deep Learning Approach for Wildland Fire Recognition Using RGB and Thermal Infrared Aerial Image https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/7/10/343

The technology dividend: Empowering and protecting communities through early warnings https://www.undp.org/geneva/blog/technology-dividend-empowering-and-protecting-communities-through-early-warnings

Proposing a community-led digital early-warning system: integrating climate resilience with protection programming in South Asia https://odihpn.org/en/publication/proposing-a-community-led-digital-early-warning-system-integrating-climate-resilience-with-protection-programming-in-south-asia/

How disaster-ready are African countries? Study of 5 shows some progress, but also huge gaps https://www.preventionweb.net/news/how-disaster-ready-are-african-countries-study-5-shows-some-progress-also-huge-gaps

A Fireline Displacement Model to Predict Fire Spread https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/7/4/121

Transit-Oriented Development Urban Spatial Forms and Typhoon Resilience in Taipei: A Dynamic Analytic Network Process Evaluation https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/16/10/1178

Chaotic weather outlook raises prospects of summer bushfires across eastern states https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-11/chaotic-australia-weather-outlook-a-forecasting-nightmare/105878032

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/14/millions-more-homes-in-great-britain-at-risk-of-flooding-investigation-finds

Latest issue of the Journal of Disaster Studies https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/55699

Real-Time Fire Classification Models Based on Deep Learning for Building an Intelligent Multi-Sensor System https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/7/9/329

Six inspiring ways South Africa is reducing disaster risk https://www.preventionweb.net/news/six-inspiring-ways-south-africa-reducing-disaster-risk

New STEER framework to help governments upgrade National Risk Registers for a world of systemic risks https://www.preventionweb.net/news/new-steer-framework-help-governments-upgrade-national-risk-registers-world-systemic-risks

Deciphering human influence on annual maximum flood extent at the global level https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/deciphering-human-influence-annual-maximum-flood-extent-global-level

New York Is Going to Flood. Here’s What the City Can Do to Survive https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/15/nyregion/new-york-climate-flooding-solutions.html

Guiding Disaster Risk Reduction Investments Through AI-Powered Tools https://earth.org/guiding-disaster-risk-reduction-investments-through-ai-powered-tools/

Integrating Physical-Based Models and Structure-from-Motion Photogrammetry to Retrieve Fire Severity by Ecosystem Strata from Very High Resolution UAV Imagery https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/7/9/304

Earth’s Crust Is Breaking Apart off the Pacific Northwest https://scitechdaily.com/earths-crust-is-breaking-apart-off-the-pacific-northwest/

Flood resilience in England https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmselect/cmenvaud/550/report.html

A record £10.5 billion investment in flood defences will defend nearly 900,000 properties in England, with new rules to get defences built more quickly https://www.gov.uk/government/news/deprived-communities-to-get-new-flood-defences-faster

Severe and Short Interval Fires Rearrange Dry Forest Fuel Arrays in South-Eastern Australia https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/7/4/130

The Spatial Distribution and Temporal Drivers of Changing Global Fire Regimes: A Coupled Socio-Ecological Modeling Approach https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF004770

Emergency Management

Eugowra flood inquest told official information was not accurate https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-13/eugowra-flood-inquest-hears-official-information-was-inaccurate/105876674

Investigation of Flood Behaviour at Eugowra November 2022 Flood Event Report https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/investigation-of-flood-behaviour-at-eugowra-november-2022-flood-event-report

Why heat warnings need to get more local https://dialogue.earth/en/climate/why-heat-warnings-need-to-get-more-local/

Storms Are Changing — Should the Hurricane Scale Change Too? https://news.gatech.edu/news/2025/10/09/storms-are-changing-should-hurricane-scale-change-too

Baby and father rescued after getting stranded by flash floods in Eloy, Arizona https://watchers.news/2025/10/15/baby-and-father-rescued-after-getting-stranded-by-flash-floods-in-eloy-arizona/

Victorian volunteer firefighter numbers grow despite levy angst https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/volunteer-firefighters-increase-despite-esvf-levy-angst/105877566

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025: Fund Resilience, Not Disasters https://iddrr.undrr.org/

Am I at risk of flooding? https://thefloodhub.co.uk/am-i-at-risk/

Flood Action Week and the Floodmobile https://www.floodre.co.uk/social/

Property Flood Resilience (PFR) Directory https://floodmary.com/attention-introducing-the-new-property-flood-resilience-pfr-directory/

Stop Disasters Game expands to 11 languages and new learning spaces https://www.preventionweb.net/news/stop-disasters-game-expands-11-languages-and-new-learning-spaces

Enhancing community participation in disaster risk reduction: insights from Iwate Prefecture Post Great East Japan Earthquake https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44367-025-00021-3

Disaster psychology

Mental Health Vulnerability Index (MHVI): preparing communities, societies and authorities for the impacts of climate change on mental health https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/mental-health-vulnerability-index-mhvi-preparing-communities

Mental Health and Traumatic Occupational Exposure in Wildland Fire Dispatchers https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/7/5/157

Community devastated by floods healing through stage performance https://www.itv.com/watch/news/community-devastated-by-floods-healing-through-stage-performance/4krk7pf

The importance of mental health to respond to and recover from disasters https://www.connectingbusiness.org/news-events/news/mental-health-disaster-management

Sociology and disasters

Adaptive mobility responses during Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae0e39

Dialogues of digital commons and equitable resilience https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/sp/2024-n2024-sp010139/1118937ar/

Autoethnography as the Fourth Axis: Reflections on the Comparative Case Study Approach in Times of Crisis https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aeq.70028

Women’s leadership at the heart of disaster risk reduction https://www.undp.org/blog/womens-leadership-heart-disaster-risk-reduction

Post-disaster regional institutional quality and geographical mobility https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396449048_Post-disaster_regional_institutional_quality_and_geographical_mobility

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

More than 60 dead as intense rainfall hits Nepal and northern India https://watchers.news/2025/10/05/more-than-60-dead-intense-rainfall-nepal-india/

Kronotsky volcano awakens after a century, sending ash up to 9 km (30 000 feet) a.s.l., Russia https://watchers.news/2025/10/04/kronotsky-volcano-awakens-after-a-century-sending-ash-up-to-9-km-30-000-feet-a-s-l-russia/

Campers evacuated, residents on alert as Moreton Island bushfire intensifies https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-04/moreton-island-campers-evacuated-bushfire-intensifies/105852368

Firefighters tackle Brisbane bushfire, dozens of other incidents after hot weather https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-03/brisbane-bushfire-warning-issued-after-unusually-hot-weather/105847132

Flash flood leaves 1 dead, 4 injured after heavy rain in Maasim, Philippines https://watchers.news/2025/10/07/flash-flood-leaves-1-dead-4-injured-after-heavy-rain-in-maasim-philippines/

Dozens of homes damaged after tornado strikes Bojongsoang, West Java https://watchers.news/2025/10/06/dozens-homes-damaged-tornado-bojongsoang-west-java/

Kimberley bushfire season sees flames burn area double the size of Sydney https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-07/kimberley-bushfires-millions-burnt-hectares/105835854

Storm Amy leaves 3 dead in Ireland and France, thousands without power https://watchers.news/2025/10/06/storm-amy-leaves-3-dead-in-ireland-and-france-thousands-without-power/

Landslide kills at least 15 as heavy rain triggers slope collapse in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh https://watchers.news/2025/10/07/landslide-kills-15-bilaspur-himachal-pradesh/

Typhoon Matmo unleashes extreme rainfall and record river crests in northern Vietnam https://watchers.news/2025/10/08/typhoon-matmo-unleashes-extreme-rainfall-record-river-crests-in-northern-vietnam/

Tornado hits Westmoorings and Victoria Gardens, Trinidad, damaging several homes https://watchers.news/2025/10/07/tornado-westmoorings-victoria-gardens-trinidad-damaging-several-homes/

Volcanic activity worldwide 30 Sep 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Karymsky, Popocatépetl https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/282215/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-30-Sep-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Karymsky-Popocatepetl-Soputa.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Antarctic Sea ice emerges as key predictor of accelerated ocean warming https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1100141

Worrying map of Australia highlights startling warning of change ahead: ‘Worse to come’ https://au.news.yahoo.com/worrying-map-of-australia-highlights-startling-warning-of-change-ahead-worse-to-come-063617429.html

Urban Climate Integration Framework (UCIF): A Multi-Scale, Phased Model https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/10/1990

Intense rain, landslides and potholes everywhere: how climate change is trashing Australia’s roads https://theconversation.com/intense-rain-landslides-and-potholes-everywhere-how-climate-change-is-trashing-australias-roads-264328

This Data Scientist Sees Progress in the Climate Change Fight https://e360.yale.edu/features/hannah-ritchie-interview

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/06/carbon-offsets-fail-cut-global-heating-intractable-systemic-problems-study

Solar power offers a ray of hope in Middle East’s least electrified country https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/solar-power-offers-ray-hope-middle-easts-least-electrified-country-2025-09-30/

Climate change uplifted the intensity of a typhoon of the type like “Ragasa” https://www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/research/climate-science/modelling-tropical-cyclones/typhoon-ragasa/

Millions of buildings at risk from sea level rise, McGill-led study finds https://www.mcgill.ca/nursing/channels/news/millions-buildings-risk-sea-level-rise-mcgill-led-study-finds-368163

‘Unprecedented but not unexpected’: Study unpacks record 2023 ocean heat wave https://phys.org/news/2025-10-unprecedented-unexpected-ocean.html

Marine heatwaves to become more frequent off UK and Irish coasts, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/07/marine-heatwaves-more-frequent-uk-irish-coasts-experts-say

IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5°C https://www.eco-business.com/news/iea-reiterates-no-new-oil-and-gas-needed-if-global-warming-is-limited-to-15c-2/

For the First Time, Renewables Supplying More Power Globally Than Coal https://e360.yale.edu/digest/iea-renewable-energy-2025

Climate Change and Our Future: Why Every Action Counts https://vocal.media/earth/climate-change-and-our-future-why-every-action-counts

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02629-y

How climate information and early warning systems protect lives and economies https://climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-stories/how-climate-information-and-early-warning-systems-protect-lives-and-economies

European landscape resilient to climate extremes strengthened thanks to enhanced sponge functioning https://www.deltares.nl/en/news/european-landscape-resilient-climate-extremes-enhanced-sponge-functioning

New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/08/new-zealand-oceans-warming-34-per-cent-faster-than-global-average

Disaster risk reduction

At $4.5bn each year, extreme weather is costing Australia three times as much compared with 1990s, insurers say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/07/at-45bn-each-year-extreme-weather-is-costing-australia-three-times-as-much-compared-with-1990s-insurers-say

Home insurance crisis: soaring premiums and inadequate payouts for damage claims https://komonews.com/news/consumer/consumer-checkbook-california-wildfires-home-insurance-crisis-soaring-premiums-and-inadequate-payouts-for-damage-claims

Hybrid vegetation-seawall coastal systems for wave hazard reduction: analytics for cost-effective design from optimized features https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/hybrid-vegetation-seawall-coastal-systems-wave-hazard-reduction-analytics-cost

Wildfires more lethal, economically damaging than ever, researchers find https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-07/wildfires-more-lethal-economically-damaging-report-finds/105853650

A Holistic Geospatial Framework for Assessing Disaster Resilience in Coastal Bangladesh https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666592125000939

World Risk Report 2025 – Focus: Floods https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/world-risk-report-2025-focus-floods

Extreme weather now costs Australians $4.5b a year. Better insurance options and loans would help us adapt https://theconversation.com/extreme-weather-now-costs-australians-4-5b-a-year-better-insurance-options-and-loans-would-help-us-adapt-266886

What really works when it comes to warning communities about disasters, and what doesn’t? https://www.bnhcrc.com.au/news-and-events/news-and-views/what-really-works-when-it-comes-warning-communities-about-disasters

From storm to strength: Odisha’s “zero casualty” model for community-centered disaster resilience https://www.unescap.org/blog/storm-strength-odishas-zero-casualty-model-community-centered-disaster-resilience

Nature-based solutions (NbS) for disaster risk reduction https://www.preventionweb.net/collections/nature-based-solutions-nbs-disaster-risk-reduction

Tracking flood frequency key to protecting B.C. communities https://www.preventionweb.net/news/tracking-flood-frequency-key-protecting-bc-communities

Emergency Management

LA County poised to restructure ‘underresourced’ Office of Emergency Management after report shows ‘weaknesses’ https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2025/09/26/la-county-poised-to-restructure-underresourced-office-of-emergency-management-after-report-shows-weaknesses/

Preparing for the Wet Season: Real-Time Flood Intelligence for Australian Councils https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/2aa88831-06f1-40cc-92a2-0664e54dcab1@7e56d5e6-2f86-4745-bde4-79eefc28c27f

Massive Chinese Amphibious Firefighting Aircraft to Enter Production https://learningcenter.flexjet.com/modern-aviation-news/massive-chinese-amphibious-firefighting-aircraft-to-enter-production/

Disabled Power: A Storm, A Grid, and Embodied Harm in the Age of Disaster https://nyupress.org/9781479828142/disabled-power/

RFS firefighter seriously injured by falling tree at Coutts Crossing https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-09/firefighter-injured-by-falling-tree-at-coutts-crossing/105869728

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025: Fund Resilience, Not Disasters https://iddrr.undrr.org/

New Toolkit Guides Communities in Building Resilience to Wildfires https://www.nlc.org/article/2025/10/06/new-toolkit-guides-communities-in-building-resilience-to-wildfires/

An absurdist theater artist prepares New Yorkers for climate disasters https://grist.org/culture/an-absurdist-theatre-artist-prepares-new-yorkers-for-climate-disasters/

How can communication support community resilience? 10 impact lessons over 10 years of programming in Asia https://hhi.harvard.edu/news/2025/09/hhirc-impact-part2

Disaster psychology

How extreme temperatures strain minds and bodies: a Karachi case study https://theconversation.com/how-extreme-temperatures-strain-minds-and-bodies-a-karachi-case-study-262983

Sociology and disasters

Did Social Capital Protect Mental Health from Social Mixing Restrictions and Spatial Immobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Longitudinal Analysis of Individual- and Contextual-Level Local Social Capital https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00221465251368341

Farmers and ranchers weave the social fabric shaping wildfire resilience https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sustainable-food-systems/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1564080/full

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Child found deceased after floodwaters sweep away vehicle in Barstow, California https://watchers.news/2025/09/20/child-found-deceased-floodwaters-sweep-away-vehicle-barstow-california/

Schools closed and travel disrupted as Typhoon Mitag makes landfall in Guangdong, China https://watchers.news/2025/09/19/schools-closed-travel-disrupted-typhoon-mitag-landfall-guangdong-china/

Tornado damages or destroys 150 homes in Linares, Chile https://watchers.news/2025/09/21/150-homes-damaged-destroyed-tornado-linares-chile/

Super Typhoon Ragasa moving toward Philippines, China and Vietnam https://watchers.news/2025/09/21/super-typhoon-ragasa-forecast-philippines-china-vietnam-september-2025/

Most powerful storm on earth this year lashes Philippines. Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China on alert https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/22/asia/super-typhoon-ragasa-philippines-hong-kong-intl-hnk

Eye of Super Typhoon Ragasa moves over Calayan Island, Cagayan, Philippines https://watchers.news/2025/09/22/eye-of-super-typhoon-ragasa-moves-over-calayan-island-cagayan-philippines/

Extreme rainfall floods Kolkata, leaving at least 12 people dead https://watchers.news/2025/09/24/extreme-rainfall-floods-kolkata-12-people-dead/

Matai’an Creek Barrier Lake overflow triggers destructive flooding in Hualien County, Taiwan https://watchers.news/2025/09/23/mataian-creek-barrier-lake-overflow-flooding-hualien-taiwan-september-23-2025/

Typhoon Ragasa makes landfall in Yangjiang City, Guangdong, after leaving 17 dead in Taiwan https://watchers.news/2025/09/24/typhoon-ragasa-makes-landfall-yangjiang-city-guangdong-after-leaving-17-dead-in-taiwan/

Volcanic activity worldwide 25 Sep 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Klyuchevskoy, Popocatépetl https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/281751/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-25-Sep-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Klyuchevskoy-Popocatepetl-So.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Exploring the associations of weather and climate with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review https://bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/2/e001805

Australia’s main grid hits record renewable share of 78.6 pct, one state reaches 155 pct wind and solar https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-main-grid-hits-new-renewable-record-share-of-77-9-per-cent-driven-by-rooftop-pv/

Bushfire deaths increase if climate change not reduced https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/am/bushfire-deaths-increase-if-climate-change-not-reduced/105792382

Europe’s climate refugees: The Greek communities wiped off the map https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-climate-refugees-the-greek-villages-wiped-off-the-map/

Indicators of climate change and environmental degradation https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/foresight/topic/climate-change-environmental-degradation/indicators-climate-change-environmental-degradation_en

Why COP30 must confront the widening climate reality gap https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/09/cop30-must-confront-climate-reality-gap/

Climate Summit 2025 https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/climate-summit-2025

Climate change is fast shrinking the world’s largest inland sea https://phys.org/news/2025-09-climate-fast-world-largest-inland.html

Solar Energy in the North May Work Better Than Previously Thought https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/solar-energy-north-may-work-better-previously-thought

Climate change linked to landslide that buried Swiss village https://phys.org/news/2025-09-climate-linked-landslide-swiss-village.html

Droughts Sync Up as the Climate Changes https://eos.org/research-spotlights/droughts-sync-up-as-the-climate-changes

Half of the annual precipitation falls in fewer and fewer days https://www.climatechangepost.com/news/half-of-the-annual-precipitation-falls-in-fewer-and-fewer-days/

More than 50,000 heat-related deaths in Europe’s recent summers https://www.climatechangepost.com/news/more-than-50000-heat-related-deaths-in-europes-recent-summers/

Extreme weather and climate change impacts hit Africa hard https://www.preventionweb.net/news/extreme-weather-and-climate-change-impacts-hit-africa-hard

Canada, major fossil-fuel producers widen gap between output and climate targets: report https://www.castanet.net/news/Canada/573729/Canada-major-fossil-fuel-producers-widen-gap-between-output-and-climate-targets-report

Climate change tripled heat-related deaths in early summer European heatwave https://www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/publications/all-publications/climate-change-tripled-heat-related-deaths-in-early-summer-european-heatwave.php

Dangerous climate change threatens Northern Australia’s big ‘food bowl’ dreams https://theconversation.com/dangerous-climate-change-threatens-northern-australias-big-food-bowl-dreams-265727

Running dry: New study warns of extreme water scarcity in the coming decades https://phys.org/news/2025-09-dry-extreme-scarcity-decades.html

New Research Answers Lingering Questions About Siberia’s Exploding Tundra https://gizmodo.com/new-research-answers-lingering-questions-about-siberias-exploding-tundra-2000659562

From drought to deluge: WMO report highlights increasingly erratic water cycle https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/from-drought-deluge-wmo-report-highlights-increasingly-erratic-water-cycle

Is flooding under climate change more predictable than we thought? https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1099151

Rivers in the Sky, Arctic Warming, and What this Means for the Greenland Ice Sheet https://today.uconn.edu/2025/09/rivers-in-the-sky-arctic-warming-and-what-this-means-for-the-greenland-ice-sheet/

Heatwaves in US rivers increasing up to four times faster than air heatwaves https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/heatwaves-us-rivers-increasing-four-times-faster-air-heatwaves

Unlivable: Confronting extreme urban heat in Latin America and the Caribbean https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/unlivable-confronting-extreme-urban-heat-latin-america-and

How Vanuatu is facing up to rising climate risks https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/23/how-vanuatu-is-facing-up-to-rising-climate-risks/

Who moves under climate stress https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00732-4

By 2100, unchecked climate change could slash global GDP per capita by up to 24% https://phys.org/news/2025-09-unchecked-climate-slash-global-gdp.html

Australia’s horrifying climate future in four charts – and how we can avoid the worst https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/sep/25/australias-horrifying-climate-future-in-four-charts-and-how-we-can-avoid-the-worst

Simpler models can outperform deep learning at climate prediction https://phys.org/news/2025-08-simpler-outperform-deep-climate.html

Pathways for prevention of cascading tipping points https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02662-x

What Powered the World in 2024? https://www.visualcapitalist.com/what-powered-the-world-in-2024/

Heat Stress Is a Major Driver of India’s Kidney Disease Epidemic https://e360.yale.edu/features/india-kidney-disease-climate-outdoor-workers

How cities are beating the heat https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/25/world/europe/cities-heat-solutions-climate-crisis.html

Asynchronous abrupt warming across Eurasia since the 1980s https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-025-01209-3

Disaster risk reduction

A new approach has been piloted in Timor-Leste: Anticipatory Mapping with the Red Cross Climate Centre https://www.hotosm.org/projects/anticipatory-mapping-for-climate-resilience-in-timor-leste/

The next generation of wildfire risk models must account for the built environment https://headwaterseconomics.org/natural-hazards/wildfire/wildfire-risk-models-built-environment/

What will it take to protect cities from the rising threat of floods? https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/europeandcentralasia/what-will-it-take-to-protect-cities-from-the-rising-threat-of-fl

Quakes can reshape rivers and raise flood risks https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/news-and-events/news/2025/quakes-can-reshape-rivers-and-raise-flood-risks

From cloudbursts to cascades: How to prevent the Himalayas from breaking https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/cloudbursts-cascades-how-prevent-himalayas-breaking

Nature-Based flood adaptation in Kigali’s Mpazi sub-catchment https://www.nature-basedsolutions.com/page/1306/nature-based-flood-adaptation-in-kigali%E2%80%99s-mpazi-sub-catchment

Volcanic Eruptions in One Hemisphere Linked to Floods in the Opposite One https://eos.org/articles/volcanic-eruptions-in-one-hemisphere-linked-to-floods-in-the-opposite-one

Three Actions to Build Resilient Schools and Hospitals in the Caribbean https://blogs.iadb.org/sostenibilidad/en/three-actions-to-build-resilient-schools-and-hospitals-in-the-caribbean/

The impact of Atlantic hurricanes on business activity https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/impact-atlantic-hurricanes-business-activity

September 2025 PPG Update: Flood Risk Sequential Test https://www.unda.co.uk/news/september-2025-ppg-update-flood-risk-sequential-test/

New AI flood model gives water managers up-to-the-minute decision-making tool https://news.fiu.edu/2025/new-ai-flood-model-gives-water-managers-up-to-the-minute-decision-making-tool

Masked graph neural network for rapid ground motion prediction in Italy https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/1655

Whose tide is highest? Canadian towns battle it out over Guinness World Record title https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/22/canada-towns-slug-it-out-over-whose-tide-is-highest-burntcoat-head-park-bay-of-fundy-nunavik-tasiujaq-leaf-basin-ungava

World Risk Report 2025 – Focus: Floods https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/world-risk-report-2025-focus-floods

Global consultation on the draft Global Disaster-Related Statistics Framework (G-DRSF) https://www.preventionweb.net/news/global-consultation-draft-global-disaster-related-statistics-framework

Computing Resilience Measures in Dynamical Systems https://arxiv.org/html/2509.19609v1

Emergency Management

Storm preparedness and resiliency work is absolutely essential https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/09/19/atlantic-hurricane-season-florida-power-and-light-utilities-electric-grid-storm-protection-plans/

Bushfire survivors still camping years later amid construction backlog https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-23/mallacoota-builders-struggle-five-years-after-black-summer-fires/105562838

The strategic value of civil protection exercises https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/strategic-value-civil-protection-exercises

Pakistan floods batter fields, factories and fiscal plans https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/pakistan-floods-batter-fields-factories-fiscal-plans-2025-09-23/

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

Rethinking Risk Education Through Object-Based Learning and the Arts https://societyriskanalysis.libsyn.com/rethinking-risk-education-through-object-based-learning-and-the-arts

President Lai stresses public disaster preparedness in annual drills https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202509190015

How artificial intelligence is enabling a “culture of preparedness” in Peru https://www.connectingbusiness.org/news-events/news/artificial-intelligence-disaster-preparedness-peru-story

NSW RFS provides tips on preparing your home for bushfires https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-20/rfs-tips-on-preparing-your-home-for-bushfires/105787496

International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 https://iddrr.undrr.org/

Stop Disasters: simulation support game materials https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/educational-materials/stop-disasters-simulation-support-game-materials

Stop disasters: Using the UNDRR game as a learning tool for disaster risk reduction and resilience https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/educational-materials/stop-disasters-using-undrr-game-learning-tool-disaster-risk

Disaster psychology

Decoding the Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/decoding-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-mental-health

People with schizophrenia were hit hard by B.C.’s deadly 2021 heat dome https://theconversation.com/people-with-schizophrenia-were-hit-hard-by-b-c-s-deadly-2021-heat-dome-265173

Sociology and disasters

Rebuilding communities following the Great East Japan earthquake through mutual help: Restoration of ties in the radiation-contaminated areas https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15575330.2025.2561574

When the heat rises, progress on women’s economic empowerment cools https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/developmenttalk/when-the-heat-rises–progress-on-women-s-economic-empowerment-co

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Severe flooding in Punjab kills 24, inundates 1 000 villages and damages 60 000 ha of farmland https://watchers.news/2025/08/30/punjab-floods-kill-24-inundate-1000-villages-damage-60000-ha-farmland/

Explosive eruption at Santa Maria volcano, Guatemala https://watchers.news/2025/08/29/explosive-eruption-santa-maria-volcano-guatemala-august-29-2025/

Expert fears for local wildlife in moorland blaze https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gqj5e4xezo

Earthquake destroys villages in eastern Afghanistan and kills 800 people, with 2500 injured https://www.9news.com.au/world/afghanistan-earthquake-asia-world/9386304a-4fdc-4b79-b263-294627a87fe7

Over 1 000 killed after devastating landslide wipes out Tarasin village, Darfur, Sudan https://watchers.news/2025/09/02/1000-killed-landslide-wipes-out-tarasin-village-darfur-sudan/

Flash floods kill 2 in San Antonio, Texas https://watchers.news/2025/09/02/flash-floods-kill-2-san-antonio-texas/

Campers evacuated as Ellenbrae Station escapes brunt of WA bushfires https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-02/bushfires-cause-evacuations-wa-kimberley-region/105720696

Volcanic activity worldwide 2 Sep 2025: Fuego volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador, Kilauea https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/279692/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-2-Sep-2025-Fuego-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador-Kilauea.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Diverging trends in large floods across Europe in a warming climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02734-y

Climate change increases supercell storms in Europe https://www.generation-nt.com/actualites/changement-climatique-orage-supercellulaire-europe-eth-zurich-2061725

Is climate change causing us to get cooler? https://www.tagesschau.de/klimawandel-kollabiert-der-golfstrom-100.html

Nepal and China agree to cooperate on glacial lake flooding, as warming hikes threat https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/27/nepal-and-china-agree-to-cooperate-on-glacial-lake-flooding-as-warming-hikes-threat/

The climate case for planting trees has been overhyped — but it’s not too late to fix it https://theconversation.com/the-climate-case-for-planting-trees-has-been-overhyped-but-its-not-too-late-to-fix-it-259998

WHO, WMO issue new report and guidance to protect workers from increasing heat stress https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/who-wmo-issue-new-report-and-guidance-protect-workers-from-increasing-heat-stress

Collecting more than trash: Researchers equip local garbage trucks to gather data on urban heat island effect https://news.nd.edu/news/collecting-more-than-trash-researchers-equip-local-garbage-trucks-to-gather-data-on-urban-heat-island-effect/

Climate change is driving a silent, sinister change in Australia’s mountain ash forests https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-driving-a-silent-sinister-change-in-australias-mountain-ash-forests-255737

Summer 2025 was hottest on record in UK, says Met Office https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/01/uk-experienced-its-hottest-summer-on-record-in-2025-met-office-says

Scientists issue warning after witnessing ‘very shocking’ phenomenon in Arctic: ‘It was not just a marginal record’ https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/sea-ice-loss-svalbard-arctic-ice-melt-slump/

Using a systems thinking approach to assess the complex interplay between sustainable development goals, climate change, and humanitarian operations https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-025-01727-2

Biggest generator in New Zealand hits go on first phase of 400 megawatt solar project https://reneweconomy.com.au/biggest-generator-in-new-zealand-hits-go-on-first-phase-of-400-megawatt-solar-project/

Climate change kills, Spanish PM tells deniers at launch of plan to tackle crisis https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/01/spain-pm-pedro-sanchez-plan-tackle-climate-crisis

El Niño/La Niña Update (August 2025) https://wmo.int/publication-series/el-ninola-nina-update-august-2025

The ocean carbon sink is ailing: 10% drop in CO₂ absorption seen during record 2023 marine heat wave https://phys.org/news/2025-09-ocean-carbon-ailing-absorption-marine.html

Nature can keep up with climate change – but not at this speed https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/nature-can-keep-up-with-climate-change-but-not-at-this-speed/

Understanding the up-scaling mechanisms of urban energy transitions: An application of a capital-based framework to a comparative case study of two solar communities in Hong Kong https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629625002452

Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/02/politicians-underestimate-support-climate-action-limiting-policies-study

Climate change intensified Hurricane Katrina; could have been a stronger storm in today’s climate https://www.climatecentral.org/report/hurricane-katrina-20-year-anniversary

Warming temperatures affect glaciers’ ability to store meltwater, contributing to rising sea levels https://theconversation.com/warming-temperatures-affect-glaciers-ability-to-store-meltwater-contributing-to-rising-sea-levels-240628

The ‘frying pan of Spain’ shows how cities can deal with extreme heat https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/seville-spain-climate-change-extreme-heat-1.7602428

Disaster risk reduction

How Lidar Technology Helps Measure Disaster Costs https://www.govtech.com/products/how-lidar-technology-helps-measure-disaster-costs

WMO issues guidelines on verification of hydrological forecasts https://wmo.int/media/news/wmo-issues-guidelines-verification-of-hydrological-forecasts

‘Now is the time’: Hurricane category 6 could be introduced under new storm severity scale https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/hurricanes/now-is-the-time-hurricane-category-6-could-be-introduced-under-new-storm-severity-scale

A country on fire with the same problems: SAI recommendations from six years ago have largely not been implemented https://en.vijesti.me/vijesti/drustvo/772760/drzava-u-plamenu-uz-iste-boljke-preporuke-dri-od-prije-sest-godina-uglavnom-nijesu-realizovane

Twenty years since Katrina: A legacy of risk and resilience https://www.moodys.com/web/en/us/insights/insurance/twenty-years-since-katrina–a-legacy-of-risk-and-resilience.html

Mapping the heart of volcanoes when they wake up https://www.unige.ch/medias/en/2025/cartographier-le-coeur-des-volcans-en-eveil

Co-production, A Key to Sustainable Early Warning Systems https://wmo.int/media/magazine-article/co-production-key-sustainable-early-warning-systems

On average, 18 percent of the total population is affected after each disaster in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), compared to 6 percent in non-SIDS countries https://www.undrr.org/implementing-sendai-framework/sendai-framework-action/small-island-developing-states

Status of science and technology in disaster risk reduction in Asia-Pacific 2022 https://www.undrr.org/publication/status-science-and-technology-disaster-risk-reduction-asia-pacific-2022

A professor of forestry engineering proposes two measures to reduce the risk of fires in summer: “They are very clear.” https://www.cope.es/programas/herrera-en-cope/noticias/catedratico-ingenieria-forestal-propone-dos-medidas-reducir-riesgo-incendios-verano-son-claras-20250902_3206673.html

Key facts about the long-term impacts of extreme weather and disasters https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/08/long-term-community-impacts-extreme-weather-disaster

California communities can reduce wildfire damage by half. Here’s how https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/28/california-communities-can-reduce-wildfire-damage-by-half-heres-how/

What happens to New Orleans’ levees when a Category 4 hurricane hits? https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/what-happens-to-new-orleans-levees-when-a-category-4-hurricane-hits/

Emergency Management

Katrina holds lessons as US debates role of states and FEMA in disaster response https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2025/0829/hurricane-katrina-fema-trump-states

The financial costs of the California wildfires https://onebillionresilient.org/2025/08/27/finance-california-wildfire/

A pyramid of human ecology of disease for pandemic preparedness https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953625008238

Afghanistan earthquake sees Taliban call for international help with rescue and recovery https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-02/afghanistan-earthquake-prompts-call-for-help-from-taliban/105723244

Author of book on Hurricane Katrina debunks myths and misconceptions https://www.npr.org/2025/08/28/nx-s1-5509491/author-of-book-on-hurricane-katrina-debunks-myths-and-misconceptions

Earthquakes in Afghanistan and a landslide in Sudan https://disasterphilanthropy.org/blog/earthquakes-in-afghanistan-and-a-landslide-in-sudan/

From Katrina To Lahaina To Kamchatka, Learning From Disaster https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/09/from-katrina-to-lahaina-to-kamchatka-learning-from-disaster/

Bushfire warning in Queensland after year of record-breaking rain https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-01/queensland-bushfire-threat-increases-during-spring/105706800

Why was the Afghanistan earthquake so deadly? A disaster resilience expert explains https://theconversation.com/why-was-the-afghanistan-earthquake-so-deadly-a-disaster-resilience-expert-explains-264274

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

Tsunamis and atolls: why warnings must be locally meaningful https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/tsunamis-and-atolls-why-warnings-must-be-locally-meaningful

Youth Localizing the SDGs: 2025 International Youth Day to spotlight local solutions https://desapublications.un.org/un-desa-voice/more-from-undesa/july-2025/youth-localizing-sdgs-2025-international-youth-day

No Resilience Without Trust – An interview with Janise Rodgers and Mary Antonette Beroya-Eitner from GeoHazards International https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/nh/2025/09/01/no-resilience-without-trust-an-interview-with-janice-rodgers-and-mary-antonette-beroya-eitner-from-geohazards-international/

Disaster psychology

The Impact of Different Types of Social Resources on Coping Self-Efficacy and Distress During Australia’s Black Summer Bushfires https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/9/1341

Updating Mental Models of Risk https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393275824_Updating_Mental_Models_of_Risk

Sociology and disasters

Yaku Raymi: The Quechua Ritual to Save a Glacier https://news.mongabay.com/video/2025/03/yaku-raymi-the-quechua-ritual-to-save-a-glacier/

Vulnerability-deprivation-resilience: A sociotechnical approach to humanitarian logistics management https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S259019822500243X

Affluent Areas Benefit More from Flood Solutions Funding https://scienmag.com/affluent-areas-benefit-more-from-flood-solutions-funding/