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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Over 200 killed by heavy rains, flooding and storms across Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe https://watchers.news/2026/01/17/over-200-killed-by-heavy-rains-flooding-and-storms-across-mozambique-south-africa-and-zimbabwe/

State of Emergency declared for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky after extreme snow kills 2, Russia https://watchers.news/2026/01/18/state-of-emergency-declared-for-petropavlovsk-kamchatsky-after-extreme-snow-kills-2-russia/

Rapidly spreading wildfires claim at least 16 lives in Ñuble and Biobío, Chile https://watchers.news/2026/01/18/rapidly-spreading-wildfires-claim-at-least-16-lives-in-nuble-and-biobio-chile/

Chile declares ‘state of catastrophe’ as deadly wildfires menace cities https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7ypw4rjrzo

Woman killed, homes damaged as heavy rainfall and landslides strike New South Wales, Australia https://watchers.news/2026/01/19/woman-killed-homes-damaged-as-heavy-rainfall-and-landslides-strike-new-south-wales-australia/

Shallow M5.6 earthquake kills one and damages dozens of homes in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan https://watchers.news/2026/01/20/shallow-m5-6-earthquake-kills-one-and-damages-dozens-of-homes-in-gilgit-baltistan-pakistan/

Volcanic activity worldwide 21 Jan 2026: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Tangkubanparahu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/292576/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-21-Jan-2026-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Tangkubanparahu.html

Record-breaking rainfall leaves dead and missing in New Zealand https://watchers.news/2026/01/22/record-breaking-rainfall-leaves-dead-and-missing-in-new-zealand/

At least 5 dead in Tunisia after the heaviest rain in 70 years https://watchers.news/2026/01/22/5-dead-flood-tunisia-heaviest-rain-in-70-years-january-2026/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Scientists discover Greenland’s ‘Achilles heel’ that is driving its rapid ice melt https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-discover-greenlands-achilles-heel-sediment-that-rapidly-driving-ice-loss/

By 2100, year-round navigation of the Arctic Ocean https://www.climatechangepost.com/news/by-2100-year-round-navigation-of-the-arctic-ocean/

Australia’s climate hit regions will need fit-for-future science and modelling https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-climate-hit-regions-will-need-fit-for-future-science-and-modelling/

Water cycle instability drove global water-related disasters in 2025 https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/water-cycle-instability-drove-global-water-related-disasters-in-2025

Major river deltas are sinking faster than sea-level rise https://news.vt.edu/articles/2026/01/science-sinking-river-deltas.html

More than 120 giga-scale battery projects planned around world in 2026, as costs continue to fall https://reneweconomy.com.au/more-than-120-giga-scale-battery-projects-planned-around-world-in-2026-as-costs-continue-to-fall/

Urban Greenery Is Making Some Cities Hotter, Study Finds https://e360.yale.edu/digest/urban-greenery-heat

WMO and IWMI strengthen cooperation on Climate and Water Resilience https://wmo.int/media/update/wmo-and-iwmi-strengthen-cooperation-climate-and-water-resilience

How climate change is making extreme rainfall events like the Great Ocean Road flooding more frequent and intense https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-16/victoria-floods-climate-change-and-extreme-rainfall/106237516

Greening school playgrounds improves quality of life in cities and helps deal with climate change https://www.uoc.edu/en/news/2026/greening-school-playgrounds-health-climate-uoc

Heatwaves, extreme heat, and heat stress https://www.preventionweb.net/knowledge-base/hazards/heatwave

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/21/carbon-dioxide-co2-emissions-fossil-fuel-firms-study

NZ is again being soaked this summer – record ocean heat helps explain it https://theconversation.com/nz-is-again-being-soaked-this-summer-record-ocean-heat-helps-explain-it-274013

Humidity quietly turning U.S. heat waves into a far deadlier threat https://watchers.news/epicenter/humidity-quietly-turning-u-s-heat-waves-into-a-far-deadlier-threat/

In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels https://e360.yale.edu/digest/europe-wind-solar-fossil-fuels

Shaping a cooler Bangkok: Tackling urban heat for a more livable city https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/shaping-cooler-bangkok-tackling-urban-heat-more-livable-city

Climate change increased the chance of intense Australian heatwave fivefold, study finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-23/climate-change-increased-australian-heatwave-january-study/106253192

Disaster risk reduction

Global Risks Report 2026: Geopolitical and economic risks rise in new age of competition https://www.preventionweb.net/news/global-risks-report-2026-geopolitical-and-economic-risks-rise-new-age-competition

WMO, GWP launch global flood forecasting community to strengthen early warnings https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/science-environment/3740567-wmo-gwp-launch-global-flood-forecasting-community-to-strengthen-early-warnings

Flood Forecasting and Warning (E2E-EWS-FF) Community https://waterclimatecommunities.info/group/73/about

Atmospheric rivers are associated with nine out of every 10 floods in major global river basins https://www.nature.com/articles/s44304-026-00167-x

Report on global losses in 2025 due to disasters related to natural hazards https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2026/natural-disaster-figures-2025.html

A description of each of the 281 hazard information profiles (HIPs)developed by scientists and experts across the globe https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-glossary/hips

New study reveals earth system models overestimate river flow increases https://www.preventionweb.net/news/new-study-reveals-earth-system-models-overestimate-river-flow-increases

When lightning strikes: Models of multi-ignition wildfires could predict catastrophic events https://www.llnl.gov/article/53926/when-lightning-strikes-models-multi-ignition-wildfires-could-predict-catastrophic-events

Unequal evidence and impacts, limits to adaptation: Extreme weather in 2025 https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/unequal-evidence-and-impacts-limits-adaptation-extreme

Climate mode interactions amplify coastal flood risks and their seasonal predictability https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01903-0

From Wildfire Risk to Resilience: The Investment Case for Action https://www.weforum.org/publications/from-wildfire-risk-to-resilience-the-investment-case-for-action-2026/

Value Yes, Chain No: Warnings Beyond Linearity https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/warning-research-centre/2026/01/21/value-yes-chain-no-warnings-beyond-linearity/

Lightning-triggered fire mergers are driving the world’s worst wildfire years https://watchers.news/epicenter/lightning-triggered-fire-mergers-are-driving-the-worlds-worst-wildfire-years/

A year of evidence showing the impact of disaster risk reduction https://www.preventionweb.net/news/year-evidence-showing-impact-disaster-risk-reduction

Plagued by Flooding, an African City Reengineers Its Wetlands https://e360.yale.edu/features/kigali-rwanda-wetland-restoration

Rockfall: An Increasing Hazard due to Climate Change https://riskfrontiers.com/insights/rockfall-hazard-climate-change/

Can pre-disaster community resilience enhance post-disaster recovery? A natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6099442

Emergency Management

‘People saw dollar signs’: a year after devastating wildfires, an LA community is fighting displacement https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/altadena-wildfire-displacement

Learnings to strengthen anticipatory action for cyclones in Madagascar https://www.preventionweb.net/news/learnings-strengthen-anticipatory-action-cyclones-madagascar

China inaugurates university specializing in emergency management https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202601/20/WS696ed774a310d6866eb34a43.html

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

Playing seriously: Stop Disasters! Adapt our cities to climate change https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/playing-seriously-stop-disasters-adapt-our-cities-climate-change

No power, no phone, no radio: why comms dropped out during the central Victorian fires https://theconversation.com/no-power-no-phone-no-radio-why-comms-dropped-out-during-the-central-victorian-fires-273234

More floods are coming. Here’s what actually works to help people prepare https://theconversation.com/more-floods-are-coming-heres-what-actually-works-to-help-people-prepare-273694

Disaster psychology

What makes people more likely to give to charity after a disaster: new research https://theconversation.com/what-makes-people-more-likely-to-give-to-charity-after-a-disaster-new-research-273217

After the disaster, living for today https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/01/after-the-disaster-living-for-today/

The effect of evacuation decisions on flash flood preparedness in Fujairah, UAE: When the waters rise are we ready in desert country? https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/effect-evacuation-decisions-flash-flood-preparedness

Sociology and disasters

When survival is organized locally: Perspectives of community resilience by collective action to flooding in three informal settlements of Douala, Cameroon https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590061726000086

Severe weather is deadly for vulnerable older adults long after the storm ends, study finds https://news.umich.edu/severe-weather-is-deadly-for-vulnerable-older-adults-long-after-the-storm-ends-study-finds/

As we begin to assess the fire damage in Victoria, we must not overlook these hidden costs https://theconversation.com/as-we-begin-to-assess-the-fire-damage-in-victoria-we-must-not-overlook-these-hidden-costs-273218

Combined benefits of multi-hazard early warnings on human mobility resilience to tropical cyclones https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959378025001487

Vertical vulnerability and exposure of people in the context of disaster risk at the building, city and regional level https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420926000324

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Leavenworth Christmastown festival cancelled as historic flooding and power disruptions hit Washington, U.S. https://watchers.news/2025/12/13/leavenworth-christmastown-festival-cancelled-historic-flooding-power-disruptions-hit-washington-us/

Record floods in Washington state trigger dramatic rescues and evacuations hehttps://www.castanet.net/news/World/589209/Record-floods-in-Washington-state-trigger-dramatic-rescues-and-evacuations

Record snow, winds, and blizzards leave over 35 000 homes without power in Hokkaido https://watchers.news/2025/12/15/record-snow-winds-and-blizzards-leave-over-35-000-homes-without-power-in-hokkaido/

At least 21 killed as flash floods hit Safi following one hour of extreme rainfall, Morocco https://watchers.news/2025/12/15/deadly-flash-floods-safi-morocco-extreme-rainfall-december-14-2025/

Bondi Beach shooting: how it happened https://theconversation.com/bondi-beach-shooting-how-it-happened-272051

A driver is found dead in a submerged car near Seattle after a week of heavy rain and flooding https://apnews.com/article/pacific-northwest-levee-floods-washington-5a5d085e96e98d24c96a889b4d7d8e6c

Multiple emergency bushfires downgraded across WA after communication system fails https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-15/wa-regs-emergency-bushfire/106146320

Falling tree kills farmer tackling blaze in Mindarabin, in WA’s Great Southern https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-17/volunteer-firefighter-farmer-killed-in-mindarabin/106154044

Powerful winter storm leaves over 1.5 million people without power across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho https://watchers.news/2025/12/17/powerful-winter-storm-leaves-over-1-5-million-people-without-power-across-washington-oregon-and-idaho/

White River levee breach prompts evacuation order for the city of Pacific, Washington https://watchers.news/2025/12/16/white-river-levee-breach-prompts-evacuation-order-for-the-city-of-pacific-washington/

Out-of-control bushfire damages historic Mogumber Mission, WA Wheatbelt crops https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-16/bushfire-damage-mogumber-mission-eneabba-crops/106148826

Volcanic activity worldwide 17 Dec 2025: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Barren Island, Soputan https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/289684/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-17-Dec-2025-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Barren-Island-Soputan-Talan.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/13/a-shift-no-country-can-ignore-where-global-emissions-stand-10-years-after-the-paris-climate-agreement

State of the Climate Update for COP30 https://wmo.int/publication-series/state-of-climate-update-cop30

1.5 degrees Celsius isn’t just a number https://www.earthday.org/decoding-15-degrees-celsius/

Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/15/alpine-glaciers-rate-extinction-climate-crisis

Warm, humid ‘atmospheric rivers’ threaten Antarctica https://www.science.org/content/article/warm-humid-atmospheric-rivers-threaten-antarctica

Past and future change in global river flows https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00745-z

Arctic has hottest year ever recorded, as climate impacts cascade https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3336680/arctic-has-hottest-year-ever-recorded-climate-impacts-cascade

Peak glacier extinction in the mid-twenty-first century https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02513-9

Communities must be central to climate adaptation strategies – 10 insights to guide national policy https://theconversation.com/communities-must-be-central-to-climate-adaptation-strategies-10-insights-to-guide-national-policy-269926

How the planet fared in 2025 — the good, the bad, and the ugly https://grist.org/climate/climate-environmental-stories-2025/

Warming Responsible for Two-Thirds of Emissions from Western Wildfires https://e360.yale.edu/digest/warming-western-fire-emissions

King Charles issues climate change warning amid ‘frustration’ at escalating crisis https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/king-charles-climate-crisis-itv-steve-backshall-b2877491.html

Coastal storms and climate change https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocean/coastal-storms-climate-change

‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/18/massive-disruption-uk-worst-case-climate-crisis-risks

Ocean warmed by climate change fed intense rainfall and deadly floods in Asia, study finds https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-asia-cyclones-ef733af1a6b5acf08335e672e8476c32

Climate whiplash by 2064: Study projects extreme swings in rainfall and drought for Asia https://www.preventionweb.net/news/climate-whiplash-2064-study-projects-extreme-swings-rainfall-and-drought-asia

Crystal Clusters Contain Clues to Magma’s Past and Future Eruptions https://eos.org/articles/crystal-clusters-contain-clues-to-magmas-past-and-future-eruptions

Disaster risk reduction

The 1929 M7.2 Grand Banks earthquake and tsunami reshaped Atlantic coasts https://watchers.news/epicenter/1929-m7-2-grand-banks-earthquake-tsunami-reshaped-atlantic-coasts/

Earthquake Relocations Illuminate Tectonics along the Bismarck Sea Seismic Lineation, Papua New Guinea https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/2041

Peace and good institutions save lives from floods https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/peace-and-good-institutions-save-lives-floods

 Critical perspectives in times of uncertainty https://www.emerald.com/dpm/article/34/4/417/1324353/Editorial-Critical-perspectives-in-times-of

New Project Turns Internet Lines into an Earthquake Monitoring System https://now.humboldt.edu/news/new-project-turns-internet-lines-earthquake-monitoring-system-video

Coastal Resilience Scorecard https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/coastal-resilience-scorecard

USA: Compound atmospheric drivers of the catastrophic 2025 Los Angeles urban firestorm https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/usa-compound-atmospheric-drivers-catastrophic-2025-los

When the wilderness burns: an analysis of current fire management and the case for prescribed fire in designated wilderness in the United States https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00414-y

Compounding preconditions of wildfires vary in time and space within Europe https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02955-1

Significant opportunities to shift from reactive disaster response toward risk-informed development https://wmo.int/media/news/wmo-and-undp-report-analyses-post-disaster-needs-assessments

How salt-tolerant floodplain forests help protect against rising salinity and floods https://www.preventionweb.net/news/how-salt-tolerant-floodplain-forests-help-protect-against-rising-salinity-and-floods

Flood risks in delta cities are increasing, study finds https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/flood-risks-in-delta-cities-are-increasing-study-finds

Nature-based Solutions https://iucn.org/our-work/nature-based-solutions

Two and a half decades of United States wildfire burn zone disaster data, 2000-2025 https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/two-and-half-decades-united-states-wildfire-burn-zone

Climate Modeling for Communities, with Communities https://eos.org/research-spotlights/climate-modeling-for-communities-with-communities

The role of resilient housing reconstruction in disaster risk management in fragile, conflict, and violence-affected countries https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/role-resilient-housing-reconstruction-disaster-risk

Emergency Management

Artificial intelligence has potential to improve emergency and crisis management, but struggles to interpret complex situations – experts tell the European Commission https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-research-and-innovation-news/artificial-intelligence-has-potential-improve-emergency-and-crisis-management-struggles-interpret-2025-12-11_en

Dolphin Sands bushfire sparked by improperly extinguished burn off, Tasmanian authorities confirm https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-15/dolphin-sands-fire-caused-by-a-landowner-burning-off/106143708

Bushfire survivor calls for better emergency planning in the suburbs https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-13/how-to-prepare-for-summer-bushfire-season-perth-wa/106120466

Tsunami preparedness in the Pacific Ocean: opportunity for enhanced regional cooperation https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/tsunami-preparedness-pacific-ocean-opportunity-enhanced

Long-term recovery from the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami in two Sri Lankan east coast municipalities https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/long-term-recovery-2004-indian-ocean-tsunami-two-sri-lankan

The town on the banks of the Nile that turned floods into fortune https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/11/the-town-on-the-banks-of-the-nile-that-turned-floods-into-fortune

Rapid assessment of severely affected earthquake areas using mobile signaling data and a random forest approach https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/rapid-assessment-severely-affected-earthquake-areas-using

Pets are unrecognized victims of climate-related disasters https://www.preventionweb.net/news/pets-are-unrecognized-victims-climate-related-disasters

RNLI Flood Rescue and UK Emergency Response https://www.unda.co.uk/news/rnli-flood-rescue-and-uk-emergency-response/

Unequally prepared: a distributive equity study of local emergency management funding in Virginia, USA https://www.emerald.com/dpm/article-abstract/34/4/420/1248944/Unequally-prepared-a-distributive-equity-study-of

Reparative planning through contextual vulnerabilities for disaster mitigation: a Gulf Coast case study https://www.emerald.com/dpm/article-abstract/34/4/448/1248882/Reparative-planning-through-contextual

AFC convenes state legislators in the Netherlands to learn from one country’s approach to flood resilience https://floodcoalition.org/afc-convenes-state-legislators-in-the-netherlands-to-learn-from-one-countrys-approach-to-flood-resilience/

Oregon hospital races to build a tsunami shelter as FEMA fights to cut its funding https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oregon-hospital-tsunami-shelter-fema-funding-cuts/

Residents urged action to restrict burn-offs for years before Dolphin Sands bushfire https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-16/dolphin-sands-residents-warned-authorities-fire-ban-bushfire/106139290

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

This study assesses the community-based approach to disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) in Loko, Nasarawa State, Nigeria https://taapublications.com/tijssra/article/view/886

Remembering the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, the second deadliest of the twentieth century https://watchers.news/epicenter/remembering-1920-haiyuan-earthquake-second-deadliest-of-twentieth-century/

Six real-world disaster risks being tackled with virtual reality https://www.preventionweb.net/news/six-real-world-disaster-risks-being-tackled-virtual-reality

Can Generative AI help strengthen disaster preparedness and resilience among youth? https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/12/16/proposing-a-genai-chatbot-framework-for-youth-disaster-risk-reduction/

Disaster psychology

Certainly uncertain: the role of uncertainty perception for flood risk preparedness and response https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-025-07675-5

After mass violence, trauma spreads socially. Here are 3 ways you can help reduce it https://theconversation.com/after-mass-violence-trauma-spreads-socially-here-are-3-ways-you-can-help-reduce-it-272050

Sociology and disasters

A narrative review assessing the impact of multiple ecological systems on rural resilience in the face of chronic stressors https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15332985.2025.2603964

The Roadmap: Reimagining Infrastructure to Improve Social Capital https://www.social-connection.org/socialcapital/

Stories from traditional knowledge combined with archaeological work trace 2,300km of Songlines https://theconversation.com/stories-from-traditional-knowledge-combined-with-archaeological-work-trace-2-300km-of-songlines-269400

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

‘Just heartbreak’: At least a dozen homes lost in bushfires near Sydney https://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/sydney-set-for-its-hottest-day-in-almost-two-years-20251206-p5nldi.html

Tasmania Fire Service confirms 19 homes destroyed and nearly 200 assets damaged in Dolphin Sands bushfire https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-07/dolphin-sands-residents-weigh-up-bushfire-risk/106111658

Firefighter killed by falling tree amid NSW wildfires that destroyed over 20 homes https://watchers.news/2025/12/08/firefighter-killed-falling-tree-nsw-wildfires-destroyed-over-20-homes-december-2025/

Magnitude-7.6 earthquake in Japan prompts tsunami warning and evacuation order for 90,000 people https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-09/japan-earthquake-prompts-tsunami-warning/106117964

JMA issues advisory of elevated megathrust earthquake risk along Japan Trench after December 8 M7.6 Sanriku quake https://watchers.news/2025/12/09/jma-issues-advisory-of-elevated-megathrust-earthquake-risk-along-japan-trench-after-december-8-m7-6-sanriku-quake/

Up to 80 homes damaged by tornado in Flores da Cunha, Brazil https://watchers.news/2025/12/10/up-to-80-homes-damaged-by-tornado-in-flores-da-cunha-brazil/

Major atmospheric river moves into Washington State, triggering widespread and potentially historic riverine flooding https://watchers.news/2025/12/10/major-atmospheric-river-washington-state-widespread-potentially-historic-riverine-flooding-december-2025/

Houses destroyed in bushfire near St Helens as ‘hundreds’ flee to evacuation centre https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-10/tasmania-st-helens-stieglitz-bushfire-houses-destroyed/106123090

Volcanic activity worldwide 10 Dec 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/289140/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-10-Dec-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Rev.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Strictly protected Mediterranean forests stay cooler, study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-10-strictly-mediterranean-forests-stay-cooler.html

New approach narrows uncertainty in future warming and remaining carbon budget for 2°C https://phys.org/news/2025-12-approach-narrows-uncertainty-future-carbon.html

Integrated assessment of climate-related security risks for peace and security in Blue Nile, Sudan, and their gender dimensions https://www.unep.org/resources/report/integrated-assessment-climate-related-security-risks-peace-and-security-blue-nile

Storms in the Southern Ocean are producing more rain – and the consequences could be global https://theconversation.com/storms-in-the-southern-ocean-are-producing-more-rain-and-the-consequences-could-be-global-270880

Temporary carbon removals can offset methane’s short-term warming impact https://phys.org/news/2025-12-temporary-carbon-offset-methane-short.html

Global Warming At 3 °C By 2050? What’s Behind The New German Climate Warning https://worldcrunch.com/focus/green-or-gone/global-warming-at-3c-by-2050-what-s-behind-the-new-german-climate-warning/

How do we know the role of climate change in weather events? Attribution science https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/attribution-science-101

Temperature increase is accelerating in Arab Region, with escalating impacts https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/temperature-increase-accelerating-arab-region-escalating-impacts

COP30 and displacement: Limited political momentum but strategic opportunities for 2026 https://www.internal-displacement.org/policy-analysis/cop30-and-displacement-limited-political-momentum-but-strategic-opportunities-for/

Wildfire emissions in 2025 reach records for Europe and Canada https://internationalfireandsafetyjournal.com/cams-wildfire-emissions-2025/

Satellites play critical role in tracking climate adaptation, researchers say https://phys.org/news/2025-11-satellites-play-critical-role-tracking.html

2025 ‘virtually certain’ to be second- or third-hottest year on record, EU data shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/09/2025-virtually-certain-second-or-third-hottest-year-on-record-eu-data-coperincus

Embracing a Wetter Future, the Dutch Turn to Floating Homes https://e360.yale.edu/features/the-dutch-flock-to-floating-homes-embracing-a-wetter-future

Texas makes clean power breakthrough as solar output overtakes coal https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/texas-makes-clean-power-breakthrough-solar-output-overtakes-coal-2025-12-09/

Five ways cities across Europe and Central Asia are adapting to extreme heat https://www.preventionweb.net/news/five-ways-cities-across-europe-and-central-asia-are-adapting-extreme-heat

Scientists make alarming discovery while studying Arctic ice: ‘Powerful’ https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/warming-arctic-rainfall-patterns-sea-ice/

Australia’s energy grid must triple capacity by 2050 with major increase to wind and solar, Aemo says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/10/australia-must-increase-energy-grid-capacity-wind-solar-aemo

The State of Climate Resilience and Water Governance in the City of Toronto: Advancing Adaptation at the Climate–Water Interface Through Baseline Assessment Research https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cli2.70025

Even ‘weak’ cyclones are being turned into deadly rainmakers by fast-warming oceans https://theconversation.com/even-weak-cyclones-are-being-turned-into-deadly-rainmakers-by-fast-warming-oceans-271550

A 30-year-old sea level rise projection has basically come true https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/12/a-30-year-old-sea-level-rise-projection-has-basically-come-true/

Excessive Heat Harms Young Children’s Development, Study Suggests https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2025/december/-excessive-heat-harms-young-children-s-development–study-sugges.html

Three things that might trigger massive ice sheet collapse https://theconversation.com/three-things-that-might-trigger-massive-ice-sheet-collapse-267275

A climate-neutral pathway makes 90 percent of fossil fuels in the EU redundant by 2050 https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/eu-climate-target-could-cut-fossil-fuel-use-by-90-per-cent

Ocean warmed by climate change fed intense rainfall and deadly floods in Asia, study finds https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-asia-cyclones-ef733af1a6b5acf08335e672e8476c32

Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes detected at the crumbling end of Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier https://theconversation.com/hundreds-of-iceberg-earthquakes-detected-at-the-crumbling-end-of-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-268893

Europe agrees to cut emissions 90% by 2040 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/europe-agrees-to-slash-emissions-90.html

Disaster risk reduction

8 blazing new technologies that could spark change in wildfire risk reduction https://www.preventionweb.net/news/8-blazing-new-technologies-could-spark-change-wildfire-risk-reduction

Why the Philippines can’t escape its endless cycle of disaster https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3335387/why-philippines-cant-escape-its-endless-cycle-disaster

Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2025: Rising heat, rising risk https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/documents-and-publications/asia-pacific-disaster-report-2025-rising-heat-rising-risk

Australia’s bushfires were held at bay by five wet years — but experts warn the country is ‘ready to burn’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/09/australia-nsw-tasmania-bushfires-warning-experts

Coastal regions and climate change: how better risk assessment can help protect infrastructure and livelihoods https://theconversation.com/coastal-regions-and-climate-change-how-better-risk-assessment-can-help-protect-infrastructure-and-livelihoods-269441

When disaster strikes: How fire insurance protects lives and property in informal settlements https://www.ilo.org/resource/article/when-disaster-strikes-how-fire-insurance-protects-lives-and-property

Why does the U.S. flood insurance gap persist, and how can private insurance transform the market? https://www.moodys.com/web/en/us/insights/insurance/us-flood-insurance-gap-how-private-insurers-can-transform-the-market.html

Volcanic eruptions set off a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/volcanoes-black-death

Six-year study reveals ancient quakes along 150-mile fault system in Nepal https://news.vt.edu/articles/2025/11/CM-earthquake-research-Nepal-2025.html

Developing community resilience index for flood (CRIF): evidence from extreme flood-prone Jamalpur district of Bangladesh https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2452292925000979

Postfire recovery trajectories of bulldozed versus burned chaparral eight years postfire https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00428-6

Integrated fire management as an adaptation and mitigation strategy to altered fire regimes https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/integrated-fire-management-adaptation-and-mitigation-strategy-altered-fire-regimes

The 2025 Blatten disaster in the Swiss Alps followed exceptional warming and highlights the vulnerability of people and heritage in glaciated landscapes https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02994-8

Primed to burn: what’s behind the intense, sudden fires burning across New South Wales and Tasmania https://theconversation.com/primed-to-burn-whats-behind-the-intense-sudden-fires-burning-across-new-south-wales-and-tasmania-271499

Associate student develops efficient fire fuel model https://naturalhazards.com.au/news-and-events/news-and-views/associate-student-develops-efficient-fire-fuel-model

G7 initiative on extreme weather prediction, preparedness, and response https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/canada-international-action/g7-initiative-extreme-weather.html

From soil to space: Building flood-resilient cities https://www.preventionweb.net/news/soil-space-building-flood-resilient-cities

Study reveals wildfire risk and resource mismatch in Colorado https://warnercnr.source.colostate.edu/study-reveals-wildfire-risk-and-resource-mismatch-in-colorado/

UN Global Risk Report https://unglobalriskreport.org/

COV-FCE-Based Evaluation of Old Community Fire Resilience: A Case Study of Xuzhou City, China https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/8/12/473

Potential drivers of fire severity in Golden Gate Highlands National Park: a case study of the November 2022 big fire event https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00427-7

Emergency Management

Devastated families grapple with ferocity of NSW Central Coast bushfires https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-08/nsw-central-coast-families-devasted-by-fierce-koolewong-bushfire/106111938

Survivors plead for urgent aid after catastrophic floods and landslides killed over 1,500 in Asia https://www.castanet.net/news/World/588014/Survivors-plead-for-urgent-aid-after-catastrophic-floods-and-landslides-killed-over-1-500-in-Asia

Integrating Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, Extended Reality, and Simulation-Based Systems into Fire and Rescue Service Training: Current Practices and Future Directions https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/8/6/228

Medical shortages and disease cases rise as Cyclone Senyar death tolls climbs to 940, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2025/12/08/medical-shortages-disease-cases-rise-cyclone-senyar-death-tolls-climbs-940-indonesia/

New findings reveal that Thailand must act swiftly to prepare schools for future emergencies https://www.unicef.org/thailand/press-releases/new-findings-reveal-thailand-must-act-swiftly-prepare-schools-future-emergencies

When Animals Complicate Disasters: Why Scotland Must Rethink Emergency Planning https://ncr.glasgow.ac.uk/?p=2490

Record-breaking Floods Spark Warning of ‘Major Damage’ To River Levees https://www.newsweek.com/record-breaking-floods-spark-warning-major-damage-river-levees-11188116

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

Children should help shape disaster preparedness https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/children-should-help-shape-disaster-preparedness

Participants who received localized messages were twice as likely to seek further information about wildfire preparedness compared with those who received generic communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02352-w

Art as a tool to enable resilience against tidal flooding https://india.mongabay.com/2025/12/art-as-a-tool-to-enable-resilience-against-tidal-flooding/

Stop Hurricane Disaster Game https://www.stopdisastersgame.org/game/?scenario=hurricane&dificulty=easy=en

Disaster psychology

The devastating Hong Kong fire reminds us it’s okay not to be calm in an emergency https://www.abc.net.au/religion/hong-kong-fire-its-ok-not-to-be-calm-in-emergency/106088380

How to talk with young people about the climate crisis https://ecojustice.ca/news/how-to-talk-with-young-people-about-the-climate-crisis/

Sociology and disasters

Building a connected and resilient Australia by measuring our invisible infrastructure https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396792279_Building_a_connected_and_resilient_Australia_by_measuring_our_invisible_infrastructure_October_2025_Publisher_Acknowledgement_of_Country

Who’s at the table? Disaster committee composition and policy pathways after Hurricane Sandy https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395327514_Who’s_at_the_table_Disaster_committee_composition_and_policy_pathways_after_Hurricane_Sandy

A geospatial and quantitative analysis of agricultural exemption passes during the California wildfires https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2025.2566203

Repoliticizing Social Infrastructure: Framing Uneven Geographies of Social Infrastructure in Times of Crisis https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00330124.2025.2586113

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

One dead in Haiti as Tropical Storm Melissa brings severe weather across the Caribbean https://watchers.news/2025/10/24/one-dead-in-haiti-as-tropical-storm-melissa-brings-severe-weather-across-the-caribbean/

Unwarned potential tornado causes significant damage in south Fort Worth, Texas https://watchers.news/2025/10/25/unwarned-potential-tornado-causes-significant-damage-in-south-fort-worth-texas/

Catastrophic and life-threatening winds, flooding and storm surge forecast as Category 5 Hurricane Melissa nears Jamaica landfall https://watchers.news/2025/10/27/catastrophic-and-life-threatening-winds-flooding-and-storm-surge-forecast-as-category-5-hurricane-melissa-nears-jamaica-landfall/

Severe floods hit Hue and Da Nang, leaving at least one dead and thousands isolated, Vietnam https://watchers.news/2025/10/27/severe-floods-hit-hue-and-da-nang-leaving-at-least-one-dead-and-thousands-isolated-vietnam/

Strong and shallow M6.0 earthquake hits western Turkey https://watchers.news/2025/10/27/strong-and-shallow-m6-0-earthquake-hits-western-turkey/

Hurricane Melissa Barrels Down on Jamaica as Category 5 Storm https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/hurricane-melissa-barrels-down-on-jamaica-as-category-5-storm-11a39b95

Hurricane Melissa Live: Category four storm stronger than Katrina makes landfall in Jamaica https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-29/storm-melissa-jamaica-live/105945328

Jamaica declared a disaster area after Hurricane Melissa leaves over half a million without power https://watchers.news/2025/10/29/jamaica-declared-a-disaster-area-after-hurricane-melissa-leaves-over-half-a-million-without-power/

Cyclone Montha leaves 2 dead and around 50 000 ha (123 000 acres) of crops destroyed in Andhra Pradesh https://watchers.news/2025/10/29/cyclone-montha-leaves-2-dead-and-around-50-000-ha-123-000-acres-of-crops-destroyed-in-andhra-pradesh/

Category 3 Hurricane Melissa makes landfall over Santiago de Cuba, Cuba https://watchers.news/2025/10/29/category-3-hurricane-melissa-makes-landfall-over-santiago-de-cuba-cuba/

Hurricane Melissa devastates Caribbean countries and leaves dozens dead https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-30/hurricane-melissa-devastates-caribbean-countries-kills-dozens/105949964

100 000 homes flooded, nine fatalities as extreme rainfall hits Vietnam https://watchers.news/2025/10/30/100-000-homes-flooded-nine-fatalities-as-extreme-rainfall-hits-vietnam/

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

El Niño could soon turn deadly predictable, scientists warn https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251024041753.htm

Australia fiddles with fossil gas while the country swelters in record heat. It doesn’t make sense https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/25/australia-fossil-gas-record-heat

Risk of Atlantic Current Collapsing Much Higher Than Previously Expected https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/25/risk-of-atlantic-current-collapsing-much-higher-than-previously-expected/

Slashing methane emissions could slow the runaway train of global warming long enough to get other emissions under control https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/10/10/greenhouse-gas-emissions-climate-change-methane-leaks-eu-regulations-trump-lng-exports-smac/

UN agency says CO2 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-greenhouse-gases-wmo-un-708c3d35ce6fc3d3bcaccafdba6bba45

Antarctica Will Teach Us A Hard Lesson About Non-Linear Change https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/08/antarctica-will-teach-us-a-hard-lesson-about-non-linear-change/

Southern Ocean Is Building a ‘Burp’ That Could Reignite Global Warming https://www.sciencealert.com/southern-ocean-is-building-a-burp-that-could-reignite-global-warming

Thai villagers have moved four times to escape rising sea levels – life on the climate-change frontline https://theconversation.com/thai-villagers-have-moved-four-times-to-escape-rising-sea-levels-life-on-the-climate-change-frontline-267278

UN Report Finds Country Climate Commitments Falling Short https://www.wri.org/news/statement-un-report-finds-country-climate-commitments-falling-short

Climate change is a crisis of intergenerational justice. It’s not too late to make it right https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-a-crisis-of-intergenerational-justice-its-not-too-late-to-make-it-right-263347

‘Climate change impacting marathon records’ https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/cx2pxl7v9myo

Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10% https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/29/americas-super-rich-running-down-planet-safe-climate-spaces-oxfam

‘Millions of Avoidable Deaths’: Climate Change Health Harms Reach Unprecedented Levels https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28102025/millions-of-avoidable-deaths-climate-change-health-harms-reach-unprecedented-levels/

Global climate plans need urgent acceleration to meet 2035 emissions target, UN report finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-28/climate-goals-not-on-track-to-meet-2035-emissions-target-says-un/105945130

The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biaf149/8303627

Just 1% of coastal waters could power a third of the world’s electricity – but can we do it in time? https://theconversation.com/just-1-of-coastal-waters-could-power-a-third-of-the-worlds-electricity-but-can-we-do-it-in-time-268237

Climate change is making hurricanes more destructive https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/climate-change-is-making-hurricanes-caf

The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01919-1/abstract

World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/28/worlds-climate-plans-fall-drastically-short-of-action-needed-analysis-shows

In 2024, the climate crisis worsened in all ways. But we can still limit warming with bold action https://theconversation.com/in-2024-the-climate-crisis-worsened-in-all-ways-but-we-can-still-limit-warming-with-bold-action-268579

Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/29/rising-heat-kills-one-person-a-minute-worldwide-lancet-countdown

Are Countries’ New Climate Plans Ambitious Enough? What We Know So Far https://www.wri.org/insights/assessing-2025-ndcs

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

Disaster risk reduction

Enhance infrastructure resilience https://www.undrr.org/resilient-infrastructure/enhance-infrastructure-resilience

How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help save lives https://theconversation.com/how-ai-can-improve-storm-surge-forecasts-to-help-save-lives-259007

To build trust, include researchers in major disaster infra projects https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/opinion-research-builds-trust-flood-control-infrastructure/

Systemic risk https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/key-concepts/systemic-risk

Nature-based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction https://www.undrr.org/words-action-nature-based-solutions-disaster-risk-reduction

Why animals are the missing link in disaster risk reduction https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/funding-resilience-why-animals-are-missing-link-disaster-risk-reduction

Could a Cascadia Megathrust Earthquake Trigger the San Andreas Fault? https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/News/pr/2025/25-14.aspx

Six nature-based solutions transforming communities and ecosystems in Africa https://www.preventionweb.net/news/six-nature-based-solutions-transforming-communities-and-ecosystems-africa

Urban disaster resilience: A new framework for quantifying and enhancing city preparedness https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1103112

A tale of two fire systems: indigenous fire stewardship in British Columbia and California https://fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s42408-025-00399-8

New Arun Checklists Set Higher Bar for Drainage Design https://www.unda.co.uk/news/new-arun-checklists-set-higher-bar-for-drainage-design/

Bureau of Meteorology ordered to fix new website after torrent of complaints https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-29/bureau-of-meteorology-ordered-to-fix-website-after-backlash/105945832

Operational Ethics for Researching Geohazards https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-03754-1_5

Insurance price caps sound like a good idea. But are they? https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/insurance/article/insurance-price-caps-144327688.html

Funding resilience: India’s pathway lies in data and technology https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/funding-resilience-indias-pathway-lies-data-and-technology

Construction in flood zones continues to leave thousands of Valencians exposed to a new DANA https://www.valenciaextra.com/societat/construccio-en-zones-inundables-continua-deixant-milers-valencians-exposats-davant-nova-dana_578869_102.html

Marine cores record Cascadia megathrust earthquakes followed by near-simultaneous San Andreas fault rupture https://watchers.news/epicenter/marine-cores-record-cascadia-megathrust-earthquakes-followed-by-near-simultaneous-san-andreas-fault-rupture/

Valencia floods, one year on: what have we learned, and how can we prevent similar tragedies in the future? https://theconversation.com/valencia-floods-one-year-on-what-have-we-learned-and-how-can-we-prevent-similar-tragedies-in-the-future-268603

The effectiveness of prescribed burning for protecting houses during wildfires in Australia https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42408-025-00413-z

Emergency Management

Hurricane Melissa’s Wind Speeds Doubled in Less Than a Day https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/weather/hurricane-melissa-rapid-intensification-jamaica.html

Melissa leaps from tropical storm to Category 4 hurricane in 18 hours https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/melissa-leaps-from-tropical-storm-to-category-4-hurricane-in-18-hours/

Man accused of lighting Mount Gambier Valley Lake bushfire while wearing mask and cape denied bail https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-27/man-accused-of-lighting-mount-gambier-bushfire-denied-bail/105938734

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

Your reliable roundup of the latest disaster risk reduction news and research collected by the PreventionWeb editors https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/preventionweb-editors-picks-undrr-pqnzf

Minecraft: CoastCraft – players can manage the coast and make decisions for the needs of the area https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/educational-materials/minecraft-coastcraft

What local leaders can teach us about floods https://www.worldwildlife.org/news/sustainability-works/what-local-leaders-can-teach-us-about-floods/

A new online game helps imagine life on Earth in 2100 https://theconversation.com/a-new-online-game-helps-imagine-life-on-earth-in-2100-267353

I tried out a new version of Minecraft to see why environmental storylines help children learn https://www.preventionweb.net/news/i-tried-out-new-version-minecraft-see-why-environmental-storylines-help-children-learn

Disaster psychology

Invest in social and collective approaches to improve mental health in the context of climate disasters https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-sustainability/fulltext/S2949-7906(25)00224-1

An empirical analysis of unwillingness to participate in flash flood hazard adjustments in mountain communities of North India https://www.emerald.com/ijdrbe/article/doi/10.1108/IJDRBE-01-2025-0002/1301865/An-empirical-analysis-of-unwillingness-to

Planetary Dysregulation and Our Mental Health https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202510/planetary-dysregulation-and-our-mental-health

Crisis and Risk Psychology in Norway https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202510/crisis-and-risk-psychology-in-norway

Aussie mum reveals how she healed after the Black Summer bushfires https://www.nowtolove.com.au/news/real-life/take-5/aussie-mum-reveals-how-she-healed-after-the-black-summer-bushfires/

Sociology and disasters

Building a connected and resilient Australia by measuring our invisible infrastructure https://sociabli.resilientready.org/

Advancing gender-responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes: State of play and promising examples https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/advancing-gender-responsive-national-adaptation-plan-nap-processes-state-play-and

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Quality of Life, Anxiety, Connections to Friends, and Access to Resources Among People with HIV: Using the Social Ecological Model https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10461-025-04928-z

Call for Multilingual Inclusiveness in Science and Disaster Research and Contexts Studies https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article/971123

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