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Today in disaster resilience (8 March 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Iceland evacuates Blue Lagoon and Grindavík amid intense seismic swarm, fear of new eruption https://watchers.news/2024/03/03/iceland-evacuates-blue-lagoon-and-grindavik-amid-intense-seismic-swarm-fear-of-new-eruption/

Massive blizzard strikes California and Nevada with wind gusts up to 305 km/h (190 mph) https://watchers.news/2024/03/03/massive-blizzard-strikes-california-and-nevada-with-wind-gusts-up-to-305-km-h-190-mph/

Over 6 000 isolated as avalanche closes tunnel entrance in Aosta Valley, Italy https://watchers.news/2024/03/04/over-6-000-isolated-as-avalanche-closes-tunnel-entrance-in-aosta-valley-italy/

Heavy rains and snow hit Pakistan, destroying homes and leaving dozens dead https://watchers.news/2024/03/04/heavy-rains-and-snow-hit-pakistan-destroying-homes-and-leaving-dozens-dead/

Extreme flash flooding in Al Dakhiliyah, Oman https://watchers.news/2024/03/06/extreme-flash-flooding-in-al-dakhiliyah-oman/

Large waterspout makes landfall in Okinawa, damaging several buildings, Japan https://watchers.news/2024/03/07/large-waterspout-makes-landfall-in-okinawa-damaging-several-buildings-japan/

Raging wildfires scorch 40 000 ha (98 800 acres) of land in northwestern Thailand https://watchers.news/2024/03/07/raging-wildfires-scorch-40-000-ha-98-800-acres-of-land-in-northwestern-thailand/

Bushfire at Port Latta forces evacuation of Crayfish Creek and surrounding communities in north-west Tasmania https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-03/tas-caravan-park-evacuated-as-fire-threatens-port-latta-in-north/103539942

Volcanic activity worldwide 5 Mar 2024: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Dukono, Marapi https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/235972/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-5-Mar-2024-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Dukono-Marapi-Revent.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Ski resorts’ era of plentiful snow may be over due to climate crisis, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/02/ski-resorts-snow-global-warming-study

High resolution climate change observations and projections for the evaluation of heat-related extremes https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-024-03074-w

Australia sweats through third-hottest summer on record with hot and dry autumn predicted https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/01/australia-sweats-through-third-hottest-summer-on-record-with-hot-and-dry-autumn-predicted

EU countries already hitting some of their sustainable energy targets for 2030 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/28/eu-countries-already-hitting-some-of-their-sustainable-energy-targets-for-2030

While many parts of the U.S. are seeing their water tables recede as the climate warms, much of New England is witnessing water levels rise https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-amherst-researchers-need-massachusetts-citizen-scientists-help-model-rising

Man, it’s a hot one: Trends and extremes in Florida autumn heat stress https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.8415

This L.A. neighborhood’s ‘cool pavements’ help it beat the intense heat https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/reflective-payments-cooling-heat-latinos-california-rcna141458

El Niño weakens but impacts continue https://wmo.int/media/news/el-nino-weakens-impacts-continue

72 per cent of First Nations respondents struggled to cool their homes https://www.acoss.org.au/media-releases/?media_release=people-becoming-severely-ill-at-home-due-to-heat

Ice-free summers in Arctic possible within next decade, scientists say https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/05/ice-free-summers-in-arctic-possible-within-next-decade-scientists-say

Rich countries found to use six times more resources, generate 10 times the climate impact https://phys.org/news/2024-03-rich-countries-resources-generate-climate.html

These are the ‘climate grannies’ — and they’ll do whatever it takes to protect their grandchildren https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/climate-grannies-environmental-activism

Antarctica Is Undergoing a “Regime Shift” – New Research Uncovers Fundamental Changes in Polar Climates https://scitechdaily.com/antarctica-is-undergoing-a-regime-shift-new-research-uncovers-fundamental-changes-in-polar-climates/

Anthropogenic climate change has influenced global river flow seasonality https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi9501

Enhancing climate resilience and water security for communities in Timor Leste https://www.sprep.org/news/enhancing-climate-resilience-and-water-security-for-communities-in-timor-leste

Can Volcanic Super Eruptions Lead to Major Cooling? Study Suggests No https://www.nasa.gov/earth/can-volcanic-super-eruptions-lead-to-major-cooling-study-suggests-no/

Global warming may be behind an increase in the frequency and intensity of cold spells https://theconversation.com/global-warming-may-be-behind-an-increase-in-the-frequency-and-intensity-of-cold-spells-223153

Green roofs can cool cities and save energy: modelling https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/02/green-roofs-can-cool-cities-and-save-energy-modelling

UN chief appeals for greater support for small islands fighting climate change https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147177

Climate Disaster Impacts https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/climate-disaster-impacts/103542506

Regime shifts in Arctic terrestrial hydrology manifested from impacts of climate warming https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/18/1033/2024/

Scientists Vote Down Proposal to Declare Anthropocene Has Begun https://e360.yale.edu/digest/anthropocene-not-begun

Australia’s Tinderbox Drought: An extreme natural event likely worsened by human-caused climate change https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adj3460

February was warmest on record globally, say scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/07/february-warmest-on-record-globally-copernicus-climate-change-service

Underestimation of personal carbon footprint inequality in four socio-economically diverse countries https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/3agzk

The weather records that fell in Queensland during the summer of 2023-24 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-06/queensland-summer-weather-records-rainfall-heat/103552060

Solar records round out summer, all across the country https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-records-round-out-summer-all-across-the-country/

Arizona’s health department has named the first statewide heat officer to address extreme heat https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/arizonas-health-department-has-named-the-first-statewide-heat-officer-to-address-extreme-heat

Disaster risk reduction

Droughts impede water balance recovery from fires in the Western United States https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02266-8

Canada Under Fire – Drivers and Impacts of the Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfire Season https://essopenarchive.org/users/747500/articles/719254-canada-under-fire-drivers-and-impacts-of-the-record-breaking-2023-wildfire-season

Flood risk assessment for Indian sub-continental river basins https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/1107/2024/

Revealing the Secrets of the Western Mediterranean: A Deep Earthquake and the Overturned Slab https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/article/4/1/52/635220/Revealing-the-Secrets-of-the-Western-Mediterranean

Economic Risk Assessment of Future Debris Flows by Machine Learning Method https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-024-00545-x

A chronic underinvestment in disaster risk reduction https://www.undrr.org/financing-prevention

Rockfalls as a hazard to mountaineers in high mountain areas https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/mountaineers-1

Nearshore tsunami amplitudes across the Maldives archipelago due to worst-case seismic scenarios in the Indian Ocean https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/737/2024/

Alberta outlines 5-year $125M plan to protect communities from drought, floods https://globalnews.ca/news/10334070/alberta-five-year-drought-flood-plan/

The Seismicity Rate Model for the 2022 Aotearoa New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article-abstract/114/1/182/631848/The-Seismicity-Rate-Model-for-the-2022-Aotearoa

New ‘digital twin’ Earth could help predict water-based natural disasters before they strike https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2024/03/05/digital-twin-earth-predict-water-natural-disasters

Earthquake fatalities and potency https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/earthquake-fatalities-and-potency

Near-real-time loss estimates for future Italian earthquakes based on the M6.9 Irpinia example https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/near-real-time-loss-estimates-future-italian-earthquakes-based-m69-irpinia-example

Connected urban green spaces for pluvial flood risk reduction in the Metropolitan area of Milan https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210670724001161

Already hundreds of wildfires annually in the Netherlands https://www.deltares.nl/en/news/hundreds-of-wildfires-annually-in-the-netherlands

Emergency Management

In a dangerously warming world, we must confront the grim reality of Australia’s bushfire emissions https://theconversation.com/in-a-dangerously-warming-world-we-must-confront-the-grim-reality-of-australias-bushfire-emissions-224745

Lahaina to Get Prefab Buildings for Wildfire Survivors https://www.govtech.com/em/disaster/lahaina-to-get-prefab-buildings-for-wildfire-survivors

Information for emergency response and disaster risk management https://emergency.copernicus.eu/

Marin County, Calif., Plans New Emergency Radio System https://www.govtech.com/em/preparedness/marin-county-calif-plans-new-emergency-radio-system

Spotter planes eyes in the sky in first defence against bushfires in regional Western Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-03/spotter-planes-first-defence-against-bushfires-wa/103532374

How countries in conflict zones can recover from floods – lessons from Pakistan https://theconversation.com/how-countries-in-conflict-zones-can-recover-from-floods-lessons-from-pakistan-224707

New western training center seeks to grow prescribed fire capacity https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-government/2024-03-01/new-training-center-seeks-to-grow-prescribed-fire-capacity

Scaling up early warning systems for communities in fragile and conflict zones https://blogs.worldbank.org/dev4peace/scaling-early-warning-systems-communities-fragile-and-conflict-zones

The Texas Panhandle Wildfires and Four Keys for Equitable Recovery https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/texas-panhandle-wildfires-and-four-keys-equitable-recovery

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Disaster resilience resources for municipalities https://www.iclr.org/municipality/

Promoting public health equity through strategic information campaigns on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of pandemic health information campaigns on Twitter in Houston, Texas https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rhc3.12294

Traditional weather forecasts: expert shares 5 ways Africa’s coastal residents predict floods https://theconversation.com/traditional-weather-forecasts-expert-shares-5-ways-africas-coastal-residents-predict-floods-223145

Disasterologists at the Movies: An Innovative Use of Twitter for Disaster Education https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZNMZWXPTVB3QTGJWDUSW/full

Disaster psychology

Wildfires appear to increase mental health burden https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/wildfires-appear-to-increase-mental-health-burden

Learning mental resilience https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/get-out-of-your-mind/202311/four-qualities-of-mentally-strong-people

Predicting Hurricane Evacuation Decisions with Interpretable Machine Learning Methods https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-024-00541-1

Sociology and disasters

A Storm Blows in Inequality – 3 Solutions to Adapt to Climate Change While Fighting Poverty https://blogs.iadb.org/sostenibilidad/en/a-storm-blows-in-inequality-3-solutions-to-adapt-to-climate-change-while-fighting-poverty/

Exploring the role of social capital in community flood resiliency in Binghamton, NY https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924000840

Measuring vulnerability to assess households resilience to flood risks in Karonga district, Malawi https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-024-06416-4

Heatwaves and floods affect rural women and men differently, widen income gap https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/fao-report–heatwaves-and-floods-affect-rural-women-and-men-differently–widen-income-gap/en

The roles of women in disaster risk management: A Bolivian Perspective https://floodresilience.net/blogs/bolivian-women-in-disaster-risk-management/

Estimated 2.5 million people displaced by tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters in 2023 tell a story of recovery in America and who is vulnerable https://theconversation.com/estimated-2-5-million-people-displaced-by-tornadoes-wildfires-and-other-disasters-in-2023-tell-a-story-of-recovery-in-america-and-who-is-vulnerable-224904

Today in disaster resilience (1 March 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Another extreme weather deluge rolls over Far North Queensland https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/qld/2024/02/24/another-soaking-for-fnq

Out-of-control Victorian bushfire destroys six homes, sparks Ballarat smoke warning https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-25/vic-fires-ballarat-beaufort-raglan-bushfires-warnings/103509258

Brazil – 8 Killed in Floods and Landslides as Rain Lashes State of Rio De Janeiro https://floodlist.com/america/brazil-floods-rio-de-janeiro-february-2024

Indonesia’s strongest tornado on record https://watchers.news/2024/02/26/indonesias-strongest-tornado-on-record/

Flash flooding in Australia’s wettest town, Tully, during 458mm downpour https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-26/australias-wettest-town-tully-inundated-by-458mm-downpour/103512644

Series of devastating wildfires hit Texas Panhandle, causing evacuations, temporary closure of critical nuclear weapons facility, U.S. https://watchers.news/2024/02/28/series-of-devastating-wildfires-hit-texas-panhandle-causing-evacuations-temporary-closure-of-critical-nuclear-weapons-facility-u-s/

Tens of thousands in Victoria urged to evacuate due to catastrophic fire danger, Australia https://watchers.news/2024/02/28/tens-of-thousands-in-victoria-urged-to-evacuate-due-to-catastrophic-fire-danger-australia/

Ash emissions from Popocatépetl affect nearby municipalities, cancel flights, Mexico https://watchers.news/2024/02/28/ash-emissions-from-popocatepetl-affect-nearby-municipalities-cancel-flights-mexico/

Widespread flooding and landslides hit Italy, deadly avalanche in Alto Adige https://watchers.news/2024/02/29/widespread-flooding-and-landslides-hit-italy-deadly-avalanche-in-alto-adige/

Smokehouse Creek Fire rapidly grows to second-largest wildfire in history of Texas https://watchers.news/2024/02/29/smokehouse-creek-fire-rapidly-grows-to-second-largest-wildfire-in-history-of-texas/

Volcanic activity worldwide 28 Feb 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/235430/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-28-Feb-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Dukono-.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

What Will It Take to Save Our Cities from a Scorching Future? https://e360.yale.edu/features/eleni-myrivili-interview

Antarctica sea ice reaches alarming low for third year in a row https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/24/antarctica-sea-ice-reaches-alarming-low-for-third-year-in-a-row

Youth response to climate change: Learning from Indigenous land-based camp at the Northern Saskatchewan Indigenous Communities, Canada https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550830724000314

Significantly wetter or drier future conditions for one to two thirds of the world’s population https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44513-3

Electric vehicles will crush fossil cars on price as lithium and battery prices fall https://thedriven.io/2024/02/26/electric-vehicles-will-crush-fossil-cars-on-price-as-lithium-and-battery-prices-fall/

Mapping pedestrian heat stress in current and future heatwaves in Cardiff, Newport, and Wrexham in Wales, UK https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360132324000106

No ‘statistically significant’ link between climate change and Chile’s wildfires https://www.carbonbrief.org/no-statistically-significant-link-between-climate-change-and-chiles-wildfires/

Future Changes in Global Atmospheric Rivers Projected by CMIP6 Models https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JD039359

Paris puts people and bicycles at the heart of ambitious new climate plan https://momentummag.com/paris-puts-people-and-bicycles-at-the-heart-of-ambitious-new-climate-plan/

Torrential storms and a rising ocean are eating away at California https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/california-rainfall-landslides-drought-atmospheric-river-climate-chang-rcna139741

Australians warned to expect fewer but more ferocious cyclones https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-26/australians-warned-to-expect-fewer-but-more-ferocious-cyclones/103500624

Wetlands, parks and even botanical gardens among the best ways to cool cities during heatwaves https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/wetlands-parks-and-even-botanical-gardens-among-best-ways-cool-cities-during-heatwaves

New climate model shows more extreme rainfall in the tropics with increased temperatures https://ist.ac.at/en/news/cloud-clustering-causes-more-extreme-rain/

Sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) prediction of dry and wet extremes for climate adaptation in India https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405880724000128

We must cut carbon from industry. Here’s how we can do it https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/02/we-must-cut-carbon-from-industry-heres-how-we-can-do-it/

After a weird summer of floods and heatwaves, scientists explain why weather extremes are ‘on steroids’ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-28/global-warming-effect-on-extreme-weather-events/103471564

Climate change is throwing the water cycle into chaos across the U.S. https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/climate-change-throwing-water-cycle-chaos-us-rcna137892

Catalysing Climate Resilience with Private Sector Action https://resiliencefirst.org/news/progress-update-catalysing-climate-resilience-private-sector-action

“Turning Up the Heat”: report launch on the growing threat of heat risk in the UK https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/events/turning-up-the-heat-report-launch-on-the-growing-threat-of-heat-risk-in-the-uk/

Five reasons why mandatory flood disclosure in Florida would be a big win for Realtors https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/02/23/mandatory-flood-disclosure-florida-realtors-insurance-premiums-flooding-climate-resilience/

New report predicts impact of future heatwaves in Welsh cities https://naturalresources.wales/about-us/news-and-blogs/news/new-report-predicts-impact-of-future-heatwaves-in-welsh-cities/

We can’t say yet if grid-breaking thunderstorms are getting worse – but we shouldn’t wait to find out https://theconversation.com/we-cant-say-yet-if-grid-breaking-thunderstorms-are-getting-worse-but-we-shouldnt-wait-to-find-out-224148

Renewables expand to 23% of US electrical generation in 2023, with solar in the lead https://electrek.co/2024/02/27/us-renewables-2023-solar-in-the-lead/

Record-Breaking Temperatures Likely as El Niño Persists https://eos.org/articles/record-breaking-temperatures-likely-as-el-nino-persists

Green Roofs Deliver Critical Protection From ‘Severe Urban Heating’ https://www.theenergymix.com/green-roofs-deliver-critical-protection-from-severe-urban-heating/

What we know about last year’s top 10 wild Australian climatic events – from fire and flood combos to cyclone-driven extreme rain https://theconversation.com/what-we-know-about-last-years-top-10-wild-australian-climatic-events-from-fire-and-flood-combos-to-cyclone-driven-extreme-rain-224614

This report provides a summary of selected significant extreme weather and climate events which occurred across Australia in 2023 https://climateextremes.org.au/the-state-of-weather-and-climate-extremes-2023/

Changing climates: the heat is (still) on https://www.swissre.com/institute/research/topics-and-risk-dialogues/climate-and-natural-catastrophe-risk/changing-climates-heat-is-still-on.html

Disaster risk reduction

Flow intermittence prediction using a hybrid hydrological modelling approach: influence of observed intermittence data on the training of a random forest model https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/851/2024/

Broadband Source Model of the 2023 Mw 7.8 Türkiye Earthquake from Strong‐Motion Records by Isochrone Backprojection and Empirical Green’s Function Method https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/95/2A/584/630585/Broadband-Source-Model-of-the-2023-Mw-7-8-Turkiye

Iceland’s Recent Eruptions Driven by Tectonic Stress https://eos.org/articles/icelands-recent-eruptions-driven-by-tectonic-stress

Natural flood management, lag time and catchment scale: Results from an empirical nested catchment study https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12717

Traditional weather forecasts: expert shares 5 ways Africa’s coastal residents predict floods https://theconversation.com/traditional-weather-forecasts-expert-shares-5-ways-africas-coastal-residents-predict-floods-223145

Fujitsu delivers new supercomputer system to Japan Meteorological Agency to improve prediction accuracy for typhoons and torrential rain https://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/resources/news/press-releases/2024/0221-01.html

Cooler, wetter parts of Pacific Northwest likely to see more fires, new simulations predict https://www.preventionweb.net/news/cooler-wetter-parts-pacific-northwest-likely-see-more-fires-new-simulations-predict

Extreme anticyclonic anomaly linked to catastrophic rainfall in Henan and marine heatwave https://watchers.news/2024/02/26/extreme-anticyclonic-anomaly-linked-to-catastrophic-rainfall-in-henan-and-marine-heatwave/

Comparison of conditioning factors classification criteria in large scale statistically based landslide susceptibility models https://nhess.copernicus.org/preprints/nhess-2024-29/

Geospatial Liquefaction Modeling of the 2023 Türkiye Earthquake Sequence by an Ensemble of Global, Continental, Regional, and Event‐Specific Models https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/95/2A/697/633503/Geospatial-Liquefaction-Modeling-of-the-2023

When it comes to earthquakes, prevention is the best remedy https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/when-it-comes-earthquakes-prevention-best-remedy

Nature-Based Solutions to Extreme Wildfires https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fire/special_issues/Y54K6N96DM

Wildfire risk for global wildland–urban interface areas https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-024-01291-0

How is counterfactual thinking integrated in organizational risk and resilience practices? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13669877.2023.2293040

Toward interpretable LSTM-based modeling of hydrological systems https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/945/2024/

Japan firms look to AI to bolster disaster prevention and mitigation https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/02/27/japan/society/ai-disaster-prevention-iwate/

Sendai Framework at a Glance https://www.preventionweb.net/sendai-framework/sendai-framework-at-a-glance

Compounding effects of changing sea level and rainfall regimes on pluvial flooding in New York City https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/compounding-effects-changing-sea-level-and-rainfall-regimes-pluvial-flooding-new-york

Floods have become less deadly: An analysis of global flood fatalities 1975–2022 https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/floods-have-become-less-deadly-analysis-global-flood-fatalities-1975-2022

Where does lightning strike? New maps pinpoint 36.8 million yearly ground strike points in unprecedented detail https://theconversation.com/where-does-lightning-strike-new-maps-pinpoint-36-8-million-yearly-ground-strike-points-in-unprecedented-detail-224151

Is there such a thing as ethical and safe disaster research? https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/irdr/2024/02/29/is-there-such-a-thing-as-ethical-and-safe-disaster-research/

Reactivating ancient landslides through reservoir construction – the Hoseynabad-e Kalpush landslide in Iran https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/hoseynabad-e-kalpush

Building an Operational Decision Support System for Multiple Weather-Induced Health Hazards https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781119741374.ch4

An Automatic Procedure for Forest Fire Fuel Imagery: A Semi-Supervised Classification Approach Mapping Using Hyperspectral (PRISMA) https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/5/1264

Understanding fatal landslides at global scales: a summary of topographic, climatic, and anthropogenic perspectives https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/understanding-fatal-landslides-global-scales-summary-topographic-climatic-and

Emergency Management

Zimbabwe: To build a better world, we must cooperate in the face of disaster https://www.unops.org/news-and-stories/insights/to-build-a-better-world-we-must-cooperate-in-the-face-of-disaster

Locally Led Anticipatory Action https://www.gndr.org/locally-led-anticipatory-action-guide-toolkit/

Victoria’s fire alert has knocked Australians out of complacency. Under climate change, catastrophic bushfires can strike any time https://theconversation.com/victorias-fire-alert-has-knocked-australians-out-of-complacency-under-climate-change-catastrophic-bushfires-can-strike-any-time-224636

Renters Need Better Policies To Cope With Natural Disasters, New Research Shows https://research.gatech.edu/renters-need-better-policies-cope-natural-disasters-new-research-shows

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Applying the results of a U.S.-based national resilient design education study in the field and the classroom during disaster recovery operations https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02807270231173656

Empowering children living in Sri Lanka’s tea estates with climate education and disaster preparedness https://www.unicef.org/srilanka/stories/building-communities-are-resilient-disaster-risks-and-climate-change-effects

Tongan weather service engaging with more people by incorporating traditional knowledge into forecasts https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacific-prepared/pacific-prepared/103480856

Abbas’ floating home: Building back better for a flood-resilient future https://iddrr.undrr.org/faces-of-resilience#abbas

The fifth edition of the Japan-Singapore Volcano PhD Symposium: an opportunity to share volcanology research and build long-lasting connections https://www.earthobservatory.sg/news/blog/the-fifth-edition-of-the-japan-singapore-volcano-phd-symposium-an-opportunity-to-share-volcanology-research-and-build-long-lasting-connections

Seven myths about disasters debunked – separating the disaster facts from disastrous falsehoods https://www.preventionweb.net/news/seven-myths-about-disasters-debunked-separating-disaster-facts-disastrous-falsehoods

New innovative art-based toolkit for climate resilience https://weadapt.org/knowledge-base/climate-adaptation-training/new-innovative-art-based-toolkit-for-climate-resilience/

Disaster psychology

Social support, educational, and behavioral modification interventions for improving household disaster preparedness in the general community-dwelling population: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1257714/full

Debt, missed classes and anxiety: How climate-driven disasters hurt college students https://www.npr.org/2024/02/27/1230002959/debt-missed-classes-and-anxiety-how-climate-driven-disasters-hurt-college-studen

The Unwell Pandemic: A Dangerous Aftermath Following Catastrophe, and 4 Things You Can Do About It Now https://www.forbes.com/sites/toddnordstrom/2024/02/27/the-unwell-pandemic-a-dangerous-aftermath-following-catastrophe-and-4-things-you-can-do-about-it-now/

Why do people not prepare for disasters? A national survey from China https://www.nature.com/articles/s44304-024-00001-2

Sociology and disasters

Radical interpretation of disasters: Post-colonial and capitalist nexus in Chile (and keyways to just and equitable future) https://www.radixonline.org/blog/radical-interpretation-of-disasters-post-colonial-and-capitalist-nexus-in-chile-and-keyways-to-just-and-equitable-future

Five Key Needs for Addressing Flood Injustice https://eos.org/science-updates/five-key-needs-for-addressing-flood-injustice

A Storm Blows in Inequality – 3 Solutions to Adapt to Climate Change While Fighting Poverty https://blogs.iadb.org/sostenibilidad/en/a-storm-blows-in-inequality-3-solutions-to-adapt-to-climate-change-while-fighting-poverty/

Utopian and Dystopian Explorations of Pandemics and Ecological Breakdown https://www.routledge.com/Utopian-and-Dystopian-Explorations-of-Pandemics-and-Ecological-Breakdown/Alberro-Atasoy-Castle-Firth-Scott/p/book/9781032385914

Climate Change and Wealth: Understanding and Improving the Carbon Capability of the Wealthiest People in the UK https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4723179

Assessing Multidimensional Vulnerability of Rural Areas to Flooding: An Index-Based Approach https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-024-00547-9

Rice farmers and floods in Ecuador: the strategic role of social capital in disaster risk reduction and livelihood resilience https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924000943

Building Resilience In Black Communities: Sustainable Approaches https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicasanders/2024/02/29/building-resilience-in-black-communities-sustainable-approaches/

Today in disaster resilience (23 February 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Tropical Cyclone “Lincoln” hits Gulf of Carpentaria, heavy rainfall and damaging winds continue, Australia https://watchers.news/2024/02/17/tropical-cyclone-lincoln-hits-gulf-of-carpentaria-heavy-rainfall-and-damaging-winds-continue-australia/

Tropical Storm “Akará” forms off Rio de Janeiro as first TS in South Atlantic since 2019 https://watchers.news/2024/02/19/tropical-storm-akara-forms-off-rio-de-janeiro-as-first-ts-in-south-atlantic-since-2019/

Destructive avalanche hits Afghanistan, leaving at least 25 people dead https://watchers.news/2024/02/19/destructive-avalanche-hits-afghanistan-leaving-at-least-25-people-dead/

Severe thunderstorm hits Sydney, lightning strikes injure 4, set 3 homes on fire, Australia https://watchers.news/2024/02/19/severe-thunderstorm-hits-sydney-lightning-strikes-injure-4-set-3-homes-on-fire-australia/

Large tornado hits West Java Province, damaging more than 60 homes and injuring 22, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/02/21/large-tornado-hits-west-java-province-damaging-more-than-60-homes-and-injuring-22-indonesia/

Thousands urged to evacuate as wildfire rages near Ballarat, Victoria https://watchers.news/2024/02/22/thousands-urged-to-evacuate-as-wildfire-rages-near-ballarat-victoria/

Volcanic activity worldwide 21 Feb 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/234713/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-21-Feb-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Duk.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

February on course to break unprecedented number of heat records https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/17/february-on-course-to-break-unprecedented-number-of-heat-records

Adjusted Global Temperature Data https://tamino.wordpress.com/2024/02/16/adjusted-global-temperature-data/

From Newsworthiness to News Usefulness in Climate Change Research https://eos.org/opinions/from-newsworthiness-to-news-usefulness-in-climate-change-research

Climate Denial in American Politics https://www.routledge.com/Climate-Denial-in-American-Politics-ClimateBrawl/Kutney/p/book/9781032592794

Climate change is forcing Australians to weigh up relocating. How do they make that difficult decision? https://theconversation.com/climate-change-is-forcing-australians-to-weigh-up-relocating-how-do-they-make-that-difficult-decision-221971

Geraldton smashes 70-year-old high with peak of 49.3C making it officially hottest day on record https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/weather/geraldton-smashes-70-year-old-high-with-peak-of-493c-making-it-officially-hottest-day-on-record–c-13638445

US EIA Predicts Solar Will Account for 58% of New Electricity Generation Capacity in US in 2024 https://cleantechnica.com/2024/02/17/us-eia-predicts-solar-will-account-for-58-of-new-electricity-generation-capacity-in-us-in-2024/

Very cool: trees stalling effects of global heating in eastern US, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/17/us-east-trees-warming-hole-study-climate-crisis

Climate Council is calling for heatwaves to be named, similar to how we name tropical cyclones, as a way of helping avoid more deaths https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/time-to-name-the-silent-killer-heatwaves/

Climate change raises risk of forest fires in Taiwan https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5097861

Fearsome threesome: how a trio of climate drivers is baking Australia’s west and leaving the east soaked https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/18/australia-wild-unpredictable-weather-rain-cyclone-heatwaves

Rain Comes to the Arctic, With a Cascade of Troubling Changes https://e360.yale.edu/features/arctic-rainfall-climate-change

Xinjiang records lowest temperature in history at -52.3 °C (-62.1 °F), China https://watchers.news/2024/02/20/xinjiang-records-lowest-temperature-in-history-at-52-3-c-62-1-f-china/

Tuvalu residents are fighting for their home in the face of worsening tides and climate change https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/nesia-daily/kato-ewekia/103483948

Naracoorte Caves study shows Australian ice age was wetter, more animal-friendly, than first thought https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-19/australia-climate-history-study-naracoorte-caves-ice-ages/103455378

Sinking skyscrapers, new beaches: Chicago faces the climate crisis https://www.ft.com/content/5eaba8d7-949f-4d71-9512-102f1bcfef82

Copernicus Interactive Climate Atlas https://atlas.climate.copernicus.eu/atlas

Causally-Informed Deep Learning to Improve Climate Models and Projections https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JD039202

Unveiling Climate Colonialism https://tiredearth.com/articles/unveiling-climate-colonialism

Translating climate risk assessments into more effective adaptation decision-making: The importance of social and political aspects of place-based climate risk https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146290112400039X

Adapting to Climate Risk? Local Population Dynamics in the United States https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41885-024-00141-9

‘Staggering’ rise of rooftop solar to put all other power generation in the shade, report finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-21/rooftop-solar-cells-in-australia-to-outperform-demand/103489806

Climate Protection for Migration Prevention: Comparison of Policy Discourses on Climate Change and Migration in Austria, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13876988.2024.2304835

Elevated Southern Hemisphere moisture availability during glacial periods https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06989-3

Kenya has become a world leader in renewable energy https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/kenya-geothermal-energy-renewable-power/

“Power to the people:” Traditional owners’ clean energy plea gains climate urgency https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/power-to-the-people-traditional-owners-clean-energy-plea-in-wake-of-cyclone-jasper/

On the frontline of the climate crisis: Atoll nations and coastal communities with catastrophic threats to their homes and livelihoods also face serious legal implications https://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/frontline-climate-crisis-atoll-nations-and-coastal-communities-catastrophic-threats

Australia’s first mobile cooling hub is ready for searing heat this summer – and people who are homeless helped design it https://theconversation.com/australias-first-mobile-cooling-hub-is-ready-for-searing-heat-this-summer-and-people-who-are-homeless-helped-design-it-218829

What Is the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience, and How Can Countries Move It Forward? https://www.iisd.org/articles/deep-dive/uae-framework-global-climate-resilience

‘More extreme flooding’ warning from region’s ex Environment Agency expert https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/more-extreme-flooding-warning-regions-28676606

Despite known coastal cooling trend, risk of deadly wildfires in central Chile increasing with changing land management in a warming climate https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/despite-known-coastal-cooling-trend-risk-of-deadly-wildfires-in-central-chile-increasing-with-changing-land-management-in-a-warming-climate/

Groundbreaking new data can make us better understand glaciers https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1035127

A single Antarctic heatwave or storm can noticeably raise the sea level https://theconversation.com/a-single-antarctic-heatwave-or-storm-can-noticeably-raise-the-sea-level-223768

Climate change has increased premature birth risk by 60% https://www.earth.com/news/climate-change-has-increased-premature-birth-risk-by-60/

Disaster risk reduction

Time to Update the Split-Sample Approach in Hydrological Model Calibration https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021WR031523

New EQFL metric evaluates the impact of earthquakes on countries over the past five centuries https://watchers.news/2024/02/18/new-eqfl-metric-evaluates-the-impact-of-earthquakes-on-countries-over-the-past-five-centuries/

Advanced modeling uncovers seamounts as the source of Japan’s tsunami earthquakes https://watchers.news/2024/02/18/advanced-modeling-uncovers-seamounts-as-the-source-of-japans-tsunami-earthquakes/

‘This is not a Lahaina problem’: Once unthinkable, frequent fires are Hawaii’s new normal https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/hawaii-fire-scientists-warn-escalating-wildfire-threat/index.html

Reclassifying historical disasters: From single to multi-hazards https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723077501

Employing the generalized Pareto distribution to analyze extreme rainfall events on consecutive rainy days in Thailand’s Chi watershed: implications for flood management https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/801/2024/

How to mitigate flood events similar to the 1979 catastrophic floods in the lower Tagus https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/609/2024/

What controls the tail behaviour of flood series: rainfall or runoff generation? https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/833/2024/

Tracking urban flood exposure: Global trends since 1985 https://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/tracking-urban-flood-exposure-global-trends-1985

Review article: Drought as a continuum: memory effects in interlinked hydrological, ecological, and social systems https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-421/

After two phases of testing and more than 100 simulated earthquakes, the 10-story TallWood building perched atop the largest shake table in the world remained intact https://temblor.net/temblor/test-results-are-in-tallwood-building-a-resounding-success-15987/

Disaster infrastructure resilience https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/immersive-story/2024/01/31/building-beyond-tomorrow

New detection method aims to warn of landslide tsunamis https://www.gi.alaska.edu/news/new-detection-method-aims-warn-landslide-tsunamis

Emergency Management

Key findings from our 2023 workshop on strategic and collaborative approaches to mitigating wildfire in British Columbia https://www.sfu.ca/dialogue/what-we-do/initiatives/mitigating-wildfire/2023-what-we-heard.html

‘Zombie Fires’ burning at an alarming rate in Canada https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68228943

Early warnings for all (EW4All) https://www.undrr.org/early-warnings-for-all

Firefighter Fatalities in the United States https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/

Southern California Residents Stay Vigilant for Mudslides https://www.govtech.com/em/preparedness/southern-california-residents-stay-vigilant-for-mudslides

Pomonal bushfire residents who lost everything look for rentals in tight market https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-17/grampians-bushfire-victims-seeking-rentals-housing-crisis/103477758

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Promoting public health equity through strategic information campaigns on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of pandemic health information campaigns on Twitter in Houston, Texas https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rhc3.12294

Can a Video Game Prepare Us for the Big One? https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2024/02/cascadia-video-game-earthquake-big-one

Cascadia9 game https://www.cascadia9game.org/

Immersive VR: empowering kids to survive in fire, flood, and war https://www.preventionweb.net/news/immersive-vr-empowering-kids-survive-fire-flood-and-war

Disaster psychology

Largest post-pandemic survey finds trust in scientists is high https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00420-1

Wildfires linked to surge in mental health-related emergency department visits, study shows https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-02-wildfires-linked-surge-mental-health.html

Why Trauma Affects Some People Differently Than Others https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/transcending-the-past/202402/why-trauma-affects-some-people-differently-than-others

Sociology and disasters

Understanding the spatial disparity in socio-economic recovery of coastal communities following typhoon disasters https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969724009707

The Mediating Effect of Psychological Resilience between Individual Social Capital and Mental Health in the Post-Pandemic Era: A Cross-Sectional Survey over 300 Family Caregivers of Kindergarten Children in Mainland China https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/2/122#

Why storms like this one will make solving homelessness even harder for L.A. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-18/homeless-tiny-homes-extreme-weather-climate-change

Risk inclusion of vulnerable people during a climate-related disaster: A case study of people with hearing loss facing wildfires https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924000979

Failure to prioritise elderly, disabled in Gisborne evacuations, research project reveals https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/509646/failure-to-prioritise-elderly-disabled-in-gisborne-evacuations-research-project-reveals

Income Inequality Linked to Social Vulnerability to Disasters https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/02/cre-for-equity.html

Today in disaster resilience (16 February 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

M6.3 earthquake hits Volcano Islands, Japan region at intermediate depth https://watchers.news/2024/02/12/m6-3-earthquake-hits-volcano-islands-japan-region-at-intermediate-depth/

Victoria set to face first ‘catastrophic’ fire conditions since Black Summer https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/victoria-set-to-face-first-catastrophic-fire-conditions-since-black-summer/f8jimngn6

Monsoon causes heavy rainfall, flooding in Darwin suburbs, as Gulf of Carpentaria braces for possible cyclone https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-12/monsoon-rainfall-floods-darwin-roads-bom-moderate-cyclone-risk/103455316

68 killed, 51 missing after massive landslide hits Davao de Oro, Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/02/07/six-killed-46-missing-after-massive-landslide-hits-davao-de-oro-philippines/

Floods in northern Oman claim three lives, cause widespread evacuations https://watchers.news/2024/02/13/floods-in-northern-oman-claim-three-lives-cause-widespread-evacuations/

Fires destroy homes in Victoria as storm zaps power from 220,000 home for ‘days, if not weeks’ https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/massive-storm-could-zap-power-from-375000-home-for-days-if-not-weeks/news-story/aebb6050afc28afe42e0aef599fff09c

Volcanic activity worldwide 13 Feb 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/233992/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-13-Feb-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Dukono-.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

As the world warms, intense tropical cyclones are starting earlier, study finds https://www.preventionweb.net/news/world-warms-intense-tropical-cyclones-are-starting-earlier-study-finds

World had warmest January on record https://wmo.int/media/news/world-had-warmest-january-record

South Australia enjoyed 82 pct wind and solar for entire December quarter. So it can be done https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-enjoyed-82-pct-wind-and-solar-for-entire-december-quarter-so-it-can-be-done/

Revisiting the role of disasters in climate policy-making https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2024.2301781

Atlantic Ocean is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows https://theconversation.com/atlantic-ocean-is-headed-for-a-tipping-point-once-melting-glaciers-shut-down-the-gulf-stream-we-would-see-extreme-climate-change-within-decades-study-shows-222834

Regional variations in relative sea-level changes influenced by nonlinear vertical land motionhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01357-2

Globally representative evidence on the actual and perceived support for climate action https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-01925-3

The Escalating Impact of Global Warming on Atmospheric Rivers https://eos.org/research-spotlights/the-escalating-impact-of-global-warming-on-atmospheric-rivers

Veteran economists say a carbon levy would cut emissions, cut inflation and raise billions, but see little prospect of adoption https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-14/economists-call-for-carbon-levy/103461496

EU climate policy is dangerously reliant on untested carbon-capture technology https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00391-3

Sweltering Cities panel warns Brisbane heatwaves will worsen https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-14/brisbane-heatwaves-will-worsen-sweltering-cities-says/103460350

Disaster risk reduction

Unintended Consequences of Disaster Mitigation: A Systematic Review of the Safe Development Paradox https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3941568/v1

ShakeMap Atlas 4.0 and AtlasCat: An Archive of the Recent and the Historical Earthquake ShakeMaps, and Impacts for Global Hazard Analyses and Loss Model Calibration https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/doi/10.1785/0220220324/629502/ShakeMap-Atlas-4-0-and-AtlasCat-An-Archive-of-the

Atmospheric river storms are getting stronger, and deadlier. The race to understand them is on https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/11/atmospheric-river-pacific-storms-climate-crisis

Trilateral best practices report- Tools and technologies for earthquake risk management: Sharing experience from Northeast Asia https://www.undrr.org/publication/trilateral-best-practices-report-tools-and-technologies-earthquake-risk-management

Numerical-model-derived intensity–duration thresholds for early warning of rainfall-induced debris flows in a Himalayan catchment https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/465/2024/

Merging with crowdsourced rain gauge data improves pan-European radar precipitation estimates https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/649/2024/

A European-scale analysis reveals the complex roles of anthropogenic and climatic factors in driving the initiation of large wildfires https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969724005795

Warnings are a social process https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/first-mile-warnings-means-putting-people-first

Emergency Management

Pandemic impacts and experiences after disaster in Australia: qualitative study of compound impacts following the Black Summer bushfires https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open/article/pandemic-impacts-and-experiences-after-disaster-in-australia-qualitative-study-of-compound-impacts-following-the-black-summer-bushfires/C50D6970E3D2721BCB3B0D765525BBDF#article

Canada to send firefighters, equipment to help battle Chilean wildfires https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/02/11/canada-helping-chile-wildfires/

‘We are in an era of megafires’: new tactics demanded as wildfires intensify across South America https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/13/megafires-wildfires-chile-argentina-south-america

Six months after the Maui fires, an uncertain economy for the island https://www.npr.org/2024/02/08/1230237974/six-months-since-maui-fires-an-uncertain-economy

Black Summer bushfires cost Australia billions in lost tourism, new research reveals https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-13/black-summer-bushfires-economic-impacts-research-snowy-valleys/103446338

WMO supports Cambodia and Lao PDR to strengthen early warnings https://wmo.int/media/news/wmo-supports-cambodia-and-lao-pdr-strengthen-early-warnings

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

PAW Patrol™ fan favourites will bolster fire education and awareness among children in a unique partnership between Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and Paramount Australia announced today https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/incident.php?record=recPgGBHRMGTnogxi

Use of immunology in news and YouTube videos in the context of COVID-19: politicisation and information bubbles https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1327704/full

Depolarized by the Media? The Role of Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Traditional and Digital Media Diets in Issue Polarization Around COVID-19 in the United States https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2024.2312614

#Art4Resilience: Announcing the Knowledge-into-Use award winners https://cdkn.org/story/art4resilience-announcing-knowledge-use-award-winners-0

Disaster psychology

Study measures the psychological toll of wildfires https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-measures-psychological-toll-wildfires-0213

Domestic violence is cost of climate change for Sri Lankan women https://www.context.news/climate-risks/domestic-violence-is-cost-of-climate-change-for-sri-lankan-women

Ecological Sorrow: Types of Grief and Loss in Ecological Grief https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/2/849

Sociology and disasters

Social consequences of planned relocation in response to sea level rise: impacts on anxiety, well-being, and perceived safetyhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-53277-9

Post-displacement placemaking to reconnect social capital after the 3.11 earthquake and tsunami in Arahama, Japan https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924000852

Five Key Needs for Addressing Flood Injustice https://eos.org/science-updates/five-key-needs-for-addressing-flood-injustice

Today in disaster resilience (9 February 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Widespread floods and landslides in southern Philippines claim 14 lives https://watchers.news/2024/02/04/widespread-floods-and-landslides-in-southern-philippines-claim-14-lives/

Iceland volcano: Grindavik’s people may never return after volcano spills lava into town https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68133386

Nearly 38 million people in California under flood watch as rain batters state https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/05/second-atmospheric-river-california-floods-roads-wind-warning

Raging wildfires claim more than 112 lives, leave hundreds missing in central Chile https://watchers.news/2024/02/04/raging-wildfires-claim-more-than-59-lives-destroy-more-than-1-500-homes-in-central-chile/

Heavy snow in the Tokyo area knocks out power to homes and disrupts travel https://apnews.com/article/japan-heavy-snow-flight-train-cancellation-04010da7e4512af0b7f1a0e92840d2bd

11 killed, 110 missing after massive landslide hits Davao de Oro, Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/02/07/six-killed-46-missing-after-massive-landslide-hits-davao-de-oro-philippines/

Volcanic activity worldwide 7 Feb 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/233412/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-7-Feb-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Reventado.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

In Scotland, Renewable Power Has Outstripped Demand https://e360.yale.edu/digest/scotland-renewable-energy-100-percent

Tripling nuclear energy by 2050 will take a miracle, and miracles don’t happen https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/climate-change/tripling-nuclear-energy-by-2050-will-take-a-miracle-and-miracles-don-t-happen-94249

Revisiting the role of disasters in climate policy-making https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2024.2301781

Water recycling could be key to cooling Sydney’s west https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/january-2024/water-recycling-could-be-key-to-cool-sydneys-west

Climate change increased heavy precipitation associated with impactful Storm Bettina over Black Sea https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-increased-heavy-precipitation-associated-with-impactful-storm-bettina-over-black-sea/

As climate disasters become more frequent, insurance companies are abandoning us https://ctmirror.org/2024/02/01/insurance-companies-climate-change/

Bridging the way: the benefits of gradual decarbonisation https://www.ft.com/partnercontent/eni/bridging-the-way-the-benefits-of-gradual-decarbonisation.html

How mapping ‘heat islands’ can help cities prepare for extreme heat https://www.npr.org/2024/02/01/1227692559/how-mapping-heat-islands-can-help-cities-prepare-for-extreme-heat

The flawed logic of rushing out extreme climate interventions https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/04/27/1072258/the-flawed-logic-of-rushing-out-extreme-climate-solutions/

El Niño and climate crisis raise drought fears in Madagascar https://news.un.org/en/interview/2024/02/1146152

The jump in global temperatures in September 2023 is very difficult to explain by natural climate variability alone https://en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/news/27TqYevFigYyLF8XzKfVCk

Dangerous climate tipping points will affect Australia. The risks are real and cannot be ignored https://theconversation.com/dangerous-climate-tipping-points-will-affect-australia-the-risks-are-real-and-cannot-be-ignored-222737

Climate Change, Migration, and Health Disparities at and Beyond the US-Mexico Border https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2814943

The world has warmed 1.5 °C, according to 300-year-old sponges https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00281-8

Elevated Southern Hemisphere moisture availability during glacial periods https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06989-3

The Santiago Network, established in December 2019 at COP 25, plays a crucial role in addressing climate change impacts in developing countries https://www.undrr.org/what-we-do/santiago-network

Heat-health glossary https://www.high-horizons.eu/resources/glossary/

Changing Climate and Fire: a Crisis Brewing in the Pacific https://pacificfireexchange.org/resource/changing-climate-and-fire-a-crisis-brewing-in-the-pacific/

Poorer Countries Face Heavier Consequences of Climate Change https://eos.org/articles/poorer-countries-face-heavier-consequences-of-climate-change

On the need for physical constraints in deep learning rainfall–runoff projections under climate change: a sensitivity analysis to warming and shifts in potential evapotranspiration https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/479/2024/

Changes in United States Summer Temperatures Revealed by Explainable Neural Networks https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF003981

Quantifying carbon in the ocean provides crucial information about oceans’ role in climate https://www.eumetsat.int/features/behind-data-measuring-ocean-carbon

Climate change will strike Australia’s precious World Heritage sites – and Indigenous knowledge is a key defence https://theconversation.com/climate-change-will-strike-australias-precious-world-heritage-sites-and-indigenous-knowledge-is-a-key-defence-222393

The Bureau of Meteorology has released its official record of Australia’s climate, water and significant climate and weather events for 2023 https://media.bom.gov.au/releases/1217/australias-climate-in-2023-warmer-with-contrasting-rainfall/

Earth’s warmest January on record extends run of unprecedented temperatures to eight months https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-08/nsw-january-hottest-global-temperature-record/103442160

Staying put in an era of climate change: The geographies, legalities, and public health implications of immobility https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.879

Disaster risk reduction

The silent protectors: How trees may safeguard against disasters https://www.preventionweb.net/news/silent-protectors-how-trees-may-safeguard-against-disasters

Increasing cost of living, natural disasters and rising insurance costs.  It’s time for disaster mitigation action https://volunteerfirefighters.org.au/increasing-cost-of-living-natural-disasters-and-rising-insurance-costs-its-time-for-disaster-mitigation-action

‘Water comes from all four sides’: how Rotterdam’s tidal park protects the city https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/01/water-comes-from-all-four-sides-how-rotterdams-tidal-park-protects-the-city

After $70 Billion Hit, Insurers Wake Up to Growing Risks of Severe Convective Storms https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2024/01/25/757121.htm

Hurricanes becoming so strong that new category needed, study says https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/05/hurricanes-becoming-so-strong-that-new-category-needed-study-says

Towards a global impact-based forecasting model for tropical cyclones https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/309/2024/

A Multimodal Data Fusion and Deep Learning Framework for Large-Scale Wildfire Surface Fuel Mapping https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/6/2/36

Yes, the Los Angeles River is dramatically full. But it’s just ‘doing its job’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/06/los-angeles-river-pictures-rain-storms-flooding

The limits of weather forecasting: How far into the future can we look? https://press.uni-mainz.de/the-limits-of-weather-forecasting-how-far-into-the-future-can-we-look/

Why Hurricane Otis holds the most CAT modeling lessons since 1992’s Andrew https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/catastrophe/why-hurricane-otis-holds-the-most-cat-modeling-lessons-since-1992s-andrew-476164.aspx

Emergency Management

How Can States Deal with the Next Crisis? https://patimes.org/how-can-states-deal-with-the-next-crisis/

Better warnings to ensure action https://www.naturalhazards.com.au/news-and-events/news-and-views/better-warnings-ensure-action

UNDRR statement on Chile forest fires https://www.undrr.org/news/undrr-statement-chile-forest-fires

Insurance premiums rise faster than Australia’s inflation, spurred by frequent extreme weather https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/datablog/2024/feb/06/insurance-premiums-rise-faster-than-australias-inflation-spurred-by-frequent-extreme-weather

Call for insurance tax cut and flood defence investment boost to help households https://www.independent.co.uk/money/call-for-insurance-tax-cut-and-flood-defence-investment-boost-to-help-households-b2490726.html

Why Canada needs to dramatically update how it prepares for and manages emergencies https://theconversation.com/why-canada-needs-to-dramatically-update-how-it-prepares-for-and-manages-emergencies-221959

Chile mourns the victims of world’s third-deadliest wildfire this century https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/chile-mourns-the-victims-of-worlds-third-deadliest-wildfire-this-century/bmglszhxn

One year on from Cyclone Gabrielle, NZ still needs a plan to fix its failing infrastructure https://www.preventionweb.net/news/one-year-cyclone-gabrielle-nz-still-needs-plan-fix-its-failing-infrastructure

In Chile, natural disasters fall on all-volunteer fire service https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240206-in-chile-natural-disasters-fall-on-all-volunteer-fire-service

Climate-invariant machine learning https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adj7250

Portland’s only earthquake preparedness employee on budget chopping block https://www.opb.org/article/2024/02/07/portland-earthquake-preparedness-only-employee-may-lose-job-budget-cuts/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Using Social Media to Reduce the Risks of Community-Wide Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters, and Disease Outbreaks https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/major-incidents-pandemics-and-mental-health/using-social-media-to-reduce-the-risks-of-communitywide-emergencies-incidents-disasters-and-disease-outbreaks/D43527A0B5A8B2EC4541371F2B834EB9

What should children in Japan do if a quake hits when no adults are with them? https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240202/p2a/00m/0na/016000c

An assessment of potential improvements in social capital, risk awareness, and preparedness from digital technologies https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/145/2024/nhess-24-145-2024.pdf

Disaster psychology

Pandemic impacts and experiences after disaster in Australia: qualitative study of compound impacts following the Black Summer bushfires https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open/article/pandemic-impacts-and-experiences-after-disaster-in-australia-qualitative-study-of-compound-impacts-following-the-black-summer-bushfires/C50D6970E3D2721BCB3B0D765525BBDF

The emerging influence of Geopsychiatry in Forensic Psychiatry — from global crises to local jurisdictions https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666353824000018

The Role of Social Capital in Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/full/10.1027/2157-3891/a000093

Sociology and disasters

A conflict-sensitive approach to disaster risk reduction https://www.gfdrr.org/en/feature-story/enabling-conflict-sensitive-approach-disaster-recovery-and-resilience-southern

Converging Climate Risks Interact to Cause More Harm, Hitting Disadvantaged Californians Hardest https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02022024/extreme-heat-and-wildfire-smoke-hits-disadvantaged-californians-hardest/

Inequality persists after an earthquake’s impact https://temblor.net/temblor/inequality-persists-after-earthquakes-15950/

Turkey earthquakes one year on: the devastation has exposed deep societal scars and women are bearing the brunt https://theconversation.com/turkey-earthquakes-one-year-on-the-devastation-has-exposed-deep-societal-scars-and-women-are-bearing-the-brunt-221819

Today in disaster resilience (2 February 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Colombia declares a disaster because of wildfires and asks for international help https://apnews.com/article/colombia-wildfires-el-nino-rain-97822859911613e3d8cd353924e96d12

Category 2 Tropical Cyclone “Kirrily” makes landfall between Townsville and Ingham, Queensland https://watchers.news/2024/01/26/category-2-tropical-cyclone-kirrily-makes-landfall-between-townsville-and-ingham-queensland/

Tropical Storm “Candice” forms just north of Mauritius, bringing very heavy rainfall https://watchers.news/2024/01/24/tropical-storm-candice-forms-just-north-of-mauritius-bringing-very-heavy-rainfall/

Climate Change is Increasing Lightning Deaths in Bangladesh https://climateadaptationplatform.com/climate-change-is-increasing-lightning-deaths-in-bangladesh/

Flood in the Marshall Islands https://disasterscharter.org/web/guest/activations/-/article/flood-flash-in-marshall-islands-activation-858-

Another cyclone threat looms as flood clean-up begins in Queensland https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/2024/02/01/another-cyclone-threat-looms-queensland

Volcanic activity worldwide 30 Jan 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Merapi, Semeru https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/232828/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-30-Jan-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Merapi-Semeru-.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Do we want a wind farm outside our window? What Australians think about the net zero transition https://theconversation.com/do-we-want-a-wind-farm-outside-our-window-what-australians-think-about-the-net-zero-transition-214712

India’s Clean Energy Sector is Booming https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Renewable-Energy/Indias-Clean-Energy-Sector-is-Booming.html

Financial Armageddon a risk as climate disasters leave insurers on the ropes https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/consumer/2024/01/27/natural-disasters-australia-risk

Climate change, not El Niño, main driver of exceptional drought in highly vulnerable Amazon River Basin https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-not-el-nino-main-driver-of-exceptional-drought-in-highly-vulnerable-amazon-river-basin/

New series of educational videos on climate change and health from the ENBEL project https://www.enbel-project.eu/news-page/educational-videos

Natural Hydrogen: A Potential Clean Energy Source Beneath Our Feet https://e360.yale.edu/features/natural-geologic-hydrogen-climate-change

Marshall Brain: How overheating in the Arctic Circle will cause the collapse of civilization https://wraltechwire.com/2024/01/26/marshall-brain-how-overheating-in-the-arctic-circle-will-cause-the-collapse-of-civilization/

Why summers are getting more humid and how that can be dangerous https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-27/why-summers-are-getting-more-humid/103390388

To avoid the worst of climate change we have to change how we travel https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/2024/01/29/air-travel-climate-net-zero

How YouTube is profiting from a new kind of climate change denial https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2024/01/29/youtube-climate-denial

Renewable projects are getting built faster – but there’s even more need for speed https://theconversation.com/renewable-projects-are-getting-built-faster-but-theres-even-more-need-for-speed-221874

Move to sustainable food systems could bring $10tn benefits a year, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/29/sustainable-food-production-economic-benefits-study

Australia’s black summer bushfires ripped billions from the tourism industry. Is global warming making the cost of natural disasters worse? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/31/black-summer-bushfires-australia-tourism-industry-impact

The highest temperature ever recorded in Europe https://watchers.news/2024/01/30/the-highest-temperature-ever-recorded-in-europe/

Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change on Human Health https://www.weforum.org/publications/quantifying-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-human-health/

Already stretched hospitals take on more ambulance call-outs in heatwaves, new Griffith University research finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-30/qld-heatwave-death-ambulance-natural-disasters-hot-weather-humid/103400540

Perth heatwave continues as temperatures forecast to hit 45C in Midland, Ellenbrook on Thursday https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-31/perth-swelters-through-summer-heatwave-/103410824

The Weather of Hell: Experience of Italian Red Cross During 2023 Heat waves https://preparecenter.org/story/the-weather-of-hell-experience-of-italian-red-cross-during-2023-heatwaves/

Scotland’s Renewable Output More Than 100 Percent of Demand https://e360.yale.edu/digest/scotland-renewable-energy-100-percent

Climate change can put the planet’s largest reserves of drinking water at risk https://phys.org/news/2024-01-climate-planet-largest-reserves.html

10,000 people a year could die as a result of heatwaves, MPs warn https://news.sky.com/story/10-000-people-a-year-could-die-as-a-result-of-heatwaves-mps-warn-13060463

Saskatchewan shatters January temperature record with 21.1 °C (70 °F) in Maple Creek, Canada https://watchers.news/2024/01/31/saskatchewan-shatters-january-temperature-record-with-21-1-c-70-f-in-maple-creek-canada/

Texas just broke a record for how much power it got from the sun https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2024-01-29/texas-just-broke-a-record-for-how-much-power-it-got-from-the-sun

Disaster risk reduction

A call for consistency and integration in global surface water estimates https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad1722

‘We can’t engineer our way out of this’: how to protect flood-hit Severn Valley https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/27/we-cant-engineer-our-way-out-of-this-how-to-protect-flood-hit-severn-valley

Improved estimation of extreme floods with data pooling and mixed probability distribution https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169424000271

Research proposes a self-powered movable seawall for tsunami protection and emergency power generation https://techxplore.com/news/2024-01-powered-movable-seawall-tsunami-emergency.html

Coming soon! A new disaster losses and damages tracking system https://www.undrr.org/disaster-losses-and-damages-tracking-system

Homes with more modern roofs were able to avoid significant damage from Hurricane Ian, compared with those with older roofs https://insuranceindustryblog.iii.org/fema-highlights-roleof-modern-roofsin-preventinghurricane-damage/

PyOcto: A high-throughput seismic phase associator https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/1130

Quantifying cascading uncertainty in compound flood modeling with linked process-based and machine learning models https://hess.copernicus.org/preprints/hess-2024-9/

Effects of tropical cyclones on catchment sediment delivery to coastal ecosystems https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0341816224000031

Digital training tackles future threats in Tuvalu https://tcap.tv/news/2023/10/4/tuvalu-doubles-down-on-climate-action-celebrating-45-years-of-independence-rfy3w

Emergency Management

Plagues that shook the Roman Empire linked to cold, dry periods https://www.newscientist.com/article/2414350-plagues-that-shook-the-roman-empire-linked-to-cold-dry-periods/

Inclusive emergency management in Romania https://www.gfdrr.org/en/feature-story/enabling-inclusive-emergency-preparedness-and-response-romania

Will 2024 Atlantic hurricane season be active? One early forecast says yes https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/early-2024-atlantic-hurricane-season-forecast

Developing and Validating a Disaster Food Security Scale https://disasterhealth.umbc.edu/current-research/

Big Storms Are Coming, But Feared Widespread Disaster Isn’t Looming https://voiceofsandiego.org/2024/01/29/big-storms-are-coming-but-feared-widespread-disaster-isnt-looming/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Disaster risk and resilience in the news, and news from the disaster risk reduction (DRR) community and beyond https://www.preventionweb.net/community/community-announcement

Disaster communications can be more effective when using different messaging strategies https://theconversation.com/disaster-communications-can-be-more-effective-when-using-different-messaging-strategies-215978

Think Globally, Act Locally? Evaluating Boston Climate Projects’ Community Engagement https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10745-023-00473-2

Science and risk communication at active volcanoes in Guatemala: living with the beast https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/science-and-risk-communication-at-active-volcanoes-in-guatemala-living-with-the-beast

What role can ‘public switching’ play in researching public perceptions of controversial issues? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13645579.2024.2303033

Disaster psychology

Copenhagen, Climate Science and the Emotional Geographies of Climate Change https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00049181003742286

You Are Stronger Than You Think https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-well-lived-life/202303/you-are-stronger-than-you-think

COVID-19 stress, marital conflict, social capital, and parenting of preschoolers https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/fare.13000

Update on COVID-19 and How It Changes the Brain https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-my-brain-works/202401/update-on-covid-19-and-changes-in-the-brain

Anxiety often lingers after an environmental disaster. A new tool could help measure it https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-31/victoria-epa-melb-industrial-pollution-fire-flood-mental-health/103402774

Sociology and disasters

Community Resilience and Disaster Preparedness: A Social Analysis of Vulnerability and Coping Mechanisms in Indonesian Villages https://amrsjournals.com/index.php/jamrsss/article/view/466

Disability, displacement and disaster resilience: Ensuring the rights of persons with disabilities in situations of forced displacement and statelessness https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/disability-displacement-and-disaster-resilience-ensuring-rights-persons-disabilities

How can donors help ensure that disaster recovery efforts are equitable, inclusive and address the underlying causes of vulnerability and injustice? https://givingcompass.org/partners/disaster-relief-recovery/equitable-disaster-recovery-means-trust-and-autonomy

Today in disaster resilience (26 January 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Very strong and shallow M7.0 earthquake hits Kyrgyzstan-China border region https://watchers.news/2024/01/22/very-strong-and-shallow-m7-0-earthquake-hits-kyrgyzstan-china-border-region/

Massive landslide hits Yunnan, burying 47 people in two villages amid freezing temperatures, China https://watchers.news/2024/01/22/massive-landslide-hits-yunnan-burying-47-people-in-two-villages-amid-freezing-temperatures-china/

Once Cyclone Kirrily crosses the coast, a tropical low could pose a serious flood risk to large areas of Queensland https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-23/tropical-cyclone-kirrily-heavy-rain-flood-risk-queensland-bom/103379514

USA – Floods in California Prompt Dramatic Rescues in San Diego https://floodlist.com/america/usa/floods-san-diego-california-january-2024

Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state confronts flood damage after heavy rain kills at least 12 https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/brazils-rio-de-janeiro-state-confronts-flood-damage-106385538

Tropical Storm “Candice” forms just north of Mauritius, bringing very heavy rainfall https://watchers.news/2024/01/24/tropical-storm-candice-forms-just-north-of-mauritius-bringing-very-heavy-rainfall/

Unprecedented rainfall in San Diego causes historic flooding and power outages, U.S. https://watchers.news/2024/01/23/unprecedented-rainfall-in-san-diego-causes-historic-flooding-and-power-outages-u-s/

Volcanic activity worldwide 25 Jan 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Merapi, Semeru https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/232417/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-25-Jan-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Merapi-Semeru-.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Paraburdoo hits highest recorded temperature during extreme heatwave in Western Australia’s Pilbara https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-21/wa-town-paraburdoo-26-year-record-high-temperatures-bom/103372864

Australia not prepared for how Antarctic ice changes will pummel economy, scientist warns https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/21/antarctica-melting-ice-shelf-sea-cover-professor-matt-king

‘Deadliest outbreak ever seen’: climate crisis fuels Bangladesh’s worst dengue epidemic https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/jan/18/bangladesh-deadliest-dengue-outbreak-climate-crisis-fuels-virus-global-spread

Strong renewable energy growth falls short of global goal https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2024/01/11/strong-renewable-energy-growth-falls-short-of-global-goal-00134796

Chart: The world is building renewable energy faster than ever before https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/chart-the-world-is-building-renewable-energy-faster-than-ever-before

Locals of these Australian islands say they fear the impact of rising seas https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/locals-of-these-australian-islands-say-they-fear-the-impact-of-rising-seas/h5ilt0xtd

A panel data study on the effect of climate change on life expectancy https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000339

Extreme cold still happens in a warming world – in fact climate instability may be disrupting the polar vortex https://theconversation.com/extreme-cold-still-happens-in-a-warming-world-in-fact-climate-instability-may-be-disrupting-the-polar-vortex-221276

The London Climate Resilience Review publishes interim report https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/environment-and-climate-change/climate-change/climate-adaptation/london-climate-resilience-review

‘It’s not game over – it’s game on’: why 2024 is an inflection point for the climate crisis https://theconversation.com/its-not-game-over-its-game-on-why-2024-is-an-inflection-point-for-the-climate-crisis-221497

Africa’s chance for green electricity https://techxplore.com/news/2024-01-africa-chance-green-electricity.html

How rising sea levels will affect our coastal cities and towns https://theconversation.com/how-rising-sea-levels-will-affect-our-coastal-cities-and-towns-221121

Alpine glaciers will lose at least a third of their volume by 2050, whatever happens https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/events/featured-papers/alpine-glaciers-lose-at-least-a-third-of-their-volume-by-2050.html

Australia’s year ahead in climate and environment — the good, the bad and the controversial https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-01-23/what-2024-will-bring-for-australias-climate-and-environment/103362864

An offshore wind farm could give the Hunter a second life when its coal plant closes — but not everyone’s a fan https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-21/offshore-wind-information-war/103335322

Megafires are increasing with climate change, experts say — but could the emissions they pump out change the climate? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-22/are-megafires-contributing-to-climate-change/103219876

1 billion people left dangerously exposed to heat stress by gaps in climate monitoring https://theconversation.com/1-billion-people-left-dangerously-exposed-to-heat-stress-by-gaps-in-climate-monitoring-221313

Climate change and atmospheric dynamics unveil future weather extremes https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/climate-change-and-atmospheric-dynamics-unveil-future-weather-extremes

Risk of rolling blackouts rises as heatwave stresses power system https://www.afr.com/companies/energy/qld-power-grid-pushed-hard-as-record-demand-tipped-20240122-p5ez1l

Why hot Australian cities keep laying dark heat-absorbing asphalt, and not pale ‘cool roads’ https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-01-24/why-australia-builds-dark-roads-despite-heatwaves-climate-change/103375122

Australia’s wholesale power prices fall by almost half as carbon emissions drop https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/25/australia-wholesale-power-prices-drop-by-almost-half-as-carbon-emissions-drop

Climate Superlatives: Decoding The Science Behind Extreme Predictions https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicasanders/2024/01/24/climate-superlatives-decoding-the-science-behind-extreme-predictions/

Disaster risk reduction

Improved estimation of extreme floods with data pooling and mixed probability distribution https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169424000271

What we learned about floods in 2023 https://www.preventionweb.net/news/what-we-learned-about-floods-2023

After the earthquakes: Experts discuss building codes in Türkiye and the U.S. https://temblor.net/temblor/experts-discuss-building-codes-turkey-us-15917/

Identifying and managing disturbance-stimulated flammability in woody ecosystems https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.13041

An integration of geospatial and fuzzy-logic techniques for multi-hazard mapping https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123024000112

Research suggests European Alps eroding slower than >10,000 years ago https://phys.org/news/2024-01-european-alps-eroding-slower-years.html

Why are floods in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal so devastating? Urban planning expert explains https://theconversation.com/why-are-floods-in-south-africas-kwazulu-natal-so-devastating-urban-planning-expert-explains-221285

Did the BOM get it wrong on the hot, dry summer? No – predicting chaotic systems is probability, not certainty https://theconversation.com/did-the-bom-get-it-wrong-on-the-hot-dry-summer-no-predicting-chaotic-systems-is-probability-not-certainty-221496

Britain is at bursting point and its flood barriers need to be updated https://theconversation.com/britain-is-at-bursting-point-and-its-flood-barriers-need-to-be-updated-221441

Prescribed burns could make forests more flammable https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/prescribed-burns-could-make-forests-more-flammable/

New version of NCEI’s coastal relief models released https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/foundational-coastal-models-updated

YouthADAPT Challenge Winner Ecobarter: Transforming Waste into Value to Combat Urban Flooding in Nigeria https://gca.org/youthadapt-challenge-winner-ecobarter-transforming-waste-into-value-to-combat-urban-flooding-in-nigeria/

New tool predicts flood risk from hurricanes in a warming climate https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-tool-predicts-flood-risk-hurricanes-warming-climate-0124

Paper Provides a Clearer Picture of Severe Hydro Hazards https://arkansasresearch.uark.edu/paper-provides-a-clearer-picture-of-severe-hydro-hazards/

Emergency Management

Covid-19 variant JN.1 may be the mildest form of the virus yet https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412267-covid-19-variant-jn-1-may-be-the-mildest-form-of-the-virus-yet/

Current approaches and critical issues in multi-risk recovery planning of urban areas exposed to natural hazards https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/79/2024/

He Used to Run Toward Disaster. Now He Prepares Others for the Worst https://www.georgetown.edu/news/he-used-to-run-toward-disaster-now-he-prepares-others-for-the-worst/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Community-led disaster management: Soulinh’s path to resilience https://www.preventionweb.net/news/community-led-disaster-management-soulinhs-path-resilience

We can’t rely on the ‘dogs breakfast’ of disaster warnings to do the hard work of building community resilience https://theconversation.com/we-cant-rely-on-the-dogs-breakfast-of-disaster-warnings-to-do-the-hard-work-of-building-community-resilience-220940

Communication and effectively fighting wildfires strengthen safety https://strategy-project.eu/communication-and-effectively-fighting-wildfires-strengthen-safety/

FEMA Releases “Disaster Mind” Game https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20240123/fema-releases-disaster-mind-game

First annual national climate change video game design competition https://itch.io/jam/climate-change-game-jam

Disaster psychology

Those with a variety of self-aspects experience lower emotional distress in response to negative events, showcasing the protective quality of complexity https://www.inc-aus.com/nick-hobson/emotionally-intelligent-people-use-complexity-principle-to-make-life-easier-navigate-failure.html

How climate disasters hurt adolescents’ mental health https://grist.org/health/how-climate-disasters-hurt-adolescents-mental-health/

Sociology and disasters

Pandemic effects on social capital in residents and non-residents of Chinese immigrant enclaves in Philadelphia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666558124000034

Urban Flood Resilience Networks: Exploring the Relationship between Governance Networks, Networks of Plans, and Spatial Flood Resilience Policies in Four Coastal Cities https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24694452.2023.2284299

Livelihood diversification strategies adaption determinants in flood-prone Bait areas of Punjab, Pakistan https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-023-04435-y

Development of Community-Level Capacity of Resilience to Natural Hazards for Environmental- and Social-Justice-Challenged Communities: 1. Approach, Concepts, and Assessment of Existing Information https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/3/963

Identifying vulnerable populations in urban society: a case study in a flood-prone district of Wuhan, China https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/179/2024/nhess-24-179-2024.html

Today in disaster resilience (9 October 2020)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Mexico – Thousands Affected by Floods After Heavy Rain From Tropical Storm Gammahttp://floodlist.com/america/mexico-floods-storm-gamma-october-2020

France and Italy – Deadly Flash Floods After 630mm of Rain in 24 Hours http://floodlist.com/europe/france-italy-floods-storm-alex-october-2020

Western Pacific season returns, Chan-Hom forecast to become an intense typhoon and head towards Japan https://www.severe-weather.eu/tropical-weather/typhoon-japan-chan-hom-mk/

Hurricane Delta Prompts Evacuations in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula https://weather.com/news/news/2020-10-06-hurricane-delta-mexico-cancun-yucatan-evacuations-preparations

California’s largest wildfire on record is now a million-acre “gigafire” https://www.vox.com/2020/10/5/21502397/august-complex-gigafire-wildfire-california-record

Hundreds Evacuated As French Villages Dig Out From Flooding https://www.channelstv.com/2020/10/05/hundreds-evacuated-as-french-villages-dig-out-from-flooding/

Indonesia – Homes Damaged After Floods in East and West Java Provinceshttp://floodlist.com/asia/indonesia-floods-west-java-october-2020

Philippines – Hundreds Displaced by Floods in Cebu Province http://floodlist.com/asia/philippines-floods-cebu-province-october-2020

Flooding hits six million people in East Africa https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54433904

Malaysia – Hundreds Displaced by Floods in Sabah http://floodlist.com/asia/malaysia-floods-sabah-october-2020

Hurricane Delta: Louisiana declares state of emergency as it braces for storm https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/08/hurricane-delta-louisiana-winds-flooding

Vietnam – at Least 7 Dead or Missing After Floods in Central Provinces http://floodlist.com/asia/vietnam-floods-quangtri-october-2020

Volcanic activity worldwide 8 Oct 2020: Etna volcano, Fuego, Klyuchevskoy, Popocatépetl, Semeru https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/111162/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-8-Oct-2020-Etna-volcano-Fuego-Klyuchevskoy-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Re.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Giving vulnerable Bangladeshis the resources to cope with climate change https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/73900

Climate change and concrete turn up heat on vulnerable communities in New Jersey’s cities https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/73903

This page will track a selection of the planet’s vital signs, from carbon dioxide levels to Arctic sea ice https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2020/oct/05/climate-data-dashboard-carbon-atmosphere-sea-level-arctic-ice

Beyond a token effort: gender transformative climate change action in the Pacific https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/73940

Climate change and migration in Bangladesh: gender perspective https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/73951

Climate Change in the Minds of U.S. News Audiences https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/climate-change-in-the-minds-of-u-s-news-audiences/

Flooded Asia: Why climate change hits region the hardest https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Asia-Insight/Flooded-Asia-Why-climate-change-hits-region-the-hardest

Climate change responsible for record sea temperature levels, says study https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/73961

What is holding back the promise of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation? https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/73962

Natural catastrophe resilience remains low as climate risks increase https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/73977

Europe’s new climate target would mean near total exit from coal by 2030 https://reneweconomy.com.au/europes-new-climate-target-would-mean-near-total-exit-from-coal-by-2030-2030/

‘Thrilled’: Next generation climate modelling gets budget kickstart https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/thrilled-next-generation-climate-modelling-gets-budget-kickstart-20201007-p562vn.html

Polar ice, atmospheric water vapor biggest drivers of variation among climate models https://phys.org/news/2020-10-polar-ice-atmospheric-vapor-biggest.html

Climate-menaced nations say survival depends on stronger 2020 action https://news.trust.org/item/20201007163811-6igh1/

Is climate change reversible? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/western-wilfires-record-temperatures-california-60-minutes-2020-10-04/

New research: nitrous oxide emissions 300 times more powerful than CO₂ are jeopardising Earth’s future https://theconversation.com/new-research-nitrous-oxide-emissions-300-times-more-powerful-than-co-are-jeopardising-earths-future-147208

Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2020 tie annual record https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-202009

Extreme heat in Western and Southern Europe: A real and increasingly regular peril of climate change https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/74012

Assessing Shifts in Regional Hydroclimatic Conditions of U.S. River Basins in Response to Climate Change over the 21st Century https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020EF001657#.X36hcB4dxS8.twitter

This infographic illustrates three storylines of these possible warmer worlds based on different mitigation option https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/mulitimedia/worlds-apart/

Warming makes Delta, other storms power up faster https://apnews.com/article/climate-climate-change-oceans-storms-weather-108ee106d20ab2ab4880011b78e71981

Disaster risk reduction

Why are people still losing their lives and livelihoods to disasters? https://global-report.vfl.world/

North Atlantic hurricane season halftime report: Will the second half be as active as the first? https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/73883

Using drones to better predict urban flooding https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/73879

Infrastructuring floods in the Brahmaputra river basin: hydrocracies, hubris, hazardscapes https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/73839

Mapping bushfire hazard and impacts – Final report https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/73871

Latest edition of Floodplain Manager newsletter https://molinostewart.com.au/editorial/floodplain-manager-september-2020/

A Decade on: Canterbury Aftershocks https://www.geonet.org.nz/news/Oxqzia27irP0VXIyVdNgV

Previsico’s real time flood forecasting ushers in next generation insurtech https://www.truehollywoodtalk.com/previsicos-real-time-flood-forecasting-ushers-in-next-generation-insurtech/

California Will Keep Burning. But Housing Policy Is Making It Worse https://www.propublica.org/article/california-will-keep-burning-but-housing-policy-is-making-it-worse

2020: The Year of the Converging Crises https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/2020-crises-wildfires-pandemic-election-climate-crisis-1069907/

Earthquake forecasting clues unearthed in strange precariously balanced rocks https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/73941

Marine heatwaves and hurricanes: Study examines compounding impact of severe weather https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/73930

Adaptive social protection and disaster risk management: A case study of Japan https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/73917

Community- and nature-based solutions for integrated urban flood risk management: Mini studios for water-sensitive urban design – a handbook for organizers and facilitators https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/73915

Geologists raise the speed limit for how fast continental crust can form https://phys.org/news/2020-10-geologists-limit-fast-continental-crust.html

Mose flood barrier finally holds the waters back for fragile Venice https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-weather-venice-idUSKBN26O0AZ

Researchers aim to improve coastal storm surge forecasting https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/73967

Fuzzy Postprocessing to Advance the Quality of Continental Seasonal Hydrological Forecasts for River Basin Management https://journals.ametsoc.org/jhm/article-abstract/21/10/2375/354568/Fuzzy-Postprocessing-to-Advance-the-Quality-of?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Seismic data yields deeper quake knowledge https://phys.org/news/2020-10-seismic-yields-deeper-quake-knowledge.html

Thinning forests doesn’t reduce bushfire risk and could make some blazes worse, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/08/thinning-forests-doesnt-reduce-bushfire-risk-and-could-make-some-blazes-worse-study-finds

Faraway Magma Reservoirs Complicate Volcano Monitoring https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/faraway-magma-reservoirs-complicate-volcano-monitoring/

Landslide susceptibility assessment of wildfire burnt areas through earth-observation techniques and a machine learning-based approach https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/73991

The frightening implications of California’s first million-acre firehttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-06/the-frightening-implications-california-first-million-acre-wildfire

Property Flood Resilience Update https://edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx

Emergency management

Assessing the cost of disaster recovery and identifying funding sources in the HSOAC Puerto Rico economic and disaster recovery plan project https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/73893

Building back locally : Supporting Puerto Rico’s municipalities in post-hurricane reconstruction https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/73895

Isolated nursing centre that became a bushfire refuge gets renewable energy funding https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-05/isolated-nursing-centre-that-became-refuge-gets-renewable-energy/12730610

Understanding the Australian Fire Danger Rating System Program https://www.afac.com.au/auxiliary/publications/newsletter/article/understanding-the-australian-fire-danger-rating-system-program

Aerial firefighting webinar series https://www.afac.com.au/auxiliary/publications/newsletter/article/aerial-firefighting-webinar-series

Current issue of Fire Australia https://www.afac.com.au/auxiliary/publications/magazine

ANU launches centre for early fire detection and suppression https://themountainjournal.wordpress.com/2020/10/06/anu-launches-centre-for-early-fire-detection-suppression/

Improving Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons From COVID-19 https://www.cfr.org/report/pandemic-preparedness-lessons-COVID-19/

Disaster education, communications and engagement

GIDM launches 5 hours self-paced online course on the basics of disaster risk management https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/73876

Disaster-resilience education helps students take the lead in a changing Australia https://education.abc.net.au/newsandarticles/blog/-/b/3653653

Disaster Narratives by Design: Is Japan Different? https://hoodcp.wordpress.com/other-selected-research-publications/disaster-narratives-by-design-is-japan-different/

A guide to long-term thinking: how to envision the far future of Earth https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/deep-time-reckoning

Incidents within Incidents: social perspectives on the global pandemic and wildfire https://www.iawfonline.org/article/incidents-within-incidents-social-perspectives-on-the-global-pandemic-and-wildfire/

There are more than 3,000 volunteer rainfall recorders across Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-07/bush-families-recording-australias-rainfall-for-more-100-years/12735430

Using Art as an In-Road to Science and Activism https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/10/01/jill-pelto-climate-art-activism/

Beachgoers keep high eye on Victoria’s changing coastline https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/beachgoers-keep-high-eye-on-victoria-s-changing-coastline-20201007-p562ss.html

Psychology and disasters

It’s normal for hurricanes to cause people to experience emotional distress https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/disaster-distress-helpline/disaster-types/hurricanes-tropical-storms

Sociology and disasters

Exclusion of at-risk communities a major barrier to preventing disaster losses https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/73908

Pacific women shut out of disaster management https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/73858

Review of gender-responsiveness and disability-inclusion in disaster risk reduction in Asia and the Pacific United Nations https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/73853

A standardized community resilience measurement framework for flooding https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479720312585?via%3Dihub

Coastal flooding will disproportionately impact river delta populations https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18531-4

Disaster Relief: Why the Poor Need Higher Priorityhttps://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/disaster-relief-why-the-poor-need-higher-priority/

Preliminary rapid gender analysis of monsoon flood 2020 https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/73977

African Americans Are Disproportionately Exposed to Extreme Heat http://info.primarycare.hms.harvard.edu/blog/african-americans-extreme-heat

Nepal: Why more women die in natural disasters https://www.preventionweb.net/news/view/73982

Replication Data for: Capturing Bonding, Bridging, and Linking Social Capital through Publicly Available Data https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/IUNNZM Social capital and COVID-19: a multidimensional and multilevel approach https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21620555.2020.1814139

Today in disaster resilience (23 August 2019)

 

disaster

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

Recent emergencies/disaster

Canary Islands wildfire prompts 9,000 evacuations; reaches park https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1V80HK

Four dead, 20 rescued as rain washes away several houses in Uttarakhand https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/10-missing-after-floods-wash-away-15-houses-in-uttarakhand/story-M07lQm8NvkG9xxnMOEAxtM.html

Torrential downpour in Turkey triggers deadly flooding https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/torrential-downpour-in-turkey-triggers-deadly-flooding/70009103

Amazon fires: Record number burning in Brazil rainforest – space agency https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49415973

Yemen – UN Says Thousands Hit by Floods and Heavy Rain in Western Areas http://floodlist.com/asia/yemen-floods-unocha-report-august-2019

Laos – Flooding Hits Northern Provinces http://floodlist.com/asia/laos-floods-oudomxay-vientiane-luangpraban-houaphanh-august-2019

Spain – Flash Floods in Valencia Region After 40mm of Rain in Less Than 1 Hour http://floodlist.com/europe/spain-flash-floods-valencia-august-2019

Guatemala – 25,000 Affected by Floods and Landslides http://floodlist.com/america/guatemala-floods-landslides-august-2019

Sudan – Floods Leave 54 Dead, Over 170,000 Affected http://floodlist.com/africa/sudan-floods-update-august-2019

McKinley Fire in Alaska threatens more than 1,000 structures as wildfires rage in a dozen states https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/21/us/wildfires-in-12-states-alaska-mckinley-fire/index.html

Flood Kills 6, Pregnant Woman, Displaces More Than 1000 Families In Jigawa https://tribuneonlineng.com/flood-kills-6-pregnant-woman-displaces-more-than-1000-families-in-jigawa/

China – Dozens Dead or Missing After Floods in Sichuan http://floodlist.com/asia/china-sichuan-province-floods-august-2019

Volcanic activity worldwide 22 Aug 2019: Karymsky volcano, Popocatépetl, Krakatau, Karangetang https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/85802/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-22-Aug-2019-Karymsky-volcano-Popocatepetl-Krakatau-Karangetang-Ibu.html

Wildfires Are Raging in the Amazon, Adding to Widespread Global Blazes https://e360.yale.edu/digest/wildfires-are-raging-in-the-amazon-adding-to-widespread-global-blazes

 

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

How Soap Operas Can Help Communities Adapt to Climate Change https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2019/08/soap-operas-communities-adapt-climate-change/?utm_content=bufferc0b6b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Iceland Mourns Loss of a Glacier by Posting a Warning About Climate Change https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/19/world/europe/iceland-glacier-funeral.html

Climate change will drive longer extreme heatwaves in summer https://www.newscientist.com/article/2213721-climate-change-will-drive-longer-extreme-heatwaves-in-summer/#.XVsGgg0NEm4.twitter

New study offers roadmap for detecting changes in the ocean due to climate change https://phys.org/news/2019-08-roadmap-ocean-due-climate.html

Climate change may change the way ocean waves impact 50% of the world’s coastlines https://theconversation.com/climate-change-may-change-the-way-ocean-waves-impact-50-of-the-worlds-coastlines-121239
Majority of Canadians believe in climate change — here’s why some still don’t https://globalnews.ca/news/5782855/why-people-deny-climate-change/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/scientists-have-been-underestimating-the-pace-of-climate-change/

Heatwaves longer, more deadly even in a 2C world https://phys.org/news/2019-08-heatwaves-longer-deadly-2c-world.html

Voyage of ice-melt discovery in Greenland https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12259345

‘We Cannot Save Everything’: A Historic Neighborhood Confronts Rising Seas https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/science/historic-preservation-climate-newport.html

The Cost of Rising Seas: More Than $400 Billion (and Lots of Angst) https://www.wired.com/story/the-cost-of-rising-seas-more-than-dollar400-billion-and-lots-of-angst/

When it comes to coal, Australia has transitioned away from economics and common sense https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/21/when-it-comes-to-coal-australia-has-transitioned-away-from-economics-and-common-sense?CMP=share_btn_tw

Climate scientists may not be the best communicators of climate threats https://theconversation.com/climate-scientists-may-not-be-the-best-communicators-of-climate-threats-121901

What U.S. Cities Facing Climate Disaster Risks Are Least Prepared? https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/08/climate-impacts-resilient-cities-environmental-justice/596251/

Imagining Disasters in the Era of Climate Change: Is Japan’s Seawall a New Maginot Line? https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334448650_Imagining_Disasters_in_the_Era_of_Climate_Change_Is_Japan’s_Seawall_a_New_Maginot_Line

Climate change evacuation planning needs to start now, urges scientists https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-08-23/climate-retreat-planning-science/11435382

 

Disaster risk reduction

Should Taxpayers Subsidize More and More Destruction? https://townhall.com/columnists/patrickmichaels/2019/08/17/should-taxpayers-subsidize-more-and-more-destruction-n2551758

Inquiry over whether utility firms should be made to contribute to coast and flood defences https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/latest-news/inquiry-over-whether-utility-firms-should-be-made-to-contribute-to-coast-and-flood-defences-1-9942161

A Deluge Like the one in 2018 Would be Big Trouble for Wisconsin https://www.govtech.com/em/preparedness/A-Deluge-Like-the-2018-one-Would-be-Big-Trouble-for-Wisconsin.html

A terrifying preview of ‘The Big One’ — a giant quake that may hit Southern California https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/a-terrifying-preview-of-the-big-one–a-giant-quake-that-may-hit-southern-california/2019/08/16/da4c8700-be9d-11e9-a5c6-1e74f7ec4a93_story.html

Research shows why there’s a ‘sweet spot’ depth for underground magma chambers https://phys.org/news/2019-08-sweet-depth-underground-magma-chambers.html

Inside Australia’s plan to survive bigger, badder bushfires https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613336/inside-australias-plan-to-survive-bigger-badder-bushfires/

No lessons learnt from 2018 Karnataka floods: IISc report http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2019/aug/21/no-lessons-learnt-from-2018-karnataka-floods-iisc-report-2021959.html

Critical infrastructure and flood resilience: Cascading effects beyond water https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wat2.1370

NFU responds to Defra call for flood evidence https://www.nfuonline.com/cross-sector/environment/water/flooding/nfu-responds-to-defra-call-for-flood-evidence/

After Harvey surprised thousands with unexpected flooding, new law aims to better inform homebuyers https://www.texastribune.org/2019/08/22/texas-law-requires-buyers-to-disclose-flood-risks/

USGS Awards More Than $12.5 Million to Advance the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System in California, Oregon and Washington https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-awards-more-125-million-advance-shakealert-earthquake-early-warning-system-california?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=c550143e-9e56-4c0f-ac6d-a3619610596c&utm_content=&utm_campaign=

 

Emergency management

More than 300 women aid workers, and their allies, have signed an open letter demanding that world leaders better meet the needs of women and girls caught up in conflict and crisis https://www.rescue.org/press-release/world-humanitarian-day-letter-world-leaders

Why the U.S. disaster agency isn’t ready for catastrophes https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060992591

July 2019 Nepal Floods: Needs assessment report https://floodresilience.net.np/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81/item/july-2019-nepal-floods-needs-assessment-report

Brazil’s Bolsonaro blames Amazon fires on NGOs as Twitter erupts https://news.yahoo.com/brazils-bolsonaro-blames-amazon-fires-ngos-twitter-erupts-194758259.html

Guidelines for Assessing the Human Impact of Disasters https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/crisis-prevention-and-recovery/guidelines-for-assessing-the-human-impact-of-disasters.html

Data Pinpoints 14 California Towns Where an Emergency Escape Could Be a Problem https://www.kqed.org/science/1946668/data-pinpoints-14-california-communities-with-most-limited-emergency-escape-routes

Disaster READY: Small-scale response packs powerful lessons for Disaster READY PNG https://www.australianhumanitarianpartnership.org/field-stories/small-scale-response-packs-powerful-lessons-for-disaster-ready-png

Disaster education, communications and engagement

Seismology School in Nepal https://britgeopeople.blogspot.com/2019/07/seismology-school-in-nepal-by-paul.html

Tsunamis: Be Prepared and Stay Safe! https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/training/tsunamis-be-prepared.html?utm_source=SocialMedia&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=School

Different types of flooding in the UK https://www.morganclark.co.uk/about-us/blog/different-types-of-flooding-in-the-uk/

The light show – put on by the Environment Agency and partners – aims to raise awareness of flood risk https://www.gov.uk/government/news/light-extravaganza-to-raise-flood-awareness-at-tendring

Examining the Role of Twitter in Response and Recovery During and After Historic Flooding in South Carolina https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/Abstract/2019/09000/Examining_the_Role_of_Twitter_in_Response_and.18.aspx

Geopolitical and environmental crises help to explain why more students are choosing geography GCSE https://www.tes.com/news/gcse-results-tectonic-shift-geography-entries

 

Psychology and Disasters

Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/7/eaax0903

 

Sociology and disasters

How unequal are we? A new Atlas of Inequality for England https://medium.com/@undertheraedar/how-unequal-are-we-a-new-atlas-of-inequality-for-england-e0fc75009b7c

The dark cultural heritage of volcanoes https://phdvolcanology.wordpress.com/2019/08/19/the-dark-geocultural-heritage-of-volcanoes/

While resilience and stories of the communities “building back better” has become the legacy of Haiyan, those on the ground says it’s actually more like “building back bitter” https://theconversation.com/myths-about-disaster-survivors-stall-the-global-response-to-climate-change-121548?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton

The Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2019 shows how these disasters are closely linked to inequality and poverty, each feeding on the other and leading to a vicious downward cycle https://www.unescap.org/publications/asia-pacific-disaster-report-2019

Today in disaster resilience (16 August 2019)

disaster

Please find below links to recent news about disaster resilience…

Recent emergencies/disaster

Myanmar – Over 40 Killed by Landslide in Mon State http://floodlist.com/asia/myanmar-landslide-paung-mon-state-august-2019

China – Over 30 Dead as Typhoon Lekima Hits http://floodlist.com/asia/china-typhoon-lekima-august-2019

10,000 evacuated in Gujarat, rain toll at 19 https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-10000-evacuated-in-gujarat-rain-toll-at-19-2780784

India flood toll jumps to 144 as roads, highways cut off https://phys.org/news/2019-08-india-toll-roads-highways.html

Vietnam – 10 Dead, 2,000 Evacuated After Floods in Central and Southern Areas http://floodlist.com/asia/vietnam-floods-kien-giang-lam-dong-august-2019

India – Dozens Dead, Thousands Displaced as Floods Worsen in South and West http://floodlist.com/asia/india-kerala-karnataka-maharashtra-gujarat-floods-august-2019

Sudan – Rains in Darfur Leave 6 Dead, Parts of Khartoum and Sennar Flooded http://floodlist.com/africa/sudan-darfur-khartoum-sennar-floods-august-2019

Man, girl missing after violent storm in Switzerland https://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-weather/man-girl-missing-after-violent-storm-in-switzerland-police-idUSKCN1V20TP

Switzerland – 2 Missing After Flash Floods in Valais http://floodlist.com/europe/switzerland-floods-valais-august-2019

India – Deadly Landslides Hit Uttarakhand http://floodlist.com/asia/india-landslides-floods-uttarakhand-august-2019

Pakistan – Floods and Rain Leave 26 Dead in Sindh Province http://floodlist.com/asia/pakistan-floods-sindh-province-august-2019

Rains return to Kerala after brief lull, toll rises to 102, 37 still missing http://english.varthabharati.in/india/rains-return-to-kerala-after-brief-lull-toll-rises-to-102-37-still-missing

Volcanic activity worldwide 15 Aug 2019: Etna volcano, Fuego, Karymsky, Popocatépetl, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/85336/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-15-Aug-2019-Etna-volcano-Fuego-Karymsky-Popocatepetl-Dukono-Reven.html

 

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

With nowhere to hide from rising seas, Boston prepares for a wetter future https://www.sciencenews.org/article/boston-adapting-rising-sea-level-coastal-flooding

A climate plea to Scott Morrison from a churchman of the Pacific’s sinking nations https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/a-climate-plea-to-scott-morrison-from-a-churchman-of-the-pacific-s-sinking-nations-20190808-p52f4a.html

Climate change conversations can be difficult for both skeptics, environmentalists https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-08/apa-ccc080219.php

The challenge to adapt our cities from rising temperatures https://energyindemand.com/2019/08/09/the-challenge-to-adapt-our-cities-from-rising-temperatures/

Who Will Pay for the Huge Costs of Holding Back Rising Seas? https://e360.yale.edu/features/who-will-pay-for-the-huge-costs-of-holding-back-rising-seas

How will hospitals cope with climate change’s impact on our health? https://www.theage.com.au/politics/queensland/how-will-hospitals-cope-with-climate-change-s-impact-on-our-health-20190810-p52fsb.html

Climate change: Scientists test radical ways to fix Earth’s climate https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48069663

Pacific Islands Forum: Tuvalu children welcome leaders with a climate plea https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/11/pacific-islands-forum-tuvalu-children-welcome-leaders-with-a-climate-plea?CMP=share_btn_tw

An international, peer-reviewed publication released each summer, the State of the Climate is the authoritative annual summary of the global climate https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/

As rising temperatures drastically reshape Iceland’s landscape, businesses and the government are spending millions for survival and profit https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/business/iceland-ice-melt-global-warming-climate-change.html

82% of Canadians see climate change as a ‘serious problem’: poll https://dailyhive.com/montreal/canadians-see-climate-change-as-serious-problem-new-poll

Discrepancy in scientific authority and media visibility of climate change scientists and contrarians https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09959-4

West Antarctic ice loss influenced by internal climate variability and anthropogenic forcing https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0420-9?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ngeo%2Frss%2Fcurrent+%28Nature+Geoscience+-+Issue%29

What it means to be human in an age of climate change https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/08/what-it-means-to-be-human-in-an-age-of-climate-change/

What you need to know about the link between sea-level rise and coastal flooding https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/08/the-link-between-sea-level-rise-and-coastal-flooding/ https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/08/the-link-between-sea-level-rise-and-coastal-flooding/

Flooding misery will be Yorkshire’s new normal without urgent climate action https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/flooding-misery-will-be-yorkshire-s-new-normal-without-urgent-climate-action-simon-bowens-1-9915228

New research shows that Antarctica’s largest floating ice shelf is highly sensitive to warming of the ocean http://theconversation.com/new-research-shows-that-antarcticas-largest-floating-ice-shelf-is-highly-sensitive-to-warming-of-the-ocean-121864?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton

Scientists confirm July set new global heat record https://apnews.com/008f6cf2564c443e8743099a3010911d?utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

Global Warming Is Changing the Winds Off Antarctica, Driving Ice Melt https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12082019/antarctica-climate-change-ocean-wind-ice-melting-glaciers-global-warming

The climate change ‘tipping point’ has already arrived for these 70 U.S. counties https://grist.org/article/the-climate-change-tipping-point-has-already-arrived-for-these-70-u-s-counties/

 

Disaster risk reduction

States brace for long-term flood fight as damages mount https://apnews.com/15f799240ef84204b5e2f2f42aaa8043

How flood water can be captured to help ride out storms https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/aug/12/weatherwatch-how-flood-water-can-be-captured-to-help-ride-out-storms

Townsville, Queensland flood industry loss up 16% at A$1.217bn https://www.artemis.bm/news/townsville-queensland-flood-industry-loss-up-16-at-a1-217bn-perils/

FEMA Releases the National Mitigation Investment Strategy https://www.fema.gov/news-release/2019/08/13/fema-releases-national-mitigation-investment-strategy

A Coupled Human–Natural Systems Framework of Community Resilience https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/naturesopolirese.8.1-2.0110?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Ambivalence towards discourse of disaster resilience https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/disa.12385

The Mississippi River Is Under Control—For Now https://time.com/5635375/mississippi-river-flooding/?xid=tcoshare

Tanzania’s Msimbazi basin plan turning flood hazard area into new city park https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/631750-tanzanias-msimbazi-basin-plan-turning-flood-hazard-area-into-new-city-park

Can the ‘masters of the flood’ help Texas protect its coast from hurricanes? https://grist.org/article/can-the-masters-of-the-flood-help-texas-protect-its-coast-from-hurricanes/

Flood-hit Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra need to learn their lessons https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/editorial/flood-hit-kerala-karnataka-and-maharashtra-need-to-learn-their-lessons/article28984423.ece

Challenges, Opportunities, and Pitfalls for Global Coupled Hydrologic‐Hydraulic Modeling of Floods https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2018WR024289

Cracking the case of the Krakatoa volcano collapse https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csym23

Report: Colorado towns at higher risk for wildfire potential than Paradise https://www.koaa.com/news/report-colorado-towns-at-higher-risk-for-wildfire-potential-than-paradise

 

Emergency management

A spatially explicit model of postdisaster housing recovery https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mice.12487

England one of first nations in Europe to get Google Flood Alerts https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-one-of-first-countries-in-europe-to-receive-google-flood-alerts

Multifunctional city parks can aid residents during earthquake recovery, study says https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/resiliency-city-parks-help-residents-during-earthquake-recovery-green-open-space-st/560884/

Displacement after disasters: When there’s no place to call home https://stateofemergency.news21.com/displacement-after-disasters-when-theres-no-place-to-call-home/

 

Disaster education, communications and engagement

Tailoring disaster education programs to local communities https://disasterece.com/2019/08/10/tailoring-disaster-education-programs-to-local-communities/

How social learning can speed up or slow down climate action http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2019/06/the-world-needs-you-to-keep-talking-about-climate-change/

Marriotts Ridge High student tackles floodwater reduction, builds Ellicott City scale model https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/howard/ph-ho-cf-marriotts-ridge-student-oec-scale-model-0523-story.html

Communicating science to policymakers: six strategies for success https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02372-3

 

Psychology and Disasters

Chico schools prepare for post-fire school year with mental health trainings. Will it be enough? https://www.chicoer.com/2019/08/13/chico-schools-are-preparing-for-post-fire-school-year-with-mental-health-trainings-will-it-be-enough/

Children and Disasters Special Collection https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/research-counts/special-collection/supporting-children-in-all-the-spheres-of-their-lives-lessons-from-katrina-1

The Hidden Toll of a Natural Disaster: Why Mental Health Needs Often Go Unaddressed https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2019/august/the-hidden-toll-of-a-natural-disaster-why-mental-health-needs-often-go-unaddressed

 

Sociology and disasters

Model of socio-economic recovery of farmers in erupted areas of mount Sinabung in Karo Regency https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/314/1/012065

Southern U.S. Lags North on Disaster Resilience https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/southern-u-s-lags-north-on-disaster-resilience/

A majority of Americans (57%) say they know only some of their neighbors; far fewer (26%) say they know most of them https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/15/facts-about-neighbors-in-u-s/