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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Level 5 emergency alert issued after devastating floods hit Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture https://watchers.news/2024/09/21/level-5-emergency-alert-issued-after-devastating-floods-hit-japans-ishikawa-prefecture/

Danube rises by almost 1 m (3.2 feet) in 24 hours reaching the parliament building in Budapest, Hungary https://watchers.news/2024/09/20/danube-rises-by-almost-1-m-3-2-feet-in-24-hours-reaching-the-parliament-building-in-budapest-hungary/

Floods sweep away passenger bus in Morocco’s Tata Province, claiming 2 lives and leaving 14 missing https://watchers.news/2024/09/22/floods-sweep-away-passenger-bus-in-moroccos-tata-province-claiming-2-lives-and-leaving-14-missing/

Flash floods strike Cannes after severe storm drops nearly 40 mm (1.57 inches) of rain in just one hour, France https://watchers.news/2024/09/23/flash-floods-strike-cannes-after-severe-storm-drops-nearly-40-mm-1-57-inches-of-rain-in-just-one-hour-france/

Widespread floods claim over 1 000 lives, leave 4 million affected in West and Central Africa https://watchers.news/2024/09/24/widespread-floods-claim-over-1-000-lives-leave-4-million-affected-in-west-and-central-africa/

Black Sea storm stalls off Turkish coast, floods parts of Trabzon https://watchers.news/2024/09/23/black-sea-storm-stalls-off-turkish-coast-floods-parts-of-trabzon/

Hurricane John strikes Mexico’s Pacific coast south of Acapulco https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/24/hurricane-john-strikes-mexicos-southern-pacific-coast-south-of-acapulco

Six dead after record rain causes floods in Japan https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jdpzj3gjlo

Second Rodanthe house in 24 hours falls into ocean Friday https://coastalreview.org/2024/09/second-rodanthe-house-in-24-hours-falls-into-ocean-friday/

Pilbara hit by heaviest rainfall in 50 years, tropical surge to bring rainfall to more than 80% of Australia https://watchers.news/2024/09/24/pilbara-hit-by-heaviest-rainfall-in-50-years-tropical-surge-to-bring-rainfall-to-more-than-80-of-australia/

Florida braces for hurricane to bring 20-foot storm surge https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czd13mezz7mo

100 dead in Myanmar floods after Typhoon Yagi https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kkdpnyp4o

Swollen Ganges River in Bihar affects over 1.35 million people and claims more than 10 lives https://watchers.news/2024/09/26/swollen-ganges-river-in-bihar-affects-over-1-35-million-people-and-claims-more-than-10-lives/

Record-breaking rains leave 11 dead in Japan’s quake-stricken Ishikawa Prefecture https://watchers.news/2024/09/26/record-breaking-rains-leave-11-dead-in-japans-quake-stricken-ishikawa-prefecture/

Volcanic activity worldwide 26 Sep 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Semeru, Shiveluch, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/253522/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-26-Sep-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Semeru-Shiveluch-Ibu-Reventa.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Techno-energy is reshaping the world https://www.ft.com/content/969d1a10-0e81-450b-971c-06acd79e4561

What a Tunisian exodus says about the future of global migration https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/0920/climate-migration-inequality-Tunisia

Cities Will Suffer Health and Infrastructure Crisis Under 3° C vs. 1.5° C Warming, With Low-income Cities Worst Impacted https://www.wri.org/news/cities-will-suffer-health-and-infrastructure-crisis-under-3deg-c-vs-15deg-c-warming-low-income

Australia’s first solar garden prepares for its harvest https://www.manningrivertimes.com.au/story/8770347/australias-first-solar-garden-prepares-for-its-harvest/

Arctic Warming Is Driving Siberian Wildfires https://eos.org/research-spotlights/arctic-warming-is-driving-siberian-wildfires

Meteorologists issue warning after Australia experiences hottest winter temperature on record: ‘It isn’t normal for this time of year’ https://www.yahoo.com/news/meteorologists-issue-warning-australia-experiences-101511226.html

Australia is building more renewables than ever. It’s still not enough https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/australia-is-building-more-renewables-than-ever-it-s-still-not-enough-20240920-p5kc5j.html

Climate models predict abrupt intensification of northern wildfires due to permafrost thawing https://phys.org/news/2024-09-climate-abrupt-intensification-northern-wildfires.html

The rise of solar power and China’s staggering EV growth may have pushed global emissions into decline https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-21/major-climate-agencies-call-global-emissions-peak/104016030

Who’s to blame when climate change turns the lights off? https://theconversation.com/whos-to-blame-when-climate-change-turns-the-lights-off-236446

Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier is heading for catastrophic collapse https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448793-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-is-heading-for-catastrophic-collapse/

AI-empowered next-generation multiscale climate modelling for mitigation and adaptation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01527-w

Rich countries could raise $5tn of climate finance a year, study says https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/sep/24/rich-countries-could-raise-5tn-of-climate-finance-a-year-study-says

A clarion call on rising seas https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/09/25/united-nations-general-assembly-sea-level-rise-upper-limit-climate-change-paris-agreement/

Climate change is fueling extreme weather and chaos in the jet stream https://www.ehn.org/climate-change-is-fueling-extreme-weather-and-chaos-in-the-jet-stream-2669255105.html

Global heating ‘doubled’ chance of extreme rain in Europe in September https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/25/global-heating-doubled-chance-of-extreme-rain-in-europe-in-september

Understanding Antarctica’s contribution to sea level rise https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/improving-global-sea-level-rise-projections-and-community-response/

First-ever interagency sea level rise website is live https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/first-ever-interagency-sea-level-rise-website-is-live

A continental reconstruction of hydroclimatic variability in South America during the past 2000 years https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/20/2117/2024/

Arctic sea ice extent levels off; 2024 minimum set https://nsidc.org/sea-ice-today/analyses/arctic-sea-ice-extent-levels-2024-minimum-set

Disaster risk reduction

Understanding disaster risk: foundational concepts and principles https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk

Global crises are multiplying: Here’s how science can help our public decision-makers https://theconversation.com/global-crises-are-multiplying-heres-how-science-can-help-our-public-decision-makers-238729

Breakthrough study from IU scientists predicts catastrophic river shifts that threaten millions worldwide https://news.iu.edu/college/live/news/37912-breakthrough-study-from-iu-scientists-predicts-catastr

Scientists develop AI models able to predict future drought conditions with high accuracy https://phys.org/news/2024-09-scientists-ai-future-drought-conditions.html

An innovative system for seeing into the bowels of volcanos https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/innovative-system-seeing-bowels-volcanos

Reducing floodplain development doesn’t need to be complex, say researchers https://phys.org/news/2024-09-floodplain-doesnt-complex.html

Detailed spatio-temporal sediment supply reconstruction using tree roots data https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hyp.10923

Coupling WRF with HEC-HMS and WRF-Hydro for flood forecasting in typical mountainous catchments of northern China https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/3155/2024/

Predicting potential fire severity in Türkiye’s diverse forested areas: a SHAP-integrated random forest classification approach https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00477-024-02820-1

Unlocking effective ice-jam risk management: Insights from agent-based modeling and comparative analysis of social theories in Fort McMurray, Canada https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901124000650

Review article: Drought as a continuum – memory effects in interlinked hydrological, ecological, and social systems https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/3173/2024/

An impact-chain-based exploration of multi-hazard vulnerability dynamics: the multi-hazard of floods and the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania https://www.paratus-project.eu/2024/09/17/an-impact-chain-based-exploration-of-multi-hazard-vulnerability-dynamics-the-multi-hazard-of-floods-and-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-romania/

How cities run dry https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/how-cities-run-dry/

Channel Conveyance and Flood Risk: Are Current Models Missing the Mark? https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/News/pr/2024/24-14.aspx

Emergency management

‘Catastrophe region’: Austrian city faces up to scale of damage left by deadly flooding https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/21/austrian-city-st-polten-faces-up-to-scale-of-damage-left-by-deadly-flooding

Floods force Niger to delay new school year https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20j34ldzlxo

Hurricane Helene is unusual — but it’s not an example of the Fujiwhara Effect https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-helene-whats-fujiwhara-effect-florida-georgia-6f86030fab9bbfe9b477b7c851d4950b

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Fieldwork can be challenging for female scientists. Here are 5 ways to make it better https://theconversation.com/fieldwork-can-be-challenging-for-female-scientists-here-are-5-ways-to-make-it-better-214215

A Global Movement to empower the next generation of coastal resilience guardians https://uinspire.id/tsunami-united/

Hurricanes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/cfpor50x14/Hurricanes

Disaster psychology

Australians sent into panic as authorities issue tsunami warning – then say it was just a test https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/sep/25/bom-tsunami-warning-australia-test-nsw-qld

Sociology and disasters

Trust a few: Natural disasters and the disruption of trust in Africa https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214804324001253

Community-Led Climate Preparedness and Resilience in Boston: New Evidence from Communities of Color https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/12/9/149

How social infrastructure saves lives: a quantitative analysis of Japan’s 3/11 disasters https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/japanese-journal-of-political-science/article/how-social-infrastructure-saves-lives-a-quantitative-analysis-of-japans-311-disasters/4BD3AA196B334A23F0B749E85AE4E38F

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

‘Catastrophe’ as deadly floods hit Central and Eastern Europe https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jwp3ppp6xo

Europe hit by abrupt weather shift as heat dome collapses, bringing early snowfall, torrential rainfall and cold blast https://watchers.news/2024/09/14/europe-hit-by-abrupt-weather-shift-as-heat-dome-collapses-bringing-early-snowfall-torrential-rainfall-and-cold-blast/

Over 900 dead or missing in floods caused by remnants of Typhoon “Yagi” in Myanmar https://watchers.news/2024/09/15/over-900-dead-or-missing-in-floods-caused-by-remnants-of-typhoon-yagi-in-myanmar/

Bridge Fire destroys 33 homes and burns over 21 000 ha (52 000 acres) in California, U.S https://watchers.news/2024/09/14/bridge-fire-destroys-33-homes-and-burns-over-21-000-ha-52-000-acres-in-california-u-s/

Death toll rises as torrential rain and flooding force evacuations in Central Europe https://apnews.com/article/floods-central-europe-289648d14b39da5883b9f48fffa2d817

Typhoon “Bebinca” makes landfall in Shanghai as strongest to hit the city since 1949, China https://watchers.news/2024/09/16/typhoon-bebinca-makes-landfall-in-shanghai-as-strongest-to-hit-the-city-since-1949-china/

Storm Boris returns to Italy, placing Emilia-Romagna and Marche on high alert https://watchers.news/2024/09/17/storm-boris-returns-to-italy-placing-emilia-romagna-and-marche-on-high-alert/

Portugal wildfires claim seven lives as thousands of hectares burn https://watchers.news/2024/09/17/portugal-wildfires-claim-seven-lives-as-thousands-of-hectares-burn/

Topola dam collapses in Poland, Nysa town mayor issues evacuation orders for over 40 000 people https://watchers.news/2024/09/17/topola-dam-collapses-in-poland-nysa-town-mayor-issues-evacuation-orders-for-over-40-000-people/

Over a dozen tornadoes hit China’s Jiangsu and Shangdong https://watchers.news/2024/09/18/over-a-dozen-tornadoes-hit-chinas-jiangsu-and-shangdong/

National flood disaster declared in Mali, nearly 30 000 buildings destroyed https://watchers.news/2024/09/18/national-flood-disaster-declared-in-mali-nearly-30-000-buildings-destroyed/

Tropical Storm “Pulasan” moves over Okinawa and heads toward Shanghai, China https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/tropical-storm-pulasan-moves-over-okinawa-and-heads-toward-shanghai-china/

Flash floods in Alcalá del Júcar, Spain drag 15 cars into a river https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/flash-floods-in-alcala-del-jucar-spain-drag-15-cars-into-a-river/

Storm Boris floods Italy, Emilia-Romagna sees over 300 mm (11.8 inches) of rain in 48 hours https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/storm-boris-floods-italy-emilia-romagna-sees-over-300-mm-11-8-inches-of-rain-in-48-hours/

Floods in Chad affect 1.5 million since start of rainy season, claim 341 lives https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/floods-in-chad-affect-1-5-million-since-start-of-rainy-season-claim-341-lives/

Volcanic activity worldwide 19 Sep 2024: Etna volcano, Fuego, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador, Lewotobi https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/252862/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-19-Sep-2024-Etna-volcano-Fuego-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador-Lewotobi-Sab.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

How To Move The Needle On Climate Change https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferkitepowell/2024/03/30/how-can-ai-be-used-to-move-the-needle-on-climate-change/

Ethiopia, the first country in the world to ban the import of gasoline and diesel vehicles https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2024/09/13/ethiopia-the-first-country-in-the-world-to-ban-the-import-of-gasoline-and-diesel-vehicles_6725856_124.html#

Hydrologic impacts of past shifts of Earth’s thermal equator offer insight into those to be produced by fossil fuel CO₂  https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1301855110

More intense Indian summer monsoons https://www.eumetsat.int/features/more-intense-indian-summer-monsoons

The unjust climate: Measuring impacts of climate change on rural poor, women and youth https://weadapt.org/knowledge-base/gender-and-social-equality/the-unjust-climate-measuring-impacts-of-climate-change-on-rural-poor-women-and-youth/

4 ways to support someone with dementia during extreme heat https://theconversation.com/4-ways-to-support-someone-with-dementia-during-extreme-heat-213987

Why Saving World’s Peatlands Can Help Stabilize the Climate https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-saving-worlds-peatlands-can-help-stabilize-the-climate

Dug up in Australia, burned around the world – exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets https://theconversation.com/dug-up-in-australia-burned-around-the-world-exporting-fossil-fuels-undermines-climate-targets-236248

Study Reveals Impact of Heat Waves on Rural Montana Seniors https://www.govtech.com/em/safety/study-reveals-impact-of-heat-waves-on-rural-montana-seniors

More rooftop solar in cities would help solve NZ’s energy crisis – and build disaster resilience https://theconversation.com/more-rooftop-solar-in-cities-would-help-solve-nzs-energy-crisis-and-build-disaster-resilience-238193

African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change, a new report says https://apnews.com/article/africa-climate-change-flooding-droughts-af5beebf70f414098ad2a4a73a19b76c

Landmark Bay Area Regional Plan to Combat Sea-Level Rise Unveiled https://www.kqed.org/science/1994406/landmark-bay-area-regional-plan-to-combat-sea-level-rise-unveiled

As the World Burns https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/as-the-world-burns/

An interdisciplinary research agenda for climate change and cultural heritage https://blog.geographydirections.com/2024/09/18/an-interdisciplinary-research-agenda-for-climate-change-and-cultural-heritage/

100% humidity heatwaves are spreading across the Earth. That’s a deadly problem for us… https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/100-humidity-heatwaves-are-spreading-across-the-earth-thats-a-deadly-problem-for-us

NZ to get hotter, faster than previously expected – NIWA https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528374/nz-to-get-hotter-faster-than-previously-expected-niwa

The Arctic Seed Vault Shows the Flawed Logic of Climate Adaptation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-arctic-seed-vault-shows-the-flawed-logic-of-climate-adaptation/

Four ways Africa is already seeing the effects of climate change – and what can be done about it https://theconversation.com/four-ways-africa-is-already-seeing-the-effects-of-climate-change-and-what-can-be-done-about-it-238696

Disaster risk reduction

Climate-change-triggered landslide caused Earth to vibrate for nine days https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/climate-change-triggered-landslide-caused-earth-vibrate-nine-days

Identifying regional hotspots of heatwaves, droughts, floods, and their co-occurrences https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/identifying-regional-hotspots-heatwaves-droughts-floods-and-their-co-occurrences

Cultivating Trust in AI for Disaster Management https://eos.org/opinions/cultivating-trust-in-ai-for-disaster-management

Dams built to prevent coastal flooding can worsen it https://www.uaf.edu/news/dams-built-to-prevent-coastal-flooding-can-worsen-it.php

The U.S. Geological Survey has released a new nationwide landslide susceptibility map https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/new-usgs-map-shows-where-landslides-are-most-likely-occur-us

National platforms and coordination mechanisms for disaster risk reduction in Europe and Central Asia: Regional overview report 2024 https://www.undrr.org/publication/national-platforms-and-coordination-mechanisms-disaster-risk-reduction-europe-and

The occurrence, mechanisms and hazards of large landslides along tablelands https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00587-1

GAR Special Report 2024: Forensic Insights for Future Resilience: Learning from Past Disasters https://www.undrr.org/gar/gar2024-special-report

REFLEX: a geomorphological model for flood simulation https://www.cimafoundation.org/en/news/reflex-a-geomorphological-model-for-flood-simulation/

More floods are coming to Britain, but you ought to know this: the system that should protect us is a scandal https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/18/more-floods-britain-system-protect-us-scandal

Slow-moving landslides a growing, but ignored, threat to mountain communities https://news.agu.org/press-release/slow-landslides-growing-threat-mountain-communities/

Enhancing Community Resilience: Addressing Compound and Cascading Climate Shocks https://www.climatelinks.org/blog/enhancing-community-resilience-addressing-compound-and-cascading-climate-shocks

US towns limit new buildings in floodplains more than you think – and can do better https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/us-towns-limit-new-buildings-floodplains-more-than-you-a-r-siders-vhzle

Emergency Management

‘Catastrophe of epic proportions’: eight drown in Europe amid heavy floods https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/15/catastrophe-of-epic-proportions-six-drown-in-europe-amid-heavy-floods-storm-boris-poland-austria-slovakia-hungary

Get set for more extreme weather across Australia this spring and summer https://theconversation.com/get-set-for-more-extreme-weather-across-australia-this-spring-and-summer-238985

Czechia, Poland seek EU help against floods as Slovak government aid deemed insufficient https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/czechia-poland-seek-eu-help-against-floods-as-slovak-government-aid-deemed-insufficient/

Reflexivity and interdisciplinarity: the reflexive journey of an interdisciplinary research team in disaster risk reduction https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DPM-09-2023-0222/full/html

Epic floods are wreaking havoc from Africa to Asia to Europe https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/epic-floods-are-wreaking-havoc-from-africa-to-asia-to-europe/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Stories After The Storms – flooding survey now open https://nationalemergenciestrust.org.uk/stories-after-the-storms-survey-open/

Disaster psychology

Understanding the rationales and information environments for early, late, and nonadopters of the COVID-19 vaccine https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-024-00962-5

This city is hailed as a vaccination success. Can it be sustained? https://apnews.com/article/children-vaccinated-cdc-louisville-630b05bcd3b319a1d1028ca34e65b532

Did the Pandemic Break Our Brains? https://time.com/7021575/covid-pandemic-19-brain-cognition/

Taking the risk personally: how perceived flood experience relates to risk perception, sensed coping appraisal, and protective behaviour https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/nh/2024/09/16/taking-the-risk-personally-how-perceived-flood-experience-relates-to-risk-perception-sensed-coping-appraisal-and-protective-behaviour/

The driving effect of experience: How perceived frequency of floods and feeling of loss of control are linked to household-level adaptation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924005077

Geopsychiatry, global vulnerability, mitigation and psychiatry https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00207640221110068

Sociology and disasters

Trust a few: natural disasters and the disruption of trust in Africa https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214804324001253

Determinants of Households’ Resilience to Covariate Shocks: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications from the Kenyan Fisheries and Aquaculture Sectors https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9496/4/3/15

Improving social resilience to forest fire from community perspective https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666592124000714

Urban Resilience: Multidimensional Perspectives, Challenges and Prospects for Future Research https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2664328624000408

How We Survive https://howwesurvive.com/what-can-help

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Cooler temperatures bring relief as Park fire explodes in California https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/27/wildfires-california-state-of-emergency

Wildfire devastates Jasper National Park, forces mass evacuations, Canada https://watchers.news/2024/07/26/wildfire-devastates-jasper-national-park-forces-mass-evacuations-canada/

Major explosion at Stromboli volcano, Italy https://watchers.news/2024/07/27/major-explosion-at-stromboli-volcano-italy-3/

Huge California wildfire tears through 5,000 acres every hour https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1dlzy04l8o

Mudslide kills 15 people near tourist site in China as rains from tropical storm Gaemi drench region https://apnews.com/article/china-typhoon-tropical-storm-gaemi-taiwan-philippines-3fdd5c362596193f3c7b1cabad3bce56

Record flooding in Amnok (Yalu) River submerges North Korea-China border https://watchers.news/2024/07/29/record-flooding-in-amnok-yalu-river-submerges-north-korea-china-border/

Extreme rainfall hits China’s Hunan, claiming at least 15 lives https://watchers.news/2024/07/29/extreme-rainfall-hits-chinas-hunan-claiming-at-least-15-lives/

West Texas hit by over 100 earthquakes in a week, state of disaster declared https://watchers.news/2024/07/29/west-texas-hit-by-over-100-earthquakes-in-a-week-state-of-disaster-declared/

Firefighters continue battle against more than 100 blazes burning in the US https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/29/100-wildfires-burning

More than 50 dead, 100 missing after large landslides in Wayanad, Kerala https://watchers.news/2024/07/30/more-than-50-dead-100-missing-after-large-landslides-in-wayanad-kerala/

Severe storm hits Latvia, record rainfall and extensive damage reported https://watchers.news/2024/07/30/severe-storm-hits-latvia-record-rainfall-and-extensive-damage-reported/

Volcanic activity worldwide 1 Aug 2024: Fuego volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador, Sangay https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/248456/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-1-Aug-2024-Fuego-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador-Sangay-Lewo.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

A new level of analysis for climate research: development of a community involvement climate scale https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10705422.2024.2385623#d1e173

Extreme heat poses ‘real risk’ to Spain’s mass tourism industry https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/27/extreme-heat-poses-real-risk-to-spains-mass-tourism-industry

Extreme Wildfires Are Getting More Extreme and Occurring More Often https://eos.org/articles/extreme-wildfires-are-getting-more-extreme-and-occurring-more-often

Urban overheating and adaptation measures: An analysis at EU, national, and local level https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/urban-overheating-and-adaptation-measures-analysis-eu-national-and-local-level

Western Europe faces intense Heatwave as Olympics kick off; scorching heat develops next week https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/heatwave-olympic-games-weather-forecast-france-2024-western-europe-mk/

Communicating numbers boosts trust in climate change science, research suggests https://phys.org/news/2024-07-communicating-boosts-climate-science.html

Marine heatwaves in a shifting Southern Ocean induce dynamical changes in primary production https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01553-x

‘Your body is completely drained’: US workers toil in heatwaves with no protections https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/29/worker-protections-heatwave-extreme-temperatures-weather

UN Secretary-General issues call to action on extreme heat https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/un-secretary-general-issues-call-action-extreme-heat-0

Plan evaluation for heat resilience: complementary methods to comprehensively assess heat planning in Tempe and Tucson, Arizona https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad5d05/pdf

The climate is changing so fast that we haven’t seen how bad extreme weather could get https://theconversation.com/the-climate-is-changing-so-fast-that-we-havent-seen-how-bad-extreme-weather-could-get-235726

Critically examining research funding patterns for climate change and human health https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-024-00142-0

As record heat risks bleaching 73% of the world’s coral reefs, scientists ask ‘what do we do now?’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/30/as-record-heat-risks-bleaching-73-of-the-worlds-coral-reefs-scientists-ask-what-do-we-do-now

Humans caused climate change. Amid the suffering, now they must solve it https://apnews.com/projects/climate-extreme-weather/

What Pune Floods Are Teaching Us About Building Climate-Resilient Cities https://www.thequint.com/opinion/what-are-pune-floods-teaching-us-about-building-climate-resilient-cities

How a community of scientists is “closing the loop” on Southern Ocean climate links https://climateextremes.org.au/how-a-community-of-scientists-is-closing-the-loop-on-southern-ocean-climate-links/

The Indian Ocean Dipole in a warming world https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00573-7

Antarctic temperatures rise 10C above average in near record heatwave https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/antarctic-temperatures-rise-10c-above-average-in-near-record-heatwave

Tipping risks from overshooting 1.5 °C can be minimised if warming is swiftly reversed https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/tipping-risks-from-overshooting-1-5-degc-can-be-minimised-if-warming-is-swiftly-reversed

Young people at a crossroads: Climate solidarity through intergenerational storytelling https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-5871.12668

Disaster risk reduction

High-resolution observations from space to address new applications in hydrology https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/fulltext/S2666-6758(23)00065-6

We’re not preparing for the inevitable megadisasters https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2024/07/27/megadisaster-emergency-preparedness-managers/stories/202407260008

Port Waikato homes at serious risk from coastal erosion https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/port-waikato-homes-at-real-risk-from-coastal-erosion/RDR5JDQHTFB2FM2K4KZGPQHWV4/

A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Validation of Disaster Resilience Indicators https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924004436

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

Integrating flood and earthquake resilience: a framework for assessing urban community resilience against multiple hazards https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666449624000392

Where Do Natural Hazards Cause the Highest Annual Loss in the US? https://www.maps.com/where-do-natural-hazards-cause-the-highest-annual-loss-in-the-us/

Emergency Management

As Vermont’s weather worsens, emergency communications aren’t reaching all of its rural residents https://vtdigger.org/2024/07/28/as-vermonts-weather-worsens-emergency-communications-arent-reaching-all-of-its-rural-residents/

Does Canada need a national emergency response agency? https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-national-emergency-response-agency-1.7276749

Flood Warning Automation – watch-outs and recommendations https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/flood-warning-automation-watch-outs-recommendations-phiala-mehring-hdzne

South Sudan Protection Analysis Update https://www.globalprotectioncluster.org/publications/1938/reports/protection-analysis-update/south-sudan-protection-analysis-update

An escape route planning model based on wildfire prediction information and travel rate of firefighters https://www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF23166#ftlinks

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Early warning systems https://www.undrr.org/words-into-action/guide-multi-hazard-early-warning

Disaster psychology

Ecological Grief, Religious Coping, and Spiritual Crises: Exploring Eco-Spiritual Grief https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11089-024-01158-3

Maui Wildfire Survivors Were Re-Traumatized By Poor Disaster Response, Survey Says https://www.forbes.com/sites/willmcgough/2024/07/28/survey-says-maui-wildfire-survivors-were-re-traumatized-by-poor-disaster-response/

Sociology and disasters

From plan to practice: Interorganizational crisis response networks from governmental guidelines and real-world collaborations during hurricane events https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1468-5973.12601

Community-Level resilience analysis using earthquake-tsunami fragility surfaces https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382624067_Community-Level_resilience_analysis_using_earthquake-tsunami_fragility_surfaces

The Impact of Social Capital on Community Resilience: A Comparative Study of Seven Flood-Prone Communities in Nanjing, China https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/8/1145

An integrated approach to analyze equitable access to food stores under disasters from human mobility patterns https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/risa.16873

Balancing Flexibility and Stability: Leveraging Cooperatives for Organizational Resilience https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-56200-6_9

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Record-breaking heatwave shifts east as millions of Americans under heat alert https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/14/us-heat-wave-moves-east

A large forest fire broke out near the border between Bulgaria and Turkey https://bnt.bg/news/a-large-forest-fire-broke-out-near-the-border-between-bulgaria-and-turkey-330695news.html

“Extremely dangerous” heat grips eastern, central US states https://www.axios.com/2024/07/15/dangerous-heat-wave-grips-east-coast

4 missing, 420 evacuated after severe mudflow strikes Osh, causing widespread damage, Kyrgyzstan https://watchers.news/2024/07/15/4-missing-420-evacuated-after-severe-mudflow-strikes-osh-causing-widespread-damage-kyrgyzstan/

Rare tornado in Nicosia, Cyprus https://watchers.news/2024/07/15/rare-tornado-in-nicosia-cyprus/

Residents were evacuated from homes overnight after a wildfire neared in Sicily https://news.sky.com/video/italy-residents-were-evacuated-from-homes-overnight-after-a-wildfire-neared-in-sicily-13150710

A year’s worth of rain in one day, massive floods hit central China https://watchers.news/2024/07/16/a-years-worth-of-rain-in-one-day-massive-floods-hit-central-china/

Powerful derecho blasts through Midwest, leaving a trail of destruction https://watchers.news/2024/07/16/powerful-derecho-blasts-through-midwest-leaving-a-trail-of-destruction/

Toronto cleans up after severe storms cause floods https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw4ypd11wr0o

Powerful storm and flooding in eastern Afghanistan claim over 40 lives, destroy 400 homes https://watchers.news/2024/07/17/powerful-storm-and-flooding-in-eastern-afghanistan-claims-over-40-lives-destroys-400-homes/

Two Firefighters Killed in Italy as Southern Europe Swelters in a Heat Wave https://www.firefighternation.com/news/two-firefighters-killed-in-italy-as-southern-europe-swelters-in-a-heat-wave/

Volcanic activity worldwide 18 Jul 2024: Etna volcano, Santiaguito, Fuego, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/247344/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-18-Jul-2024-Etna-volcano-Santiaguito-Fuego-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador-.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Houston swelters in punishing heat as 800,000 without power after Beryl https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/12/houston-heat-power-outages

Labour’s ‘rooftop revolution’ to deliver solar power to millions of UK homes https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/13/labours-rooftop-revolution-to-deliver-solar-power-to-millions-of-uk-homes

The ‘dark arts’ tactic that could be a major threat to Australia’s climate goals https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/the-dark-arts-tactic-that-could-be-a-major-threat-to-australias-climate-goals/32x6f17zw

Increasing Heat-Stress Inequality in a Warming Climate https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021EF002488

Southern Australia is freezing. How can it be so cold in a warming climate? https://theconversation.com/southern-australia-is-freezing-how-can-it-be-so-cold-in-a-warming-climate-233977

No One Knows Exactly How Many People Are Dying From Extreme Heat https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-07-08/how-many-people-have-died-from-extreme-heat-officials-struggle-to-track

The Golden State burn: Climate’s impact on homeowners and their wealth https://www.sandiegometro.com/2024/07/the-golden-state-burn-climates-impact-on-homeowners-and-their-wealth/

Denver breaks 146-year heat record as temperature soars to 38.3 °C (101 °F), Colorado https://watchers.news/2024/07/15/denver-breaks-146-year-heat-record-as-temperature-soars-to-38-3-c-101-f-colorado/

Airport triples rooftop solar capacity to take self-generation to new heights https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/airport-triples-rooftop-solar-capacity-to-take-self-generation-to-new-heights/

A major milestone: Global climate pollution may have just peaked https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/a-major-milestone-global-climate-pollution-may-have-just-peaked/

The Best Roofs to Keep London Cool in Summer May Not Be Green https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-05/the-best-roofs-to-keep-london-summers-cool-may-not-be-green

Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Spring 2024 https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/all/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-spring-2024/

Climate change is making each day slightly longer, and there’s no sign it’s going to stop, NASA says https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/days-are-getting-longer-because-of-climate-change-according-to-nasa-1.6961637

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

After a year of records, heatwaves and floods continue to rage across the planet https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2024/07/17/after-a-year-of-world-records-heatwaves-and-floods-continue-to-rage-across-the-planet_6686921_114.html

Four people die due to extreme heat in Italy: Who is most at risk when hot weather strikes Europe? https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/07/16/heatwaves-do-discriminate-this-new-map-shows-who-is-most-at-risk-when-hot-weather-strikes-

Attributing Canada’s June heat wave to climate change is an important step in adapting to a warmer world https://theconversation.com/attributing-canadas-june-heat-wave-to-climate-change-is-an-important-step-in-adapting-to-a-warmer-world-234452

Missing piece in climate models https://ps.uci.edu/news/3150

Many Americans think they’re insulated from climate change https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/16/how-climate-change-may-impact-americans-wallets.html

June 2024 Temperature Update https://berkeleyearth.org/june-2024-temperature-update/

Disaster risk reduction

FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods https://grist.org/extreme-weather/fema-flood-rules-climate-change-biden/

2024 Revision of World Population Prospects https://population.un.org/wpp/

The wider the gap between rich and poor the higher the flood mortality https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01107-7

Archetypes of local governance for flood risk reduction decision-making under uncertain climate change futures https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210670724004578

Alerting Communities to Hyperlocalized Urban Flooding https://eos.org/research-spotlights/alerting-communities-to-hyperlocalized-urban-flooding

‘The big one’ disaster could happen in our lifetime. Can we even be ready? https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/14/opinions/big-one-disaster-in-our-lifetime-megadisaster-preparedness-schlegelmilch/index.html

Rethinking Readiness https://cup.columbia.edu/book/rethinking-readiness/9780231190411

Diversity of cross-pacific atmospheric river main routes https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01552-y

Smoke over the Arctic Circle as boreal wildfires intensify in Siberia and North America https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/smoke-over-arctic-circle-boreal-wildfires-intensify-siberia-and-north-america

Seismic characteristics of the 2022-2023 unrest episode at Taupō volcano, Aotearoa New Zealand https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/1125

Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence – 2019 https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5f1471b6fef0449dba5e2059ecc901f3

Seismica Vol 3 No 1 https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/issue/view/97

Hydrological hazards in South America https://files.emdat.be/2024/07/CredCrunch75.pdf

New Study Unveils Ways to Predict Typhoon Intensity with ‘Eye of Deep Learning https://news.unist.ac.kr/new-study-unveils-ways-to-predict-typhoon-intensity-with-eye-of-deep-learning/

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are an economically effective method to mitigate risks from a range of disasters https://www.umass.edu/news/article/nature-based-solutions-disaster-risk-climate-change-are-cost-effective-umass-amherst

VulneraCity–drivers and dynamics of urban vulnerability based on a global systematic literature review https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/vulneracity-drivers-and-dynamics-urban-vulnerability-based-global-systematic-literature

#NoNaturalDisasters: Changing the narrative on disasters for philanthropy https://disasterphilanthropy.org/events/nonaturaldisasters-changing-the-narrative-on-disasters-for-philanthropy/

Understanding the Earth as a system: 10 million euros for reorientation and networking in “Earth system sciences” https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/news/brief/understanding-earth-system-10-million-euros-reorientation-and-networking-earth-system-sciences

UK flood insurance scheme chief warns Labour on housebuilding risks https://www.ft.com/content/73a8906b-af0b-48f5-bae2-09ce38c4dd90

Emergency Management

FEMA is denying requests for aid as relief fund runs dry amid record number of costly disasters https://fortune.com/2024/07/12/fema-aid-requests-denied-disaster-relief-fund-natural-disasters-hurricane-beryl/

Just a Category 1 hurricane? Don’t be fooled by a number — it could be more devastating than a Cat 5 https://apnews.com/article/tropical-weather-hurricanes-hurricane-beryl-5f0c06c5a03aa753c04040271099226d

Local Civil Protection officers despatched to Greece to provide firefighting assistance https://tvmnews.mt/en/news/local-civil-protection-officers-despatched-to-greece-to-assist-with-firefighting/

Navigating Storms: Understanding the Complexities of School Interruptions Post-Hurricane María https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-63186-3_7

K’ahsho Got’ine Guardians Fight Wildfire, Support Emergency Response in NWT https://landneedsguardians.ca/latest/kahsho-gotine-guardians-fight-wildfire-support-emergency-response-in-nwt

More than half of businesses have lost profit from extreme weather: survey https://globalnews.ca/news/10628641/extreme-weather-climate-change-business-impacts/

2024 North American Wildfires https://disasterphilanthropy.org/disasters/2024-north-american-wildfires/

US government urged to declare wildfire smoke and extreme heat major disasters https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/17/extreme-heat-wildfire-smoke-disaster-fema

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Reimagining the language of engagement in a post-stakeholder world https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-024-01496-4

Heat Watch Albania https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0acc8804f35e4ca9b907bb93e0f1d11c

Disaster psychology

Unlocking the nonlinear Nexus: Accessibility of emergency resource and resident participation in flood response https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0966692324001352

Sociology and disasters

The Effect of Urbanization on Community Social Networks and Support Systems https://carijournals.org/journals/index.php/IJHSS/article/view/2084

Climate change has forced America’s oldest Black town to higher ground https://grist.org/extreme-weather/princeville-north-carolina-fema-grant-army-corps/

Building cross-sector recovery collaborations after Australian bushfires: the importance of embracing and linking diverse capitals and capacities https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2024.2368498

 

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Himalayan region landslides kill 10, leaves 2,400 tourists stranded in northeastern India https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/14/india/india-sikkim-landslide-deaths-tourists-stranded-intl-hnk/index.html

California wildfire in Los Angeles county forces evacuation of 1,200 people as it burns through 4,400 acres of land https://news.sky.com/story/california-wildfire-in-los-angeles-county-forces-evacuation-of-1200-people-as-it-burns-through-4400-acres-of-land-13153882

Tropical Storm “Alberto” makes landfall in Tampico, Mexico, causing flooding and fatalities https://watchers.news/2024/06/20/tropical-storm-alberto-makes-landfall-in-tampico-mexico-causing-flooding-and-fatalities/

4 dead, over 120 injured after M4.9 earthquake hits northeastern Iran https://watchers.news/2024/06/19/4-dead-over-120-injured-after-m4-9-earthquake-hits-northeastern-iran/

Strong eruptions at Ibu volcano prompt lahar warning, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/06/19/strong-eruptions-at-ibu-volcano-prompt-lahar-warning-indonesia/

Tornado sweeps through Carlepont, Oise, damaging 44 buildings, France https://watchers.news/2024/06/19/tornado-carlepont-oise-france-damage-june-2024/

A landslide emergency at Longiarù in northern Italy https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/longiaru

Landslides kill at least 15, displace millions, in Bangladesh and India https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/19/landslides-kill-at-least-15-displace-millions-in-bangladesh-and-india

Widespread floods in Bangladesh leave over 2 million people stranded https://watchers.news/2024/06/23/widespread-floods-in-bangladesh-leave-over-2-million-people-stranded/

Hundreds of thousands affected by floods in central China https://watchers.news/2024/06/23/hundreds-of-thousands-affected-by-floods-in-central-china/

Record rainfall causes devastating floods in Upper Midwest, 1 dead in South Dakota https://watchers.news/2024/06/24/record-rainfall-causes-devastating-floods-in-upper-midwest-1-dead-in-south-dakota/

Severe mudflows ravage southeastern Switzerland, leaving 1 dead and 2 missing https://watchers.news/2024/06/24/severe-mudflows-ravage-southeastern-switzerland-leaving-1-dead-and-2-missing/

At least 24 killed by flooding, landslides after days of heavy rains in Ivory Coast’s largest city https://apnews.com/article/ivory-coast-abidjan-rains-landslides-688c7979269cdf3df558fe5a645dff51

Volcanic activity worldwide 26 Jun 2024: Fuego volcano, Karymsky, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/245380/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-26-Jun-2024-Fuego-volcano-Karymsky-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Revent.html

Dozens stranded after avalanches hit Chile’s Maipo Province https://watchers.news/2024/06/26/dozens-stranded-after-avalanches-hit-chiles-maipo-province/

Stromboli volcano alert level raised to Orange, Italy https://watchers.news/2024/06/25/stromboli-volcano-alert-level-raised-to-orange-italy/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Life in a heat dome: The American West is figuring out how to keep cool https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240613-how-to-cool-down-urban-heat-islands-in-americas-heatwaves

Six Hajj pilgrims die from heatstroke in Mecca, as temperatures head for 118 degrees Fahrenheithttps://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/15/middleeast/hajj-pilgrims-die-heatstroke-intl-latam/index.html

Sea levels in Florida are rising fast. Tough decisions ahead https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/06/04/florida-sea-level-rise-climate-change-sunny-day-flooding-shore-acres-st-petersburg-septic-drainage/

New heat records have been set every day since March last year. Scientists are confused and concerned about the worrying data https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/daily-heat-records-keep-getting-broken-its-leaving-experts-baffled/x7h38zakp

Uncertain Pathways to a Future Safe Climate https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023EF004297

Extreme heat killing more than 100 people in Mexico hotter and much more likely due to climate changehttps://www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-heat-killing-more-than-100-people-in-mexico-hotter-and-much-more-likely-due-to-climate-change/

Amid scorching heat, 900 people died this week in Saudi Arabia. Climate change has made the Hajj pilgrimage more risky https://theconversation.com/amid-scorching-heat-900-people-died-this-week-in-saudi-arabia-climate-change-has-made-the-hajj-pilgrimage-more-risky-232836

Global impacts of heat and water stress on food production and severe food insecurity https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-65274-z

Extreme heat killing more than 100 people in Mexico hotter and much more likely due to climate change https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-heat-killing-more-than-100-people-in-mexico-hotter-and-much-more-likely-due-to-climate-change/

The U.S. is finally making serious efforts to adapt to climate change https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/the-u-s-is-finally-making-serious-efforts-to-adapt-to-climate-change/

The Peoples’ Climate Vote 2024 is the second edition of the Peoples’ Climate Vote survey https://peoplesclimate.vote/download

Five things we learned from the UN’s climate mega-poll https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/06/20/five-things-we-learned-from-the-uns-climate-mega-poll/

Major power outage hits the Balkan region as an early summer heatwave overloads system https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-22/power-outage-hits-balkan-states-as-heat-overloads-system/104010922

Uncovering the drivers of a million-year-old glacial transition https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/sas-earth-environmental-science-drivers-glacial-transition

Only 60% of Australians accept climate disruption is human-caused, global poll finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/24/climate-change-survey-human-caused-poll-australia

Rising sea levels will disrupt millions of Americans’ lives by 2050, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/25/rising-sea-levels-flooding

Climate crisis driving exponential rise in most extreme wildfires https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/24/climate-crisis-driving-exponential-rise-in-most-extreme-wildfires

The U.S. is nowhere near ready for climate change https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/the-u-s-is-nowhere-near-ready-for-climate-change/

New tipping point discovered beneath the Antarctic ice sheet https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/new-tipping-point-discovered-beneath-the-antarctic-ice-sheet/

Art can change the world, but can it save us from climate extinction? https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/jun/24/art-can-change-the-world-but-can-it-save-us-from-climate-extinction

A sea ice monitoring project is a climate adaptation tool for Utqiaġvik whalers https://alaskapublic.org/2024/05/20/a-sea-ice-monitoring-project-is-a-climate-adaptation-tool-for-utqiagvik-whalers/

From beaches to morgues, illustrating a heat-wave story is riddled with challenges https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/06/how-do-you-picture-a-heat-wave/

New Analysis Reveals CO2’s Greater Impact on Global Temperature Than Previously Thought https://dailygalaxy.com/2024/06/new-analysis-co2-impact-global-temperature/

Climate change is driving an insurance crisis: Policymakers and regulators must act https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/06/23/climate-change-insurance-florida-citizens-flooding-hurricanes-wildfires-disasters-reinsurance/

Geological archives predict our climate future https://www.unige.ch/medias/en/2024/des-archives-geologiques-predisent-notre-avenir-climatique

Lawyers could charge big oil with homicide after 2023 Arizona heatwave https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/26/arizona-heatwave-big-oil-lawsuit

Communicating the links between climate change and heat waves with the Climate Shift Index https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/communicating-the-links-between-climate-change-and-heat-waves-with-the-climate-shift-index/

Deaths mount as Pakistan swelters in heatwave https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn05rz3w4x1o

Disaster risk reduction

Metamorphic testing of machine learning and conceptual hydrologic models https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/2505/2024/

This part of the US is at highest risk for a devastating tsunami https://edition.cnn.com/washington-earthquake-tsunami-violent-earth/index.html

Swiss Re says industry failed to estimate impact of extreme weather https://www.ft.com/content/48b3e54a-771a-4a12-a412-527c34311ca9

Expecting the Unexpected Could Help Us Prepare for Climate Extremes https://eos.org/research-spotlights/expecting-the-unexpected-could-help-us-prepare-for-climate-extremes

Why Mount Rainier is the US volcano keeping scientists up at night https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/23/science/mount-rainier-volcanic-eruption-lahar-scn/index.html

Scientists analyse record storm surges to help predict future flooding https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2024/06/coastal-flooding.page

Advances in dam breach assessment https://awschool.com.au/training/dam-breach-assessment/

How quickly does groundwater recharge? The answer is found deep underground https://theconversation.com/how-quickly-does-groundwater-recharge-the-answer-is-found-deep-underground-230943

Hyper-resolution flood hazard mapping at the national scale https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/2071/2024/

The Use of Remote Sensing Technology for Forest Fire https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fire/special_issues/9LLK8T42A7

World Risk Poll 2024 report: Resilience in a changing world https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/world-risk-poll-2024-report-resilience-changing-world

How wildfire defines the world https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/06/earth-history-wildfire-gaia/678736/

A ‘te ao Māori’ disaster risk reduction framework https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/disa.12622

Emergency Management

Wildfire Smoke Killed More Than 50,000 Californians Over a Decade https://e360.yale.edu/digest/wildfire-smoke-deaths-california

Wildfire Peer Review Report for Greece https://civil-protection-knowledge-network.europa.eu/news/ucpm-wildfire-peer-review-report-handed-over-greek-authorities

Lessons from disaster governance: Port of Beirut explosion reform recovery and reconstruction framework https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/lessons-disaster-governance-port-beirut-explosion-reform-recovery-and-reconstruction

Australians have had to move more than 240,000 times in recent years due to worsening disasters, with the hardest hit communities experiencing extreme weather events at least 25 times https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/calamity-hotspots-climate-disasters-force-aussies-move-quarter-million-times/

Florida Braces for Coming Hurricane Season With Tech Tools https://www.govtech.com/em/preparedness/florida-braces-for-coming-hurricane-season-with-tech-tools

Live updates: Rapidan Dam in imminent failure condition https://www.fox9.com/weather/rapidan-dam-imminent-failure-condition-minnesota

Crew arrested after yacht fireworks spark Greece blaze https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c722p1ljlk9o

‘Multiple disasters all in one day’: New Mexico’s brutal week of fire and flood https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/22/new-mexico-wildfires-floods-disaster

Best States for Disaster Preparedness https://smilehub.org/blog/best-states-for-disaster-preparedness/128

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

How does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart https://www.cpr.org/2024/06/23/how-does-heat-kill/

FEMA Employees Share Pet Preparedness Tips https://www.fema.gov/blog/fema-employees-share-pet-preparedness-tips

Disaster psychology

Practices Supporting Community Recovery and Healing from Climate-Related Disasters: A Systematic Review https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/21/6/795

Nearly half the global population feels unable to protect themselves from disasters https://www.preventionweb.net/news/nearly-half-global-population-feels-unable-protect-themselves-disasters

To live with floods or not: Intersectionality of drivers of urban households’ adaptation and relocation intentions https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.13015

Leadership and discursive mobilizing of collective action in the Jonestown mass killing https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjso.12772

Effects of vicarious experiences of nature, environmental beliefs, and attitudes on adolescents’ environmental behavior https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13504622.2023.2202368

Realizing the full potential of behavioural science for climate change mitigation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-01951-1

Sociology and disasters

Building Resilient Communities Through Social Capital in Cities: Reflections From City of Harare, Zimbabwe https://www.igi-global.com/gateway/chapter/348115

Population Activity Recovery: Milestones Unfolding, Temporal Interdependencies, and Relationship with Physical and Social Vulnerability https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381652780_Population_Activity_Recovery_Milestones_Unfolding_Temporal_Interdependencies_and_Relationship_with_Physical_and_Social_Vulnerability

(Re)envisioning inclusive futures: Applying narrative foresight to deconstruct the problem of urban flooding in the slums of Bengaluru, India https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dpr.12786

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Lava crosses Grindavíkurvegur road near Grindavik, Iceland https://watchers.news/2024/06/09/lava-crosses-grindavikurvegur-road-near-grindavik-iceland/

Sydney battered by heavy rain, leading to flash floods and rescues, Australia https://watchers.news/2024/06/09/sydney-battered-by-heavy-rain-leading-to-flash-floods-and-rescues-australia/

Massive landslide causes ‘catastrophic road failure’ on Teton Pass, Wyoming https://watchers.news/2024/06/09/massive-landslide-causes-catastrophic-road-failure-on-teton-pass-wyoming/

Flash floods in Albuquerque arroyos result in one fatality, New Mexico https://watchers.news/2024/06/11/albuquerque-arroyos-flash-flood-june-2024/

Sarasota hit by record-breaking 1-hour rainfall, all of South Florida under Flood Watch https://watchers.news/2024/06/12/sarasota-hit-by-record-breaking-1-hour-rainfall-all-of-south-florida-under-flood-watch/

Volcanic activity worldwide 12 Jun 2024: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Marapi https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/244316/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-12-Jun-2024-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Marapi-.html

Widespread floods in South Florida, authorities urge citizens to refrain from travel https://watchers.news/2024/06/13/widespread-floods-in-south-florida-authorities-urge-citizens-to-refrain-from-travel/

Severe floods and landslides claim 3 lives in northern Vietnam https://watchers.news/2024/06/13/severe-floods-and-landslides-claim-3-lives-in-northern-vietnam/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Intensification and Poleward Shift of Compound Wind and Precipitation Extremes in a Warmer Climate https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024GL110135

May 2024 marks 12 months of record-breaking global temperatures https://climate.copernicus.eu/may-2024-marks-12-months-record-breaking-global-temperatures

Wind and solar projects show signs of rebound, as battery storage charges on with record quarter https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-and-solar-projects-show-signs-of-rebound-as-battery-storage-charges-on-with-record-quarter/

Global Warming Will Increase Earthquake Hazards through Rising Sea Levels and Cascading Effects https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/doi/10.1785/0220240100/644474/Global-Warming-Will-Increase-Earthquake-Hazards

Millions in southwestern U.S. under Excessive Heat Warning https://watchers.news/2024/06/10/millions-in-southwestern-u-s-under-excessive-heat-warning/

A Giant Ancient River System Revealed Beneath Antarctica’s Ice https://www.iflscience.com/a-giant-ancient-river-system-revealed-beneath-antarcticas-ice-74558

As Temperatures in Pakistan Top 120 Degrees, There’s Nowhere to Run https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08062024/pakistan-heat-wave-emergency/

During a year of extremes, carbon dioxide levels surge faster than ever https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/during-year-of-extremes-carbon-dioxide-levels-surge-faster-than-ever

A renewable energy transition that doesn’t harm nature? It’s not just possible, it’s essential https://theconversation.com/a-renewable-energy-transition-that-doesnt-harm-nature-its-not-just-possible-its-essential-229605

More money is being poured into solar than all other energy technologies combined https://reneweconomy.com.au/more-money-is-being-poured-into-solar-than-all-other-energy-technologies-combined/

Lab experiment shows exactly how heat waves can put hearts into ‘oxygen debt’ https://www.statnews.com/2024/06/10/heat-wave-heart-attacks-climate-change/

Global temperature is likely to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial level temporarily in next 5 years https://wmo.int/media/news/global-temperature-likely-exceed-15degc-above-pre-industrial-level-temporarily-next-5-years

The Critical Role of Housing in Climate Adaptation https://climateadaptationplatform.com/the-critical-role-of-housing-in-climate-adaptation/

Four things you should know: Climate change & Small Island Developing States—by the numbers https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/climatechange/four-things-you-should-know–climate-change—small-island-devel

Debunking eight common myths about climate change https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/debunking-eight-common-myths-about-climate-change

Urbanization exacerbates continental- to regional-scale warming https://www.cell.com/one-earth/abstract/S2590-3322(24)00248-3

Egypt sets hottest June day in African history; historic heatwave hits Cyprus https://watchers.news/2024/06/11/egypt-sets-hottest-june-day-in-african-history-historic-heatwave-hits-cyprus/

The spring temperatures in Russia and Norway break records https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2024/06/spring-temperatures-russia-and-norway-break-records

Why London, New York and Shanghai should be worried about Antarctica’s ‘doomsday glacier’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/antarctica-doomsday-thwaites-glacier-climate-change/

Climate change and disorders of the nervous system https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(24)00087-5/abstract

Disaster risk reduction

Predicting Deep-Seated Landslide Displacements in Mountains through the Integration of Convolutional Neural Networks and Age of Exploration-Inspired Optimizer https://nhess.copernicus.org/preprints/nhess-2024-86/

Historic floods, tenfold increase in wildfires and now a potential extreme drought make triple suffering for Brazil https://watchers.news/2024/06/09/historic-floods-tenfold-increase-in-wildfires-and-now-a-potential-extreme-drought-make-triple-suffering-for-brazil/

Up in Smoke: Bushfire challenges in northern Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/programs/landline/2024-06-09/up-in-smoke:-bushfire-challenges-in-northern/103957002

A section of critical highway collapsed in Wyoming. Could it happen anywhere? https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/06/10/wyoming-teton-pass-collapse/

Study: Southern California is most disaster-prone region in U.S. https://www.ocregister.com/2024/06/09/study-southern-california-is-most-disaster-prone-region-in-u-s/

Once used as trash dumps, Sri Lanka’s wetlands are remade as flood-buffering parks https://thebulletin.org/2024/06/once-used-as-trash-dumps-sri-lankas-wetlands-are-remade-as-flood-buffering-parks/

Fire and floods: The risky Perth suburbs facing falling property values https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/fire-and-floods-the-risky-perth-suburbs-facing-falling-property-values-20240605-p5jjfs.html

Of ice and fire: what sea salt in Antarctic snowfall reveals about bushfires worse than the Black Summer https://theconversation.com/of-ice-and-fire-what-sea-salt-in-antarctic-snowfall-reveals-about-bushfires-worse-than-the-black-summer-230982

Experts say thousands of home owners face property value loss due to new flood modelling. In Melbourne, the process has begun https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-13/kensington-banks-melbourne-water-flood-mapping-value-loss-fears/103960736

Airplanes won’t solve Europe’s wildfire problem. Nature might https://www.context.news/climate-risks/spend-on-nature-or-risk-spiralling-wildfire-costs-in-europe

Emergency Management

From Hawaii to B.C., wildfires underscore resiliency challenges for telecoms https://www.thefreepress.ca/national-news/from-hawaii-to-bc-wildfires-underscore-resiliency-challenges-for-telecoms-7377490

Alvarez & Marsal, McKinsey and EY: ‘Disaster capitalism’ takes the lead in rebuilding efforts in Rio Grande do Sul https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2024/06/04/alvarez-marsal-mckinsey-and-ey-disaster-capitalism-takes-the-lead-in-rebuilding-efforts-in-rio-grande-do-sul

Greece sends aid to raging Cyprus wildfire https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/environment/1241201/greece-sends-aid-to-raging-cyprus-wildfire/

Increasing April-May rainfall, El Niño and high vulnerability behind deadly flooding in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/increasing-april-may-rainfall-el-nino-and-high-vulnerability-behind-deadly-flooding-in-afghanistan-pakistan-and-iran/

‘The future is dark’: Brazilian businesses shattered by floods https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/longform/2024/6/11/the-future-is-dark-inside-the-brazilian-businesses-shattered-by-floods

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Popular Wildfire App Highlights the Radio Encryption Dilemma https://www.govtech.com/biz/data/popular-wildfire-app-highlights-the-radio-encryption-dilemma

How a ‘Citizen Map’ Is Helping Brazil Prepare for Next Big Flood https://e360.yale.edu/features/southern-brazil-floods-citizen-map

Disaster psychology

Environmental factors in tsunami evacuation simulation: topography, traffic jam, human behaviour https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/environmental-factors-tsunami-evacuation-simulation-topography-traffic-jam-human

Sociology and disasters

The social life of climate projects https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/socf.12995

Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives https://theconversation.com/records-of-pompeiis-survivors-have-been-found-and-archaeologists-are-starting-to-understand-how-they-rebuilt-their-lives-230641

The Social Value of Hurricane Forecasts https://www.nber.org/papers/w32548

Intersecting realities: Four approaches to making locally-led adaptation more inclusive https://www.preventionweb.net/news/intersecting-realities-four-approaches-making-locally-led-adaptation-more-inclusive

Empty pantries: The death of survival myths among typhoon Haiyan survivors in resettlement sites during COVID-19 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221242092400222X