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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Tornado outbreak strikes Indiana and Ohio, numerous injuries, 2 fatalities reported https://watchers.news/2024/03/15/tornado-outbreak-strikes-indiana-and-ohio-numerous-injuries-2-fatalities-reported/

Severe Tropical Cyclone “Megan” reaches Category 3, landfall expected on March 18, Australia https://watchers.news/2024/03/17/severe-tropical-cyclone-megan-reaches-category-3-landfall-expected-on-march-18-australia/

New volcanic eruption begins on Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland https://watchers.news/2024/03/16/volcanic-eruption-reykjanes-peninsula-iceland-march-2024/

Argentina – Flood Chaos in Buenos Aires After 130mm of Rain in 24 Hours https://floodlist.com/america/argentina-flood-buenos-aires-march-2024

Bushfire emergency threatens homes in Perth’s north-east https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-19/bushfire-emergency-threatens-homes-red-hill-north-of-perth/103607322

Volcanic activity worldwide 20 Mar 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Marapi https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/237108/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-20-Mar-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Marapi-.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Stranded assets: Chinese fossil car production plunges amid surging EV demand https://thedriven.io/2024/03/15/stranded-assets-chinese-fossil-car-production-plunges-amid-surging-ev-demand/

World’s most powerful tidal turbine eyes US debut with Orbital Marine https://interestingengineering.com/energy/worlds-most-powerful-tidal-turbine-eyes-us-debut-with-orbital-marine

How China Became the World’s Leader on Renewable Energy https://e360.yale.edu/features/china-renewable-energy

WA had its hottest summer ever, but climate change and heat-related health problems barely made the news https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-03-18/wa-summer-heat-broke-records-but-media-downplayed-climate-change/103572922

Climate hazards don’t have to become climate disasters https://www.undrr.org/zero-climate-disasters

Publication: Reality Check: Lessons from 25 Policies Advancing a Low-Carbon Future https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/3770b59a-617f-4636-8aa1-adbe6db7db34

Australian Alps face world’s largest loss of snow by end of century, research shows https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/15/australian-alps-face-worlds-largest-loss-of-snow-by-end-of-century-research-shows

Rio De Janeiro hits record 62.3 °C (144.14 °F) thermal sensation, Brazil https://watchers.news/2024/03/18/rio-de-janeiro-hits-record-62-3-c-144-14-f-thermal-sensation-brazil/

Severe wildfires in southern China claim 4 lives, spawn huge pyroCb clouds https://watchers.news/2024/03/18/severe-wildfires-in-southern-china-claim-4-lives-spawn-huge-pyrocb-clouds/

The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Global Climate report confirms 2023 broke every single climate indicator https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-20/wmo-climate-records-broken-global-temperature/103604076

Heatwaves are killing more of our patients than any other natural disaster https://www.ausdoc.com.au/opinion/heatwaves-kill-more-of-our-patients-than-any-other-natural-disaster/

46C summer days and ‘supercell’ storms are Britain’s future – and now is our last chance to prepare https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/19/summer-storm-britain-future-tories-labour-climate

South Sudan closes schools in preparation for 45C heatwave https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/18/south-sudan-closes-schools-in-preparation-for-45c-heatwave

How does public perception of climate protest influence support for climate action? https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-023-00096-9

Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation https://apnews.com/article/inflation-climate-change-food-prices-heat-6e5297e12868aaf797529bb755268818

The heat index — how hot it feels — is rising faster than temperature https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/03/19/the-heat-index-how-hot-it-feels-is-rising-faster-than-temperature

Frequency of heat days systematically underestimated in many studies https://medienportal.univie.ac.at/en/media/recent-press-releases/detailansicht-en/artikel/frequency-of-heat-days-systematically-underestimated-in-many-studies/

Proposing a new indicator, the “Potential Maximum Storm Tide” (PMST) to estimate the risk of coastal flooding under climate change https://eos.org/editor-highlights/where-and-how-sea-level-rise-threatens-coastal-areas-and-communities

Disaster risk reduction

Enhancing GRACE data resolution for water cycle analysis https://eo4society.esa.int/2024/03/13/enhancing-grace-data-resolution-for-water-cycle-analysis/

Improved Earthquake Clustering Using a Density‐Adaptive DBSCAN Algorithm: An Example from Iran https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/article-abstract/95/2A/942/630230/Improved-Earthquake-Clustering-Using-a-Density

Lessons on resilience from a year of global earthquakes https://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/lessons-resilience-year-global-earthquakes

A systematic review of climate change science relevant to Australian design flood estimation https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/1251/2024/

Simple hydrological models for assessing the impact of forest cover change on streamflow for large catchments with a dry tropical climate https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02626667.2024.2310488

Global prediction of extreme floods in ungauged watersheds https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07145-1

Quality of Cities’ Networks of Plans and Prospects for Flood Resilience https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0739456X241236486

The USGS has collected and released topographic data that show the changes to the Mud Creek landslide of Big Sur during the winter of 2024 https://www.usgs.gov/programs/cmhrp/news/usgs-remote-sensing-data-tracks-big-sur-landslides-2024

Detecting storms thanks to GPS https://baug.ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/news/2024/03/detecting-storms-thanks-to-gps.html

Emergency Management

Who Pays? Cost-Sharing for Disaster Management in the US and Japan https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372823090_Who_Pays_Cost-Sharing_for_Disaster_Management_in_the_US_and_Japan

ECOWAS supports early warnings for all with a new disaster operations centre https://www.undrr.org/news/ecowas-supports-early-warnings-all-new-disaster-operations-centre

The Maui catastrophe is a wake-up call https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/03/17/editorial/insight/column-the-maui-catastrophe-is-a-wake-up-call/

Evaluating the Impacts of Hurricane Maria on Residential Construction Practices in Puerto Rico https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784485279.050

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Unravelling complexity through Impact Webs: a novel approach for mapping the systemic nature of risks https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/unravelling-complexity-through-impact-webs-novel-approach-mapping-systemic

Researchers say Australian schoolchildren are asking if it’s ‘too late’ to halt climate change https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-21/kids-and-climate-action-is-it-too-late/103610946

Get prepared for earthquakes and tsunamis https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-management/preparedbc/know-your-hazards/earthquakes-tsunamis

Disaster psychology

Mental health and psychosocial interventions in the context of climate change: a scoping review https://www.nature.com/articles/s44184-024-00054-1

1 in 3 Australians report being worried that they may have to permanently relocate because of extreme weather https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/one-in-three-aussies-fear-extreme-weather-will-force-them-to-leave-their-homes/

Sociology and disasters

G20 DRR Working Group holds first meeting under the Brazilian Presidency and embraces addressing inequalities and reducing vulnerabilities https://www.undrr.org/news/g20-drr-working-group-holds-first-meeting-under-brazilian-presidency-and-embraces-addressing

Problems and promises of postmodernism in (re)liberating disaster studies https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DPM-06-2023-0153/full/html

What is the Sendai Gender Action Plan? https://www.preventionweb.net/news/what-sendai-gender-action-plan

We are sidekicks! Concretizing the antecedents and outcomes of communal coping in the COVID-19 crisis renewal https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-5973.12557

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Earthquake of 3.6-magnitude hits Blue Mountains area west of Sydney https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-08/nsw-earthquake-3-6-magnitude-blue-mountains-area/103567618

Severe storm system spawns tornadoes in Alabama and Georgia, U.S. https://watchers.news/2024/03/10/severe-storm-system-spawns-tornadoes-in-alabama-and-georgia-u-s/

Torrential rains in West Sumatra cause destructive landslides, fatal floods, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/03/10/torrential-rains-in-west-sumatra-cause-destructive-landslides-fatal-floods-indonesia/

France – Seven People Missing After Severe Floods in Gard, Ardèche and Var https://floodlist.com/europe/france-storm-monica-gard-ardeche-march-2024

At least 26 people killed after floods, landslides hit Indonesia’s Sumatra https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/11/dozens-dead-after-flash-floods-landslides-hit-indonesias-sumatra-island

Severe Tropical Storm “Filipo” strikes Mozambique https://watchers.news/2024/03/13/severe-tropical-storm-filipo-strikes-mozambique/

Tinakula volcano in Solomon Islands erupts, sending lava toward the ocean https://watchers.news/2024/03/13/tinakula-volcano-in-solomon-islands-erupts-sending-lava-toward-the-ocean/

Seven people missing in floods as heavy rain dumped in outback Western Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-12/wa-flooding-eyre-highway-christmas-island-cyclone-/103576444

Volcanic activity worldwide 12 Mar 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/236499/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-12-Mar-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Ibu-Nevado-del-.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Much of America asks: Where did winter go? Spring starts early as US winter was warmest on record https://apnews.com/article/winter-warming-missing-climate-change-snow-e5e45c1d5eb9f168030e0fe90ac36ac8

Long weekend heatwave causes Moomba Parade cancellation and festival disruptions https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-09/music-festival-extreme-heat-bushfire-victoria-pitch-golden-plain/103568338

Great Lakes Ice Cover Hits New Lows https://e360.yale.edu/digest/great-lakes-ice-climate-change

Emergent constraints on carbon budgets as a function of global warming https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46137-7

Heatwave pushes wind and solar to record highs, as renewables share reaches 70 pct of NEM https://reneweconomy.com.au/heatwave-pushes-wind-and-solar-to-record-highs-as-renewables-share-reaches-70-pct-of-nem/

Hobart endures hottest night in 112 years as severe heatwave hits south-eastern Australia https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/10/hobart-endures-hottest-night-in-112-years-as-severe-heatwave-hits-south-eastern-australia

Europe unprepared for rapidly growing climate risks, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/10/europe-unprepared-for-climate-risks-eea-report

Study explores impacts of Arctic warming on daily weather patterns in the U.S. https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/study-explores-impacts-arctic-warming-daily-weather-patterns-us/

Record run of autumn hot weather for Sydney as waters simmer past cyclone threshold https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-13/nsw-sydney-water-warm-summer-temperatures-in-autumn/103576780

Is renewable energy cheaper than fossil fuels? https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/is-renewable-energy-cheaper-than

Renewables provide 52 pct of German power in 2023, as wind overtakes coal https://reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-provide-52-pct-of-german-power-in-2023-as-wind-overtakes-coal/

Why women are key to climate action https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/page/why-women-are-key-climate-action

East Africa must prepare for more extreme rainfall during the short rainy season – new study https://theconversation.com/east-africa-must-prepare-for-more-extreme-rainfall-during-the-short-rainy-season-new-study-218545

Climate change is forcing massive changes to how Australia protects endangered animals and plants from extinction https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-03-13/climate-change-bushfires-species-extinction-black-summer/103494254

Increasing frequency and lengthening season of western disturbances are linked to increasing strength and delayed northward migration of the subtropical jet https://wcd.copernicus.org/articles/5/345/2024/

Tennis anyone? Bad news for skiers as snow season could shrink by 78% this century https://theconversation.com/tennis-anyone-bad-news-for-skiers-as-snow-season-could-shrink-by-78-this-century-225581

Thousands of high temperature records broken across Africa https://watchers.news/2024/03/12/thousands-of-high-temperature-records-broken-across-africa/

Australian National Climate Risk Assessment: First pass assessment report https://www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-change/publications/ncra-first-pass-risk-assessment

There are growing fears of an alarming shift in Antarctic sea ice https://www.newscientist.com/article/2421376-there-are-growing-fears-of-an-alarming-shift-in-antarctic-sea-ice/

Climate change impacts in Bangladesh https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/climate-change-impacts-bangladesh

Disaster risk reduction

Beyond a fixed number: Investigating uncertainty in popular evaluation metrics of ensemble flood modeling using bootstrapping analysis https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfr3.12982

Cultural burning is better for Australian soils than prescribed burning, or no burning at all https://theconversation.com/cultural-burning-is-better-for-australian-soils-than-prescribed-burning-or-no-burning-at-all-224337

AI predicts flooding https://www.dtu.dk/english/news/all-news/ai-predicts-flooding?id=9b180ce8-3fc7-41e2-bcb9-8506786c8d70

Flood risk mapping is a public good, so why the public resistance in Canada? Lessons from Nova Scotia https://theconversation.com/flood-risk-mapping-is-a-public-good-so-why-the-public-resistance-in-canada-lessons-from-nova-scotia-224902

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

Data gaps hide the true human impacts of disasters in 2023 https://www.undrr.org/explainer/uncounted-costs-of-disasters-2023#floods

Catchment characterization: Current descriptors, knowledge gaps and future opportunities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825224000667

$500K Sand Dune Designed to Protect Coastal Homes Washes Away in Just 3 Days https://www.thedailybeast.com/dollar500k-dune-designed-to-protect-massachusetts-homes-last-just-3-days

Map shows which coastal U.S. cities are sinking, face greater flood risk https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/4516635-map-shows-which-coastal-u-s-cities-are-sinking-face-greater-flood-risk/

Flood cover could become mandatory for some home owners — and it may lead to having no protection at all https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-11/mandatory-flood-cover-premiums-rising-insurance/103566224

Mapping the Most Susceptible Regions to Fire in Portugal https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/6/7/254#

Can earth-covered houses protect us from bushfires? Even if they’re a solution, it’s not risk-free https://theconversation.com/can-earth-covered-houses-protect-us-from-bushfires-even-if-theyre-a-solution-its-not-risk-free-216449

Indigenous fire management began more than 11,000 years ago: new research https://theconversation.com/indigenous-fire-management-began-more-than-11-000-years-ago-new-research-225263

Australia’s Tinderbox Drought (2017 – 2019) https://climateextremes.org.au/australias-tinderbox-drought-2017-2019/

Efficiency of global precipitation datasets in tropical and subtropical catchments revealed by large sampling hydrological modelling https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169424004116

Accurate hindcasting of explosive eruptions at Whakaari, New Zealand https://www.jvolcanica.org/ojs/index.php/volcanica/article/view/217

Disasters will be less devastating if we plan for them https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/03/natural-disaster-prevention/

Bolder leadership for surface water flooding https://environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2024/01/15/bolder-leadership-for-surface-water-flooding/

Emergency Management

Subcommittee to Hold Hearing to Examine the Expanded Use of FEMA’s Resources https://transportation.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=407264

13 years after 3/11, Japan’s readiness for complex disasters remains inadequate https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/10/japan/science-health/japan-disaster-preparedness-march-11/

New Jersey and the nation were not prepared when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and the state “remains underprepared for the next emergency https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/ap-top-news/2024/03/11/report-new-jersey-and-us-were-not-prepared-for-covid-19-and-state-remains-so-for-the-next-crisis

Drought triggers more overnight wildfires, finds B.C. scientist https://www.nsnews.com/highlights/drought-triggers-more-overnight-wildfires-finds-bc-scientist-8435814

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Co-creating resilient communities https://www.hull.ac.uk/special/climate-action

The best climate change movies and TV series of 2023 https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/03/the-best-climate-change-movies-and-tv-series-of-2023/

Disaster psychology

The dynamics of community resilience perception between two waves of COVID-19 in 2020 and 2022: A longitudinal study from Shanghai https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590061724000061

The influence of the 2021 European flooding on pro-environmental attitudes and partial behavior transition https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/influence-2021-european-flooding-pro-environmental-attitudes-and-partial-behavior

Sociology and disasters

Built or Social environment? Effects of perceptions of neighborhood green spaces on resilience of residents to heat waves https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1618866724000657

Climate change remains worse for women and girls — but it doesn’t have to be https://floodresilience.net/blogs/addressing-gender-inequalities-in-climate-adaptation-programmes/

The network resilience of safety confirmation and social capital during natural disasters: the comparison of the U.S. and Japan https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43621-024-00192-8

Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them https://theconversation.com/pacific-islanders-have-long-drawn-wisdom-from-the-earth-the-sky-and-the-waves-research-shows-the-science-is-behind-them-225088