Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Strong M6.4 earthquake hits near the coast of Chiapas, Mexico https://watchers.news/2024/05/12/strong-m6-4-earthquake-hits-near-the-coast-of-chiapas-mexico/
Thousands of homes destroyed, over 300 dead as flash floods ravage northern Afghanistan https://watchers.news/2024/05/12/thousands-of-homes-destroyed-over-300-dead-as-flash-floods-ravage-northern-afghanistan/
Cleanup Begins After 11 Tornadoes in Western Michigan https://www.govtech.com/em/safety/cleanup-begins-after-11-tornadoes-in-western-michigan
Severe dust storm strikes Delhi-NCR, killing three and injuring over 20, India https://watchers.news/2024/05/12/dust-storm-delhi-may-2024/
Fast-growing wildfire could hit Fort Nelson https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fort-nelson-wildfires-bc-may-11-1.7202091
Destructive lahar on Indonesia’s Marapi volcano kills 43, leaves 15 missing https://watchers.news/2024/05/13/destructive-lahar-on-indonesias-marapi-volcano-kills-37-leaves-17-missing/
Oman – Dozens Rescued, 12 Dead After Heavy Rain Triggers Flash Floods https://floodlist.com/asia/oman-floods-april-2024
Rapidly spreading Canadian wildfires force thousands to evacuate, degrade air quality in U.S. https://watchers.news/2024/05/14/rapidly-spreading-canadian-wildfires-force-thousands-to-evacuate-degrade-air-quality-in-u-s/
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Record temperatures – result of the mother of all feedbacks? https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/350272778/record-temperatures-result-mother-all-feedbacks
Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/11/brutal-heatwaves-submerged-cities-what-3c-world-would-look-like
From laggard to leader? Why Australia must phase out fossil fuel exports, starting now https://theconversation.com/from-laggard-to-leader-why-australia-must-phase-out-fossil-fuel-exports-starting-now-219912
Atlas of Climate Change https://factsonclimate.org/atlas
A Surge In Sea Level Rise Threatens Southern States https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/08/a-surge-in-sea-level-rise-threatens-southern-states/
Fossil fuel firms forcing countries to compensate them, Mary Robinson says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/14/fossil-fuel-investment-treaties-lobbying-climate-mary-robinson-ban-ki-moon-ect
Solutions for a net zero world the focus of Sydney’s newest research flagship https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/05/14/solutions-for-a-net-zero-world.html
Heat exposure of older people across world to double by 2050, finds study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/14/heat-exposure-of-older-people-across-the-world-to-double-by-2050-finds-study
Global projections of heat exposure of older adults https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47197-5
Rain Comes to the Arctic, With a Cascade of Troubling Changes https://eos.org/articles/rain-comes-to-the-arctic-with-a-cascade-of-troubling-changes
Disaster risk reduction
Alerting Communities to Hyperlocalized Urban Flooding https://eos.org/research-spotlights/alerting-communities-to-hyperlocalized-urban-flooding
Forest Degradation Increases Community Vulnerability to Extreme Floods https://www.nrdc.org/bio/julee-boan/forest-degradation-clearcutting-and-floods
Wildfires in old-growth Amazon forest areas rose 152% in 2023, study shows https://agencia.fapesp.br/wildfires-in-old-growth-amazon-forest-areas-rose-152-in-2023-study-shows/51535
Experts propose a long-term strategy for wildfire risk management in the era of climate change https://phys.org/news/2024-05-experts-term-strategy-wildfire-era.html
A framework for coastal flood hazard assessment under sea level rise: Application to the Persian Gulf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479723022909
Enhancing long short-term memory (LSTM)-based streamflow prediction with a spatially distributed approach https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/2107/2024/
Emergency Management
New COVID ‘FLiRT’ variants show virus isn’t going away https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4654808-new-covid-flirt-variants-coronavirus/
The US is in the middle of an exceptional tornado streak. Here’s what it looks like https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/09/weather/us-tornado-reports-streak-climate-dg/index.html
One day we flood, the next day we burn – Cyprus https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/opinion/one-day-we-flood-another-we-burn/
Dangers firefighters face include higher cancer risks https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2024/05/10/firefighters-face-cancer-dangers/8411715363541/
Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement
Armstrong helping strengthen impact of severe weather alerts https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/armstrong-helping-strengthen-impact-of-severe-weather-alerts/
15,000 squares, 500 hours, 19 months: how I used embroidery to make sense of Australia’s catastrophic fires https://theconversation.com/15-000-squares-500-hours-19-months-how-i-used-embroidery-to-make-sense-of-australias-catastrophic-fires-227907
Community engagement – whilst long part of the dialogue of development programmes – has become an increasing priority within the humanitarian sector https://knowledgeagainsthunger.org/technical/community-engagement-in-humanitarian-and-development-barriers-enablers-and-good-practice/
Disaster psychology
The differential impact of climate interventions along the political divide in 60 countries https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48112-8
Feeling climate injustice: Affective climate violence, greenhouse gaslighting and the whiteness of climate anxiety https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25148486241252734
Sociology and disasters
Retno Rifa Atsari: “Disaster risk reduction is everybody’s business, and everyone can have their role to reduce disaster risks, including women.” https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/retno-rifa-atsari-disaster-risk-reduction-everybodys-business-and-everyone-can
Beyond boundaries: What makes a community resilient? A Systematic Review https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924003145
Post-Disaster Private Well Water Contamination with Geosocial Network: A Case Study of Post-Hurricane Harvey https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784485248.024
Global Report on Internal Displacement (2024) https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/global-report-internal-displacement-2024
Renter Experiences After Colorado’s Marshall Fire https://hazards.colorado.edu/quick-response-report/renter-experiences-after-colorados-marshall-fire
“If Somebody Needed Help, I Went Over”: Social Capital and Therapeutic Communities of Older Adult Farmers in British Columbia Floods https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-024-00558-6
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