Tag: emergency

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Disaster risk reduction

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Emergency management

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Disaster education, communications and engagement

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Psychology and disasters

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

Sociology and disasters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Recent emergencies/disaster

Western Australia struck by 6.5 magnitude earthquake https://www.sbs.com.au/news/western-australia-struck-by-6-5-magnitude-earthquake

Indonesia rocked by 7.3 magnitude earthquake as Ring of Fire activity riseshttps://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1153180/indonesia-earthquake-today-tsunami-warning-maluku-utara-bali-lombok

Rainfall threatens Louisiana as Tropical Storm Barry moves inland https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/hurricane-barry-new-orleans-louisiana-flooding-storm-path-track-today-2019-07-13-live-updates/

50 dead, dozens missing in Nepal floods https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/43-dead-20-injured-in-nepal-floods/story-ORnPvXmfAVVWNKQ7JFS0zO.html

Heavy rain and floods in India’s Assam kill at least 10 and displace more than 1 million https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-floods-assam-idUSKCN1U80GX

Floods force millions to flee homes in India, Nepal and Bangladesh http://news.trust.org/item/20190715110757-t2xr1/

Hurricane Barry 2019 https://www.climatesignals.org/events/barry-2019

Rain, flooding follow Storm Barry as it spins north from New Orleans https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-barry/storm-barry-moves-inland-from-new-orleans-leaves-rain-and-flooding-in-its-wake-idUSKCN1U90E8?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews

Flood destroys 300 houses, renders 2,000 residents homeless in Anambra https://www.blazehood.com.ng/flood-destroys-300-houses-renders-2000-residents-homeless-in-anambra/

Greece – Dozens Evacuated or Rescued After Floods in Western Greece Region http://floodlist.com/europe/greece-floods-western-greece-july-2019

Nearly 9,500 People Affected by Rakhine State Floods https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/nearly-9500-people-affected-rakhine-state-floods.html

Philippines – Hundreds Evacuated After Heavy Rain From Storm Danas http://floodlist.com/asia/philippines-danas-evacuations-july-2019

South Asia – Flood Death Toll Mounts in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh http://floodlist.com/asia/india-nepal-pakistan-bangladesh-monsoon-floods-july-2019

Barry’s 14.58” of Rain in Arkansas Breaks All-Time State Record https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Barrys-1458-Rain-Arkansas-Breaks-All-Time-State-Record?cm_ven=cat6-widget

Volcanic activity worldwide 18 Jul 2019: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Dukono, Reventador, Sakurajim https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/83564/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-18-Jul-2019-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Dukono-Reventador-Sakurajim.html

Rivers at highest levels since records began, 60 000 homes destroyed or damaged, Bangladesh https://watchers.news/2019/07/18/bangladesh-flood-july-2019/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

‘Just a matter of when’: the $20bn plan to power Singapore with Australian solar https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/14/just-a-matter-of-when-the-20bn-plan-to-power-singapore-with-australian-solar?CMP=share_btn_tw

How Hope and Doubt Affect Climate Change Mobilization https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2019.00020/full

Observed impacts of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire in California https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019EF001210

Taller, faster, better, stronger: wind towers are only getting bigger https://theconversation.com/taller-faster-better-stronger-wind-towers-are-only-getting-bigger-120492?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton

4 Reasons Why Urban Landscapes are a Linchpin for Climate Resilience https://meetingoftheminds.org/4-reasons-why-urban-landscapes-are-a-linchpin-for-climate-resilience-30705?

Flooding: Britain’s coastal towns and villages face a design challenge to cope with climate emergency https://phys.org/news/2019-07-britain-coastal-towns-villages-cope.html

Southerners Are Scared of the Climate Crisis, and Their Politicians Are Ignoring Them https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb9awa/southerners-are-scared-of-the-climate-crisis-and-their-politicians-are-ignoring-them?

Australia’s strategic thinkers can’t continue to ignore climate change https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australias-strategic-thinkers-cant-continue-to-ignore-climate-change/

Wildfires could grow exponentially as climate warms, study warns https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-wildfires-grow-exponentially-climate-change-study/#site-header78

Observed impacts of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire in California https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019EF001210

July on course to be hottest month ever, say climate scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/16/july-on-course-to-be-hottest-month-ever-say-climate-scientists?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

Disaster risk reduction

A More Accurate Global River Map https://eos.org/research-spotlights/a-more-accurate-global-river-map

Tool Shows Best Sites For Resilience Projects https://www.coastalreview.org/2019/05/tool-shows-best-sites-for-resilience-projects/

Rosewood homes rising https://www.myhorrynews.com/news/rosewood-homes-rising/article_f04a8b08-a82f-11e9-847e-b7a80bd404bb.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share

A novel physically based Bayesian network model for inference and prediction of flood duration. The model also accurately examines the timescales of flooding https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190715185822.htm

Britain’s flood risk https://theecologist.org/2019/jul/16/britains-flood-risk

‘I’m angered’: Frustration growing in Beaconsfield over revised flood maps https://globalnews.ca/news/5501586/frustration-beaconsfield-flood-maps/

As flood risks increase across the US, it’s time to recognize the limits of levees https://theconversation.com/as-flood-risks-increase-across-the-us-its-time-to-recognize-the-limits-of-levees-118326

What are fuels? https://wildfiretoday.com/2019/07/17/what-are-fuels/

Gaps in wildfire science leave Canadian researchers fighting blind against growing risks https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-gaps-in-wildfire-science-leave-canadian-researchers-fighting-blind/

Earthquake‐Induced Chains of Geologic Hazards: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Impacts https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018RG000626

‘Sunny-day flooding’ is projected to put parts of the US underwater for at least 100 days per year. Here’s what the Gulf and East coasts should expect. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/sunny-day-flooding-expected-to-break-us-records-2019-7?r=US&IR=T

 

Emergency management

Athens disaster management group presents emergency housing exhibition built in 14 hours https://www.redandblack.com/athensnews/athens-disaster-management-group-presents-emergency-housing-exhibition-built-in/article_e17167b2-a381-11e9-b406-5f41885e95a6.html

South Asia monsoon leaves thousands in need https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2019/07/15/south-asia-monsoon-india-bangladesh-nepal-floods-thousands-need?

Catastrophic storms put a sharp focus on flood response https://www.zurichna.com/en/knowledge/articles/2019/07/catastrophic-storms-put-a-sharp-focus-on-flood-response

Red Cross to World’s Cities: Here’s How to Prevent Heat Wave Deaths https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/climate/red-cross-heat-waves.html

Perspectives from nongovernmental organizations on education and training needs for community disaster recovery https://www.wmpllc.org/ojs-2.4.2/index.php/jem/article/view/2421

Monsoon Rains Flood South Asia https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145335/monsoon-rains-flood-south-asia

The Heatwave Guide for Cities https://www.preparecenter.org/resources/heatwave-guide-cities

Hurricane Barry a wakeup call for businesses https://www.burnsandwilcox.com/hurricane-barry-serves-as-flood-wakeup-call-for-businesses-homeowners/

 

Disaster education, communications and engagement

Average time spent on social media https://www.broadbandsearch.net/blog/average-daily-time-on-social-media

Peterborough officials, residents reflect on 15th anniversary of historic flood https://globalnews.ca/news/5497716/peterborough-15th-anniversary-historic-flood/

Co-learning disaster resilience toolkit: A person-centred approach to engaging with refugee narratives and practices of safety https://www.preventionweb.net/publications/view/57379

MOOC: Climate Change: The Science and Global Impact https://sdgacademy.org/course/climate-change-the-science-and-global-impact/

How is temperature measured? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qQHDGA7SsA

 

Sociology and Disasters

Social capital and disasters: How does social capital shape post-disaster conditions in the Philippines? https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/social-capital-disasters-social-capital-shape-postdisaster-conditions-philippines/

Bonding and bridging social capital and their associations with self‐evaluated community resilience: A comparative study of East Asia https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334423975_Bonding_and_bridging_social_capital_and_their_associations_with_self-evaluated_community_resilience_A_comparative_study_of_East_Asia

The Impact of Social Capital Upon Disaster Risk Reduction and Response: The Case of the Philippines with Typhoon Yolanda and Glenda https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334533922_The_Impact_of_Social_Capital_Upon_Disaster_Risk_Reduction_and_Response_The_Case_of_the_Philippines_with_Typhoon_Yolanda_and_Glenda

Southeast Asian communities’ disaster preparedness and resilience in Auckland, New Zealand https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334524495_Southeast_Asian_communities’_disaster_preparedness_and_resilience_in_Auckland_New_Zealand