Today in disaster resilience (24 January 2025)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Malaysia – Severe flooding hits Sarawak as torrential rains continue https://rsoe-edis.org/eventList/details/794597/0

Strong tornado hits Senganan village, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2025/01/19/strong-tornado-hits-senganan-village-indonesia/

California prepares for possible new fires as winds create conditions for ‘explosive growth’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/21/wind-new-fires-california

At least 27 injured after M6.4 earthquake hits Taiwan, equivalent to ‘two atomic bombs’ https://watchers.news/2025/01/21/at-least-27-injured-after-m6-4-earthquake-hits-taiwan-equivalent-to-two-atomic-bombs/

25 dead and missing as severe floods and landslides hit Java, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2025/01/21/25-dead-and-missing-as-severe-floods-and-landslides-hit-java-indonesia/

Winter storm blankets New Orleans with up to a foot of snow, shutting down the city, Louisiana https://watchers.news/2025/01/22/winter-storm-blankets-new-orleans-with-up-to-a-foot-of-snow-shutting-down-the-city-louisiana/

Rapidly spreading Hughes Fire puts 54 000 under evacuation orders or warnings as investigators probe possible human cause, California https://watchers.news/2025/01/23/rapidly-spreading-hughes-fire-puts-54-000-under-evacuation-orders-warnings/

Ireland braces for Éowyn on Friday, the most powerful storm in decades. Winds to near 200 km/h are forecast https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/storm-eowyn-windstorm-ireland-bomb-cyclone-uk-north-atlantic-europe-mk/

Volcanic activity worldwide 23 Jan 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu, Marapi https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/263046/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-23-Jan-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Marapi-Ki.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Whiplash: How Big Swings in Precipitation Fueled the L.A. Fires https://e360.yale.edu/features/daniel-swain-interview

Carbon Dioxide Levels Rose by a Record Amount Last Year https://e360.yale.edu/digest/2024-carbon-dioxide-levels

New Record for Annual Increase in Keeling Curve Readings https://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/2025/01/17/new-record-for-annual-increase-in-keeling-curve-readings/

Seven charts to discover the C3S Global Climate Highlights 2024 report https://climate.copernicus.eu/seven-charts-discover-c3s-global-climate-highlights-2024-report

The Welcoming Climate Shelters of Barcelona https://reasonstobecheerful.world/barcelona-climate-shelters

Mega-droughts are becoming more frequent and intense worldwide https://www.wsl.ch/en/news/mega-droughts-are-becoming-more-frequent-and-intense-worldwide/

Trump signs order to withdraw US from Paris climate agreement for second time https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-executive-order-paris-climate-agreement

Melting ice reveals millennia-old forest buried in the Rocky mountains https://www.newscientist.com/article/2463397-melting-ice-reveals-millennia-old-forest-buried-in-the-rocky-mountains/

Heatwaves could worsen as soil moisture changes – study https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/Research-News/Heatwaves-could-worsen-as-soil-moisture-changes—study

A Seychelles Shoreline Resists the Rising Seas https://eos.org/articles/a-seychelles-shoreline-resists-the-rising-seas

Giant iceberg on crash course with island, putting penguins and seals in danger https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd64vvg4z6go

Disaster risk reduction

Could natural disasters cause insurance companies to go out of business? https://www.marketplace.org/2025/01/17/could-natural-disasters-cause-insurance-companies-to-go-out-of-business/

Could Vancouver burn like L.A.? Yes, says Vancouver author of Fire Weather https://vancouversun.com/news/could-vancouver-burn-la-easily-author-canadian-wildfires

The LA fires have prompted a reckoning for the insurance industry – Australian premiums could soar as a result https://theconversation.com/the-la-fires-have-prompted-a-reckoning-for-the-insurance-industry-australian-premiums-could-soar-as-a-result-247207

Seismic hazard and shifting channels: Exploring coseismic river response https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825225000030

UCLA experts: Fire and the future of Los Angeles https://newsroom.ucla.edu/advisories/fire-and-the-future-of-los-angeles-ucla-experts-available

Why LA is on fire (it’s not just climate change) https://theconversation.com/why-la-is-on-fire-its-not-just-climate-change-246170

AI forecasts: Can Southeast Asia rise above the Mekong floods? https://www.nationthailand.com/blogs/news/asean/40045287

Quantitative Analysis of EMDAT Indicates Changes in Disaster Trends over 124 Years Associated with Polycrisis https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4967313

Improving Streamflow Prediction Using Multiple Hydrological Models and Machine Learning Methods https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024WR038192

How to navigate uncertainty in an unpredictable world https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00070-x

Cataclysmic megaflood refilled the Mediterranean Sea 5.33 million years ago https://watchers.news/2025/01/22/cataclysmic-megaflood-refilled-the-mediterranean-sea-5-33-million-years-ago/

Brazil saw 79% jump in area burned by fires in 2024 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250122-brazil-saw-79-jump-in-area-burned-by-fires-in-2024-monitor

Ethiopian earthquakes and volcanic eruptions: earth scientist explains the link https://theconversation.com/ethiopian-earthquakes-and-volcanic-eruptions-earth-scientist-explains-the-link-247245

Flood Resilience in Malaysian Housing: A Critical Review and Proposed Planning Law Framework https://akademiabaru.com/submit/index.php/jarsbs/article/view/5948/5682

New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-ai-tool-generates-realistic-satellite-images-future-flooding-1125

California’s insurer of last resort has potential exposure to LA wildfires of nearly $5 billion and reinsurance of $5.78 billion https://fortune.com/2025/01/18/fair-plan-la-wildfire-exposure-5-billion-palisades-eaton-claims-payments-reinsurance/

Emergency Management

Cleaning up after the LA wildfires is dangerous. Here’s how to protect yourself https://www.npr.org/2025/01/19/nx-s1-5259900/la-wildfires-health-risks

USA: Los Angeles fires 2025 https://www.preventionweb.net/collections/usa-los-angeles-fires-2025

California Firefighters Use AI to Combat Growing Wildfire Threats https://decrypt.co/300099/california-firefighters-use-ai-to-combat-growing-wildfire-threats

This California city lost thousands of homes to fire. Santa Rosa’s rebuilding has lessons for L.A. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-22/santa-rosa-offers-hope-lessons-for-rebuilding-after-la-fires

It’s science, not fiction: high-tech drones may soon be fighting bushfires in Australia https://theconversation.com/its-science-not-fiction-high-tech-drones-may-soon-be-fighting-bushfires-in-australia-247789

The rise of firefighters-for-hire exposes the inequality of climate-driven disasters https://theconversation.com/the-rise-of-firefighters-for-hire-exposes-the-inequality-of-climate-driven-disasters-247851

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5

False alerts — like the one sent during the Greater Los Angeles wildfires — can undermine trust and provoke anxiety https://theconversation.com/false-alerts-like-the-one-sent-during-the-greater-los-angeles-wildfires-can-undermine-trust-and-provoke-anxiety-247186

Help to reduce flood risk https://thefloodhub.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/FT-Q-R40-Helping-to-Reduce-Flood-Risk.pdf

UC webinar series will provide valuable wildfire resources https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/uc-webinar-series-will-provide-valuable-wildfire-resources/

‘One big team working together’ – Shifting narratives to encourage civic participation and collective action in disaster preparedness https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420925000421

Disaster psychology

Intersection between individual, household, environmental and system level factors in defining risk and resilience for children in Kenya’s ASAL: A qualitative study https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0316679

The Shortcomings of Stoicism https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anxiety-in-high-achievers/202411/the-shortcomings-of-stoicism

Survivors of the LA fires will face a complex blend of mental health challenges https://www.sciencenews.org/article/survivors-la-fires-mental-health

The Mental-Health Toll of the California Wildfires Is Just Beginning https://time.com/7207912/los-angeles-california-wildfires-mental-health-support/

Sociology and disasters

Adapting to Change and Transforming Crisis into Opportunity – Behavioral and Policy Shifts in Sustainable Practices Post-Pandemic https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(25)00426-8

Multi-index model for assessing population vulnerability and risk profiles after cyclone Amphan: a case study of Satkhira district https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-024-07099-7

Prospects for children in 2025: Building resilient systems for children’s futures https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/prospects-children-2025-building-resilient-systems-childrens-futures

Neighbors and strangers pulled together to help LA fire survivors – 60 years of research shows these unsung heroes are crucial to disaster response https://theconversation.com/neighbors-and-strangers-pulled-together-to-help-la-fire-survivors-60-years-of-research-shows-these-unsung-heroes-are-crucial-to-disaster-response-247660

Today in disaster resilience (17 January 2025)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Wildfires in California claim 24 lives, destroy over 12 000 structures https://watchers.news/2025/01/12/wildfires-in-california-claim-16-lives-destroy-over-12-000-structures/

Earthquake in Tibet kills more than 120, striking near holy Buddhist city https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/china-reports-69-magnitude-earthquake-tibets-shigatse-city-2025-01-07/

Cyclone Dikeledi makes landfall over Madagascar, Mayotte braces for another cyclone https://watchers.news/2025/01/11/cyclone-dikeledi-makes-landfall-over-madagascar-mayotte-braces-for-another-cyclone/

Intense rains and floods claim 17 lives in Bolivia https://watchers.news/2025/01/11/intense-rains-and-floods-claim-17-lives-in-bolivia/

Significant damage reported, two injured as intense seismo-volcanic crisis hits Main Ethiopian Rift https://watchers.news/2025/01/13/significant-damage-reported-two-injured-as-intense-seismo-volcanic-crisis-hits-main-ethiopian-rift/

Extreme rainfall leaves 10 dead in Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil https://watchers.news/2025/01/13/extreme-rainfall-leaves-10-dead-in-ipatinga-minas-gerais-brazil/

Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi hits Mozambique after leaving 3 dead in Madagascar https://watchers.news/2025/01/14/tropical-cyclone-dikeledi-hits-mozambique-after-leaving-3-dead-in-madagascar/

One dead, 200 000 homes without power as severe thunderstorms with large hail hit New South Wales, Australia https://watchers.news/2025/01/15/one-dead-200-000-homes-without-power-as-severe-thunderstorms-with-large-hail-hit-new-south-wales-australia/

Volcanic activity worldwide 15 Jan 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/262421/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-15-Jan-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

This catastrophe was waiting to happen https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-01-10/whats-to-blame-for-this-historic-destruction-we-wont-like-the-answer-essential-california

2024 was the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA confirm https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-01-10/2024-hottest-year-ever

In 2024 global warming topped 1.5C. Have we failed the Paris Agreement? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-13/a-year-above-1-5c-what-does-it-really-mean/104774364

Climate change projected fire weather sensitivity: California Santa Ana wind occurrence https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2006GL025808

Climate change is showing its claws: The world is getting hotter, resulting in severe hurricanes, thunderstorms and floods https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2025/natural-disaster-figures-2024.html

Record-breaking heat putting UK public health at risk https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/259833/record-breaking-heat-putting-uk-public-health/

Global temperatures passed critical 1.5°C milestone for the first time in 2024 – new report https://theconversation.com/global-temperatures-passed-critical-1-5-c-milestone-for-the-first-time-in-2024-new-report-246821

Climate ‘whiplash’ linked to raging LA fires https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ewe4p9128o

Arctic Sea Ice Decline Triggering Worsening Fires in Western US https://www.newsweek.com/arctic-sea-ice-decline-triggering-worsening-fires-us-2014526

What Madagascar Fishing Communities Can Teach Us about Climate Survival https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/what-madagascar-fishing-communities-can-teach-us-about-climate-survival

An assessment of current policy scenarios over the 21st century and the reduced plausibility of high-emissions pathways https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29768659241304854

Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/16/economic-growth-could-fall-50-over-20-years-from-climate-shocks-say-actuaries

Global Climate Highlights 2024 https://climate.copernicus.eu/global-climate-highlights-2024

Disaster risk reduction

Variation in slip behaviour along megathrusts controlled by multiple physical properties https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01617-9

Insured LA wildfire losses ‘to notably’ exceed $10bn: Gallagher Re https://www.reinsurancene.ws/insured-la-wildfire-losses-to-notably-exceed-10bn-gallagher-re/

How will calamity change Los Angeles? https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/01/13/how-will-calamity-change-los-angeles

A Disaster Expert Explains Why the L.A. Fires Have Been So Catastrophic https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2025/01/09/a-disaster-expert-explains-why-the-la-fires-have-been-so-catastrophic/

Floods, droughts, then fires: Hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/floods-droughts-fires-hydroclimate-whiplash-speeding-up-globally

What do the LA wildfires mean for home insurance? https://www.context.news/climate-risks/what-do-the-la-wildfires-mean-for-home-insurance

One in 10 Australian homes could become uninsurable by 2035, analyst warns https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-15/insurance-premiums-rising-uninsurable-homes-climate-change/104814932

Can system dynamics explain long-term hydrological behaviors? The role of endogenous linking structure https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/159/2025/

Multi criteria evaluation of downscaled CMIP6 models in predicting precipitation extremes https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169809525000134

Affordable insurance should not be our ultimate goal. We need to address the underlying risk https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2025/01/14/property-insurance-florida-hurricanes-flooding-climate-change-resilience-risk-mitigation-citizens/

Global Risks Report 2025 https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-risks-report-2025/

‘What the hell is going on?’: Top firefighter’s warning for Australian cities after LA fires https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/what-the-hell-is-going-on-top-firefighters-warning-for-australian-cities-after-la-fires/7az9gydpj

When Risks Become Reality: Extreme Weather In 2024 https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/when-risks-become-reality-extreme-weather-in-2024/

Emergency Management

California fires live: Los Angeles prepared for severe winds expected in coming days, mayor says https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/12/california-fires-death-toll-expected-rise-ucla-threatened-winds-latest-updates

How Do You Stop a Hurricane Made of Fire? California fights wildfires like wars, but this one may be unwinnable https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/california-wildfires-technology-war.html

COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting https://www.science.org/content/article/covid-5-years-later-learning-pandemic-many-are-forgetting

Real-time aircraft tracking shows firefighting efforts on the massive Palisades Fire, Los Angeles County https://watchers.news/2025/01/12/real-time-aircraft-tracking-shows-firefighting-efforts-on-the-massive-palisades-fire-los-angeles-county/

California wildfire disaster: State’s insurance industry could see ‘catastrophic failures’ in the coming days https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/01/10/california-fires-insurance-industry/

Oregon fire survivors share message of hope, resilience with Los Angeles community https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/wildfire/oregon-almeda-fire-veterinary-hospital/283-fbce7e59-3b09-46dc-b809-025372b1433e

Understanding Polycrisis: Definitions, Applications, and Responses https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4593383

Weather Service struggles to convey fire warnings to public https://www.axios.com/2025/01/14/la-fires-forecasts-red-flag-warnings

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Simple changes to social media messaging can help persuade people to heed wildfire evacuation orders https://news.nd.edu/news/simple-changes-to-social-media-messaging-can-help-persuade-people-to-heed-wildfire-evacuation-orders/

Speak with One Voice? Examining Content Coordination and Social Media Engagement During Disasters https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/isre.2022.0121

How do mountains grow? https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00630-1

Risks from ash and air pollution remain for people returning after wildfires. Here’s how to stay safe https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/13/health/la-wildfires-air-pollution-symptoms-safety/index.html

Disaster psychology

As the world burns, young Australians are feeling disbelief – and looking for answers https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/13/as-the-world-burns-young-australians-are-feeling-disbelief-and-looking-for-answers

Evacuees describe emotional toll of devastating Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County, California https://watchers.news/2025/01/09/evacuees-describe-emotional-toll-of-devastating-palisades-fire-in-los-angeles-county-california/

The psychological toll of California’s catastrophic fires https://www.axios.com/2025/01/12/california-wildfires-loss-mental-health

Sociology and disasters

Unequal Effects of the Lockdown on Mental Health in Shanghai: The Moderating and Mediating Role of Neighborhood Environment and Online Social Connections https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jcop.23177

As thousands flee LA fires, disaster poses unique challenges for the unhoused https://www.marketplace.org/2025/01/10/los-angeles-wildfires-homeless-residents/

The California wildfires could be leaving deeper inequality in their wake https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-pacific-palisades-pasadena-altadena-inequality-63ea76d186740359f7f5dd188896354f

Networks of Inclusive Exclusion: Social Capital and Resilient Rural Livelihoods in the Southern Great Plains (SGP) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10745-025-00565-1

The role of social capital in strengthening community resilience against floods: A case study of Mumbai, India https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096324001025

One and the Same or Worlds Apart? Linking Transformative Regional Resilience and Just Transitions Through Welfare State Policies https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/2/637

Today in disaster resilience (20 December 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Strong explosion at Mount Dukono, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/12/07/strong-explosion-at-mount-dukono-indonesia/

Flood along the River Wye, England https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rj5dpn65ko

Powerful explosive eruption and pyroclastic flows at Kanlaon volcano force urgent evacuation of 87 000 people, Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/12/09/powerful-explosive-eruption-and-pyroclastic-flows-at-kanlaon-volcano-force-urgent-evacuation-of-87-000-people-philippines/

Franklin Fire forces urgent evacuations near Malibu Canyon Road, Los Angeles, California https://watchers.news/2024/12/10/franklin-fire-evacuations-malibu-canyon-road-los-angeles-california/

Rare Scotts Valley tornado injures 5, overturns vehicles in shopping district, California https://watchers.news/2024/12/15/rare-scotts-valley-tornado-damage-injures-december-2024/

Chido strikes Mayotte as most violent and destructive cyclone in 90 years https://watchers.news/2024/12/14/chido-strikes-mayotte-as-most-violent-and-destructive-cyclone-in-90-years/

Chido strikes Mozambique after catastrophic landfall in Mayotte https://watchers.news/2024/12/15/chido-strikes-mozambique-after-catastrophic-damage-mayotte/

14 dead and hundreds injured after a magnitude 7.3 quake in Vanuatu leaves some trapped in rubble https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/magnitude-73-earthquake-hits-pacific-island-nation-vanuatu-116851766

Before-and-after satellite images show Agalega after Cyclone Chido’s direct hit https://watchers.news/2024/12/16/before-and-after-satellite-images-agalega-cyclone-chidos-direct-hit/

One home under threat from Emergency level Grampians bushfire as residents told to leave https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-18/more-residents-told-to-prepare-to-leave-grampians-bushfire/104741224

Tropical Cyclone Chido ‘spares nothing’ in Mayotte, thousands feared dead https://watchers.news/2024/12/16/tropical-cyclone-chido-spares-nothing-in-mayotte-thousands-feared-dead/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

High Heat Is Preferentially Killing the Young, Not the Old, New Research Finds https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/12/06/high-heat-is-preferentially-killing-the-young-not-the-old-new-research-finds/

CSIRO reaffirms nuclear power likely to cost twice as much as renewables https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-09/nuclear-power-plant-twice-as-costly-as-renewables/104691114

‘Ominous milestone for the planet’: Arctic Ocean’s 1st ice-free day could be just 3 years away, alarming study finds https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/arctic/ominous-milestone-for-the-planet-arctic-oceans-1st-ice-free-day-could-be-just-3-years-away-alarming-study-finds

Autumn 2024 was the warmest in U.S. history, NOAA says https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/12/autumn-2024-was-the-warmest-in-u-s-history-noaa-says/

2024 will be world’s hottest year on record, and the first above 1.5°C target https://reneweconomy.com.au/2024-will-be-worlds-hottest-year-on-record-and-the-first-above-1-5c-target/

Understanding the drivers and predictability of record low Antarctic sea ice in austral winter 2023 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01772-2

Study Reveals Green and Blue Infrastructure Reduce Urban Heat https://climateadaptationplatform.com/study-reveals-green-and-blue-infrastructure-reduce-urban-heat/

Coastal retreat in Alaska is accelerating because of compound climate impacts, researchers warn https://phys.org/news/2024-12-coastal-retreat-alaska-compound-climate.html

Another Hot Arctic Year Indicates a New Climate Regime https://eos.org/articles/another-hot-arctic-year-indicates-a-new-climate-regime

Arctic has changed dramatically in just a couple of decades – 2024 report card shows worrying trends in snow, ice, wildfire and more https://theconversation.com/arctic-has-changed-dramatically-in-just-a-couple-of-decades-2024-report-card-shows-worrying-trends-in-snow-ice-wildfire-and-more-237738

Tourism emissions surge over last decade and now make up 9 per cent of global total, report finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-11/tourism-air-travel-carbon-emissions-surge-environment/104701158

Projecting Socio-Economic Exposure due to Future Hydro-Meteorological Extremes in Large Transboundary River Basin under Global Warming Targets https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11269-024-04057-7

Mexico heatwave impacts https://futurism.com/the-byte/mexico-heat-young-people-deaths

Australia leads the world in arresting climate and environment protesters https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-15/australia-leads-world-in-arresting-climate-environment-activists/104721294

Association of climate variability modes with concurrent droughts and heatwaves in India https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589915524000269

Severe to Extreme Heatwave Warnings in all states and territories except Tasmania, Australia https://watchers.news/2024/12/15/severe-extreme-heatwave-warnings-australia-december-2024/

Islanders determined to keep hope, culture alive as Torres Strait rises https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-15/rising-ocean-threat-to-island-culture-torres-strait-australia/104613496

We finally have an explanation for 2023’s record-breaking temperatures https://www.newscientist.com/article/2458862-we-finally-have-an-explanation-for-2023s-record-breaking-temperatures/

Unpacking the progression of climate uncertainty into precarity in the urban context of drylands: the case of floods in Lodwar, Turkana https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17565529.2024.2434135

Australia’s deadliest natural disaster you’ve never heard of https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-17/heatwave-of-2009-australias-deadliest-natural-disaster/104648912

Around eight million properties in England – or one in four – could be at risk of flooding by 2050 as the danger increases due to climate change https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99x4599gr7o

Days above 0 C have seen dramatic increase around the world, Climate Central analysis finds https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/climate/impacts/canadas-cities-are-losing-up-to-19-days-of-winter-new-climate-report

Pakistan and Bahamas join push for global pact to phase out fossil fuels https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/18/pakistan-bahamas-fossil-fuel-climate-change

Evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Over the Next Three Centuries From an ISMIP6 Model Ensemble https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF004561

Trouble in Arctic town as polar bears and people face warming world https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yg344zz1ro

Arctic Emits More Carbon Than It Stores as Warming Hits Canada’s Winter Economy https://www.theenergymix.com/arctic-emits-more-carbon-than-it-stores-as-warming-hits-canadian-economy-winter-sports/

Like minds, shared mission: Two projects on Disability-Inclusive Climate Action come together https://www.omlopezcenter.org/like-minds-shared-mission-two-projects-on-disability-inclusive-climate-action-come-together/

Most coastal Arctic infrastructure faces instability by 2100 https://news.agu.org/press-release/most-arctic-infrastructure-faces-instability/

A push to cool Australian cities may inadvertently increase our skin cancer risk, unless we act https://theconversation.com/a-push-to-cool-australian-cities-may-inadvertently-increase-our-skin-cancer-risk-unless-we-act-245744

More than 1,300 Hajj pilgrims died this year when humidity and heat pushed past survivable limits. It’s just the start https://theconversation.com/more-than-1-300-hajj-pilgrims-died-this-year-when-humidity-and-heat-pushed-past-survivable-limits-its-just-the-start-245271

Antarctica’s tipping points threaten global climate stability https://phys.org/news/2024-12-antarctica-threaten-global-climate-stability.html

Climate crisis deepens with 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/09/climate-crisis-deepens-with-2024-certain-to-be-hottest-year-on-record

“An exclamation point on global warming”: Climate scientists warn 2024 was marked by broken records https://www.salon.com/2024/12/19/an-exclamation-point-on-global-warming-climate-scientists-warn-2024-was-marked-by-broken-records/

Disaster risk reduction

Taiwan logs record seismic activity with 42 quakes surpassing M5.5 in 2024 https://watchers.news/2024/12/07/taiwan-logs-record-seismic-activty-with-42-quakes-surpassing-magnitude-5-5/

Migration as a hidden risk factor in seismic fatality: a spatial modeling of the Chi-Chi earthquake and suburban syndrome https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/4457/2024/

Innovation, insight and impact: groundbreaking research through the 2024 hurricane season https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/innovation-insight-and-impact-groundbreaking-research-through-the-2024-hurricane-season/

Hurricanes, severe thunderstorms and floods drive insured losses above USD 100 billion for 5th consecutive year, says Swiss Re Institute https://www.swissre.com/press-release/Hurricanes-severe-thunderstorms-and-floods-drive-insured-losses-above-USD-100-billion-for-5th-consecutive-year-says-Swiss-Re-Institute/f8424512-e46b-4db7-a1b1-ad6034306352

What we can and (still) can’t predict about earthquakes https://theconversation.com/what-we-can-and-still-cant-predict-about-earthquakes-245456

Scientists urged to pull the plug on ‘bathtub modeling’ of flood risk https://news.uci.edu/2024/12/06/scientists-urged-to-pull-the-plug-on-bathtub-modeling-of-flood-risk/

Flooding is Not Like Filling a Bath https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF005164

Information Note for the eighth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025) is now available in the six official languages of the United Nations https://globalplatform.undrr.org/news/information-note-global-platform-2025-now-available-all-six-official-un-languages

Insights into tectonic hazards since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00613-2

Scientists mapped the world’s rivers over 35 years. They found shocking changes https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/12/climate/world-rivers-flow-mapped/index.html

More flow upstream and less flow downstream: The changing form and function of global rivers https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl5728

Supporting governments and other stakeholders in identifying infrastructure vulnerabilities and implementing resilience-building solutions https://www.undrr.org/resilient-infrastructure/enhance-infrastructure-resilience

Property Flood Resilience – Beyond Resistance https://rainnorthants.co.uk/property-flood-resilience-beyond-resistance/

Natural world heritage sites are at risk from climate change globally https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/natural-world-heritage-sites-are-risk-climate-change-globally

Agricultural land near where rivers meet can mitigate floods https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1066976

Technique to forecast where the next big quake will start https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/12/12/technique-forecast-where-next-big-quake-will-start

15% of global population lives within a few miles of a coast − and the number is growing rapidly https://theconversation.com/15-of-global-population-lives-within-a-few-miles-of-a-coast-and-the-number-is-growing-rapidly-240672

Future increases in landslide hazard across the high mountains of Asia https://eos.org/thelandslideblog/landslide-hazard-asia

Floods, insufficient water, sinking river deltas: Hydrologists map changing river landscapes across the globe https://www.umass.edu/news/article/floods-insufficient-water-sinking-river-deltas-hydrologists-map-changing-river

A global climatology of sting-jet extratropical cyclones https://wcd.copernicus.org/articles/5/1523/2024/

New data shows 6.3 million properties in England in areas at risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water https://www.gov.uk/government/news/environment-agency-publishes-major-update-to-national-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-assessment

Artificial intelligence applied to disasters and crises management https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/artificial-intelligence-applied-disasters-and-crises-management

Why Vanuatu should brace for even more aftershocks after this week’s deadly quakes: a seismologist explains https://theconversation.com/why-vanuatu-should-brace-for-even-more-aftershocks-after-this-weeks-deadly-quakes-a-seismologist-explains-246231

No parachute needed: New typhoon observation device demonstrates high accuracy in field test https://phys.org/news/2024-12-parachute-typhoon-device-high-accuracy.html

Morphologic and sedimentological signatures resulting from Hurricane Ian, southwest Florida, USA: Insight into intra-storm bidirectional sediment transport processes https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X24005154

Emergency Management

Minors had money to fight their insurer for 19 years over Katrina damage. They finally won https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/harrison-county/article296635574.html

Urgent action required to tackle ongoing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar after Typhoon Yagi https://www.ifrc.org/press-release/urgent-action-required-tackle-ongoing-humanitarian-crisis-myanmar-after-typhoon-yagi

90% of Mozambican city of Beira destroyed by Cyclone Idai – Red Cross https://www.africanews.com/2019/03/18/90-percent-of-mozambican-city-of-beira-destroyed-by-cyclone-idai-red-cross/

Australia sends ‘immediate’ search and rescue assistance to Vanuatu following powerful earthquake https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-18/vanuatu-locals-survey-damage-after-earthquake/104738368

Lahaina Wildfire Family Begins Path to Recovery After Losing Everything https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/emergency-preparedness/lahaina-wildfire-family-begins-path-to-recovery-after-losing-everything/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Measuring the Effectiveness of a Community Engagement Theory-Driven Training Program https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924008902

Looking back: PreventionWeb’s 2024 highlights! https://www.preventionweb.net/news/looking-back-preventionwebs-2024-highlights

The Future of Risk Communications is Community Engagement https://www.preventionweb.net/news/future-risk-communications-community-engagement

Disaster psychology

Parts of Australia will hit 45C on Monday. Experts say we need to do more to stay cool https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/parts-of-australia-will-hit-45c-on-monday-experts-say-we-need-to-do-more-to-stay-cool/u3gbpa57k

Sociology and disasters

The rapid rise of social infrastructure: Mapping the concept through a systematic scoping review https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275124008229

Returning to our roots: the value of ancestral knowledge in facing future challenges https://www.undrr.org/news/returning-our-roots-value-ancestral-knowledge-facing-future-challenges

Social Connectedness, Social Support, Social Capital and Health https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-981-97-0821-5_19-1

Today in disaster resilience (6 December 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Record rains and 3 dead as Cyclone Fengal makes landfall over Puducherry, India https://watchers.news/2024/12/01/record-rains-and-3-dead-as-cyclone-fengal-makes-landfall-over-puducherry-india/

Severe floods hit southern Thailand, affecting over 240 000 households https://watchers.news/2024/11/30/severe-floods-hit-southern-thailand-affecting-over-240-000-households/

Steady eruption near Grindavík, Iceland https://watchers.news/2024/11/28/steady-eruption-near-grindavik-iceland/

Severe thunderstorms hit Rio Grande do Sul, leaving over 3 million without power, Brazil https://watchers.news/2024/12/02/severe-thunderstorms-hit-rio-grande-do-sul-leaving-over-3-million-without-power-brazil/

Storm Bora hits Greece with powerful winds and heavy rain, leaving at least 3 people dead https://watchers.news/2024/12/02/storm-bora-greece-damage-fatalities-december-2024/

Strong eruption at Bledug Kesongo mud volcano, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/12/03/strong-eruption-at-bledug-kesongo-mud-volcano-indonesia/

Phreatomagmatic eruption at Taal volcano, ashfall reported in Agoncillo and Laurel, Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/12/03/phreatomagmatic-eruption-taal-volcano-ashfall-agoncillo-laurel-philippines/

M7.0 earthquake hits near Northern California coast, Tsunami Warning issued for California and Oregon https://watchers.news/2024/12/05/m7-earthquake-northern-california-tsunami-warning-california-oregon-december-2024/

Volcanic activity worldwide 2 Dec 2024: Popocatépetl volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador, Canlaon https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/259098/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-2-Dec-2024-Popocatepetl-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador-Canlaon-Lew.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

How climate change became a pretext for fascism https://www.salon.com/2024/11/30/how-climate-change-became-a-pretext-for-fascism/

2024 to be a record year for US solar with 32 GW of installations https://electrek.co/2024/11/29/2024-us-solar-with-record-32-gw-of-installations/

The carbon footprints of consumption of goods and services in Sweden at municipal and postcode level and policy interventions https://www.sei.org/publications/carbon-footprints-of-consumption-of-goods-and-services/

Misogyny, authoritarianism, and climate change https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/asap.12347

International Court of Justice to begin hearings in landmark climate change case started by Pacific Islander students https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-01/vanuatu-icj-climate-change-case-pacific-island-students/104657334

Collapse of Earth’s global water circulation system is already happening https://www.earth.com/news/collapse-of-main-atlantic-ocean-circulaton-current-amoc-is-already-happening/

Could Tenbury Wells be the first UK town centre abandoned over climate change? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/01/could-tenbury-wells-be-the-first-uk-town-centre-abandoned-due-to-climate-change

Striking photos highlight the stark reality of Arctic glacier melt https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435184-300-striking-photos-highlight-the-stark-reality-of-arctic-glacier-melt/

‘We are failing to protect the most vulnerable’ – pregnant women and babies at risk from climate change, researchers warn https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/we-are-failing-to-protect-the-most-vulnerable-pregnant-women-and-babies-at-risk-from-climate-change-researchers-warn/a1796508957.html

The slippery challenge of defining climate adaptation https://thebulletin.org/2024/11/the-slippery-challenge-of-defining-climate-adaptation/

Australia sweats through hottest spring on record as temperatures soar 2.5C above pre-industrial levels https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-02/australia-weather-hottest-spring-on-record-temperatures-soar/104673886

Rising sea levels could put Vancouver’s airport underwater https://vancouversun.com/news/rising-sea-levels-could-put-vancouvers-airport-underwater

Climate actions on the neighbourhood level—Individual, collective, cultural, and socio-structural factors https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000424

This summer will likely be wetter and warmer for most Australians, bureau forecast says https://theconversation.com/this-summer-will-likely-be-wetter-and-warmer-for-most-australians-bureau-forecast-says-244520

Climate damage: Australia faces $7 trillion hit to standard of living https://reneweconomy.com.au/climate-damage-australia-faces-7-trillion-hit-to-standard-of-living/

Linking glacier retreat with climate change on the Tibetan Plateau through satellite remote sensing https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/18/5595/2024/

Projections of multiple climate-related coastal hazards for the US Southeast Atlantic https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02180-2

Spain introduces paid climate leave after deadly floods https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/spain-paid-climate-leave-floods

Türkiye’s first Climate Portal launched to accelerate climate action https://www.undp.org/turkiye/press-releases/turkiyes-first-climate-portal-launched-accelerate-climate-action

Early Warnings for All: Empowering All to Climate Action https://wmo.int/media/magazine-article/early-warnings-all-empowering-all-climate-action

The weirdly hyperactive 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ends https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/12/the-weirdly-hyperactive-2024-atlantic-hurricane-season-ends/

Facing the new reality of urban wildfires https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-facing-the-new-reality-of-urban-wildfires/

Natural world heritage sites are at risk from climate change globally https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01933-3

Disaster risk reduction

Planetary boundaries: Confronting the global crisis of land degradation https://www.unccd.int/news-stories/press-releases/planetary-boundaries-confronting-global-crisis-land-degradation

An enhanced dynamic-network-based framework for quantifying and enhancing the resilience of disaster response networks to old communities under rainstorm waterlogging https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479724030846

Extreme weather has battered Australia’s eastern states this week. Here’s what’s causing it https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/extreme-weather-has-battered-australias-eastern-states-whats-causing-it/bxgkp7qvg

Predicting Flood Inundation after a Dike Breach Using a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) Neural Network https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5338/11/9/152

Mantle flow in subduction systems and its effects on surface tectonics and magmatism https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00612-3

World Drought Atlas https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/world-drought-atlas

Vulnerability evolution of critical infrastructures: A multidimensional environment-integrated system dynamics analysis https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0951832024007907

Emergency Management

Exploring the Effects of Floods in Pakistan: Pre/Post Flood Analysis 2022 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924007945

Report into destructive 2023 Okanagan wildfires details how fire spread https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/grouse-complex-wildfires-report-1.7397912

Estimating displacement risk using data-driven approaches https://story.internal-displacement.org/estimating-displacement-risk-using-data-driven-approaches-flood-and-drought-displacement-risk-in-the-horn-of-africa/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Conspiracy! Why lack of capacity will make one believe just about anything about disasters… https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/conspiracy-why-lack-capacity-will-make-one-believe-just-about-anything-about

Dam Fine Ideas. An animated film about the impact on nature by man-made structures on British rivers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0y5kK2Vyzk

Using geoinformation for anticipatory action frameworks: a technical training workshop in Pakistan https://www.anticipation-hub.org/news/using-geoinformation-for-anticipatory-action-frameworks-a-technical-training-workshop-in-pakistan

Disaster psychology

Understanding protest intentions: The influence of belief systems post-earthquake tragedies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924007933

Determining the threshold of issuing flash flood warnings based on people’s response process simulation https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/5229/2024/

Sociology and disasters

Local Social Capital, Disaster Housing Damage, and Mental Health: Insights from Hurricane Harvey https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21568693241290307

The role of community leadership in building community adaptive capacity to coastal hazards – Insights from neighborhood networks in Semarang, Indonesia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901124002971

Handbook on Inequality and Social Capital https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-on-inequality-and-social-capital-9781802202366.html

Filipino PWDs struggle more in disaster recovery and preparedness https://hhi.harvard.edu/blog/filipino-pwds-struggle-more-disaster-recovery-and-preparedness

Today in disaster resilience (29 November 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

A body has been found in Wales during widespread flooding, as disruption from Storm Bert continues in many parts of the UK https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7mnnmg038o

Four dead across U.S. West Coast as atmospheric river brings record rains and 20 landslides in California https://watchers.news/2024/11/24/four-dead-across-u-s-west-coast-as-atmospheric-river-brings-record-rains-and-20-landslides-in-california/

5 350 aftershocks recorded in Cuba following damaging M6.8 quake on November 10 https://watchers.news/2024/11/23/5-350-aftershocks-recorded-in-cuba-following-damaging-m6-8-quake-on-november-10/

5 000 vehicles stranded, 36 injured as Storm Caetano hits France https://watchers.news/2024/11/23/5000-vehicles-stranded-36-injured-storm-caetano-france/

Iceland deploys water cannons to fight lava, Reykjanes Peninsula https://watchers.news/2024/11/24/iceland-deploys-water-cannons-to-fight-lava-reykjanes-peninsula-iceland/

Heavy rains cause severe flooding and landslides in La Paz, Bolivia https://watchers.news/2024/11/27/heavy-rains-cause-severe-flooding-and-landslides-in-la-paz-bolivia/

Cervantes bushfire impacts evacuation routes, Western Australia https://watchers.news/2024/11/28/cervantes-bushfire-impacts-evacuation-routes-western-australia/

Landslides bury 40 homes in six villages, claim at least 13 lives in Bulambuli, Uganda https://watchers.news/2024/11/28/bulambuli-landslide-uganda-november-2024/

Buildings damaged, train services suspended after M6.4 earthquake hits Noto Peninsula, Japan https://watchers.news/2024/11/27/buildings-damaged-train-services-suspended-m6-4-earthquake-noto-ishikawa-japan/

Volcanic activity worldwide 27 Nov 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/258790/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-27-Nov-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Duk.html

Golok River reaches highest level since 1997, displacing over 71 000 across northern Malaysia https://watchers.news/2024/11/28/golok-river-reaches-highest-level-since-1997-displacing-over-71-000-across-northern-malaysia/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

“At best the avoidance of a diplomatic disaster”: PIK assessment on COP29 closing https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/at-best-the-avoidance-of-a-diplomatic-disaster-pik-assessment-on-cop29-closing

Systematic assessment of the achieved emission reductions of carbon crediting projects https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53645-z

Rooftop solar and EVs will dominate our grids: How do we reform the energy system around them? https://reneweconomy.com.au/rooftop-solar-and-evs-will-dominate-our-grids-how-do-we-reform-the-energy-system-around-them/

How unusual is current post-El Niño warmth? https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/how-unusual-is-current-post-el-nino

Humanity has warmed the planet by 1.5°C since 1700 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455715-humanity-has-warmed-the-planet-by-1-5c-since-1700/

Anthropogenic climate change doubled the frequency of compound drought and heatwaves in low-income regions https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01894-7

Six Strategies to Safeguard Tourism and Health Systems from Climate Change https://blogs.adb.org/blog/six-strategies-safeguard-tourism-and-health-systems-climate-change

Human-caused ocean warming intensified recent hurricanes, including all 11 Atlantic hurricanes in 2024 https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/11/human-caused-ocean-warming-intensified-recent-hurricanes-including-all-11-atlantic-hurricanes-in-2024/

Challenging future projected for children in 2050 due to climate change https://www.preventionweb.net/news/challenging-future-projected-children-2050-world-transformed-extreme-climate-crises-population

COP29 climate talks end with $300 billion annual pledge, Guterres calls deal a ‘base to build on’ https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157416

Public demand for carbon capture and storage varies with information, development magnitude and prior familiarity https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01900-y

Albanese government says Australia on target to reduce emissions – but campaigners say they could do more https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/27/albanese-government-says-australia-on-target-to-reduce-emissions-but-campaigners-say-they-could-do-more

Sydney risks blackouts as heat soars and coal power plants falter https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/sydney-risks-blackouts-as-heat-soars-and-coal-power-plants-falter-20241127-p5ktvv.html

China’s CO2 emissions have peaked or will in 2025, say 44% of experts in survey https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/27/chinas-co2-emissions-have-peaked-or-will-in-2025-say-44-of-experts-in-survey

South-west France swelters in ‘staggering’ 26.9C November night heat https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/28/south-west-france-sweltered-in-269c-november-night-time-heat

The impacts of heat on health: surveillance and preparedness in Europe https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/the-impacts-of-heat-on-health

Disaster risk reduction

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai Framework) is the roadmap for how we make our communities safer and more resilient https://www.undrr.org/implementing-sendai-framework

Harnessing Real-Time Flood Intelligence for Community Resilience https://ww2.floodmapp.com/harnessing-real-time-flood-intelligence-gate

How Can Government Build Resilience in the Face of Crises? https://www.hstoday.us/featured/how-can-government-build-resilience-in-the-face-of-crises/

On the importance of discharge observation uncertainty when interpreting hydrological model performance https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/5011/2024/

Why Social-Ecological-Technological Systematic Perspective Can Enhance Urban Flood Resilience? A Literature Review https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-97-1949-5_97

Australia’s high-risk weather season is here, with several ‘unusual’ predictions https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australias-high-risk-weather-season-is-here-with-several-unusual-predictions/1ddkzw0p6

Emergency Management

DLDT: A new disaster losses anddamages tracking system https://www.undrr.org/building-risk-knowledge/disaster-losses-and-damages-tracking-system-dldt

Firefighters injured, Cervantes residents told to evacuate in emergency bushfire north of Perth https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-27/wa-firefighters-injured-in-wedge-island-bushfire/104655884

Inclusive Response: Strengthening Emergency Management Through DEI https://conduitstreet.mdcounties.org/2024/11/27/inclusive-response-strengthening-emergency-management-through-dei/

‘Well primed for bushfires’: Australia facing heightened risk across several areas, authorities say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/28/australia-bushfire-risk-summer-bom

Hurricane Beryl: Record parametric payouts underline the evolution of CCRIF’s role in the Caribbean https://www.disasterprotection.org/blogs/hurricane-beryl-record-parametric-payouts-underline-the-evolution-of-ccrifs-role-in-the-caribbean

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Worst natural disasters of our lifetime https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/nov/25/tsunami-race-against-time-review-a-gripping-moving-look-at-the-worst-natural-disaster-of-our-lifetimes

Disaster psychology

Strengthening the relationship between community resilience and health emergency communication: a systematic review https://bmcglobalpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s44263-024-00112-y

How disasters make violence against women worse – and what we can do about it https://www.preventionweb.net/news/how-disasters-make-violence-against-women-worse-and-what-we-can-do-about-it

Sociology and disasters

An enhanced dynamic-network-based framework for quantifying and enhancing the resilience of disaster response networks to old communities under rainstorm waterlogging

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479724030846

Factors influencing women’s participation in disaster recovery after the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir, Pakistan https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2024.2422353

The ‘Butterfly Effect’: Identifying pathways for sustainability transformation through social processes of disaster resilience https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/global-sustainability/article/butterfly-effect-identifying-pathways-for-sustainability-transformation-through-social-processes-of-disaster-resilience/79318ADA698334A4F55E26F3C6502CBE

Encyclopedia of Technological Hazards and Disasters in the Social Sciences https://www.elgaronline.com/display/book/9781800882201/9781800882201.xml

Today in disaster resilience (22 November 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Super Typhoon “Man-Yi” — fourth typhoon to strike Philippines in 10 days makes second landfall over Aurora https://watchers.news/2024/11/17/super-typhoon-man-yi-fourth-typhoon-to-strike-philippines-in-10-days-makes-second-landfall-over-aurora/

Tropical Storm “Sara” floods Honduras, makes landfall over Belize https://watchers.news/2024/11/17/tropical-storm-sara-floods-honduras-makes-landfall-over-belize/

Coastal storm causes sixth house collapse of the year in Rodanthe Village, North Carolina https://watchers.news/2024/11/17/coastal-storm-sixth-house-collapse-rodanthe-north-carolina/

Typhoon Man-yi death toll rises in Philippines as major clean-up gets underway https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-18/typhoon-man-yi-death-toll-rises-as-philippines-clean-up-begins/104616464

160 deaths recorded in three weeks as six typhoons batter the Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/11/18/160-deaths-recorded-in-three-weeks-as-six-typhoons-batter-the-philippines/

Bomb cyclone kills at least 2, leaves over 1.8 million without power in U.S. and Canada https://watchers.news/2024/11/20/bomb-cyclone-pacific-northwest-november-2024-aftermath/

Israel sets a new all-time rainfall record in just 4 hours https://watchers.news/2024/11/20/israel-sets-a-new-all-time-rainfall-record-in-just-4-hours/

Lava destroys Blue Lagoon parking lot in latest eruption on Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland https://watchers.news/2024/11/21/lava-destroys-blue-lagoon-parking-iceland-november-2024/

Landslide claims 4 lives in Central Java, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/11/21/landslide-claims-4-lives-in-central-java-indonesia/

Bomb cyclone kills at least 2, leaves over 1.8 million without power in U.S. and Canada https://watchers.news/2024/11/20/bomb-cyclone-pacific-northwest-november-2024-aftermath/

Grindavík evacuated as new volcanic eruption begins on Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland https://watchers.news/2024/11/21/svartsengi-iceland-volcano-eruption-november-2024/

Deadly landslide strikes Rize, leaving one dead and three injured, Turkey https://watchers.news/2024/11/21/deadly-landslide-strikes-rize-leaving-one-dead-and-three-injured-turkey/

Indonesia prepares for peak rainy season as natural disasters claim 381 lives in 2024 https://watchers.news/2024/11/21/indonesia-prepares-for-peak-rainy-season-as-natural-disasters-claim-381-lives-in-2024/

Volcanic activity worldwide 19 Nov 2024: Popocatépetl volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/258271/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-19-Nov-2024-Popocatepetl-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador-Lew.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Australia to invest $125m in Pacific island off-grid and community scale renewables https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-to-invest-125m-in-pacific-island-off-grid-and-community-scale-renewables/

Will Hydrogen Hubs Be a Clean Energy Boom or Boondoggle? https://e360.yale.edu/features/east-coast-hydrogen-hub

Climate Realism (Still) Means Climate Justice https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/athanasiou-interview-climate-justice/

The Amazon is teetering on the edge of a climate tipping point https://www.newscientist.com/article/2453873-the-amazon-is-teetering-on-the-edge-of-a-climate-tipping-point/

Melting glaciers leave homes teetering in valley of jagged mountains https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgly8y1j12o

Artificial intelligence reveals past climate extremes by reconstructing historical records https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53464-2

Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south https://theconversation.com/meltwater-from-greenland-and-the-arctic-is-weakening-ocean-circulation-speeding-up-warming-down-south-238302

World’s 1.5C climate target ‘deader than a doornail’, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/climate-crisis-world-temperature-target

Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/climate-crisis-to-blame-for-dozens-of-impossible-heatwaves-studies-reveal

South America is becoming warmer, drier, and more flammable https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01654-7

The cost of inaction: Quantifying the impact of climate change on health in low- and middle-income countries https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/cost-inaction-quantifying-impact-climate-change-health-low-and-middle-income-countries

Study Finds Humidity Diminishes Daytime Cooling Gains in Urban Green Spaces https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/study-finds-humidity-diminishes-daytime-cooling-gains-urban-green-spaces

Projected increase in the frequency of extremely active Atlantic hurricane seasons https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq7856

Ahead of G20 Summit in Brazil, Guterres urges bloc to take the lead on peace, climate and other challenges https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/11/1157096

To Cope with Extreme Heat, Paris Will Swap Parking Spaces for Trees https://e360.yale.edu/digest/paris-trees-parking-spaces

When Rome’s fountains run dry https://thebulletin.org/2024/11/when-romes-fountains-run-dry/

Paris agreement is working, Australian minister tells Cop29, but much deeper cuts needed by 2035 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/paris-agreement-is-working-australian-minister-tells-cop29-but-much-deeper-cuts-needed-by-2035

“Quiet revolution:” Wind and solar slash electricity emissions by 40 pct in just 10 years https://reneweconomy.com.au/quiet-revolution-wind-and-solar-slash-electricity-emissions-by-40-pct-in-just-10-years/

Geological Net Zero and the need for disaggregated accounting for carbon sinks https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08326-8

Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters – a look at how insurance companies set rates and coverage https://theconversation.com/americans-face-an-insurability-crisis-as-climate-change-worsens-disasters-a-look-at-how-insurance-companies-set-rates-and-coverage-241772

The evolving science of ‘extreme weather attribution’ https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-the-evolving-science-of-extreme-weather-attribution/

Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-studies/index.html

Challenging future projected for children in 2050 in world transformed by extreme climate crises, population shifts, and tech disparities https://www.unicef.org/eca/press-releases/challenging-future-projected-children-2050-world-transformed-extreme-climate-crises

Australian author Richard Flanagan wins $97,000 Baillie Gifford Prize but declines prize money https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-20/richard-flanagan-baillie-gifford-prize-for-non-fiction/104623462

What’s Causing the Recent Spike in Global Temperatures? https://e360.yale.edu/features/gavin-schmidt-interview

Water is an integral part of the global climate agenda https://wmo.int/media/news/water-integral-part-of-global-climate-agenda

Heat stress and the labour force https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00606-1

Amid Earth’s heat records, scientists report another bump upward in annual carbon emissions https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-pollution-carbon-dioxide-rising-worsening-df9814ea7e39dd214fd3042f299af914

‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing Arctic isle https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/21/canada-arctic-herschel-island-qikiqtaruk-climate-permafrost-tundra-ecology-aoe

It’s not normal for the East Coast to be on fire https://www.vox.com/climate/384323/drought-new-york-east-coast-wildfires-water

Disaster risk reduction

Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities: Climate Resilience Addendum https://mcr2030.undrr.org/climate-resilience-scorecard

Disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/key-concepts/disaster-risk-reduction-disaster-risk-management

A Study On Landslide Events In The Western Ghats: Assessing Causes, Impacts, And Strategies For Building Resilience https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385907260_A_Study_On_Landslide_Events_In_The_Western_Ghats_Assessing_Causes_Impacts_And_Strategies_For_Building_Resilience

Building a resilient future: How GRMI seeks to champion children’s charter for disaster risk reduction in Nigeria https://medium.com/@geohazardmaps/rising-above-the-flood-how-kogis-youth-and-childrens-charter-for-disaster-risk-reduction-are-a1b25ce9d1e6

Hydromet Services and Early Warning Systems https://www.gfdrr.org/en/hydromet-services-and-early-warning-systems

Perspective Chapter: Socio-Economic Impacts of Earthquakes – A Survey of the Planning Literature https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/1206491

Challenges and opportunities of ML and explainable AI in large-sample hydrology https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/7659/

Tracking global floodplain urban growth https://www.the-innovation.org/article/doi/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2024.100086

Emergency management

Implementing Early Warnings for All in Caribbean Nations: Technical Pathways and Development Opportunities https://blogs.iadb.org/sostenibilidad/en/implementing-early-warnings-for-all-in-caribbean-nations-technical-pathways-and-development-opportunities/

Florida’s Largest Insurer Not Paying Out Majority of Claims—Ratings Agency https://www.newsweek.com/largest-florida-insurer-rejects-most-claims-says-ratings-agency-1988783

The Staggering Success of Vaccines https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-how-many-lives-vaccines-have-saved-around-the-world/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Engaging older people with climate change – a largely forgotten but key demographic https://climateoutreach.org/engaging-older-people/

Knowledge, urgency and agency: reflections on climate change education course outcomes https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504622.2023.2296359

Disaster psychology

What Affects Citizens’ Perception of Public Infrastructure Decision-Making in a Disaster Setting? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15309576.2024.2426987

Anxiety and demand for living conditions in the aftermath of disaster https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924007568

Extreme weather events, food shopping behavior, and card spending https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jaa2.140

Sociology and disasters

A City of Two Tales [Part 1]: A Quantitative Analysis of Vulnerability, Connectedness, and Resilience in Cloverdale, CA https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924007131

Factors influencing women’s participation in disaster recovery after the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir, Pakistan https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2024.2422353#abstract

Experiences of Immigrants During Disasters in the US: A Systematic Literature Review https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10903-024-01649-8

Applied Social Network Analysis – Online Course https://statisticalhorizons.com/seminars/applied-social-network-analysis/ Eco-Esteem and Depopulation: Broadening the Perspective on the Demographic Challenge in the Rural World https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ruso.12575

Today in disaster resilience (15 November 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Storms and tornadoes sweep through Oklahoma injuring at least 11 and leaving 95 000 without power https://watchers.news/2024/11/03/tornado-oklahoma-november-2024/

Emergency teams in Spain are continuing their efforts to locate dozens of people still missing in what is the worst flooding disaster in generations https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx27exg5g33o

Major eruption at Lewotobi volcano claims at least 10 lives, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/11/03/lewotobi-volcano-eruption-november-2024/

Tropical Depression 18 predicted to become Hurricane Rafael in the Caribbean https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/11/tropical-depression-18-predicted-to-become-hurricane-rafael-in-the-caribbean/

Edisto River crest breaks 1928 record, causing dam failures and damaging roads and bridges in Orangeburg, South Carolina https://watchers.news/2024/11/09/edisto-river-crest-breaks-1928-record-dam-failure-damage-orangeburg-south-carolina/

Very strong M6.8 earthquake hits Cuba, tsunami waves possible near epicenter https://watchers.news/2024/11/10/very-strong-m6-8-earthquke-cuba-tsunami-november-2024/

Fire caused by ‘frightening lightning’ destroys cattle feed as Queensland braces for more heat, storms https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-11-11/wild-storm-causes-dalby-farm-fire/104586652

Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin and AirAsia flights to Bali interrupted due to deadly eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/qantas-jetstar-and-virgin-flights-to-bali-from-australia-interrupted-due-to-eruption-of-mount-lewotobi-laki-laki-volcano/news-story/49f38dd809b87dd971a7f92972440c59

Over 2 000 homes damaged, 7 people injured after M6.8 earthquake in Cuba’s Granma province https://watchers.news/2024/11/13/over-2-000-homes-damaged-7-people-injured-m6-8-earthquake-cuba-granma-province/

Schools closed and people evacuated as torrential rain returns in Spain https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/13/spain-flood-warnings-schools-closed-people-evacuated

Volcanic activity worldwide 14 Nov 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/257896/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-14-Nov-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Duk.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Tokyo’s climate goals rely on a fuel that is falling out of favor https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/11/03/energy/tokyo-hydrogen-decarbonization-plan/

Renewable energy is roaring back, crushing coal to historic lows https://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/renewable-energy-is-roaring-back-crushing-coal-to-historic-lows-20241101-p5kn6p.html

Australia reaches record monthly renewable share of more than 47 pct, and poised to leap further ahead https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-reaches-record-monthly-renewable-share-of-47-4-per-cent/

Spain’s apocalyptic floods show two undeniable truths: the climate crisis is getting worse and Big Oil is killing us https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/02/spain-apocalyptic-floods-climate-crisis-worse-big-oil-cop29

Australia’s land is already 1.5°C hotter and faces intense fire season, ocean heatwaves and sea-level rise https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-land-is-already-1-5c-hotter-and-faces-intense-fire-season-ocean-heatwaves-and-sea-level-rise/

Trees Cool Better Than Reflective Roofs in Vulnerable Houston Neighborhoods https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2024/10/trees-cool-better-than-reflective-roofs-in-vulnerable-houston-neighborhoods/

Pioneering Planetary Boundaries science as key to mitigating rising planetary risks https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/pioneering-planetary-boundaries-science-as-key-to-mitigating-rising-planetary-risks

‘The most noble scenes are made desolate’: The climate warnings in 19th Century paintings https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20241108-the-climate-warnings-in-19th-century-paintings

The COP29 climate talks are about to kick off in Baku, Azerbaijan. Here’s what to expect https://theconversation.com/the-cop29-climate-talks-are-about-to-kick-off-in-baku-azerbaijan-heres-what-to-expect-242706

Work to regulate one of Australia’s biggest sources of carbon dioxide stalls, FoI documents reveal https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/12/work-to-regulate-one-of-australias-biggest-sources-of-carbon-dioxide-stalls-foi-documents-reveal

Climate Change Negotiations Again—But Don’t Despair https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202411/climate-change-negotiations-again-but-dont-despair

Durability of carbon dioxide removal is critical for Paris climate goals https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01808-7

This is climate breakdown: a new series exploring the real impacts on people https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/11/this-is-climate-breakdown-series-exploring-impacts-people

The total cost of damage from climate-related extreme weather events globally was approximately $2 trillion between 2014 and 2023 https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/10/business/climate-change-shadow-financial-crisis

World close to 1.5C warming limit according to new pre-industrial temperature estimate https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-11-12/climate-change-warming-limit-close-antarctic-ice-reveals/104585566

Study warns of a billion human deaths if global warming reaches or exceeds 2°C https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/study-warns-of-a-billion-human-deaths-if-global-warming-reaches-or-exceeds-2-c-91537

Yearbook of Global Climate Action 2024: Inclusive Climate Action Needed to Achieve Paris Goals https://unfccc.int/news/yearbook-of-global-climate-action-2024-inclusive-climate-action-needed-to-achieve-paris-goals

Stay on top of the COP https://www.preventionweb.net/collections/cop29

Global thermal comfort mapping https://charts.ecmwf.int/products/medium-thermofeel

Planetary Boundaries guide humanity’s future on Earth https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00597-z

Home prices only beginning to feel the bite of climate change, J.P. Morgan analysts warn https://www.marketwatch.com/story/home-prices-only-beginning-to-feel-the-bite-of-climate-change-j-p-morgan-analysts-warn-f004bbd0

Major climate drivers activate to kick Australian thunderstorm season into top gear https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-13/major-climate-drivers-australian-thunderstorm-season-top-gear/104592720

Climate change fuelling insurance cost-of-living crunch https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/8819366/climate-change-fuelling-insurance-cost-of-living-crunch/

Global CO2 emissions to hit record high in 2024, report says https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/global-co2-emissions-hit-record-high-2024-report-says-2024-11-13/

Disaster risk reduction

Twelve Years After Sandy, Have We Gotten Better at Preparing for Disaster? https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2024/10/30/twelve-years-after-sandy-have-we-gotten-better-at-preparing-for-disaster/

Words into Action: Using Traditional and Indigenous Knowledges for Disaster Risk Reduction https://www.undrr.org/words-into-action/traditional-and-indigenous-knowledges-drr

Tsunami-proofing the future: Seven smart solutions to shape safer shores https://www.preventionweb.net/news/tsunami-proofing-future-seven-smart-solutions-shape-safer-shores

Bridging Science and Business Solutions to Foster Disaster Resilience https://www.connectingbusiness.org/news-events/news/bridging-science-business-solutions

Tracking global floodplain urban growth https://www.the-innovation.org/article/doi/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2024.100086

Daylighting a Brook in the Bronx https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/daylighting-bronx-emily-raboteau

Homeowners left in nightmare situation after state’s largest insurer hikes rates and drops home coverage: ‘I don’t sleep at night’ https://www.thecooldown.com/green-home/citizens-property-insurance-florida-homeowners/

How the Caribbean Is Building Climate Resilience https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/how-caribbean-building-climate-resilience

Emergency management

DANA Valencia: why the Government is reluctant to upgrade emergency to Level 3 https://thediplomatinspain.com/en/2024/11/03/dana-valencia-why-the-government-is-reluctant-to-upgrade-emergency-to-level-3/

How contraflow enhances clearance time during assisted mass evacuation – A case study exploring the Australian 2013–14 Gippsland bushfires https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856424002453

Satellite Imagery Shows Breadth of Flooding in Spain https://e360.yale.edu/digest/satellite-images-spain-flooding

FEMA failed to answer nearly half of the calls for assistance, aid it received during Hurricanes Helen and Milton: report https://nypost.com/2024/11/02/us-news/fema-understaffed-underfunded-for-next-disaster/

‘After three days we found her alive’: the ‘miracle’ rescues after Spanish floods https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/03/after-three-days-we-found-her-alive-the-miracle-rescues-after-spanish-floods

Preparing for the unexpected https://www.indexjournal.com/news/preparing-for-the-unexpected/article_5eeaf250-9600-11ef-a74e-67958dbce9ba.html

Why did so many die in Spain? Because Europe still hasn’t accepted the realities of extreme weather https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/04/spain-deaths-europe-realities-extreme-weather-flooding

Yet another November hurricane threat is taking shape https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/11/yet-another-november-hurricane-threat-is-taking-shape/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

This child-friendly booklet is for kids who are 6-12 years old to. It generates tsunami awareness among children https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/tsunamis-2024

Climate Change Advocacy and Engagement on Social Media https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10755470241284934

World Tsunami Awareness Day https://tsunamiday.undrr.org/

Unintended consequences of using maps to communicate sea-level rise https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-024-01380-0

Fostering civic participation and collective actions for disaster risk reduction: Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand case studies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420924007167

The Open Science Charter https://www.frontiersfoundation.org/open-science-charter

Extreme Events Research Check Sheets Series https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/check-sheets/

Fostering civic participation and collective actions for disaster risk reduction: Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand case studies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924007167

Disaster psychology

Trailblazing project gets off the ground to improve the mental health of people at high risk of flooding https://icasp.org.uk/2024/10/23/trailblazing-project-gets-off-the-ground-to-improve-the-mental-health-of-people-at-high-risk-of-flooding/

Sea-level rise maps can decrease risk perceptions in coastal communities https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/sea-level-rise-maps-can-decrease-risk-perceptions-in-coastal-communities/

Psychological health declined during the post-monsoon season in communities impacted by sea-level rise in Bangladesh https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01862-1

A decade of shaking in the Garden City: the dynamics of preparedness, perceptions, and beliefs in Canterbury, New Zealand, and implications for earthquake information https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2024.1410333/full

From recovery to preparedness: an examination of resources, individual disaster communication, and anticipatory resilience capacity during the 2023 U.S. tornado season https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00909882.2024.2425845

Geopsychiatry: Climate change, migration, and mental health https://journals.lww.com/inpj/fulltext/2024/33001/geopsychiatry__climate_change,_migration,_and.43.aspx

Sociology and disasters

Holistic mapping of flood vulnerability in slum areas of Yaounde City, Cameron https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221242092400709X

Daily vulnerability and disaster resilience: a case study of preferred community assets and social capital for Latinx coastal residents https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DPM-02-2024-0048/full/html

Flood Resilience Quantification Framework of Rural Communities: Case Study of Harlan County, Kentucky https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/NHREFO.NHENG-1949

Today in disaster resilience (1 November 2024)

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Tropical Storm “Trami” hits Vietnam after leaving 126 dead or missing in Philippines https://watchers.news/2024/10/27/tropical-storm-trami-vietnam-philippines-fatalities-damage-october-2024/

Dana claims four lives in Bengal and submerges over 113 000 ha (280 000 acres) of crops in Odisha, India https://watchers.news/2024/10/26/cyclone-dana-fatalities-damage-crops-october-2024/

Typhoon “Kong-rey” rapidly intensifying as it moves toward Taiwan https://watchers.news/2024/10/29/typhoon-kong-rey-rapidly-intensifying-forecast-track-taiwan-landfall/

Mount Marapi blankets parts of West Sumatra in ash, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/10/28/marapi-eruption-ashfall-october-2024/

Majorca warning as travel chaos erupts on Balearic island loved by Brits after floods https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1968662/majorca-warning-travel-chaos-erupt-flash-floods

Intense explosions at Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2024/10/31/intense-explosions-at-lewotobi-laki-laki-volcano-indonesia/

Kong-rey makes landfall in Taiwan as strongest typhoon since 1996 and first ever after mid-October https://watchers.news/2024/10/31/kong-rey-taiwan-landfall-october-2024/

Death toll in Spain’s floods rises to 158, among Europe’s worst storm disasters https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spanish-rescue-teams-hunt-missing-after-deadly-floods-2024-10-31/

Volcanic activity worldwide 31 Oct 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/256490/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-31-Oct-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Duk.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Overconfidence in climate overshoot https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08020-9#ref-CR1

Would abandoning false hope help us to tackle the climate crisis? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/24/we-need-a-dash-of-hope-but-is-too-much-diverting-our-gaze-from-the-perils-of-the-climate-crisis

Subtle Coastal Sinking Raises Storm Surge Risks https://eos.org/research-spotlights/subtle-coastal-sinking-raises-storm-surge-risks

Democratising knowledge for transformative climate action https://cdkn.org/story/democratising-knowledge-transformative-climate-action

Mapped: Renewable Energy as a Percentage of Power Generation, by Country https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/mapped-renewable-energy-by-country-in-2022/

Climate change reshapes cities, both environmentally and financially https://thehill.com/future-america/future-of-cities/4934071-cities-climate-change-insurance-heat-waves/

Planet-heating pollutants in atmosphere hit record levels in 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/28/planet-heating-pollutants-in-atmosphere-hit-record-levels-in-2023

Will climate change put the Chicago area at heightened risk for hurricanes? https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/helene-milton-climate-change-chicago-risk/

World way off target in tackling climate change – UN https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8yyle2eq2o

Principles for satellite monitoring of vegetation carbon uptake https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00601-6

New NASA Instrument for Studying Snowpack Completes Airborne Testing https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/science-enabling-technology/new-nasa-instrument-for-studying-snowpack-completes-airborne-testing/

Nature and climate on the line: COP16 must deliver on both https://impact.economist.com/sustainability/ecosystems-resources/nature-and-climate-on-the-line-cop16-must-deliver-on-both

44 Scientists Just Warned Us About a Catastrophic Ocean Current Collapse https://www.vice.com/en/article/atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-amoc-tipping-point-climate-change/

How unusual was Australia’s 2017–2019 Tinderbox Drought? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094724000951

Declining tropical cyclones and east coast lows lead to major shift in Australia’s rainfall https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-30/declining-tropical-cyclone-ecl-southern-ocean-rainfall/104533506

10 new insights in climate science 2024: Heat surges risk ecosystem collapse https://www.preventionweb.net/news/10-new-insights-climate-science-2024-heat-surges-risk-ecosystem-collapse

Disaster risk reduction

Hydrological drought and floodplain disconnectivity: quantifying flow thresholds in a large coastal plain river https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QAERHXWWQV4KPJVBJRVQ/full

Global River BankFull Discharge (GQBF) https://zenodo.org/records/13855371

Torrents of Sediment-Laden Water Worsened Disastrous Libyan Floods https://eos.org/articles/torrents-of-sediment-laden-water-worsened-disastrous-libyan-floods

Fire speed, not size, drives threat to people, infrastructure https://cires.colorado.edu/news/fire-speed-not-size-drives-threat-people-infrastructure

Concepts and evolution of urban hydrology https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00599-x

Examining the contribution of lithology and precipitation to the performance of earthquake-induced landslide hazard prediction https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2024.1431203/full

Cutting-edge flooding programmes deliver big results for communities and environment https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cutting-edge-flooding-programmes-deliver-big-results-for-communities-and-environment

Wealth Over Woe: Global Biases in Hydro-Hazard Research https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024EF004590

Transferability of machine-learning-based modeling frameworks across flood events for hindcasting maximum river water depths in coastal watersheds https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/3537/2024/

Scientists at Western University are setting up a new laboratory to study the increasingly costly hazard of severe storms in Canada https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/science/article-severe-storm-lab-western-university/

Delivering effective early warning and early action: Integrating participatory processes for long-term equality, diversity and inclusion https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/delivering-effective-early-warning-and-early-action-integrating-participatory-processes

Comparative Analysis of Tsunami Casualty Estimation Approaches: Agent-Based Modeling versus Simplified Approach in Japanese Coastal Cities https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385408394_Comparative_Analysis_of_Tsunami_Casualty_Estimation_Approaches_Agent-Based_Modeling_versus_Simplified_Approach_in_Japanese_Coastal_Cities

Emergency management

As record acreage burns in Brazil’s Amazon, criminals are exploiting rainforest to clear land https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/as-record-acreage-burns-in-brazils-amazon-criminals-are-exploiting-rainforest-to-clear-land

Natural disasters in China affected over 84 million people in 2024, resulting in 836 deaths or missing persons https://watchers.news/2024/10/28/natural-disasters-in-china-affected-over-84-million-people-in-2024-resulting-in-836-deaths-or-missing-persons/

Disaster recovery and business continuity: A case of MSMEs in Dar es Salaam https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/1714/3237

Spain’s warning system under scrutiny as flood toll rises https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/31/world/spain-warning-system-flood/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

What is disaster resilience education? https://schools.aidr.org.au/disaster-resilience-education/what-is-disaster-resilience-education/

Disaster psychology

Radical climate protests linked to increases in public support for moderate organizations https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-024-01444-1

Sociology and disasters

Disaster Resilience Scorecard for Cities: Addendum for Gender Equality and Intersectionality https://mcr2030.undrr.org/gender-equality-scorecard

Conflict, poverty and water management issues exposing vulnerable communities in Africa to extreme floods that are now common events because of climate change https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/conflict-poverty-and-water-management-issues-exposing-vulnerable-communities-in-africa-to-extreme-floods-that-are-now-common-events-because-of-climate-change/

Building Resilient Communities by Fostering Social Equity in Public Administration: Analyzing the Influence of Social Capital on COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in Communities With Varying Social Vulnerabilities https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/padm.13040

Designing for happiness, building for resilience: a systematic review of key factors for cities https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19463138.2024.2412664

Chiefs and floods: hybrid governance and co-production of flood risk adaptation in Tamale, Ghana https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1523908X.2024.2410899

Strengthening Social Capital for Entrepreneurship in Building Coastal Resilience https://www.igi-global.com/gateway/article/full-text-html/358477

Today in disaster resilience (27 September 2024)

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

Today in disaster resilience (20 September 2024)

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 COhttps://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