Tag: flood

Today in disaster resilience (27 May 2016)

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

Disaster risk reduction

New Houston Flood Czar Wants Everyone to Remember the Storm https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/houston-flooding-flood-czar

How Federal Flood Maps Ignore the Risks Of Climate Change http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/how-federal-flood-maps-ignore-the-risks-of-climate-change/?utm_content=buffer830ff&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

World Humanitarian Summit Wraps Up as Heat, Drought and State Fragility Plague South Asia https://climateandsecurity.org/2016/05/24/world-humanitarian-summit-wraps-up-as-heat-drought-and-state-fragility-plague-south-asia/

Italy – Millions at Risk of Floods and Landslides as Mitigation Projects Delayed http://floodlist.com/europe/italy-millions-risk-floods-landslides-mitigation-projects-delayed

UK winter floods to cost insurers $2 billion in pay-outs http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-floods-insurance-idUSKCN0YG0MG

Perceived and projected flood risk and adaptation in coastal Southeast Queensland, Australia http://gci.uq.edu.au/coastal-property-owners-recognise-flooding-risk

“Flood resilience is not only about building dams and drains. It can be smaller solutions at the community level.” https://www.devex.com/news/innovative-visions-a-look-through-the-waterwindow-88165

Emergency management

How Joplin Tornadoes Inspired Two Entrepreneurs http://www.emergencymgmt.com/disaster/-How-Joplin-tornadoes-inspired-two-entrepreneurs.html?utm_content=buffer0c7da&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Flood victims sue city of Houston http://www.click2houston.com/news/flood-victims-sue-city-of-Houston

Disaster education, communications and engagement

Portland schools ditch textbooks that question climate change https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/24/portland-schools-ditch-textbooks-that-question-climate-change

Identify heat risk and actions https://toolkit.climate.gov/topics/human-health/extreme-heat%E2%80%94nihhis/nihhis-quick-start-guide

Coastal property owners recognise flooding risk, but there is little public willingness to adapt http://gci.uq.edu.au/coastal-property-owners-recognise-flooding-risk

Social Media and Emergencies

Twitter says usernames and images will no longer count against 140-character limit http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/24/11755416/twitter-removes-140-characters-limit-photos-usernames

 

Today in disaster resilience (25 May 2016)

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

Current emergencies/disasters

No, we’re not in more volcanically active times & no, there aren’t outside forces causing eruptions http://www.wired.com/2016/05/please-dont-blame-mars-weeks-explosive-volcanic-eruptions/

Indonesia – Five People Killed, One Missing in Floods in West Java http://floodlist.com/asia/indonesia-five-people-killed-one-missing-floods-west-java

Yemen – Heavy Rain Triggers Landslide in Taiz Leaving 20 Dead http://floodlist.com/asia/yemen-landslide-taiz-20-dead-may-2016

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Tuvalu PM urges new legal framework for climate migrants http://news.trust.org/item/20160524214907-vpsyi/

Largest U.S. Water Reservoir Shrinks to Record Low Amid Major Drought http://time.com/4344983/lake-mead-water-reservoir-drought/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter

From rape to disasters, climate change a threat to women: funders http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-women-finance-idUSKCN0YB1V5

The Vanishing Islands Of India’s Sundarbans http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/05/23/478393443/the-vanishing-islands-of-indias-sundarbans?platform=hootsuite

Earliest Snowmelt on Record Observed in Arctic https://www.wunderground.com/news/arctic-circle-earliest-snowmelt-ever#prclt-3jeiiT2P

Disaster risk reduction

Mitigation Funding in the FEMA Public Assistance Program http://adjustersinternational.com/publications/disaster-recovery-today/mitigation-funding-in-the-fema-public-assistance-program/1/

Emerging Environmental Issues in Frontiers Report http://sd.iisd.org/news/unep-identifies-emerging-environmental-issues-in-frontiers-report

Global wildfire: Misconceptions about trends and impacts revealed in new research https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160524144921.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Global trends in wildfire and its impacts: perceptions versus realities in a changing world http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/371/1696/20150345

Hazard Mitigation: Expecting the Unexpected http://blog.preservationleadershipforum.org/2016/05/12/hazard-mitigation-expecting-unexpected/#.V0TcADV97IX

The Zika Virus Spread Is Our Own Fault, WHO Chief Says http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/zika-virus-basically-our-fault-who-chief-says-n578796

Flood Insurance: Why Don’t People Buy It? http://www.ppic.org/main/blog_detail.asp?i=2006

Corps launches study of Souris River Valley flood protection http://gazette.com/corps-launches-study-of-souris-river-valley-flood-protection/article/feed/346940

Emergency management

Pacific Disaster Center Uses Esri Platform to Track Spread of Zika Virus http://blog.executivebiz.com/2016/05/pacific-disaster-center-uses-esri-platform-to-track-spread-of-zika-virus/

Five ways we could do disaster relief better http://www.theage.com.au/comment/five-ways-we-could-do-disaster-relief-better-20160519-goz2p0.html

10 Ways to Improve Our Response to Humanitarian Crises http://disasterphilanthropy.org/blogs/10-ways-to-improve-response/

Column: Atlantic hurricane season could be more active than normal http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-season-atlantic-idUSKCN0YF12F