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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Rare tornado strikes Puerto Varas, Chile, injuring 8 and causing widespread damage https://watchers.news/2025/05/26/tornado-puerto-varas-chile-injures-8-causes-damage/

Severe storms kill at least 20, injure over 150 in Pakistan’s Punjab province https://watchers.news/2025/05/26/severe-storms-kill-20-injure-150-punjab-pakistan/

More than 800 homes uninhabitable after ‘1-in-500-year’ flood in New South Wales, Australia https://watchers.news/2025/05/27/homes-uninhabitable-historic-may-2025-flooding-nsw-australia/

Raining one week, dusty the next – how did a dust storm make it all the way to rainy Sydney? https://theconversation.com/raining-one-week-dusty-the-next-how-did-a-dust-storm-make-it-all-the-way-to-rainy-sydney-251600

Baseball-sized hail and flooding leave over 68 000 without power in Austin, central Texas https://watchers.news/2025/05/29/baseball-sized-hail-flooding-68000-without-power-austin-central-texas/

Massive landslide from Birch Glacier collapse buries Blatten, Switzerland https://watchers.news/2025/05/28/massive-landslide-birch-glacier-collapse-blatten-switzerland/

Eight killed by floods and mudslides in Guangxi, China https://watchers.news/2025/05/29/eight-killed-floods-mudslides-guangxi-china/

Manitoba declares State of Emergency as wildfires force over 17 000 to evacuate, Canada https://watchers.news/2025/05/29/manitoba-wildfires-17000-evacuated-state-of-emergency/

Volcanic activity worldwide 29 May 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Klyuchevskoy, Semeru, Shiveluch, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/272466/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-29-May-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Klyuchevskoy-Semeru-Shiveluch-Ibu-.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Rising Seas From Fossil Fuels Threaten Inland Migration ‘Never Witnessed in Modern Civilization’ https://www.commondreams.org/news/sea-level-rise-migration

UAE breaks May temperature record two days in a row, reaching 51.6°C (124.9°F) https://watchers.news/2025/05/26/uae-breaks-may-temperature-record-two-days-in-a-row/

The Guardian view on rising sea levels: adaptation has never been more urgent https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/25/the-guardian-view-on-rising-sea-levels-adaptation-has-never-been-more-urgent

Florida is hotter than your vacation https://www.salon.com/2025/05/24/florida-is-hotter-than-your-vacation/

Extreme heat — driven by human-caused climate change — is increasing the health risks for pregnant people globally https://carboncopy.info/extreme-heat-is-increasing-pregnancy-risks-around-the-world-study/

Human mobility amplifies compound flood risks in coastal urban areas under climate change https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/human-mobility-amplifies-compound-flood-risks-coastal-urban-areas-under-climate-change

When the sea moves inland: A global climate wake-up call from Bangladesh’s Delta https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/news/when-the-sea-moves-inland-a-global-climate-wake-up-call-from-bangladeshs-delta

How Natural Solutions Can Help Islands Survive Sea Level Rise https://e360.yale.edu/features/atolls-restoration-sea-level-rise

Will COP30 turbocharge global climate change actions? https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/will-cop30-turbocharge-global-climate-change-actions/121434494

UAE breaks May temperature record two days in a row, reaching 51.6°C (124.9°F) https://watchers.news/2025/05/26/uae-breaks-may-temperature-record-two-days-in-a-row/

Iceland’s historic May heatwave sets new temperature records https://watchers.news/2025/05/27/icelands-historic-may-heatwave-sets-temperature-records/

State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2024 https://wmo.int/es/publication-series/estado-del-clima-en-america-latina-y-el-caribe-2024

Many people believe climate change is happening, but most don’t act. Why? https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/05/many-people-believe-climate-change-is-happening-but-most-dont-act-why/

Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century. We may avoid the worst climate scenarios – but the outlook is still dire https://theconversation.com/earth-is-heading-for-2-7-c-warming-this-century-we-may-avoid-the-worst-climate-scenarios-but-the-outlook-is-still-dire-254284

Glacier collapses burying large parts of Swiss village Blatten https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/glacier-collapses-burying-large-parts-of-swiss-village-blatten/89425126

Robotic floats quantify sinking carbon in the Southern Ocean https://phys.org/news/2025-05-robotic-quantify-carbon-southern-ocean.html

Global temperatures could break heat record in next five years https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/28/global-temperatures-break-annual-heat-record-next-five-years-world-meteorological-organization

Why Aboriginal knowledge matters in Australia’s climate change disaster responses https://lens.monash.edu/@politics-society/2025/05/28/1387620/why-aboriginal-knowledge-matters-in-australias-climate-change-disaster-responses

The UK Fens Climate Change Risk Assessment: Big challenges and strategic solutions https://tyndall.ac.uk/reports/the-uk-fens-climate-change-risk-assessment-big-challenges-and-strategic-solutions/

Global climate predictions show temperatures expected to remain at or near record levels in coming 5 years https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/global-climate-predictions-show-temperatures-expected-remain-or-near-record-levels-coming-5-years

Climate change: World likely to breach 1.5°C limit in next five years https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/05/1163751

Disaster risk reduction

Mastering probable maximum precipitation estimates in a changing climate https://awschool.com.au/training/pmp-climate-change/

Breakthrough AI model could transform how we prepare for natural disasters https://www.uva.nl/en/content/news/news/2025/05/breakthrough-ai-model-could-transform-how-we-prepare-for-natural-disasters.html

How prescribed burns are reshaping Southern Oregon forests and communities https://www.opb.org/article/2025/05/25/green-springs-prescribed-burning/

Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last year, ‘frightening’ data shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/21/fires-record-loss-forests-global-heating-agriculture-logging-brazil-bolivia-aoe

Real cost of disasters is 10 times higher than previously thought, says UN https://www.undrr.org/gar/gar2025

How do mangroves contribute to flood risk management? https://www.deltares.nl/en/news/how-exactly-do-mangroves-contribute-to-flood-risk-management

Key factors in forecasting and managing floods in rivers and urban areas https://www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/05/28/key-factors-in-forecasting-and-managing-floods-in-rivers-and-urban-areas/

Controlled Burns in Kruger National Park are Based off 70 years of research https://www.upr.org/show/tindleve-ta-ndlopfu-elephant-ears/2025-05-27/controlled-burns-in-kruger-national-park-are-based-off-70-years-of-research

Emergency Management

Is FEMA Ready to Handle Hurricane Season? https://themortgagepoint.com/2025/05/23/is-fema-ready-to-handle-hurricane-season/

Will anyone miss a council flood committee? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyr1qr9796o

Post-flood selective migration interacts with media sentiment and income effects https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02345-7

Why are more than 300 people in the US still dying from COVID every week? https://abcnews.go.com/Health/300-people-us-dying-covid-week/story

Funding for L.A.’s emergency management unit, vital to Palisades recovery, remains static https://www.yahoo.com/news/funding-l-emergency-management-unit-204540074.html

Disaster Nation: How Federal Overreach and Local Failures Shape America’s Crisis Response https://www.hstoday.us/books/disaster-nation-how-federal-overreach-and-local-failures-shape-americas-crisis-response/

Flood-hit NSW residents say insurance unaffordable as premiums skyrocket https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-29/mid-north-coast-residents-count-the-costs-of-nsw-floods/105346488

Record-breaking floods that closed Pacific Highway test road resilience https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-28/pacific-highway-taree-closures-due-to-nsw-flooding/105339022

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

Cyclones drive people to buy health insurance, more so than some government campaigns https://theconversation.com/cyclones-drive-people-to-buy-health-insurance-more-so-than-some-government-campaigns-256807

Disaster psychology

When Nature Strikes: Unraveling the Mental Health Consequences Among Herders in China’s Pastoral Region https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953625005684

Sociology and disasters

The promotion of social sustainability by micro-level social inclusion in a multicultural context: literature review and interview evidence https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1557463/full

Political consequences of natural disasters: accidental democratization? https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13510347.2025.2494740

‘Something to hold onto’: New Zealand women’s spatialised experiences of faith and spirituality during the COVID-19 pandemic https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0966369X.2025.2504372

Emerging Feminist Peace from Below and Disaster Recovery https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003472933/emerging-feminist-peace-disaster-recovery-marjaana-jauhola-shyam-gadhavi

Social Vulnerability and Resilience of Disaster-driven Forced Migrants Aged 65 and Over: A Case of Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Survivor https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/filosofija-sociologija/article/view/6352/5441

The determinants of neighborhoods’ social sustainability factors: conceptualization and scale development https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23748834.2025.2496558

Does collaborative governance of natural disasters in urban agglomerations enhance urban resilience? Evidence from China https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-025-06376-0

Women aren’t 14 times more likely to die in disasters – inequality is the real killer https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/29/women-arent-14-times-more-likely-to-die-in-disasters-inequality-is-the-real-killer/

Recent emergencies/disasters

Thousands evacuated, several missing in Buenos Aires Province floods https://watchers.news/2025/05/18/thousands-evacuated-missing-buenos-aires-province-floods/

Violent tornado strikes London, Kentucky, killing at least 9 https://watchers.news/2025/05/17/violent-tornado-london-kentucky-damage-fatalities/

‘Roaring like a freight train’: Tornado, storms leave at least 27 dead across US Midwest https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/roaring-like-a-freight-train-tornado-storms-leave-at-least-27-dead-across-us-midwest-20250518-p5m04p.html

NSW flooding updates: Two men and a woman have died in NSW Mid North Coast floodwaters, one person remains missing https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-22/weather-warnings-for-nsw-blog/105321074

NSW is copping rain and flooding while parts of Australia are in drought. What’s going on? https://theconversation.com/nsw-is-copping-rain-and-flooding-while-parts-of-australia-are-in-drought-whats-going-on-257235

Volcanic activity worldwide 21 May 2025: Semeru volcano, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador, Sangay, Sakurajima https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/271932/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-21-May-2025-Semeru-volcano-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador-Sangay-Sakurajima.html

Landslide destroys home in central Quebec, leaves massive scar in landscape https://watchers.news/2025/05/22/quebec-landslide-home-destroyed-scar/

Four killed, over 3 000 displaced after heavy rain triggers flooding in Accra, Ghana https://watchers.news/2025/05/22/accra-floods-damage-fatalities-ghana/

West Papua landslide leaves 6 dead and 14 missing, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2025/05/20/west-papua-landslide-6-dead-14-missing-indonesia/

Three dead, over 500 homes flooded after torrential rain hits Bengaluru, India https://watchers.news/2025/05/21/bengaluru-flooding-three-dead-500-homes-damaged/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

The decline of key Atlantic currents is underway, and it’s been flooding parts of the US for 20 years https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/the-decline-of-key-atlantic-currents-is-underway-and-its-been-flooding-parts-of-the-us-for-20-years

How Hungary became the world’s solar energy leader https://theprogressplaybook.com/2025/05/13/how-hungary-became-the-worlds-solar-energy-leader/

Carbon emissions from tourism are rising disproportionately fast https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/12/11/carbon-emissions-from-tourism-are-rising-disproportionately-fast

Coal mine methane is a big problem for Australia, but technology exists to help cut it https://reneweconomy.com.au/coal-mine-methane-is-a-big-problem-for-australia-but-technology-exists-to-help-cut-it/

Why is southern Australia in drought – and when will it end? https://theconversation.com/why-is-southern-australia-in-drought-and-when-will-it-end-256443

Climate drama Families Like Ours deserves to be a word-of-mouth hit https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635420-600-climate-drama-families-like-ours-deserves-to-be-a-word-of-mouth-hit/

Facing the Heat: Addressing the Health Impacts of Extreme Temperatures https://www.asiapathways-adbi.org/2025/05/facing-the-heat-addressing-the-health-impacts-of-extreme-temperatures/

Sea level rise will cause ‘catastrophic inland migration’, scientists warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/20/sea-level-rise-migration

Six ways good climate policy helps your wallet and your health https://phys.org/news/2025-05-ways-good-climate-policy-wallet.html

Havana sets new May temperature record at 38°C (100.4°F) https://watchers.news/2025/05/22/havana-sets-new-may-temperature-record/

Rising to the climate challenge: How the Maldives can thrive in a warming world https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/endpovertyinsouthasia/thriving-in-a-warming-world–how-maldives-can-adapt-to-climate-c

Flagship Initiative against extreme heat and related environmental health risks in workplaces and major events https://www.who.int/initiatives/initiative-against-extreme-heat-and-health-risks-in-workplaces-and-major-events/

Disaster risk reduction

Simulation in Haiti shows the potential of mobile-phone alerts in disasters https://www.preventionweb.net/news/simulation-haiti-shows-potential-mobile-phone-alerts-disasters

NOAA predicts above-normal 2025 Atlantic hurricane season https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-predicts-above-normal-2025-atlantic-hurricane-season

Antecedents of team resilience: A classification and analysis of determining factors https://zenodo.org/records/15090286

Texas at risk – new report sheds light on massive flooding issue https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/catastrophe/texas-at-risk–new-report-sheds-light-on-massive-flooding-issue-536407.aspx

Call to Action for the 8th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) https://www.gndr.org/gpdrr25-join-our-call-to-action/

Emergency Management

Wildfire smoke and extreme heat can occur together: Preparing for the combined health effects of a hot, smoky future https://theconversation.com/wildfire-smoke-and-extreme-heat-can-occur-together-preparing-for-the-combined-health-effects-of-a-hot-smoky-future-252245

What to Know About the Tornadoes That Ripped Through the Central U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/us/tornadoes-storms-central-us.html

As L.A. rebuilds from the Palisades fire, residents ask: What’s the plan? https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-18/as-l-a-rebuilds-from-the-palisades-fire-residents-ask-who-is-in-charge

Victorian councils ‘deeply reluctant’ to enforce emergency services levy https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-17/emergency-services-levy-fallout-across-victoria/105301354

Evacuations urged as hundreds rescued amid vast deluge https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/nsw/2025/05/22/evacuations-nsw-floods

What Will Disaster Response and Recovery Look Like in a World Without FEMA? https://www.hstoday.us/featured/perspective-what-will-disaster-response-and-recovery-look-like-in-a-world-without-fema/

In a flood, first responders balance helping others while their own families are at risk. It’s an impossible choice https://theconversation.com/in-a-flood-first-responders-balance-helping-others-while-their-own-families-are-at-risk-its-an-impossible-choice-257313

St. Louis mayor complains FEMA isn’t on the ground after major tornado https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/20/fema-not-helping-after-st-louis-tornadoes/83746010007/

Floods, fires and even terrorist attacks: how ready are our hospitals to cope when disaster strikes? https://theconversation.com/floods-fires-and-even-terrorist-attacks-how-ready-are-our-hospitals-to-cope-when-disaster-strikes-257318

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

La niña y el Tsunami – The girl and the Tsunami https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-Kwm7-UMb4

Building earthquake resilience in Lima’s classrooms: How children lead change in disaster preparedness in Peru https://www.connectingbusiness.org/news-events/news/schools-disaster-preparedness-Peru

GIJN Guide to Investigating Extreme Heat https://gijn.org/resource/gijn-guide-investigating-extreme-heat/

Wildfire Reporting — Expert Advice on Emerging Issues, Recurring Risks https://gijn.org/stories/wildfire-reporting-expert-advice/

Disaster psychology

Assessing extreme heat risk perception: Awareness, worry, preparedness and social capital in Texas https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1462901125000887

What Keeps People From Evacuating During a Natural Disaster? https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/what-keeps-people-evacuating-during-natural-disaster

Staying put: a comparative study of non-evacuation during environmental disasters https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/adc8bc

The Communities Organizing for Power Through Empathy (COPE) Community-Based Intervention to Improve Adult Mental Health During Disasters and Crises: Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial https://www.researchprotocols.org/2025/1/e63723

Sociology and disasters

A social identity model of collective resilience in emergent groups https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781032708492-3/social-identity-model-collective-resilience-emergent-groups-john-drury-evangelos-ntontis

Toward a Theory of Population Return from Disasters: A Synthesis and Extension of Research Advances https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41885-025-00175-7

Postdisaster Reconstruction After the 2021 Floods From the Neighborhood Perspective https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jfr3.70068

‘Throw a Stone, You Hit One of Your Own’: A Qualitative Exploration of Community Cohesion in an Inner-City Belfast Community https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/casp.70102

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Record rainfall and strong winds trigger State of Emergency in New Zealand https://watchers.news/2025/05/03/record-rainfall-strong-winds-state-of-emergency-new-zealand/

Intense hailstorm hits Paris, France https://watchers.news/2025/05/04/intense-hailstorm-paris-france/

Tornado hits Burnet County, Texas, damaging homes and injuring one https://watchers.news/2025/05/03/tornado-burnet-county-texas-damaging-homes-injuring-one/

Shallow M5.4 earthquake, series of aftershocks hit Texas–New Mexico border region https://watchers.news/2025/05/04/m54-earthquake-texas-new-mexico-border/

Severe floods claim one life, destroy 35 homes in Los Olivares, Colombia https://watchers.news/2025/05/05/severe-floods-damage-los-olivares-colombia/

Flash floods in Jordan claim two lives, prompt evacuation of 1 700 in Petra https://watchers.news/2025/05/05/flash-floods-jordan-two-dead-evacuation-petra/

Extensive damage reported after suspected tornado hits Guadeloupe https://watchers.news/2025/05/05/tornado-damage-belcourt-baie-mahault-guadeloupe/

A severe drought crisis takes over Africa with conditions worsening across the continent https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/a-severe-drought-crisis-takes-over-africa-with-conditions-worsening-across-the-continent/191900/

Volcanic activity worldwide 7 May 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Marapi https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/270967/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-7-May-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Marapi-Rev.html

Record rainfall impacts New Orleans as severe storms move through Louisiana https://watchers.news/2025/05/08/record-rainfall-new-orleans-severe-storms-louisiana/

Severe weather in Iran claims 9 lives, injures 86 https://watchers.news/2025/05/08/severe-weather-iran-claims-9-lives-injures-86/

Flash flooding in Las Vegas Valley leaves man missing as storm breaks rainfall records https://watchers.news/2025/05/07/flash-flood-las-vegas-valley-rainfall-records/

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Unprecedented heatwave causes mass bleaching of Ningaloo, Kimberley reefs https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/unprecedented-heatwave-causes-mass-bleaching-of-ningaloo-kimberley-reefs-20250501-p5lvmh.html

Surprising, but not unexpected, multi-decadal pause in Arctic sea ice loss https://essopenarchive.org/users/907810/articles/1281734-surprising-but-not-unexpected-multi-decadal-pause-in-arctic-sea-ice-loss

Climate change will surprise us, but so-called ‘tipping points’ may lead us astray https://thebulletin.org/premium/2025-03/climate-change-will-surprise-us-but-so-called-tipping-points-may-lead-us-astray/

Scientists issue dire warning after making frightening discovery in the Atlantic Ocean: ‘Sudden, wide-reaching impacts’ https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/arctic-ocean-current-amoc-collapse-freshwater/

Warming Doubled the Odds of Record Fires in South Korea https://e360.yale.edu/digest/south-korea-fires-climate-change

Warming oceans and atmosphere visualized in new climate stripes study https://phys.org/news/2025-05-oceans-atmosphere-visualized-climate-stripes.html

Two Britons to challenge UK’s ‘weak’ response to climate crisis in Strasbourg court https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/05/two-britons-to-challenge-uk-weak-response-to-climate-crisis-in-european-echr-court

How will 13 million farmers fight back against sea level rise? https://phys.org/news/2025-05-million-farmers-sea.html

Wildfire smoke and extreme heat can occur together: Preparing for the combined health effects of a hot, smoky future https://theconversation.com/wildfire-smoke-and-extreme-heat-can-occur-together-preparing-for-the-combined-health-effects-of-a-hot-smoky-future-252245

Increasing urban vegetation could have saved over 1.1m lives in two decades https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/increasing-urban-vegetation-could-have-saved-over-1.1m-lives-in-two-decades

What would change your mind about climate change? We asked 5,000 Australians – here’s what they told us https://theconversation.com/what-would-change-your-mind-about-climate-change-we-asked-5-000-australians-heres-what-they-told-us-254329

A thematic analysis of what Australians state would change their minds on climate change https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-96714-z

Capable of Powering 1.1 Million Homes, the First of 64 Offshore Wind Turbines Rises Above the North Sea https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/capable-of-powering-1-1-millon-homes-the-first-of-64-offshore-wind-turbines-rises-above-the-north-sea/

Giant iceberg reveals life from a century ago hidden beneath a block the size of Chicago https://www.earth.com/news/giant-iceberg-reveals-life-from-a-century-ago-hidden-beneath/

More than 40% of electricity used in Australia’s main power grid at start of year was renewable https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/07/more-than-40-of-electricity-used-in-australias-main-power-grid-at-start-of-year-was-renewable

High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02325-x

The climate crisis is a significant threat to Kenya, impacting its environment, economy, and society https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/how-climate-crisis-impacting-kenya

Climate change-driven heatwaves hit Delhi’s Red Fort market traders https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/01/climate-driven-heatwaves-hit-delhis-red-fort-market-traders/

Tandem heat-wave-drought events across Eurasia amplified by global warming, new study finds https://phys.org/news/2025-05-tandem-drought-events-eurasia-amplified.html

Bangladesh Govt approves 29 projects under climate trust fund to combat climate change https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/environment/govt-approves-29-projects-under-climate-trust-fund-to-combat-climate-change

Disaster risk reduction

Stand Up for NOAA Research – The Time to Act is Now https://www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-ams/ams-statements/statements-of-the-ams-in-force/stand-up-for-noaa-research-the-time-to-act-is-now/

Community-based resilience-building: A UNDP guidance note https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/community-based-resilience-building-undp-guidance-note

Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003292814/understanding-addressing-disaster-risk-ben-wisner-irasema-alc%C3%A1ntara-ayala-jc-gaillard-victor-marchezini-ilan-kelman

Development and Disasters https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/development-and-disasters

Journey of a Cultural Fire Practitioner – Koorin Campbell https://vimeo.com/970348281

Emergency Management

The Challenge of Overhauling FEMA In a Climate Changed World https://time.com/7282225/challenge-trump-fema-overhaul-climate-change-disasters/

On the First Sunday in May at Noon Please Sound Off in Respect of Past Firefighters https://www.firefightersday.org/

Months after the fire, many Altadena residents still don’t have internet https://laist.com/news/los-angeles-fire-internet-eaton-palisades

Homeowners devastated by wildfires are now facing a new threat — here’s what’s happening https://www.yahoo.com/news/homeowners-devastated-wildfires-now-facing-104533615.html

Most forest fires in Cyprus deliberately set, authorities say https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/local/cyprus-forest-fires-deliberate-aerial-fleet-expands/

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

The Role of Sociovirtualization in Building Resilient Online Communities https://londonic.uk/js/index.php/ljbeh/article/view/318

What are the primary threats to homes during a wildfire? https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/wildfire/preparing-homes-for-wildfire

Crisis Mini-Games https://www.preventionweb.net/news/crisis-mini-games

From game to reality: How a blackout across Europe reinforced the urgency of resilience planning https://captrs.org/from-game-to-reality-how-a-blackout-across-europe-reinforced-the-urgency-of-resilience-planning/

Cheap and easy ways to stock your emergency go bag https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-5320173/budget-emergency-go-bag

Disaster psychology

Psychological Effects of Sudden Himalayan Floods https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202504/psychological-effects-of-sudden-himalayan-floods

Mental Health First Aid in Bangladesh: 10 Years of Progress https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202504/mental-health-first-aid-in-bangladesh-10-years-of-progress

Sociology and disasters

Rapid review on healthy ageing interventions that incorporate action on climate change and sustainability in cities and communities https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829225000243

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

Misconstrued anticipations? Disaster politics in the age of disinformation https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003537311-8/misconstrued-anticipations-disaster-politics-age-disinformation-miriam-matejova

Exploring Socio-Spatial Inequalities in Flood Response Using Flood Simulation and Social Media Data: A Case Study of 2020 Flood in Nanjing, China https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/13/5/92

Working equids supporting women’s disaster risk management https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/dpm-04-2025-431/full/html

PrepTalks: Dr. Daniel Aldrich “Social Capital in Disaster Mitigation and Recovery” https://www.fema.gov/blog/preptalks-dr-daniel-aldrich-social-capital-disaster-mitigation-and-recovery

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Floods claim one life in Lawton as severe storms sweep through Oklahoma https://watchers.news/2025/04/27/floods-claim-one-life-in-lawton-as-severe-storms-sweep-through-oklahoma/

Record rainfall triggers flash floods in Omaha as severe thunderstorms hit Nebraska https://watchers.news/2025/04/25/record-rainfall-flash-floods-omaha-april-2025/

Severe drought in Africa persists and is expected to worsen https://www.preventionweb.net/news/severe-drought-africa-persists-and-expected-worsen

Landslide claims 4 lives and leaves 13 injured in Oran, Algeria https://watchers.news/2025/04/28/landslide-oran-algeria-april-2025/

Train derailed near Ashby as 10 tornadoes strike Nebraska https://watchers.news/2025/04/28/train-derailed-ashby-tornado-nebraska-april-2025/

Bulusan volcano erupts, triggers pyroclastic flow and ashfall in Sorsogon Province, Philippines https://watchers.news/2025/04/28/bulusan-volcano-erupts-triggers-pyroclastic-flow-and-ashfall-in-sorsogon-province-philippines/

Volcanic activity worldwide 1 May 2025: Karymsky volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador, Poas https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/270523/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-1-May-2025-Karymsky-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador-Poas-Bul.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Pacific island states urge rich countries to expedite plans to cut emissions https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/26/pacific-island-states-urge-rich-countries-to-expedite-plans-to-cut-emissions

Meanwhile, in China, 60 GW of new solar capacity added in first quarter of 2025 https://reneweconomy.com.au/meanwhile-in-china-60-gw-of-new-solar-capacity-added-in-first-quarter-of-2025/

Sustainable climate policies can benefit both environment and social justice, researchers say https://phys.org/news/2025-04-sustainable-climate-policies-benefit-environment.html

Experts uncover chilling new signs of collapse in iconic gulf waters: ‘It may be high early in the season and then decline’ https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/shrinking-ice-coverage-gulf-st-lawrence-sea/

Earth Is Approaching Dangerous, Irreversible Climate Tipping Points, Scientists Warn https://weather.com/news/climate/news/2025-04-26-climate-tipping-points-revealed-global-warming-study

2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation https://www.un-glaciers.org/en

Kuwait records world’s highest temperature of 49°C https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait/kuwait-records-worlds-highest-temperature-of-49c-1.500108425

Hotter and drier climate in Colorado’s San Luis Valley contributes to kidney disease in agriculture workers, new study shows https://theconversation.com/hotter-and-drier-climate-in-colorados-san-luis-valley-contributes-to-kidney-disease-in-agriculture-workers-new-study-shows-248402

Rather than short-term fixes, communities need flexible plans to prepare for a range of likely climate impacts https://theconversation.com/rather-than-short-term-fixes-communities-need-flexible-plans-to-prepare-for-a-range-of-likely-climate-impacts-254698

The Upper Atmosphere Is Cooling, Prompting New Climate Concerns https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-change-upper-atmosphere-cooling

Mediterranean cities build a united front against the climate crisis https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/28/mediterranean-cities-build-a-united-front-against-the-climate-crisis

“We are on a dangerous trajectory:” Global policy settings to trigger multiple climate tipping points https://reneweconomy.com.au/we-are-on-a-dangerous-trajectory-global-policy-settings-to-trigger-multiple-climate-tipping-points/

The world’s biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-liability-lawsuits-damage-trillions-5ad21e47b2aa16cc90cb7669f56297f1

12 climate actions to make an impact https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/12-climate-actions-make-impact/

Namibia’s Youth Take the Lead in Fight Against Climate Change https://www.namibian.com.na/namibias-youth-take-the-lead-in-fight-against-climate-change/

‘Last chance for humanity’: the cold reality of monitoring global heating on a glacier https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/29/global-heating-union-glacier-tipping-point

Solar Power Surges Around The World https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/26/solar-power-surges-around-the-world/

OpenCLIM (Open CLimate Impacts Modelling framework) https://tyndall.ac.uk/projects/openclim/#Local-climate-risks

We need to get serious about heat because it’s killing us https://thefifthestate.com.au/urbanism/climate-change-news/we-need-to-get-serious-about-heat-because-its-killing-us/

Climate wars are approaching — and they will redefine global conflict https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/the-coming-climate-wars-how-water-scarcity-and-mass-migration-will-redefine-global-conflict-opinion

India and Pakistan already sweltering in ‘new normal’ heatwave conditions https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/30/india-and-pakistan-already-sweltering-in-new-normal-heatwave-conditions

Solar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in England by 2027 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/01/solar-panels-fitted-all-new-build-homes-england-by-2027

Five ways to make cities more resilient to climate change https://theconversation.com/five-ways-to-make-cities-more-resilient-to-climate-change-252853

Disaster risk reduction

Realising EW4All: Innovation and technology in support of risk-informed climate resilience policy and action https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/realising-ew4all-innovation-and-technology-support-risk-informed-climate-resilience

ERA5–Drought: Global drought indices based on ECMWF reanalysis https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-04896-y

Researchers solve 200-year-old volcanic mystery https://phys.org/news/2025-01-year-volcanic-mystery.html

Fiber-Sensing Technology Can Provide Early Warning for Volcanic Eruptions https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/fiber-sensing-technology-can-provide-early-warning-for-volcanic-eruptions

New breakthrough in coastal flood forecasting https://www.deltares.nl/en/news/new-breakthrough-in-coastal-flood-forecasting

Machine learning wildfire susceptibility mapping for Germany https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/machine-learning-wildfire-susceptibility-mapping-germany

5 lessons in resilience to aid Myanmar’s earthquake recovery https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/04/5-lessons-in-resilience-to-aid-myanmar-earthquake-recovery/

10th Anniversary of the 2015 M7.8 Nepal earthquake: Explore new prediction technologies https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/10th-anniversary-of-the-2015-m7-8-nepal-earthquake-explore-new-prediction-technologies/190410/

The ocean can look deceptively calm – until it isn’t. Here’s what ‘hazardous surf’ really means https://theconversation.com/the-ocean-can-look-deceptively-calm-until-it-isnt-heres-what-hazardous-surf-really-means-255011

Coastal Storm Risk Reduction Using Steel Mesh Revetments: Field Application and Preliminary Physical Experiments https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00024-024-03621-x

Role of long-term geological processes in shaping flood-prone areas https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/role-long-term-geological-processes-shaping-flood-prone-areas

Emergency Management

Tropical Storm Helene After Action Review https://www.ncdps.gov/tropical-storm-helene-after-action-review

Resilient Communities: Navigating Public Health Challenges in Developing Nations https://www.eurekaselect.com/chapter/24767

Investigation reveals Californians are forced into FAIR plan despite living in low-risk areas for wildfires https://www.yahoo.com/news/investigation-reveals-californians-forced-fair-115500264.html

Loss of FEMA program spells disaster for hundreds of communities and their projects https://apnews.com/article/fema-bric-grants-climate-resilience-cbbead8d418e1ff4e53d95f482de3522

Palisades emergency drills underway to prepare for radioactive disasters https://wwmt.com/news/local/first-responders-04-29-2025

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

Pacific Prepared Podcast: ‘We’re better prepared’ lessons learned and put into action in Tonga after the earthquake and tsunami in 2022 https://www.preventionweb.net/news/pacific-prepared-podcast-were-better-prepared-lessons-learned-and-put-action-tonga-after

As wildfires intensify, residents of fire country must act fast https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/as-wildfires-intensify-residents-of-fire-country-must-act-fast/

Hell and High Water: Are we ready for the floods? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002bhxm

Towards Participatory River Governance Through Citizen Science https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/17/9/1358

Disaster psychology

Geopolitical factors and mental health https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0020764018808548

On Mental Health: Earth Day reflections – climate change and our mental health https://www.prpeak.com/local-news/on-mental-health-earth-day-reflections-climate-change-and-our-mental-health-10563378

Sociology and disasters

Active aging and disaster risk reduction: Examining the contributions of older adults in community disaster risk management https://www.ijirss.com/index.php/ijirss/article/view/6474

Surface urban heat island effects intensify more rapidly in lower income countries https://www.nature.com/articles/s42949-025-00198-9

Shared hazards, unequal outcomes: income-driven inequities in disaster risk https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/shared-hazards-unequal-outcomes-income-driven-inequities-disaster-risk

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Flash flood emergencies erupt as more torrential rain targets storm-weary South, Midwest https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/flash-flood-emergencies-erupt-as-more-torrential-rain-targets-storm-weary-south-midwest/1763006

Around 30 dead in Congo capital flooding, authorities say https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/around-30-dead-congo-capital-flooding-authorities-say-2025-04-06/

At least 33 killed in one of Kinshasa’s worst floods in recent history, DR Congo https://watchers.news/2025/04/07/at-least-33-killed-in-one-of-kinshasas-worst-floods-in-recent-history-dr-congo/

Very strong M6.9 earthquake hits Papua New Guinea, hazardous tsunami waves possible https://watchers.news/2025/04/04/very-strong-m6-9-earthquake-hits-papua-new-guinea-hazardous-tsunami-waves-possible/

Ash soars kilometres into air as Philippines’s Kanlaon Volcano erupts https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-08/kanlaon-volcano-erupts-in-philippines/105150562

Wildfires in Siberia destroy 65 buildings, Russia https://watchers.news/2025/04/08/wildfires-in-siberia-destroy-65-buildings-russia/

Severe weather claims 23 lives across South and Midwest; Kentucky among the hardest hit https://watchers.news/2025/04/08/severe-weather-claims-23-lives-across-south-and-midwest-kentucky-among-the-hardest-hit/

Flooding has created an ‘inland tsunami’ around Innamincka likened to Sydney Harbour https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-10/outback-flooding-deluges-cooper-creek-with-water-inundation/105154796

Deadly floods and landslides strike Java and Kalimantan provinces, Indonesia https://watchers.news/2025/04/10/deadly-floods-and-landslides-strike-java-and-kalimantan-provinces-indonesia/

Floods claim 16 lives in Namibia and displace thousands https://watchers.news/2025/04/10/floods-claim-16-lives-in-namibia-and-displace-thousands/

1 dead, 3 missing after severe floods in Badakshan, Afghanistan https://watchers.news/2025/04/09/1-dead-3-missing-after-severe-floods-in-badakshan-afghanistan/

Widespread forest fires ravage Mahottari, Nepal https://watchers.news/2025/04/10/widespread-forest-fires-ravage-mahottari-nepal/

Volcanic activity worldwide 10 Apr 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/269033/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-10-Apr-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Re.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

An early but interesting end to the 2024-25 polar vortex season https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/polar-vortex/early-interesting-end-2024-25-polar-vortex-season

Wildfires offset the increasing but spatially heterogeneous Arctic–boreal CO₂ uptake https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-02234-5

Global warming of more than 3°C this century may wipe 40% off the world’s economy, new analysis reveals https://theconversation.com/global-warming-of-more-than-3-c-this-century-may-wipe-40-off-the-worlds-economy-new-analysis-reveals-253032

Consecutive El Niños are happening more often and the result is more devastating – new research https://theconversation.com/consecutive-el-ninos-are-happening-more-often-and-the-result-is-more-devastating-new-research-251504

Antarctica’s hidden threat: meltwater under the ice sheet amplifies sea-level rise https://theconversation.com/antarcticas-hidden-threat-meltwater-under-the-ice-sheet-amplifies-sea-level-rise-250780

‘Thirstwaves’ are growing more common across the United States https://phys.org/news/2025-04-thirstwaves-common-states.html

We passed the 1.5C climate threshold. We must now explore extreme options https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/07/climate-solutions-extreme-options

Did climate change supercharge the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ storm pummeling the central US? https://grist.org/climate/climate-change-supercharge-storm-atmosphere-gulf/

Extraordinary March heatwave in Central Asia up to 10 °C hotter in a warming climate https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/extraordinary-march-heatwave-in-central-asia-up-to-10-c-hotter-in-a-warming-climate/

New satellite data shows NZ’s major cities are sinking – meaning rising seas will affect them sooner https://theconversation.com/new-satellite-data-shows-nzs-major-cities-are-sinking-meaning-rising-seas-will-affect-them-sooner-252881

‘Doom loops’ are accelerating climate change – but we can break them https://theconversation.com/doom-loops-are-accelerating-climate-change-but-we-can-break-them-253457

From global to national GHG budgets: the REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes-3 (RECCAP3) https://academic.oup.com/nsr/article/12/4/nwaf037/8005396

For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2025/nigeria-bets-on-solar-minigrids-for-climate-livelihood

World surges past 40% clean power in record renewables boom https://electrek.co/2025/04/07/world-surges-past-40-percent-clean-power-in-record-renewable-boom/

Five ways to improve net zero action – our new research highlights lessons from the past https://theconversation.com/five-ways-to-improve-net-zero-action-our-new-research-highlights-lessons-from-the-past-244195

Estimating the sea level rise responsibility of industrial carbon producers https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/adb59f

Arctic sea ice hits record March low as global powers eye shipping routes https://www.ft.com/content/f8083632-e6bc-45f5-8032-0ee60e263cf6

As the debate around renewables and nuclear continues, here is what the experts say https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-10/act-solar-and-nuclear-experts/105155684

Why some storms brew up to extreme dimensions in the middle of America – and why it’s happening more often https://theconversation.com/why-some-storms-brew-up-to-extreme-dimensions-in-the-middle-of-america-and-why-its-happening-more-often-254123

Pacific sub-decadal sea surface temperature variations contributed to recent Aantarctic Sea ice decline trend https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58788-1

Global and regional drivers for exceptional climate extremes in 2023-2024: beyond the new normal https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-025-00996-z

Solar panels and pristine forest: how one Amazon village is adapting to protect itself – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2025/apr/09/brazil-amazon-environment-indigenous-capoto-jarina-kayapo-chiefs-raoni-metutkire-climate-illegal-mining-in-pictures

Clean energy’s share of world’s electricity reaches 40%, report says https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq80ygdd3zlo

Assessing the Global Climate in March 2025 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-202503

Disaster risk reduction

One-month earthquake forecast for western Myanmar following the devastating magnitude 7.7 Mandalay shock https://www.preventionweb.net/news/one-month-earthquake-forecast-western-myanmar-following-devastating-magnitude-77-mandalay

Lightning strike: the AI model that predicts wildfires https://www.preventionweb.net/news/lightning-strike-ai-model-predicts-wildfires

Scientists present new ML tool for improved fire prediction https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/news/2025/scientists-present-new-ml-tool-improved-fire-prediction

Three ways American cities can become more flood-resilient and beautiful https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/three-ways-american-cities-can-become-more-flood-resilient-and-beautiful/

The Crucial Role of Damage Surveys in Tornado Science https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tornado-damage-surveys-are-a-crucial-tool-for-understanding-these-dangerous/

Soil conditions significantly increase rainfall in world’s megastorm hotspots https://www.ceh.ac.uk/press/soil-conditions-significantly-increase-rainfall-worlds-megastorm-hotspots

How do mangroves protect coastal communities from extreme weather? https://www.context.news/climate-risks/how-do-mangroves-protect-coastal-communities-from-extreme-weather

Mechanisms by which growth and succession limit the impact of fire in a south-western Australian forested ecosystem https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.14305

Monitoring lava lake fluctuations and crater refilling with continuous laser rangefinders https://appliedvolc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13617-025-00152-5

How satellites have become Earth’s new health and nature watchdogs https://theconversation.com/how-satellites-have-become-earths-new-health-and-nature-watchdogs-247319

Insurance cost of Los Angeles wildfires may be felt in Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-14/los-angeles-wildfires-insurance-australia-costs-premiums/104804164

Call for submissions: Youth-led innovation in early warning systems https://www.preventionweb.net/news/call-submissions-youth-led-innovation-early-warning-systems

Interconnected disaster risks: Turning over a new leaf (2025 report) https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/interconnected-disaster-risks-turning-over-new-leaf-2025-report

Disasters that never happened: Six preventive actions https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/disasters-never-happened-six-preventive-actions

Redefining flood hazard and addressing emerging risks in an era of extremes https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/redefining-flood-hazard-and-addressing-emerging-risks-era-extremes

Emergency Management

Twenty years on: Indonesia ‘better prepared’ following tsunami https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/10/1155616

Flooding damage from latest round of storms that has left at least 21 dead estimated at a staggering $90 billion https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/midwest-south-storm-floods-tornadoes-death-toll-damage-b2729007.html

Arkansas Levee Fails: Urgent Warning Tells People to Move ‘Immediately’ https://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-levee-fails-urgent-warning-tells-people-move-immediately-2056419

The ‘Bullet’ Pump: Modernizing Flood Management in Guyana https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2025/04/07/the-bullet-pump-modernizing-flood-management-in-guyana

An Atmospheric River Exacerbated Türkiye’s 2023 Earthquake Crisis https://eos.org/articles/an-atmospheric-river-exacerbated-turkiyes-2023-earthquake-crisis

Honolulu Launches New Real-Time Emergency Alert System https://www.govtech.com/em/preparedness/honolulu-launches-new-real-time-emergency-alert-system

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

High Ground Hike: Tsunami preparedness event https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-management/education-programs-toolkits/high-ground-hike

Deputy UN chief praises resilience of Bali students in face of disaster threats https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/05/1118942

National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers https://apnews.com/article/weather-spanish-translation-noaa-nws-trump-71c727dbe2e4956247c9d9152494f1dc

After Lahaina fire, Hawaii residents address their risk by becoming ‘Firewise’ https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-wildfire-lahaina-maui-urban-fires-fire-risk-firewise-fireproof-f0fbef8b12b11c262c23f505f07d4933

Game Keeps Players ‘Virtually’ Safe From Lightning https://today.umd.edu/game-keeps-players-virtually-safe-from-lightning

Disasters Avoided https://disastersavoided.com/

Qualitative Guide to run Focus Group Discussions (FGD) with communities and local authorities on Early Warning Systems https://preparecenter.org/resource/qualitative-guide-to-run-focus-group-discussions-fgd-with-communities-and-local-authorities-on-early-warning-systems/

Disaster psychology

Exposure to wildfire smoke linked with worsening mental health conditions https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/exposure-to-wildfire-smoke-linked-with-worsening-mental-health-conditions/

Reducing risk-taking in disasters: Practical solutions for safer choices https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/reducing-risk-taking-disasters-practical-solutions-safer-choices

Sociology and disasters

Strengthening community resilience through participation – a conceptual exploration https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23251042.2025.2479666

Emergency preparedness and extreme weather experiences of Indigenous people, 2024 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/250408/dq250408a-eng.htm

Social resilience research on climate-related hazards: Trends, accomplishments and shortcomings https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000496

Recent emergencies/disasters

More Myanmar quake survivors pulled from rubble https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g9x22gd8zo

Town waiting for answers after 10 of its men go missing in Bangkok tower collapse https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/of-all-the-high-rises-why-this-one-questions-over-quake-collapse-as-rescuers-fight-against-clock-and-sweltering-heat-in-bangkok-20250330-p5lnmo.html

Extreme rainfall, severe floods claim 3 lives in Hidalgo County, South Texas https://watchers.news/2025/03/29/extreme-rainfall-severe-floods-claim-3-lives-in-hidalgo-county-south-texas/

N.C. Wildfires Continue to Grow, Fueled by Aftermath of Helene https://www.govtech.com/em/safety/n-c-wildfires-continue-to-grow-fueled-by-aftermath-of-helene

Heavy flood submerges houses in Bosnia’s Prijedor https://www.yahoo.com/news/heavy-flood-submerges-houses-bosnias-172135707.html

South Korea wildfires ‘largest on record’: disaster chief https://phys.org/news/2025-03-south-korea-wildfires-largest-disaster.html

Two dead in Indiana as severe storms sweep through Central U.S. https://watchers.news/2025/03/31/two-dead-in-indiana-as-severe-storms-sweep-through-central-u-s/

Strong M7.1 earthquake hits Tonga, potential tsunami threat https://watchers.news/2025/03/30/m7-1-earthquake-tonga-march-30-2025/

Volcanic eruption reported near Grindavík, Iceland https://watchers.news/2025/04/01/volcanic-eruption-reported-near-grindavik-iceland/

22 dead in Ecuador floods, water crisis continues due to Esmeraldas oil spill https://watchers.news/2025/04/01/22-dead-in-ecuador-floods-water-crisis-continues-due-to-esmeraldas-oil-spill/

Severe storms claim 7 lives across Midwest, leave nearly 1.2 million people without power https://watchers.news/2025/04/01/severe-storms-claim-7-lives-across-midwest-leave-nearly-1-2-million-people-without-power/

Five students injured after possible tornado tears through Dothan school, Alabama https://watchers.news/2025/04/01/five-students-injured-after-possible-tornado-tears-through-dothan-school-alabama/

Flooding in San Andre, Brazil https://www.floodmap.net/?gi=3449701

100,000 livestock swept away in Australia floods https://gulfnews.com/world/oceania/100000-livestock-swept-away-in-australia-floods-1.500079427

At least three killed in Tennessee during tornado outbreak https://watchers.news/2025/04/03/at-least-three-killed-in-tennessee-during-tornado-outbreak/

Volcanic activity worldwide 2 Apr 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Marapi https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/268375/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-2-Apr-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Marapi-Svartsengi.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

China, France issue joint statement on climate change https://www.iol.co.za/news/world/china-france-issue-joint-statement-on-climate-change-4d2768c1-67d0-4e2c-9d77-22d8f4aed91f

The Growing Inequality Among Countries And The Worsening Climate Crisis https://www.eurasiareview.com/29032025-the-growing-inequality-among-countries-and-the-worsening-climate-crisis-oped/

France falling short of climate targets as emissions dip slows https://www.rfi.fr/en/environment/20250328-france-falling-short-of-climate-targets-as-emissions-dip-slows

Arctic sea ice winter peak in 2025 is smallest in 47-year record https://www.carbonbrief.org/arctic-sea-ice-winter-peak-in-2025-is-smallest-in-47-year-record/

Preserving Africa’s glaciers is protecting our future https://www.iwmi.org/blogs/preserving-africas-glaciers-is-protecting-our-future/

Understanding the health impacts of the climate crisis https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2514664525000190

Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/01/average-person-will-be-40-poorer-if-world-warms-by-4c-new-research-shows

Global warming is ‘exposing’ new coastlines and islands as Arctic glaciers shrink https://www.carbonbrief.org/global-warming-is-exposing-new-coastlines-and-islands-as-arctic-glaciers-shrink/

Higher precipitation in East Asia and western United States expected with future Southern Ocean warming https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-025-01669-5

Why our climate future depends on Antarctica https://www.astronomy.com/science/why-our-climate-future-depends-on-antarctica/

US banks predict climate goals will fail – but air conditioning firms will thrive https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/02/us-banks-climate-goals-fail-air-conditioning

Helsinki shutters last coal plant, as it turns to heat batteries and pumps https://reneweconomy.com.au/helsinki-shutters-its-last-coal-plant-as-turns-to-heat-batteries-and-pumps/

New study validates lower limits of human heat tolerance https://www.uottawa.ca/about-us/news-all/new-study-validates-lower-limits-human-heat-tolerance

An early but interesting end to the 2024-25 polar vortex season https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/polar-vortex/early-interesting-end-2024-25-polar-vortex-season

‘Same shit, different year’: Australia records hottest 12 months and warmest March on record https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/australia-records-hottest-12-months-and-warmest-march-weather-on-record

Disaster risk reduction

Why was Myanmar earthquake so deadly? Scientists explain https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/why-was-myanmar-earthquake-so-deadly-scientists-explain-101743329855168.html

LA Fire Victims Are Betting on a Radical Idea to Help Them Rebuild https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-31/la-fire-victims-in-altadena-are-working-to-rebuild-collectively

Mantle flow and olivine fabric transition in the Myanmar continental subduction zone https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/52/4/225/632700/Mantle-flow-and-olivine-fabric-transition-in-the

What Myanmar’s Earthquake Teaches Kashmir https://kashmirobserver.net/2025/03/30/the-tectonic-link/

1 in 8 Californians live in the most dangerous wildfire zones https://www.preventionweb.net/news/1-8-californians-live-most-dangerous-wildfire-zones

2025 Myanmar earthquake displacement maps https://zenodo.org/records/15123647

Victorian farmers’ last ditch effort to halt increase to emergency services tax https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-03/victorian-farmers-angry-at-government-changes-fire-services-levy/105126550

Emergency Management

Disaster experiences of spontaneous volunteers: An evaluation on fires in the Mediterranean Region https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390108115_Disaster_experiences_of_spontaneous_volunteers_An_evaluation_on_fires_in_the_Mediterranean_Region

‘No one came’: Myanmar volunteers dig with bare hands to save earthquake victims https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/29/myanmar-volunteers-dig-earthquake-victims

Homeowners devastated after learning Rebuild Florida didn’t provide flood insurance https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/investigations/10-investigates/rebuild/rebuild-florida-no-flood-insurance-hurricane-irma/67-25cb9cda-a914-4cc4-83ee-f66a8564a0ca

EU Preparedness Union Strategy to prevent and react to emerging threats and crises https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories/news/eu-preparedness-union-strategy-prevent-and-react-emerging-threats-and-crises-2025-03-26_en

U.S. Absence Felt In Myanmar Quake Response https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicasanders/2025/04/01/us-absence-felt-in-myanmar-quake-response/

Experts raise alarms about eliminating FEMA https://thehill.com/newsletters/energy-environment/5224364-experts-raise-alarms-about-eliminating-fema/

Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement

Promoting Integrity in the Face of Disruption: A Case for Expanding Communication Theory https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10776990251326540

VR App Aims to Motivate Coastal Evacuation During Storms https://www.govtech.com/em/preparedness/vr-app-aims-to-motivate-coastal-evacuation-during-storms

Risk communication in flood-prone communities: memories, informal practices and public action in Brazil https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/risk-communication-flood-prone-communities-memories-informal-practices-and-public

How weather warnings make their way from the source of the information right down to Pacific communities who need them the most https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacific-prepared/pacific-prepared/105085186

Helping 100,000 kids get disaster ready https://www.redcross.org.au/stories/2025/pillowcase-workshops-mark-10-years/

Key takeaways from the serious games workshops for PARATUS Stakeholders

PARATUS: Key Takeways from Serious Games Workshop for Stakeholders

Digging up local history to update the culture of disaster preparedness https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/news/article/20250326-66199/

Disaster psychology

Evacuation patterns and socioeconomic stratification in the context of wildfires https://epjdatascience.springeropen.com/articles/10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00540-2

Reducing risk-taking in disasters: Practical solutions for safer choices https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/reducing-risk-taking-disasters-practical-solutions-safer-choices

Sociology and disasters

Stronger together? Redefining social cohesion role in building disaster-resilient communities https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13669877.2025.2466538

Analyzing Common Social and Physical Features of Flash-Flood Vulnerability in Urban Areas https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212420925002614

Seeds of resilience: How social capital cultivates community strength in environmental crisis management https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479725009132

Mobility disruption and recovery in southwest Florida’s elderly-dense communities during Hurricane Ian https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1361920925000586

Insights for Bringing Americans Together Across Difference https://moreincommonus.com/publication/the-connection-opportunity/

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Death toll from North Macedonia nightclub fire rises to 59 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70wdedp20wo.amp

Destructive wildfires erupt in Oklahoma, causing widespread evacuations, road closures, power outages, and structural damage https://watchers.news/2025/03/15/destructive-wildfires-erupt-in-oklahoma-causing-widespread-evacuations-road-closures-power-outages-and-structural-damage/

Two fatalities reported as 9 tornadoes rip through Alabama https://watchers.news/2025/03/16/two-fatalities-reported-as-9-tornadoes-rip-through-alabama/

Severe storms and tornadoes leave at least 42 dead across Missouri, Mississippi, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma https://watchers.news/2025/03/16/severe-storms-and-tornadoes-leave-at-least-33-dead-across-missouri-mississippi-kansas-arkansas-texas-and-oklahoma/

Oklahoma wildfires kill 4, injure 142, and destroy hundreds of homes https://watchers.news/2025/03/17/oklahoma-wildfires-kill-4-injure-142-and-destroy-hundreds-of-homes/

Flooding in central Italy: one month’s worth of rainfall per day, losses reach €100 million https://unn.ua/en/news/flood-in-tuscany-monthly-rainfall-in-a-day-damage-reaches-100-million-euros

Flood-hit region braces for ‘day after day’ of downpours https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/state/qld/2025/03/18/north-qld-heavy-rain

Rainy season in Ecuador leaves 20 dead https://www.telesurenglish.net/ecuador-rainy-season-leaves-20-dead-so-far/

Volcanic activity worldwide 19 Mar 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Svartsengi https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/267373/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-19-Mar-2025-Santiaguito-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Svartsengi-Reven.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Enhancing Climate Resilience Through Urban Landscape Design: Strategies for Green Infrastructure and Adaptation https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-96-1521-6_7

The Changing Nature of Atmospheric Rivers https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/38/6/JCLI-D-24-0234.1.xml

Climate resilience in the past was local https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02131-7

Brazil Shares Priorities for COP 30 https://sdg.iisd.org/news/brazil-shares-priorities-for-cop-30/

What Gets Measured Gets Managed? Exploring the Climate Change Performance Index and Climate Risk Index https://ccpi.org/what-gets-measured-gets-managed-exploring-the-climate-change-performance-index-and-climate-risk-index/

NASA Analysis Shows Unexpected Amount of Sea Level Rise in 2024 https://www.nasa.gov/missions/jason-cs-sentinel-6/sentinel-6-michael-freilich/nasa-analysis-shows-unexpected-amount-of-sea-level-rise-in-2024/

Physical and biogeochemical responses of Tibetan Plateau lakes to climate change https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00650-5

‘The ice melted beneath our feet’: The huskies that revealed the rapid shrinking of Greenland’s ice https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250314-the-photo-of-husky-dogs-walking-on-water-that-reveals-the-reality-of-ice-melting-and-climate-change-in-greenland

Before and after photos show the destruction of climate change https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/03/before-and-after-photos-show-the-destruction-of-climate-change/

Climate change ‘will accelerate’ owing to decline in natural carbon storage, says study https://phys.org/news/2025-03-climate-owing-decline-natural-carbon.html

Diminished contribution of spring phenology to early-season carbon uptake in a changing climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02201-8

New Zealand heads towards 100 pct renewables https://reneweconomy.com.au/graph-of-the-day-new-zealand-heads-towards-100-pct-renewables/

More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/19/unprecedented-climate-disasters-extreme-weather-un-report

State of the Global Climate 2024 https://wmo.int/publication-series/state-of-global-climate-2024

WMO report documents spiralling weather and climate impacts https://wmo.int/media/news/wmo-report-documents-spiralling-weather-and-climate-impacts

The Most Cost-Effective Approaches to Protect Against Rising Seas Are Flexible, Adaptable https://www.rutgers.edu/news/most-cost-effective-approaches-protect-against-rising-seas-are-flexible-adaptable-ones

Flooding in the Sahara, Amazon tributaries drying and warming tipping over 1.5°C – 2024 broke all the wrong records https://theconversation.com/flooding-in-the-sahara-amazon-tributaries-drying-and-warming-tipping-over-1-5-c-2024-broke-all-the-wrong-records-252490

‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/04/australia/australia-great-barrier-reef-wildfires-climate-intl-hnk-dst/index.html

Increasing heat and rainfall extremes now far outside the historical climate https://www.nature.com/articles/s41612-021-00202-w

Disaster risk reduction

Orange and Orange-Volcanoes: a New Open and Collaborative Platform to Perform Data-Driven Investigations and Machine Learning Analyses in Petrology and Volcanology https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/8685/

Latest from the new Leverhulme Wildfires research teams https://centreforwildfires.org/news/giraffe-team-bulletin-latest-from-the-new-leverhulme-wildfires-research-teams-no-2/

Immediate and High‐Precision Hypocentral Determination for Earthquake Early Warning Applications Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article-abstract/115/1/174/651151/Immediate-and-High-Precision-Hypocentral

Researchers Forecast Shaking Damage from Crustal Earthquake Scenarios in Mexico City https://www.seismosoc.org/news/researchers-forecast-shaking-damage-from-crustal-earthquake-scenarios-in-mexico-city/

New research finds that Wildlife Trust natural flood management schemes deliver £10 of benefits for every £1 invested https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/new-research-finds-wildlife-trust-natural-flood-management-schemes-deliver-ps10-benefits-every

Debating Disaster Risk https://cup.columbia.edu/book/debating-disaster-risk/9780231209670

‘They dropped us’: Idaho homeowners face insurance crisis as wildfire risks intensify https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/they-dropped-us-idaho-homeowners-face-insurance-crisis-as-wildfire-risks-intensify-local/277-52f4518b-8e27-42d3-8e74-863d7d1818a8

Special Issue: The Sendai Framework Celebrates Its 10th Birthday https://link.springer.com/journal/13753/volumes-and-issues/16-1

Scientists issue jaw-dropping warning about future of powerful hurricanes: ‘Time to prepare’ https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/increasing-hurricane-predictions-atlantic-east-pacific/

Laser technology on subsea cables could provide earlier tsunami warning for the Pacific https://www.gns.cri.nz/news/laser-technology-on-subsea-cables-could-provide-earlier-tsunami-warning-for-the-pacific/

Five surprising ways that trees help prevent flooding https://theconversation.com/five-surprising-ways-that-trees-help-prevent-flooding-240242

Emergency Management

A Safer Future – Cree Nation and Ontario fire departments launch unique fire prevention program http://nationnews.ca/community/a-safer-future-cree-nation-and-ontario-fire-departments-launch-unique-fire-prevention-program/

Do We Need FEMA To Respond To Natural Disasters? https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkobayashisolomon/2025/03/09/do-we-need-fema-to-respond-to-natural-disasters/

The field of emergency management has significantly evolved since its inception https://www.domesticpreparedness.com/articles/emergency-management-has-evolved-why-the-all-hazards-era-is-over

Does California Need a Statewide Emergency Alert System? https://www.govtech.com/em/safety/does-california-need-a-statewide-emergency-alert-system

Forecast for weaker weather service: Americans will die, businesses will lose billions https://thebulletin.org/2025/03/forecast-for-weaker-weather-service-americans-will-die-businesses-will-lose-billions/

Long Covid is the pandemic’s dark shadow. Why does no one in power in Britain want to talk about it? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/17/long-covid-pandemic-britain-power-lockdown-disease

Cleanup under way after massive storm barreled across at least eight US states https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/storm-tornado-southern-states

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Tornado https://www.undrr.org/understanding-disaster-risk/terminology/hips/mh0059

Flooding drop-in support event to be held in Melton Mowbray https://www.meltontimes.co.uk/news/environment/flooding-drop-in-support-event-to-be-held-in-melton-mowbray-5036639

Sea level game creates climate awareness among young people https://www.uu.nl/en/news/sea-level-game-creates-climate-awareness-among-young-people

Designing and evaluating a public engagement activity about sea level rise https://gc.copernicus.org/articles/8/67/2025/

Does a citizen science approach enhance the effectiveness of flood early warning systems? Evidence from the Akaki catchment, Ethiopia https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/does-citizen-science-approach-enhance-effectiveness-flood-early-warning-systems

Preparing for High Ground Hike with Metchosin, Port McNeill and Tofino https://blog.gov.bc.ca/emergencymanagement/community-spotlight-high-ground-hike/

What Does a Wildfire-Resistant House Look Like? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-build-a-wildfire-resistant-house/

Crumbling cliffs and intergenerational cohesivity: A new climate praxis model for engaged community action on accelerated coastal change https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2025/egusphere-2024-4085/

Disaster psychology

Resilience Factors Affecting Long-Term Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms in the Aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Among Older Adults https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/article-abstract/80/4/gbae182/7888728

Sociology and disasters

A predictive model for household displacement duration after disasters https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/risa.17710

Floods, community infrastructure, and children’s heterogeneous learning losses in rural India https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272775725000159

Supporting States in measuring the impacts of internal displacement https://environmentalmigration.iom.int/blogs/supporting-states-measuring-impacts-internal-displacement

The weakness of weak ties: do social capital investments among leaders pay off during times of disaster? https://academic.oup.com/jpart/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jopart/muaf002/8074751