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
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