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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

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