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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Level 5 emergency alert issued after devastating floods hit Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture https://watchers.news/2024/09/21/level-5-emergency-alert-issued-after-devastating-floods-hit-japans-ishikawa-prefecture/

Danube rises by almost 1 m (3.2 feet) in 24 hours reaching the parliament building in Budapest, Hungary https://watchers.news/2024/09/20/danube-rises-by-almost-1-m-3-2-feet-in-24-hours-reaching-the-parliament-building-in-budapest-hungary/

Floods sweep away passenger bus in Morocco’s Tata Province, claiming 2 lives and leaving 14 missing https://watchers.news/2024/09/22/floods-sweep-away-passenger-bus-in-moroccos-tata-province-claiming-2-lives-and-leaving-14-missing/

Flash floods strike Cannes after severe storm drops nearly 40 mm (1.57 inches) of rain in just one hour, France https://watchers.news/2024/09/23/flash-floods-strike-cannes-after-severe-storm-drops-nearly-40-mm-1-57-inches-of-rain-in-just-one-hour-france/

Widespread floods claim over 1 000 lives, leave 4 million affected in West and Central Africa https://watchers.news/2024/09/24/widespread-floods-claim-over-1-000-lives-leave-4-million-affected-in-west-and-central-africa/

Black Sea storm stalls off Turkish coast, floods parts of Trabzon https://watchers.news/2024/09/23/black-sea-storm-stalls-off-turkish-coast-floods-parts-of-trabzon/

Hurricane John strikes Mexico’s Pacific coast south of Acapulco https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/24/hurricane-john-strikes-mexicos-southern-pacific-coast-south-of-acapulco

Six dead after record rain causes floods in Japan https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jdpzj3gjlo

Second Rodanthe house in 24 hours falls into ocean Friday https://coastalreview.org/2024/09/second-rodanthe-house-in-24-hours-falls-into-ocean-friday/

Pilbara hit by heaviest rainfall in 50 years, tropical surge to bring rainfall to more than 80% of Australia https://watchers.news/2024/09/24/pilbara-hit-by-heaviest-rainfall-in-50-years-tropical-surge-to-bring-rainfall-to-more-than-80-of-australia/

Florida braces for hurricane to bring 20-foot storm surge https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czd13mezz7mo

100 dead in Myanmar floods after Typhoon Yagi https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kkdpnyp4o

Swollen Ganges River in Bihar affects over 1.35 million people and claims more than 10 lives https://watchers.news/2024/09/26/swollen-ganges-river-in-bihar-affects-over-1-35-million-people-and-claims-more-than-10-lives/

Record-breaking rains leave 11 dead in Japan’s quake-stricken Ishikawa Prefecture https://watchers.news/2024/09/26/record-breaking-rains-leave-11-dead-in-japans-quake-stricken-ishikawa-prefecture/

Volcanic activity worldwide 26 Sep 2024: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Semeru, Shiveluch, Ibu https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/253522/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-26-Sep-2024-Santiaguito-volcano-Fuego-Semeru-Shiveluch-Ibu-Reventa.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Techno-energy is reshaping the world https://www.ft.com/content/969d1a10-0e81-450b-971c-06acd79e4561

What a Tunisian exodus says about the future of global migration https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/0920/climate-migration-inequality-Tunisia

Cities Will Suffer Health and Infrastructure Crisis Under 3° C vs. 1.5° C Warming, With Low-income Cities Worst Impacted https://www.wri.org/news/cities-will-suffer-health-and-infrastructure-crisis-under-3deg-c-vs-15deg-c-warming-low-income

Australia’s first solar garden prepares for its harvest https://www.manningrivertimes.com.au/story/8770347/australias-first-solar-garden-prepares-for-its-harvest/

Arctic Warming Is Driving Siberian Wildfires https://eos.org/research-spotlights/arctic-warming-is-driving-siberian-wildfires

Meteorologists issue warning after Australia experiences hottest winter temperature on record: ‘It isn’t normal for this time of year’ https://www.yahoo.com/news/meteorologists-issue-warning-australia-experiences-101511226.html

Australia is building more renewables than ever. It’s still not enough https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/australia-is-building-more-renewables-than-ever-it-s-still-not-enough-20240920-p5kc5j.html

Climate models predict abrupt intensification of northern wildfires due to permafrost thawing https://phys.org/news/2024-09-climate-abrupt-intensification-northern-wildfires.html

The rise of solar power and China’s staggering EV growth may have pushed global emissions into decline https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-21/major-climate-agencies-call-global-emissions-peak/104016030

Who’s to blame when climate change turns the lights off? https://theconversation.com/whos-to-blame-when-climate-change-turns-the-lights-off-236446

Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier is heading for catastrophic collapse https://www.newscientist.com/article/2448793-antarcticas-doomsday-glacier-is-heading-for-catastrophic-collapse/

AI-empowered next-generation multiscale climate modelling for mitigation and adaptation https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-024-01527-w

Rich countries could raise $5tn of climate finance a year, study says https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/sep/24/rich-countries-could-raise-5tn-of-climate-finance-a-year-study-says

A clarion call on rising seas https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2024/09/25/united-nations-general-assembly-sea-level-rise-upper-limit-climate-change-paris-agreement/

Climate change is fueling extreme weather and chaos in the jet stream https://www.ehn.org/climate-change-is-fueling-extreme-weather-and-chaos-in-the-jet-stream-2669255105.html

Global heating ‘doubled’ chance of extreme rain in Europe in September https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/25/global-heating-doubled-chance-of-extreme-rain-in-europe-in-september

Understanding Antarctica’s contribution to sea level rise https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2024/improving-global-sea-level-rise-projections-and-community-response/

First-ever interagency sea level rise website is live https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/first-ever-interagency-sea-level-rise-website-is-live

A continental reconstruction of hydroclimatic variability in South America during the past 2000 years https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/20/2117/2024/

Arctic sea ice extent levels off; 2024 minimum set https://nsidc.org/sea-ice-today/analyses/arctic-sea-ice-extent-levels-2024-minimum-set

Disaster risk reduction

Understanding disaster risk: foundational concepts and principles https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk

Global crises are multiplying: Here’s how science can help our public decision-makers https://theconversation.com/global-crises-are-multiplying-heres-how-science-can-help-our-public-decision-makers-238729

Breakthrough study from IU scientists predicts catastrophic river shifts that threaten millions worldwide https://news.iu.edu/college/live/news/37912-breakthrough-study-from-iu-scientists-predicts-catastr

Scientists develop AI models able to predict future drought conditions with high accuracy https://phys.org/news/2024-09-scientists-ai-future-drought-conditions.html

An innovative system for seeing into the bowels of volcanos https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/innovative-system-seeing-bowels-volcanos

Reducing floodplain development doesn’t need to be complex, say researchers https://phys.org/news/2024-09-floodplain-doesnt-complex.html

Detailed spatio-temporal sediment supply reconstruction using tree roots data https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hyp.10923

Coupling WRF with HEC-HMS and WRF-Hydro for flood forecasting in typical mountainous catchments of northern China https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/3155/2024/

Predicting potential fire severity in Türkiye’s diverse forested areas: a SHAP-integrated random forest classification approach https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00477-024-02820-1

Unlocking effective ice-jam risk management: Insights from agent-based modeling and comparative analysis of social theories in Fort McMurray, Canada https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901124000650

Review article: Drought as a continuum – memory effects in interlinked hydrological, ecological, and social systems https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/3173/2024/

An impact-chain-based exploration of multi-hazard vulnerability dynamics: the multi-hazard of floods and the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania https://www.paratus-project.eu/2024/09/17/an-impact-chain-based-exploration-of-multi-hazard-vulnerability-dynamics-the-multi-hazard-of-floods-and-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-romania/

How cities run dry https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/how-cities-run-dry/

Channel Conveyance and Flood Risk: Are Current Models Missing the Mark? https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/News/pr/2024/24-14.aspx

Emergency management

‘Catastrophe region’: Austrian city faces up to scale of damage left by deadly flooding https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/21/austrian-city-st-polten-faces-up-to-scale-of-damage-left-by-deadly-flooding

Floods force Niger to delay new school year https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20j34ldzlxo

Hurricane Helene is unusual — but it’s not an example of the Fujiwhara Effect https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-helene-whats-fujiwhara-effect-florida-georgia-6f86030fab9bbfe9b477b7c851d4950b

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Fieldwork can be challenging for female scientists. Here are 5 ways to make it better https://theconversation.com/fieldwork-can-be-challenging-for-female-scientists-here-are-5-ways-to-make-it-better-214215

A Global Movement to empower the next generation of coastal resilience guardians https://uinspire.id/tsunami-united/

Hurricanes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/cfpor50x14/Hurricanes

Disaster psychology

Australians sent into panic as authorities issue tsunami warning – then say it was just a test https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/sep/25/bom-tsunami-warning-australia-test-nsw-qld

Sociology and disasters

Trust a few: Natural disasters and the disruption of trust in Africa https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214804324001253

Community-Led Climate Preparedness and Resilience in Boston: New Evidence from Communities of Color https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/12/9/149

How social infrastructure saves lives: a quantitative analysis of Japan’s 3/11 disasters https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/japanese-journal-of-political-science/article/how-social-infrastructure-saves-lives-a-quantitative-analysis-of-japans-311-disasters/4BD3AA196B334A23F0B749E85AE4E38F

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

‘Catastrophe’ as deadly floods hit Central and Eastern Europe https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jwp3ppp6xo

Europe hit by abrupt weather shift as heat dome collapses, bringing early snowfall, torrential rainfall and cold blast https://watchers.news/2024/09/14/europe-hit-by-abrupt-weather-shift-as-heat-dome-collapses-bringing-early-snowfall-torrential-rainfall-and-cold-blast/

Over 900 dead or missing in floods caused by remnants of Typhoon “Yagi” in Myanmar https://watchers.news/2024/09/15/over-900-dead-or-missing-in-floods-caused-by-remnants-of-typhoon-yagi-in-myanmar/

Bridge Fire destroys 33 homes and burns over 21 000 ha (52 000 acres) in California, U.S https://watchers.news/2024/09/14/bridge-fire-destroys-33-homes-and-burns-over-21-000-ha-52-000-acres-in-california-u-s/

Death toll rises as torrential rain and flooding force evacuations in Central Europe https://apnews.com/article/floods-central-europe-289648d14b39da5883b9f48fffa2d817

Typhoon “Bebinca” makes landfall in Shanghai as strongest to hit the city since 1949, China https://watchers.news/2024/09/16/typhoon-bebinca-makes-landfall-in-shanghai-as-strongest-to-hit-the-city-since-1949-china/

Storm Boris returns to Italy, placing Emilia-Romagna and Marche on high alert https://watchers.news/2024/09/17/storm-boris-returns-to-italy-placing-emilia-romagna-and-marche-on-high-alert/

Portugal wildfires claim seven lives as thousands of hectares burn https://watchers.news/2024/09/17/portugal-wildfires-claim-seven-lives-as-thousands-of-hectares-burn/

Topola dam collapses in Poland, Nysa town mayor issues evacuation orders for over 40 000 people https://watchers.news/2024/09/17/topola-dam-collapses-in-poland-nysa-town-mayor-issues-evacuation-orders-for-over-40-000-people/

Over a dozen tornadoes hit China’s Jiangsu and Shangdong https://watchers.news/2024/09/18/over-a-dozen-tornadoes-hit-chinas-jiangsu-and-shangdong/

National flood disaster declared in Mali, nearly 30 000 buildings destroyed https://watchers.news/2024/09/18/national-flood-disaster-declared-in-mali-nearly-30-000-buildings-destroyed/

Tropical Storm “Pulasan” moves over Okinawa and heads toward Shanghai, China https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/tropical-storm-pulasan-moves-over-okinawa-and-heads-toward-shanghai-china/

Flash floods in Alcalá del Júcar, Spain drag 15 cars into a river https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/flash-floods-in-alcala-del-jucar-spain-drag-15-cars-into-a-river/

Storm Boris floods Italy, Emilia-Romagna sees over 300 mm (11.8 inches) of rain in 48 hours https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/storm-boris-floods-italy-emilia-romagna-sees-over-300-mm-11-8-inches-of-rain-in-48-hours/

Floods in Chad affect 1.5 million since start of rainy season, claim 341 lives https://watchers.news/2024/09/19/floods-in-chad-affect-1-5-million-since-start-of-rainy-season-claim-341-lives/

Volcanic activity worldwide 19 Sep 2024: Etna volcano, Fuego, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador, Lewotobi https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/252862/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-19-Sep-2024-Etna-volcano-Fuego-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador-Lewotobi-Sab.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

How To Move The Needle On Climate Change https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferkitepowell/2024/03/30/how-can-ai-be-used-to-move-the-needle-on-climate-change/

Ethiopia, the first country in the world to ban the import of gasoline and diesel vehicles https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2024/09/13/ethiopia-the-first-country-in-the-world-to-ban-the-import-of-gasoline-and-diesel-vehicles_6725856_124.html#

Hydrologic impacts of past shifts of Earth’s thermal equator offer insight into those to be produced by fossil fuel CO₂  https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1301855110

More intense Indian summer monsoons https://www.eumetsat.int/features/more-intense-indian-summer-monsoons

The unjust climate: Measuring impacts of climate change on rural poor, women and youth https://weadapt.org/knowledge-base/gender-and-social-equality/the-unjust-climate-measuring-impacts-of-climate-change-on-rural-poor-women-and-youth/

4 ways to support someone with dementia during extreme heat https://theconversation.com/4-ways-to-support-someone-with-dementia-during-extreme-heat-213987

Why Saving World’s Peatlands Can Help Stabilize the Climate https://e360.yale.edu/features/why-saving-worlds-peatlands-can-help-stabilize-the-climate

Dug up in Australia, burned around the world – exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets https://theconversation.com/dug-up-in-australia-burned-around-the-world-exporting-fossil-fuels-undermines-climate-targets-236248

Study Reveals Impact of Heat Waves on Rural Montana Seniors https://www.govtech.com/em/safety/study-reveals-impact-of-heat-waves-on-rural-montana-seniors

More rooftop solar in cities would help solve NZ’s energy crisis – and build disaster resilience https://theconversation.com/more-rooftop-solar-in-cities-would-help-solve-nzs-energy-crisis-and-build-disaster-resilience-238193

African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change, a new report says https://apnews.com/article/africa-climate-change-flooding-droughts-af5beebf70f414098ad2a4a73a19b76c

Landmark Bay Area Regional Plan to Combat Sea-Level Rise Unveiled https://www.kqed.org/science/1994406/landmark-bay-area-regional-plan-to-combat-sea-level-rise-unveiled

As the World Burns https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/as-the-world-burns/

An interdisciplinary research agenda for climate change and cultural heritage https://blog.geographydirections.com/2024/09/18/an-interdisciplinary-research-agenda-for-climate-change-and-cultural-heritage/

100% humidity heatwaves are spreading across the Earth. That’s a deadly problem for us… https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/100-humidity-heatwaves-are-spreading-across-the-earth-thats-a-deadly-problem-for-us

NZ to get hotter, faster than previously expected – NIWA https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528374/nz-to-get-hotter-faster-than-previously-expected-niwa

The Arctic Seed Vault Shows the Flawed Logic of Climate Adaptation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-arctic-seed-vault-shows-the-flawed-logic-of-climate-adaptation/

Four ways Africa is already seeing the effects of climate change – and what can be done about it https://theconversation.com/four-ways-africa-is-already-seeing-the-effects-of-climate-change-and-what-can-be-done-about-it-238696

Disaster risk reduction

Climate-change-triggered landslide caused Earth to vibrate for nine days https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/sep/climate-change-triggered-landslide-caused-earth-vibrate-nine-days

Identifying regional hotspots of heatwaves, droughts, floods, and their co-occurrences https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/identifying-regional-hotspots-heatwaves-droughts-floods-and-their-co-occurrences

Cultivating Trust in AI for Disaster Management https://eos.org/opinions/cultivating-trust-in-ai-for-disaster-management

Dams built to prevent coastal flooding can worsen it https://www.uaf.edu/news/dams-built-to-prevent-coastal-flooding-can-worsen-it.php

The U.S. Geological Survey has released a new nationwide landslide susceptibility map https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/new-usgs-map-shows-where-landslides-are-most-likely-occur-us

National platforms and coordination mechanisms for disaster risk reduction in Europe and Central Asia: Regional overview report 2024 https://www.undrr.org/publication/national-platforms-and-coordination-mechanisms-disaster-risk-reduction-europe-and

The occurrence, mechanisms and hazards of large landslides along tablelands https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00587-1

GAR Special Report 2024: Forensic Insights for Future Resilience: Learning from Past Disasters https://www.undrr.org/gar/gar2024-special-report

REFLEX: a geomorphological model for flood simulation https://www.cimafoundation.org/en/news/reflex-a-geomorphological-model-for-flood-simulation/

More floods are coming to Britain, but you ought to know this: the system that should protect us is a scandal https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/18/more-floods-britain-system-protect-us-scandal

Slow-moving landslides a growing, but ignored, threat to mountain communities https://news.agu.org/press-release/slow-landslides-growing-threat-mountain-communities/

Enhancing Community Resilience: Addressing Compound and Cascading Climate Shocks https://www.climatelinks.org/blog/enhancing-community-resilience-addressing-compound-and-cascading-climate-shocks

US towns limit new buildings in floodplains more than you think – and can do better https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/us-towns-limit-new-buildings-floodplains-more-than-you-a-r-siders-vhzle

Emergency Management

‘Catastrophe of epic proportions’: eight drown in Europe amid heavy floods https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/15/catastrophe-of-epic-proportions-six-drown-in-europe-amid-heavy-floods-storm-boris-poland-austria-slovakia-hungary

Get set for more extreme weather across Australia this spring and summer https://theconversation.com/get-set-for-more-extreme-weather-across-australia-this-spring-and-summer-238985

Czechia, Poland seek EU help against floods as Slovak government aid deemed insufficient https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/czechia-poland-seek-eu-help-against-floods-as-slovak-government-aid-deemed-insufficient/

Reflexivity and interdisciplinarity: the reflexive journey of an interdisciplinary research team in disaster risk reduction https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/DPM-09-2023-0222/full/html

Epic floods are wreaking havoc from Africa to Asia to Europe https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/epic-floods-are-wreaking-havoc-from-africa-to-asia-to-europe/

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Stories After The Storms – flooding survey now open https://nationalemergenciestrust.org.uk/stories-after-the-storms-survey-open/

Disaster psychology

Understanding the rationales and information environments for early, late, and nonadopters of the COVID-19 vaccine https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-024-00962-5

This city is hailed as a vaccination success. Can it be sustained? https://apnews.com/article/children-vaccinated-cdc-louisville-630b05bcd3b319a1d1028ca34e65b532

Did the Pandemic Break Our Brains? https://time.com/7021575/covid-pandemic-19-brain-cognition/

Taking the risk personally: how perceived flood experience relates to risk perception, sensed coping appraisal, and protective behaviour https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/nh/2024/09/16/taking-the-risk-personally-how-perceived-flood-experience-relates-to-risk-perception-sensed-coping-appraisal-and-protective-behaviour/

The driving effect of experience: How perceived frequency of floods and feeling of loss of control are linked to household-level adaptation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924005077

Geopsychiatry, global vulnerability, mitigation and psychiatry https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00207640221110068

Sociology and disasters

Trust a few: natural disasters and the disruption of trust in Africa https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214804324001253

Determinants of Households’ Resilience to Covariate Shocks: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications from the Kenyan Fisheries and Aquaculture Sectors https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9496/4/3/15

Improving social resilience to forest fire from community perspective https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666592124000714

Urban Resilience: Multidimensional Perspectives, Challenges and Prospects for Future Research https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2664328624000408

How We Survive https://howwesurvive.com/what-can-help

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Cooler temperatures bring relief as Park fire explodes in California https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/27/wildfires-california-state-of-emergency

Wildfire devastates Jasper National Park, forces mass evacuations, Canada https://watchers.news/2024/07/26/wildfire-devastates-jasper-national-park-forces-mass-evacuations-canada/

Major explosion at Stromboli volcano, Italy https://watchers.news/2024/07/27/major-explosion-at-stromboli-volcano-italy-3/

Huge California wildfire tears through 5,000 acres every hour https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1dlzy04l8o

Mudslide kills 15 people near tourist site in China as rains from tropical storm Gaemi drench region https://apnews.com/article/china-typhoon-tropical-storm-gaemi-taiwan-philippines-3fdd5c362596193f3c7b1cabad3bce56

Record flooding in Amnok (Yalu) River submerges North Korea-China border https://watchers.news/2024/07/29/record-flooding-in-amnok-yalu-river-submerges-north-korea-china-border/

Extreme rainfall hits China’s Hunan, claiming at least 15 lives https://watchers.news/2024/07/29/extreme-rainfall-hits-chinas-hunan-claiming-at-least-15-lives/

West Texas hit by over 100 earthquakes in a week, state of disaster declared https://watchers.news/2024/07/29/west-texas-hit-by-over-100-earthquakes-in-a-week-state-of-disaster-declared/

Firefighters continue battle against more than 100 blazes burning in the US https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/29/100-wildfires-burning

More than 50 dead, 100 missing after large landslides in Wayanad, Kerala https://watchers.news/2024/07/30/more-than-50-dead-100-missing-after-large-landslides-in-wayanad-kerala/

Severe storm hits Latvia, record rainfall and extensive damage reported https://watchers.news/2024/07/30/severe-storm-hits-latvia-record-rainfall-and-extensive-damage-reported/

Volcanic activity worldwide 1 Aug 2024: Fuego volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Reventador, Sangay https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/248456/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-1-Aug-2024-Fuego-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Dukono-Reventador-Sangay-Lewo.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

A new level of analysis for climate research: development of a community involvement climate scale https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10705422.2024.2385623#d1e173

Extreme heat poses ‘real risk’ to Spain’s mass tourism industry https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/27/extreme-heat-poses-real-risk-to-spains-mass-tourism-industry

Extreme Wildfires Are Getting More Extreme and Occurring More Often https://eos.org/articles/extreme-wildfires-are-getting-more-extreme-and-occurring-more-often

Urban overheating and adaptation measures: An analysis at EU, national, and local level https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/urban-overheating-and-adaptation-measures-analysis-eu-national-and-local-level

Western Europe faces intense Heatwave as Olympics kick off; scorching heat develops next week https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/heatwave-olympic-games-weather-forecast-france-2024-western-europe-mk/

Communicating numbers boosts trust in climate change science, research suggests https://phys.org/news/2024-07-communicating-boosts-climate-science.html

Marine heatwaves in a shifting Southern Ocean induce dynamical changes in primary production https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01553-x

‘Your body is completely drained’: US workers toil in heatwaves with no protections https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/29/worker-protections-heatwave-extreme-temperatures-weather

UN Secretary-General issues call to action on extreme heat https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/un-secretary-general-issues-call-action-extreme-heat-0

Plan evaluation for heat resilience: complementary methods to comprehensively assess heat planning in Tempe and Tucson, Arizona https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ad5d05/pdf

The climate is changing so fast that we haven’t seen how bad extreme weather could get https://theconversation.com/the-climate-is-changing-so-fast-that-we-havent-seen-how-bad-extreme-weather-could-get-235726

Critically examining research funding patterns for climate change and human health https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-024-00142-0

As record heat risks bleaching 73% of the world’s coral reefs, scientists ask ‘what do we do now?’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/30/as-record-heat-risks-bleaching-73-of-the-worlds-coral-reefs-scientists-ask-what-do-we-do-now

Humans caused climate change. Amid the suffering, now they must solve it https://apnews.com/projects/climate-extreme-weather/

What Pune Floods Are Teaching Us About Building Climate-Resilient Cities https://www.thequint.com/opinion/what-are-pune-floods-teaching-us-about-building-climate-resilient-cities

How a community of scientists is “closing the loop” on Southern Ocean climate links https://climateextremes.org.au/how-a-community-of-scientists-is-closing-the-loop-on-southern-ocean-climate-links/

The Indian Ocean Dipole in a warming world https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00573-7

Antarctic temperatures rise 10C above average in near record heatwave https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/antarctic-temperatures-rise-10c-above-average-in-near-record-heatwave

Tipping risks from overshooting 1.5 °C can be minimised if warming is swiftly reversed https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/tipping-risks-from-overshooting-1-5-degc-can-be-minimised-if-warming-is-swiftly-reversed

Young people at a crossroads: Climate solidarity through intergenerational storytelling https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1745-5871.12668

Disaster risk reduction

High-resolution observations from space to address new applications in hydrology https://www.cell.com/the-innovation/fulltext/S2666-6758(23)00065-6

We’re not preparing for the inevitable megadisasters https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2024/07/27/megadisaster-emergency-preparedness-managers/stories/202407260008

Port Waikato homes at serious risk from coastal erosion https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/port-waikato-homes-at-real-risk-from-coastal-erosion/RDR5JDQHTFB2FM2K4KZGPQHWV4/

A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Validation of Disaster Resilience Indicators https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420924004436

8 blazing new technologies that could spark change in wildfire risk reduction https://www.preventionweb.net/news/8-blazing-new-technologies-could-spark-change-wildfire-risk-reduction

Integrating flood and earthquake resilience: a framework for assessing urban community resilience against multiple hazards https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666449624000392

Where Do Natural Hazards Cause the Highest Annual Loss in the US? https://www.maps.com/where-do-natural-hazards-cause-the-highest-annual-loss-in-the-us/

Emergency Management

As Vermont’s weather worsens, emergency communications aren’t reaching all of its rural residents https://vtdigger.org/2024/07/28/as-vermonts-weather-worsens-emergency-communications-arent-reaching-all-of-its-rural-residents/

Does Canada need a national emergency response agency? https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-national-emergency-response-agency-1.7276749

Flood Warning Automation – watch-outs and recommendations https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/flood-warning-automation-watch-outs-recommendations-phiala-mehring-hdzne

South Sudan Protection Analysis Update https://www.globalprotectioncluster.org/publications/1938/reports/protection-analysis-update/south-sudan-protection-analysis-update

An escape route planning model based on wildfire prediction information and travel rate of firefighters https://www.publish.csiro.au/WF/WF23166#ftlinks

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Early warning systems https://www.undrr.org/words-into-action/guide-multi-hazard-early-warning

Disaster psychology

Ecological Grief, Religious Coping, and Spiritual Crises: Exploring Eco-Spiritual Grief https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11089-024-01158-3

Maui Wildfire Survivors Were Re-Traumatized By Poor Disaster Response, Survey Says https://www.forbes.com/sites/willmcgough/2024/07/28/survey-says-maui-wildfire-survivors-were-re-traumatized-by-poor-disaster-response/

Sociology and disasters

From plan to practice: Interorganizational crisis response networks from governmental guidelines and real-world collaborations during hurricane events https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1468-5973.12601

Community-Level resilience analysis using earthquake-tsunami fragility surfaces https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382624067_Community-Level_resilience_analysis_using_earthquake-tsunami_fragility_surfaces

The Impact of Social Capital on Community Resilience: A Comparative Study of Seven Flood-Prone Communities in Nanjing, China https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/8/1145

An integrated approach to analyze equitable access to food stores under disasters from human mobility patterns https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/risa.16873

Balancing Flexibility and Stability: Leveraging Cooperatives for Organizational Resilience https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-56200-6_9

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

Recent emergencies/disasters

Record-breaking heatwave shifts east as millions of Americans under heat alert https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/14/us-heat-wave-moves-east

A large forest fire broke out near the border between Bulgaria and Turkey https://bnt.bg/news/a-large-forest-fire-broke-out-near-the-border-between-bulgaria-and-turkey-330695news.html

“Extremely dangerous” heat grips eastern, central US states https://www.axios.com/2024/07/15/dangerous-heat-wave-grips-east-coast

4 missing, 420 evacuated after severe mudflow strikes Osh, causing widespread damage, Kyrgyzstan https://watchers.news/2024/07/15/4-missing-420-evacuated-after-severe-mudflow-strikes-osh-causing-widespread-damage-kyrgyzstan/

Rare tornado in Nicosia, Cyprus https://watchers.news/2024/07/15/rare-tornado-in-nicosia-cyprus/

Residents were evacuated from homes overnight after a wildfire neared in Sicily https://news.sky.com/video/italy-residents-were-evacuated-from-homes-overnight-after-a-wildfire-neared-in-sicily-13150710

A year’s worth of rain in one day, massive floods hit central China https://watchers.news/2024/07/16/a-years-worth-of-rain-in-one-day-massive-floods-hit-central-china/

Powerful derecho blasts through Midwest, leaving a trail of destruction https://watchers.news/2024/07/16/powerful-derecho-blasts-through-midwest-leaving-a-trail-of-destruction/

Toronto cleans up after severe storms cause floods https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw4ypd11wr0o

Powerful storm and flooding in eastern Afghanistan claim over 40 lives, destroy 400 homes https://watchers.news/2024/07/17/powerful-storm-and-flooding-in-eastern-afghanistan-claims-over-40-lives-destroys-400-homes/

Two Firefighters Killed in Italy as Southern Europe Swelters in a Heat Wave https://www.firefighternation.com/news/two-firefighters-killed-in-italy-as-southern-europe-swelters-in-a-heat-wave/

Volcanic activity worldwide 18 Jul 2024: Etna volcano, Santiaguito, Fuego, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/247344/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-18-Jul-2024-Etna-volcano-Santiaguito-Fuego-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador-.html

Extreme Weather and Climate Change

Houston swelters in punishing heat as 800,000 without power after Beryl https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/12/houston-heat-power-outages

Labour’s ‘rooftop revolution’ to deliver solar power to millions of UK homes https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/13/labours-rooftop-revolution-to-deliver-solar-power-to-millions-of-uk-homes

The ‘dark arts’ tactic that could be a major threat to Australia’s climate goals https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/the-dark-arts-tactic-that-could-be-a-major-threat-to-australias-climate-goals/32x6f17zw

Increasing Heat-Stress Inequality in a Warming Climate https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021EF002488

Southern Australia is freezing. How can it be so cold in a warming climate? https://theconversation.com/southern-australia-is-freezing-how-can-it-be-so-cold-in-a-warming-climate-233977

No One Knows Exactly How Many People Are Dying From Extreme Heat https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-07-08/how-many-people-have-died-from-extreme-heat-officials-struggle-to-track

The Golden State burn: Climate’s impact on homeowners and their wealth https://www.sandiegometro.com/2024/07/the-golden-state-burn-climates-impact-on-homeowners-and-their-wealth/

Denver breaks 146-year heat record as temperature soars to 38.3 °C (101 °F), Colorado https://watchers.news/2024/07/15/denver-breaks-146-year-heat-record-as-temperature-soars-to-38-3-c-101-f-colorado/

Airport triples rooftop solar capacity to take self-generation to new heights https://onestepoffthegrid.com.au/airport-triples-rooftop-solar-capacity-to-take-self-generation-to-new-heights/

A major milestone: Global climate pollution may have just peaked https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/07/a-major-milestone-global-climate-pollution-may-have-just-peaked/

The Best Roofs to Keep London Cool in Summer May Not Be Green https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-05/the-best-roofs-to-keep-london-summers-cool-may-not-be-green

Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Spring 2024 https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/all/climate-change-in-the-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-spring-2024/

Climate change is making each day slightly longer, and there’s no sign it’s going to stop, NASA says https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/days-are-getting-longer-because-of-climate-change-according-to-nasa-1.6961637

The London Climate Resilience Review publishes final report https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/environment-and-climate-change/climate-change/climate-adaptation/london-climate-resilience-review

After a year of records, heatwaves and floods continue to rage across the planet https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2024/07/17/after-a-year-of-world-records-heatwaves-and-floods-continue-to-rage-across-the-planet_6686921_114.html

Four people die due to extreme heat in Italy: Who is most at risk when hot weather strikes Europe? https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/07/16/heatwaves-do-discriminate-this-new-map-shows-who-is-most-at-risk-when-hot-weather-strikes-

Attributing Canada’s June heat wave to climate change is an important step in adapting to a warmer world https://theconversation.com/attributing-canadas-june-heat-wave-to-climate-change-is-an-important-step-in-adapting-to-a-warmer-world-234452

Missing piece in climate models https://ps.uci.edu/news/3150

Many Americans think they’re insulated from climate change https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/16/how-climate-change-may-impact-americans-wallets.html

June 2024 Temperature Update https://berkeleyearth.org/june-2024-temperature-update/

Disaster risk reduction

FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods https://grist.org/extreme-weather/fema-flood-rules-climate-change-biden/

2024 Revision of World Population Prospects https://population.un.org/wpp/

The wider the gap between rich and poor the higher the flood mortality https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01107-7

Archetypes of local governance for flood risk reduction decision-making under uncertain climate change futures https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210670724004578

Alerting Communities to Hyperlocalized Urban Flooding https://eos.org/research-spotlights/alerting-communities-to-hyperlocalized-urban-flooding

‘The big one’ disaster could happen in our lifetime. Can we even be ready? https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/14/opinions/big-one-disaster-in-our-lifetime-megadisaster-preparedness-schlegelmilch/index.html

Rethinking Readiness https://cup.columbia.edu/book/rethinking-readiness/9780231190411

Diversity of cross-pacific atmospheric river main routes https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01552-y

Smoke over the Arctic Circle as boreal wildfires intensify in Siberia and North America https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/smoke-over-arctic-circle-boreal-wildfires-intensify-siberia-and-north-america

Seismic characteristics of the 2022-2023 unrest episode at Taupō volcano, Aotearoa New Zealand https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/1125

Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence – 2019 https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5f1471b6fef0449dba5e2059ecc901f3

Seismica Vol 3 No 1 https://seismica.library.mcgill.ca/issue/view/97

Hydrological hazards in South America https://files.emdat.be/2024/07/CredCrunch75.pdf

New Study Unveils Ways to Predict Typhoon Intensity with ‘Eye of Deep Learning https://news.unist.ac.kr/new-study-unveils-ways-to-predict-typhoon-intensity-with-eye-of-deep-learning/

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are an economically effective method to mitigate risks from a range of disasters https://www.umass.edu/news/article/nature-based-solutions-disaster-risk-climate-change-are-cost-effective-umass-amherst

VulneraCity–drivers and dynamics of urban vulnerability based on a global systematic literature review https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/vulneracity-drivers-and-dynamics-urban-vulnerability-based-global-systematic-literature

#NoNaturalDisasters: Changing the narrative on disasters for philanthropy https://disasterphilanthropy.org/events/nonaturaldisasters-changing-the-narrative-on-disasters-for-philanthropy/

Understanding the Earth as a system: 10 million euros for reorientation and networking in “Earth system sciences” https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/news/brief/understanding-earth-system-10-million-euros-reorientation-and-networking-earth-system-sciences

UK flood insurance scheme chief warns Labour on housebuilding risks https://www.ft.com/content/73a8906b-af0b-48f5-bae2-09ce38c4dd90

Emergency Management

FEMA is denying requests for aid as relief fund runs dry amid record number of costly disasters https://fortune.com/2024/07/12/fema-aid-requests-denied-disaster-relief-fund-natural-disasters-hurricane-beryl/

Just a Category 1 hurricane? Don’t be fooled by a number — it could be more devastating than a Cat 5 https://apnews.com/article/tropical-weather-hurricanes-hurricane-beryl-5f0c06c5a03aa753c04040271099226d

Local Civil Protection officers despatched to Greece to provide firefighting assistance https://tvmnews.mt/en/news/local-civil-protection-officers-despatched-to-greece-to-assist-with-firefighting/

Navigating Storms: Understanding the Complexities of School Interruptions Post-Hurricane María https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-63186-3_7

K’ahsho Got’ine Guardians Fight Wildfire, Support Emergency Response in NWT https://landneedsguardians.ca/latest/kahsho-gotine-guardians-fight-wildfire-support-emergency-response-in-nwt

More than half of businesses have lost profit from extreme weather: survey https://globalnews.ca/news/10628641/extreme-weather-climate-change-business-impacts/

2024 North American Wildfires https://disasterphilanthropy.org/disasters/2024-north-american-wildfires/

US government urged to declare wildfire smoke and extreme heat major disasters https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/17/extreme-heat-wildfire-smoke-disaster-fema

Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement

Reimagining the language of engagement in a post-stakeholder world https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-024-01496-4

Heat Watch Albania https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0acc8804f35e4ca9b907bb93e0f1d11c

Disaster psychology

Unlocking the nonlinear Nexus: Accessibility of emergency resource and resident participation in flood response https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0966692324001352

Sociology and disasters

The Effect of Urbanization on Community Social Networks and Support Systems https://carijournals.org/journals/index.php/IJHSS/article/view/2084

Climate change has forced America’s oldest Black town to higher ground https://grist.org/extreme-weather/princeville-north-carolina-fema-grant-army-corps/

Building cross-sector recovery collaborations after Australian bushfires: the importance of embracing and linking diverse capitals and capacities https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17477891.2024.2368498