Please find below links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news recently…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Storms leave three dead in Oklahoma during Easter weekend outbreak across central U.S. https://watchers.news/2025/04/21/storms-leave-three-dead-in-oklahoma-during-easter-weekend-outbreak-across-central-u-s/
5 dead, over 100 rescued amid cloudbursts and flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir, India https://watchers.news/2025/04/21/5-dead-over-100-rescued-amid-cloudbursts-and-flash-floods-in-jammu-and-kashmir-india/
Tornado hits Lonoke County, Arkansas as severe weather tracks across the Midwest https://watchers.news/2025/04/21/tornado-lonoke-county-arkansas-severe-weather-sweeps-through-midwest/
Large swells batter Victoria and New South Wales over Easter weekend, leaving 5 dead and 2 missing https://watchers.news/2025/04/19/large-swells-batter-victoria-and-new-south-wales-over-easter-weekend-leaving-5-dead-and-2-missing/
Severe storms spawn 15 tornadoes in Texas and Oklahoma, Enhanced Risk forecast for Mississippi Valley on Sunday https://watchers.news/2025/04/20/severe-storms-spawn-15-tornadoes-in-texas-and-oklahoma-enhanced-risk-forecast-for-mississippi-valley-on-sunday/
M6.2 earthquake hits off the coast of Philippines https://watchers.news/2025/04/22/m6-2-earthquake-hits-off-the-coast-of-philippines/
Deadly floods hit Nigeria, destroy rice fields across 30 communities in Niger and Kwara states https://watchers.news/2025/04/22/deadly-floods-hit-nigeria-destroy-rice-fields-across-30-communities-in-niger-and-kwara-states/
IDF says helping battle major blaze in Jerusalem area https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-firefighting-planes-helping-battle-major-blaze-in-jerusalem-area/
Volcanic activity worldwide 23 Apr 2025: Etna volcano, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador, Poas, Kilauea https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/269923/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-23-Apr-2025-Etna-volcano-Semeru-Ibu-Reventador-Poas-Kilauea-Sanga.html
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Investing in reducing disaster and climate risk is vital for the sustainable development and the future resilience of the citizens of SIDS https://www.undrr.org/implementing-sendai-framework/sendai-framework-action/small-island-developing-states
Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1810141115
Recent intensified riverine CO2 emission across the Northern Hemisphere permafrost region https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58716-3
Polar ice sheets are decisive contributors to uncertainty in climate tipping projections https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01799-5
Hurricane-hit Grenadians see climate change and reparations as one struggle https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/21/grenada-climate-crisis-slavery-legacy
Melting glaciers will harm us all. Yet still we watch, unmoved https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/20/melting-glaciers-will-harm-us-all-yet-still-we-watch-unmoved
Fire tornadoes becoming routine due to climate change, analysts say https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-21/fire-tornados-grampians-more-common-climate-change/105156168
Protecting the Climate (documentary film review) https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-02-18/protecting-the-climate-documentary-film-review/
Fossil Fuels Were Less Than Half of US Electricity in March https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/19/fossil-fuels-no-longer-majority-of-us-electricity/
Sea surface warming faster than expected https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Space_for_our_climate/Sea_surface_warming_faster_than_expected
New study uncovers jaw-dropping costs of crisis facing cities around the globe: ‘Direct and indirect economic consequences’ https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/economic-costs-coastal-cities-rising-sea-levels-trillions/
Climate TRACE Makes Real Time Tracking Of Pollution Possible For The First Time https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/21/climate-trace-makes-real-time-tracking-of-pollution-possible-for-the-first-time/
A westward shift of heatwave hotspots caused by warming-enhanced land–air coupling https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02302-4
Why vanishing sea ice at the poles is a crisis for the entire planet https://www.newscientist.com/article/2473584-why-vanishing-sea-ice-at-the-poles-is-a-crisis-for-the-entire-planet/
All of us have many pathways to climate action https://drawdown.org/insights/all-of-us-have-many-pathways-to-climate-action
Eight of the top 10 online shows are spreading climate misinformation https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/eight-of-the-top-10-online-shows-are-spreading-climate-misinformation/
Philippines sizzles at 47°C as PAGASA says heat index could spike higher in May—doctors warn of heat stroke risk https://www.brigadanews.ph/philippines-sizzles-at-47c-as-pagasa-says-heat-index-could-spike-higher-in-may-doctors-warn-of-heat-stroke-risk/
A new type of cattle feed could result in fewer burps and reduced dairy gas emissions https://phys.org/news/2025-04-cattle-result-burps-dairy-gas.html
The UK Is Doubling Down on Wind Energy https://www.newsbreak.com/oilprice-302644177/3970057435464-the-uk-is-doubling-down-on-wind-energy
Global full-depth ocean heat content (OHC) gain since 1960 reached a record 452 ± 77 ZJ in 2024. OHC was 15 ± 9 ZJ higher than in 2023 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-025-00655-0
Rapid flips between warm and cold extremes in a warming world https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58544-5
Disaster risk reduction
State, Market, or Community? Exploring Public Perceptions of Disaster Management Strategies https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666592125000423
In Sub-Saharan Africa, Nature-Based Solutions Take Root https://www.wri.org/insights/nature-based-climate-solutions-sub-saharan-africa
Seismologists analyze Myanmar’s devastating M7.7 earthquake https://watchers.news/2025/04/20/seismologists-analyze-myanmars-devastating-m7-7-earthquake/
Flood victims future-proof their homes https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8rgmr1310xo
Wildfire Risk Assessment in Ambato, Ecuador: Drought Impacts, Fuel Dynamics, and Wildland–Urban Interface Vulnerability https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/8/4/130
2024 Disasters in numbers https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/2024-disasters-numbers
The All-In-One Cyclone Identification Framework https://eos.org/editor-highlights/the-all-in-one-cyclone-identification-framework
Emergency Management
Exploring the effects of wildfire events on movement patterns https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0143622825000979
Deadly weekend storm system threatens more tornadoes, flooding rains for parts of US https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/21/tornadoes-flooding-rains-severe-weather-forecast/83191215007/
Disaster Education, Communications and Engagement
Earth Day 2025 https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2025/
Gaming for change: Pathways to seismic risk awareness in urban areas https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/gaming-change-pathways-seismic-risk-awareness-urban-areas
Study Applies AI to Social Media Posts to Estimate Earthquake Ground Shaking Intensity https://www.seismosoc.org/news/study-applies-ai-to-social-media-posts-to-estimate-earthquake-ground-shaking-intensity/
Disaster psychology
Disaster Psychology https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/basics/disaster-psychology
Disasters and emergencies are powerful and upsetting incidents that intrude into daily life https://psychology.org.au/for-the-public/psychology-topics/disasters/recovering-from-disasters
Sociology and disasters
Social identity and place-based dynamics in community resilience building for natural disasters: an integrative framework https://ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss2/art12/
Preparing Australia for future pandemics: strengthening trust, social capital and resilience https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/mja2.52652
The Role of Social Networks in Building Resilience to Environmental Hazards in Vietnam’s Northern Uplands https://journals.openedition.org/ried/24195?lang=en
High vulnerability and exposure main driver behind Kinshasa’s deadly floods following heavy, but not unusual rainfall https://www.preventionweb.net/news/high-vulnerability-and-exposure-main-driver-behind-kinshasas-deadly-floods-following-heavy-not
The impact of online social interaction on urban community cohesion and group differences: evidence from China https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-22680-w
Disasters and Social Capital https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003476795/disasters-social-capital-justin-veuthey
