A list of links to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news in the week leading up to 24 February 2023.

1. THIS WEEK IN DISASTER RESILIENCE
(week ending 24 February 2023)
Dear colleague,
Please find links below to some aspects of disaster resilience that were in the news this
week…
Recent emergencies/disasters
Hot, windy conditions a worry as Victoria blaze continues
https://www.9news.com.au/national/bushfire-updates-major-fire-out-of-control-
emergency-warning-flowerdale-victoria/7a49ddd4-2849-4301-b351-962fc3f1935b
Turkey earthquake: Deadly new tremor traps people under rubble
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64711228
Brazil – Death Toll Rises in Sao Paulo Floods and Landslides
https://floodlist.com/america/brazil-sao-paulo-floods-update-february-2023
Philippines – 30,000 Displaced After Low-Pressure Area Causes Floods and Landslides
https://floodlist.com/asia/philippines-floods-february-2023
Paraguay – Hundreds of Families Affected by Floods in Amambay
https://floodlist.com/america/paraguay-floods-amambay-february-2023
South Africa – More Floods Leave 2 Dead, 5 Missing https://floodlist.com/africa/south-
africa-floods-update-feberuary-2023
Volcanic activity worldwide 22 Feb 2023: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Shiveluch
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/204813/Volcanic-activity-
worldwide-22-Feb-2023-Fuego-volcano-Popocatepetl-Semeru-Shiveluch-Karangetan.html
Madagascar – Thousands Displaced by Tropical Cyclone Freddy
https://floodlist.com/africa/madagascar-thousands-displaced-by-tropical-cyclone-freddy
Ecuador – Fatalities After Flooding in 5 Provinces https://floodlist.com/america/ecuador-
floods-february-2023
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
Unpriced climate risk and the potential consequences of overvaluation in US housing
markets https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01594-8
Wet Bulb Globe Temperature: Indicating Extreme Heat Risk on a Global Grid
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GH000701
#KeepItCool infographics
https://www.cleancoolingcollaborative.org/toolkits_and_data/keep-it-cool-infographics/
France goes 31 days without rainfall, unprecedented in winter
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20230221-france-goes-31-days-without-rainfall-
unprecedented-in-winter
Florida's Great Displacement https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-residents-moving-
leaving-climate-change-refugees-hurricanes-flood-2023-2
XDI releases world-first comparison of every state’s physical climate risk
https://xdi.systems/xdi-releases-world-first-comparison-of-every-states-physical-climate-
risk/
Q&A: Cyclone Gabrielle’s biggest climate lessons for NZ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/qa-
cyclone-gabrielles-biggest-climate-lessons-for-nz/7JHOAXYNQZF2FI25T6PA7S7VOI/

2. As Louisiana’s coast disappears, its historic communities are disappearing too
https://grist.org/migration/louisiana-pointe-aux-chenes-great-displacement-book-excerpt-
hurricane-managed-retreat/
Hurricanes are changing with the climate. Our words about them may need to change, too
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/hurricanes-are-changing-with-the-climate-our-
words-about-them-may-need-to-change-too/
Record Low Ice at Great Lakes Seen in Before and After Images From Space
https://www.newsweek.com/great-lakes-ice-cover-record-low-space-1782339
Disaster risk reduction
Australia faces unprecedented grassfires next summer ‘supercharged’ by global heating
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/22/australia-faces-unprecedented-
grassfires-next-summer-supercharged-by-global-heating
Deconstructing plate tectonic reconstructions https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-
022-00384-8
Secrets of Earth’s inner core revealed by large quakes
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00496-1
The 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, Earthquake Sequence
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/storymap/index-turkey2023.html
CoastSat is an open-source software toolkit written in Python that enables users to obtain
time-series of shoreline position at any coastline worldwide from 30+ years (and growing) of
publicly available satellite imagery https://github.com/kvos/CoastSat
UK – Thousands of Trees to Be Planted at Flood Defence Project in Northern England
https://floodlist.com/protection/trees-flood-defence-project-east-hull
Germany – Insurers Demand a Stop to Building New Homes in Flood-Risk Areas
https://floodlist.com/europe/germany-stop-building-houses-flood-risk-areas
Flooded Home Buyback scheme helps wash away the pain for Queenslanders
https://theconversation.com/flooded-home-buyback-scheme-helps-wash-away-the-pain-
for-queenslanders-200242
Earthquake prone: how can we bring our riskiest buildings up to scratch?
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2023/02/22/Earthquake-prone-buildings-
upgrades.html
Using dense Sentinel-2 time series to explore combined fire and drought impacts in eucalypt
forests https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1018936/full
Prevention is a ‘no-brainer’: top UN disaster risk reduction official on Türkiye-Syria quakes
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/interview/2023/02/23/prevention-no-brainer-top-
un-disaster-risk-reduction-official-turkiye-syria
Details of the CSIRO's report on Lismore's flood recovery and response
https://www.lismorecitynews.com.au/story/8096725/revealed-key-details-in-csiros-flood-
report/
Emergency management
Early warning systems and evacuation: rare and extreme versus frequent and small-scale
tropical cyclones in the Philippines and Dominica
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/disa.12434

3. Italy and partners handover Situation Room to African Union Commission
https://www.undrr.org/news/italy-and-partners-handover-situation-room-african-union-
commission
Tech experts turn firefighters in battle against wildfires
https://www.independent.ie/news/environment/tech-experts-turn-firefighters-in-battle-
against-wildfires-42354536.html
Disaster education, communications and engagement
The benefits and negative impacts of citizen science applications to water as experienced by
participants and communities
https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wat2.1488
Justice in climate change education: a systematic review
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504622.2023.2181265
Psychology and disasters
Disaster fatigue as more rain forecast for cyclone-hit areas
https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2023/02/22/disaster-fatigue-as-more-rain-forecast-
for-cyclone-hit-areas-expert-reaction/
Characterizing the mental health and functioning of Canadian respiratory therapists during
the COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20008066.2023.2171751
This qualitative analysis gave a voice to older adults (aged 59-65 years and 78-87 years) to
share their experiences of the 2019/2020 Australian bushfires
https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/older-adults-experiences-during-2019/2020-
bushfires-path-through-life-project
Community members from Northern Rivers and South East Queensland share their stories of
recovery twelve months on from the devastating 2022 floods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBDDpgIzhbg
Sociology and disasters
International humanitarian narratives of disasters, crises and Indigeneity
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/disa.12576
Ethical Guidelines for Post-Disaster Research https://resiliencechallenge.nz/outputs/ethical-
guidelines-for-post-disaster-research/
As deadly flooding devastates more communities, often the poorest and most disinvested,
residents are banding together to research the problems and press for solutions
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/flooding-is-pummeling-the-southeast-u-s-
these-organizers-are-fighting-back/
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