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📍 Tropical Storm Norbert (16.4, -117.3)
🕐 Thu 10 Sep 2026 06:00 UTC
⛈️ Storm Alert 🟠 Active
💨 Wind: 35 kts
🗺️ 16.4, -117.3

🔗 https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v3/events/EONET_24184

#SevereStorm #NaturalDisaster #EarthAlerts #DisasterAlert #BreakingNews #Environment #Nature #Science #Prepping #TropicalStormNorbert164 #1173

Risk Society events:
 
1. Webinar
"Risk jargon"
Thursday 22 October, 15:00-16:00 Central European Time
https://www.risk-society.com/risk-jargon-compound-complex-and-confusing-2
 
2. Workshop
"Improving Risk Vocabulary"
Friday 13 November, 13:00-17:00 Central European Time
https://www.risk-society.com/lost-for-words-improving-risk-vocabulary
 
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disasters #risk #RiskSociety #RiskManagement #RiskReduction #RiskAnalysis

Disasters Avoided Newsletter 15: Good Data
https://mailchi.mp/0e535a548342/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
 
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters

"The Arctic Institute's 2026 Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response Series: A Conclusion"
https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/the-arctic-institutes-2026-polar-disaster-risk-reduction-response-series-a-conclusion
 
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #Arctic #PolarRisk #PolarDRR #Antarctica #Antarctic #polar #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters

"Where is the safest place on Earth?"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/agPjprZh3js
From DW (Deutsche Welle, news and current affairs)
 
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disasters

"All disasters are compound, cascading, complex, #Natech, and hybrid"
https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/all-disasters-are-compound-cascading-complex-natech-and-hybrid
 
Part of a series of considering improvements to #risk and #disaster vocabulary and communication:
1. https://www.risk-society.com/risk-jargon-compound-complex-and-confusing
2. https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/nature-angry-us
3. https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/can-risk-be-managed-without-measuring-it-0
 
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disasters

“… there was no such thing as absolute control, not in a fully functioning universe. There was just a variable amount of lack of control.”
Terry Pratchett et al; The Science of Discworld: Darwin’s Watch
#Discworld #NepalAndTibet #NaturalDisaster #LossOfLife 💙

Faith and grief mix as Colombia mourns earthquake victims

Grieving Colombians held masses and funerals as the death toll from a 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia on August 10 rose to around 290, with more than 140 people still missing. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #Colombia #ColombiaTerremoto #ColombiaEarthquake #Earthquake #ColombiaMourns #Cali #Pereira #SanJoseDelPalmar #NaturalDisaster #BreakingNews #WorldNews #EarthquakeRelief #DisasterRelief…

https://fllics.com/en/video/faith-and-grief-mix-as-colombia-mourns-earthquake-victims/

Venezuela Records Strongest Aftershock Since Quakes

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.telesurenglish.net/venezuela-strongest-aftershock-quakes/

Venezuela Records Strongest Aftershock Since Quakes

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.telesurenglish.net/venezuela-strongest-aftershock-quakes/

Venezuela Records Strongest Aftershock Since Quakes

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.telesurenglish.net/venezuela-strongest-aftershock-quakes/

Venezuela Records Strongest Aftershock Since Quakes

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.telesurenglish.net/venezuela-strongest-aftershock-quakes/

Terremoto deixa mais de 30 mortos nas Filipinas

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2026/06/08/terremoto-deixa-mais-de-30-mortos-nas-filipinas/

Terremoto deixa mais de 30 mortos nas Filipinas

http://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2026/06/08/terremoto-deixa-mais-de-30-mortos-nas-filipinas/

Terremoto deixa mais de 30 mortos nas Filipinas

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2026/06/08/terremoto-deixa-mais-de-30-mortos-nas-filipinas/

Terremoto deixa mais de 30 mortos nas Filipinas

http://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2026/06/08/terremoto-deixa-mais-de-30-mortos-nas-filipinas/

The networks we rely on face growing risk from natural disasters

At least $57 billion worth of infrastructure in Victoria is at risk from more frequent and severe bushfires,…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #bushfire #climatechange #climatecost #climatedamage #climatedisaster. #extremeheat #Flooding #heat #Heatwave #Infrastructure #insurancecost #naturaldisaster #railtracks #roadflooding #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/652222/

✮ The Sound of a Whispering Scar ✮

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Thank you to John Richardson and the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience for the review of "Disaster by Choice" https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/ajem-january-2026-disasters-are-not-natural-review-of-disasters-by-choice-how-our-actions-turn-natural-hazards-into-catastrophes
 
-"Disaster by Choice" https://global.oup.com/academic/product/disaster-by-choice-9780198841357
-"Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68680-5
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #Katastrophen

[Pastilan] Our fault lines

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/pastilan-our-fault-lines/

Valencia Flood Fallout - Officials Are Under Fire And Under Investigation
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/valencia-flood-fallout-two-officials-are-under-investigation/Y5XGPYCXWNCKDOSCVNLF7QEOOY/ <-- shared media article
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#flood #flooding #water #hydrology #climatechange #extremeweather #rainfall #naturaldisaster #loss #damage #infrastructure #accountability #management #monitoring #alerts #valencia #spain #government #publichealth #publicsafety #death #lossoflife #cost #economics #mud #mudflow #engineeringgeology #urban #preparedness #flood #flooding #risk #hazard

Interpretable Physics-Informed Graph Neural Networks For Flood Forecasting
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https://doi.org/10.1111/mice.13484 <-- shared paper
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https://github.com/MehdiTaghizadehUVa/modulus/tree/main/examples/weather/flood_modeling/hydrographnet <-- shared GitHub repository
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #FloodForecasting #GraphNeuralNetworks #PhysicsInformedAI #Hydrology #ClimateResilience #ScientificMachineLearning #CivilEngineering #HydroGraphNet #PhyiscsNeMo #hydrology #water #flood #flooding #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #climatechange #model #modeling #machinelearning #AI #extremeweather #prediction #forecasting #planning #humanimpacts #loss #lossoflife #publicsafety #cost #economics #infrastructure #risk #hazard #disaster #mitigation #preparedness #naturaldisaster #HydroGraphNet #floodforecasting #dynamics #remotesensing #earthobservation

Assessment Of Western Oregon Debris-Flow Hazards In Burned And Unburned Environments
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https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.70045 <-- shared paper
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[with more and more catastrophic wildfires, the engineering geology awareness and possible mapping of post-fire debris flow risk is important]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #wildfire #fire #oregon #risk #hazard #geology #geomorphology #risk #hazard #landslide #massmovement #landslide #postfire #soil #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #engineeringgeology #extremeweather #naturaldisaster #debrisflow #mechasisms #property #infrastrure #publicsafety #lossoflife #model #modeling #calibration #water #hydrology #inventory #hazardassessment #geomorphometry

A Minute-By-Minute Account Of The Pompeii Eruption, Revealed In Agonizing Detail
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https://www.science.org/content/article/minute-minute-account-pompeii-eruption-revealed-agonizing-detail <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2024-071 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2024-072 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #timeline #reconstruction #model #modeling #Italy #Naples #Roman #79CE #eruption #volcanic #volcano #geology #engineeringgeology #Campanian #Pompeii #Herculaneum #ancienthistory #eyewitness #history #risk #hazard #naturalhazard #naturaldisaster #publicsafety #Vesuvius #debris #pyroclastic #gas #nueeardente #deposition #Pliny #PlinyTheYounger #geologicmapping #fieldwork #romanempire #impact #cost #economics #infrastructure #lossoflife #deaths

Study Warns Of Glacial Outburst [GLOF] Risks From Hydropower Projects In The Himalayas, Caution Comes After Nod To Resume Testa III [Hydroelectric Project, India]
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/study-warns-of-glacial-outburst-risks-from-hydropower-projects-in-himalayas-caution-comes-after-nod-to-resume-teesta-iii/articleshow/117753719.cms <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ads2659 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #GLOF #Sikkim #Himalayas #India #climatechange #flood #flooding #risk #hazard #hydroelectric #HEP #energy #TestaIII #testa #dam #failure #engineeringgeology #engineering #construction #multihazard #melting #glacier #glacial #climatechange #weather #lowpressuresystem #planning #glaciallakes #lakes #water #hydrology #naturaldisaster #Lhonak #downstream #elevation #steepness #slope #geometry #infrastructure #publicsafety #lateral #moraine #sedimentation #cost #economics #remotesensing #model #modeling #imagery #outburstflood #overtopping #hydropower #vulnerable #humanimpact #policy #riskmanagement #warning #rainfall #precipitation

Climate Change Key Driver Of Catastrophic Impacts Of Hurricane Helene That Devastated Both Coastal And Inland Communities [technical report]
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http://alturl.com/5n38k <-- shared technical report
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #hurricane #hurricanehelene #spatiotemporal #risk #hazard #naturaldisaster #impact #climatechange #precipitation #seasurfacetemperature #Appalachia #damage #loss #infrastructure #deaths #rainfall #precipitation #flood #flooding #engineeringgeology #erosion #massmovement #mudslides #landslides #debrisflows #disastermanagement #prediction #mitigation #climatemodels #model #modeling #spatiotemporal #IRIS #winds #extremeweather #weather #storm #humanimpacts #costs #economy #SST #warning #weatherprediction #dams #reservoirs #loss #lossoflife

The 60th Anniversary Of The M9.2 Alaska Earthquake And Tsunami Of March 27, 1964
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https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/alaska1964/ <-- USGS page with details
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2014/3018/ <-- USGS publication, The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunamis—A Modern Perspective and Enduring Legacies
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #risk #hazard #earthquake #Anchorage #Alaska #record #tsunami #damage #anniversary #lossoflife #publicsafety #fault #faulting #geologichazard #naturaldisaster #disaster #naturalahazard #publichealth #publicsafety #disasterresponse #monitoring #model #modeling #massmovement #grounddeformation #engineering #death #damage #propertydamage #subductionzone #structuralgeology #riskmanagement #engineeringdesign #earthscience #GreatAlaskaEarthquake #earthquakepreparedness

What caused the volcanic tsunami that devastated a Greek island 373 years ago? - Enlarge / This view from an international volcano monitoring system sho... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1979226 #computersimulation #submarinevolcano #naturaldisaster #marinegeology #oceanography #vulcanology #geophysics #seismology #3dmapping #santorini #tsunamis #science #kolumbo #geomar