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The U.S. Is Having One of Its Most Active Wildfire Seasons. Here’s How the Costs Are Adding Up

Some experts argue, however, that full suppression is part of the issue that makes wildfires so large and…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #California #Colorado #ExtremeWeather #firefighters #naturaldisaster #NewsDesk #oregon #Science #Wildfire #Wildfires
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/846019/

The U.S. Is Having One of Its Most Active Wildfire Seasons. Here’s How the Costs Are Adding Up

Some experts argue, however, that full suppression is part of the issue that makes wildfires so large and…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #California #Colorado #ExtremeWeather #firefighters #naturaldisaster #NewsDesk #oregon #Science #Wildfire #Wildfires
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/846019/

#Paraguay

#Paraguay #Caazapa #Itapua #Hailstorm #Hail #NaturalDisaster #weather #climate #destruction #anomaly #climatechangey

🇵🇾 Severe #Hailstorm Hits #Caazapá and #Itapúa Departments in Paraguay

⚠️🌩 On September 11, 2026

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#Paraguay

#Paraguay #Caazapa #Itapua #Hailstorm #Hail #NaturalDisaster #weather #climate #destruction #anomaly #climatechangey

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⚠️🌩 On September 11, 2026

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#Paraguay

#Paraguay #Caazapa #Itapua #Hailstorm #Hail #NaturalDisaster #weather #climate #destruction #anomaly #climatechangey

🇵🇾 Severe #Hailstorm Hits #Caazapá and #Itapúa Departments in Paraguay

⚠️🌩 On September 11, 2026

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#Paraguay

#Paraguay #Caazapa #Itapua #Hailstorm #Hail #NaturalDisaster #weather #climate #destruction #anomaly #climatechangey

🇵🇾 Severe #Hailstorm Hits #Caazapá and #Itapúa Departments in Paraguay

⚠️🌩 On September 11, 2026

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#Paraguay

#Paraguay #Caazapa #Itapua #Hailstorm #Hail #NaturalDisaster #weather #climate #destruction #anomaly #climatechangey

🇵🇾 Severe #Hailstorm Hits #Caazapá and #Itapúa Departments in Paraguay

⚠️🌩 On September 11, 2026

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Many new additions to:
1. Buy a Hazard https://www.ilankelman.org/buyahazard.html
2. Animal Signs https://www.ilankelman.org/animal-signs.html
 
#hazard #hazards #animal #animals #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #warning #warnings #WarningSign #WarningSigns #EWS #EarlyWarningSystems

Two new #DisastersAvoided articles:
1. Polar https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/framework-avoiding-polar-disasters (free).
2. Mindset and investment https://crisis-response.com/Articles/744055/CRJ_21_2.aspx (subscription).

More at https://disastersavoided.com
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters

"Disaster Psychology: Trends in Psychological First Aid After Disasters"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disaster-by-choice/202608/trends-in-psychological-first-aid-after-disasters
 
#DisasterPsychology #PsychologicalFirstAid #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthFirstAid #MHFA #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters

"Disaster by Choice" (book) is now available in #Russian https://infra-e.ru/products/978-5-9729-3182-8 "На пути к формализму риска. Катастрофа как выбор".
Original in #English https://global.oup.com/academic/product/disaster-by-choice-9780198841357
...and in #German "#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

"How to Prevent #Disasters - A Cup of Tea With, #Podcast" https://uclpress.co.uk/podcast/how-to-prevent-disasters-ilan-kelman
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisasterPrevention #Prevention #DisasterMitigation #Mitigation #DisasterPreparedness #Preparedness

Disasters Avoided Newsletter 14: Good Governance
https://mailchi.mp/ff2948107282/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter

#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters #Governance #GoodGovernance #BadGovernance

"Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response".
https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/the-arctic-institutes-2026-polar-disaster-risk-reduction-response-series-an-introduction
Edited with Jeevan Toor for The Arctic Institute. The introduction is available and the articles will appear over the next month.
 
#Antarctic #Antarctica #Arctic #PolarScience #PolarResearch #polar #OpenAccess #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters
 

For UCL's 200th birthday, the 16th UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction annual conference explores 'Cities of the future: Risks, resilience and reimagination'.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/events/2026/jun/16th-ucl-risk-disaster-reduction-annual-conference
In person, 24 June 0900-1800, UCL's east London campus at Stratford.
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #UrbanStudies #cities #UCL

"#Webinar: #Donkeys as Agents of #Drought #Resilience"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_CCF4RbvWk
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #donkey #droughts #equids

"Can risk be managed without measuring it?"
https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/can-risk-be-managed-without-measuring-it-0

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #Risk #RiskManagement #RiskReduction #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters

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

"Is nature angry with us?"
https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/nature-angry-us
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters

Cảm ơn sự ủng hộ từ bạn đọc, các tổ chức và doanh nghiệp dành cho đồng bào miền Trung bị ảnh hưởng bởi mưa lũ. Mỗi đóng góp đều là nguồn động viên to lớn, tiếp thêm sức mạnh để bà con vượt qua khó khăn, sớm ổn định cuộc sống.

#VietNamNet #MienTrung #MuaLu #UngHo #TiepSuc #ThienNguyen #HoTroMienTrung #VietnamFloodRelief #SupportCentralVietnam #FloodVictims #CommunitySupport #DisasterRelief #VietnamDisaster #NaturalDisaster #HumanitarianAid #Charity #Solidarity #HelpingHands #CentralVietnamFloods

Mapping Current And Future Flood Exposure Using A 5 Metre Flood Model And Climate Change Projections [Vancouver, Canada]
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https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/699/2024/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/17/pacific-north-west-flooding-british-columbia-washington-state-canada <-- shared 2021 technical media article, PNW flooding
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[this post should not be considered an endorsement of a specific vendor, etc]
#water #hydrology #flood #flooding #risk #hazard #Vancouver #BritishColumbia #Canada #climatechange #extremeweather #localfloods #GIS #spatial #mapping #riskassessment #spatialanalysis #floodexposure #riskmapping #model #modeling #floodriskmanagement #riskmanagement #naturaldisaster #rainfall #precipitation #stormsurge #hazardmapping #floodmapping #floodrisk #infrastructure #cost #economics #fluvial #pluvial #geomorphology #elevation #geomorphometry #regulatory #regulations #spatiotemporal

New open access chapter:
Working #Equids in #Disasters
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-00313-3_4
 
In "The Palgrave Handbook of Human-Animal Interactions in the Global Context of Climate Change, Disasters, and Other Crises" Edited by H. Wu, K. Breen, S.E. DeYoung, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-00313-3
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #AnimalsDisasters #DisastersAnimals

Recent newsletters:

1. #Warning Research Centre newsletter https://mailchi.mp/d6df32c4e7c7/warning-research-centre-october-2025-newsletter-6741764 #EWS #WarningSystems
 
2. #DisastersAvoided newsletter https://mailchi.mp/9ac4eaca5c4c/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
 
#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters ).

Recently published:
 
1. "Planetary Dysregulation and Our #MentalHealth" https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202510/planetary-dysregulation-and-our-mental-health
 
2. "The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on #Health and #ClimateChange" https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01919-1/abstract #ClimateHealth #HealthClimate
 
3. "Operational #Ethics for Researching #Geohazards" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03754-1_5 #Geoethics
 
#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters).

[Pastilan] Our fault lines

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

"Antarctic Disasters - And Avoiding Them"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL3u5rsYO5c
Presentation at the 2025 Conference of SCAR SC-HASS (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Standing Committee on the Humanities and Social Sciences)
 
#Antarctic #Antarctica #PolarResearch #DisastersAvoided #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement

New book:
"Small States and International Law"
https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/57234
Edited by Petra Butler, Jean-Pierre Gauci, and Georgia Greville.
 
My chapter "Disasters and Small States".
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #SmallStates #InternationalLaw

Afghanistan Earthquake Triggers Humanitarian Crisis

https://www.olamnews.com/world/middleeast/1367/afghanistan-earthquake-humanitarian-crisis/

#NatGeo 's 'Hurricane Katrina' #documentary removes the gap between the #PastAndPresent https://zorz.it/WoUlT | #JeremyGray #archival #ClimateChange #history #HurricaneKatrina #NaturalDisaster #weather

#NatGeo 's 'Hurricane Katrina' #documentary removes the gap between the #PastAndPresent https://zorz.it/WoUlT | #JeremyGray #archival #ClimateChange #history #HurricaneKatrina #NaturalDisaster #weather

#NatGeo 's 'Hurricane Katrina' #documentary removes the gap between the #PastAndPresent https://zorz.it/WoUlT | #JeremyGray #archival #ClimateChange #history #HurricaneKatrina #NaturalDisaster #weather

#NatGeo 's 'Hurricane Katrina' #documentary removes the gap between the #PastAndPresent https://zorz.it/WoUlT | #JeremyGray #archival #ClimateChange #history #HurricaneKatrina #NaturalDisaster #weather

What Does The Latest #TiobeIndex Say About The #Future Of #Programming? : Medium

#Attabad #Lake: The #Stunning #Legacy of a #NaturalDisaster : BBC

Your #Outdated #Tech might be a ‘#Goldmine’ : Pop Sci

Check our latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

New paper:
"From multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS) to all-vulnerability warning systems (AVWS)"
Free to download https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112977

#EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterWarning #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #MHEWS

Barriers To Quantifying Human Alterations Of Global Floodplains And How We Can Overcome Them
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100433 <-- shared paper
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#floodplains #floodplain #development #alterations #flood #flooding #risk #hazard #management #planning #humanimpacts #mitigation #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #landuse #spatialanalysis #monitoring #mitigation #humanimpacts #riverine #watersecurity #population #foodsecurity #waterquality #waterresources #degradation #damage #infrastructure #loss #cost #economics #extremeweather #climatechange #waterstorage #groundwater #watershed #water #hydrology #hydrography #naturaldisaster #spatiotemporal

New Book: "Understanding and Addressing #DisasterRisk"
Free PDF from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003292814 with thanks to UCL Open Access.
 
And a reminder of the free PDF book published in February:
"Development and Disasters: Natural hazards and vulnerability reduction" (2nd ed.).
https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/development-and-disasters with thanks to UCL Open Access.
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement

Myanmar Declares State of Emergency, Seeks International Aid After 8.2 Magnitude Quake

#earthquake #internationalaid #myanmar #naturaldisaster #StateofEmergency
https://blazetrends.com/myanmar-declares-state-of-emergency-seeks-international-aid-after-8-2-magnitude-quake/?fsp_sid=1053

New book:
"Development and Disasters: Natural hazards and vulnerability reduction" (2nd ed.) by J. Lewis and I. Kelman.

Free PDF download https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/development-and-disasters thanks to UCL Open Access.

Practical Action Publishing.

#OpenAccess #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #development #hazards #NaturalHazards #vulnerability #resilience

Gender, Disaster, and the Sendai Framework: A Decade of Progress?
18 March 2025, 1830-2100.
At University College London, UK, in-person only, recorded for YouTube.
Programme and registration https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/events/2025/mar/gender-disaster-and-sendai-framework-decade-progress
 
#GenderDisaster #DisasterGender #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisasterPrevention

Study for a disaster Master's degree at University College London, UK.
See https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/study/masters-programmes for applications and funding for:
-MSc Risk, Disaster and Resilience.
-MSc Risk and Disaster Science.
-MRes Risk and Disaster Reduction.
Deadlines: Non-UK 4 April and UK 29 August.
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters

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

"Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68680-5
The #German translation of "Disaster by Choice" https://global.oup.com/academic/product/disaster-by-choice-9780198841357
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #Katastrophen

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