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Every week the PreventionWeb team of editors selects the latest news and research, reports and publications on disaster risk reduction – here is their selection of the latest must-read content.

Update

26 December 2022

Deep learning can predict tsunami impacts in less than a second

Deep learning could save lives by slashing the time needed to predict the height and reach of large tsunamis.

Institute of Physical and Chemical Research

Mozambique - aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Idai, 2021

Update

23 December 2022

Impact forecasting and anticipatory action, how to take the right decision?

This blogpost looks at the challenges associated with forecasting not only the hazards themselves, but also their impacts, to inform anticipatory action that protects many more people from harm.

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)

Documents and publications

26 December 2022

CRED Crunch, Issue no. 69, December 2022: The interplay of drought-flood extreme events in Africa over the last twenty years (2002-2021)

This CRED Crunch newsletter explores the interplay of drought-flood extreme events in Africa over the last twenty years (2002-2021).

Documents and publications

26 December 2022

Climate change and earthquake exposure in Asia and the Pacific: Assessment of energy and transport infrastructure

This study analyzes the exposure of energy and transport assets in Asia and the Pacific to climate change and earthquake hazards and highlights how multi-hazard assessment can help strengthen the resilience of crucial infrastructure.

Adults and children walking through flooded streets in Pakistan

Update

22 December 2022

Building a climate resilient future for coastal South Asia

South Asia's megacities have huge economic potential and large populations, and must be supported to power the adaptation and innovation needed to deal with the cascading impacts of sea level rise.

CASCADES

A man overlooks a wildfire visible from San Francisco under a hazy sky turned orange

Update

21 December 2022

Ongoing CU research explores impacts, solutions after Marshall Fire

One year after the Marshall Fire, dozens of ongoing research projects are exploring the science behind what happened that day, the widespread impacts on people, pets and the environment and how we can mitigate future catastrophes amid a changing climate.

University of Colorado Boulder

Woman walking through the flooded street in Nigeria with a yellow rain cape.

Update

23 December 2022

Flood prediction breakthrough by NASA, Pacific Disaster Center

NASA’s Earth Science Applied Sciences Disasters program area has partnered with the University of Hawaiʻi’s Pacific Disaster Center and other scientific institutions to release a significant breakthrough in flood prediction technology.

University of Hawai'i

Research briefs

21 December 2022

Wildfire threats not commonly disclosed by U.S. firms despite risk to economy

Public companies bury such risks, UC Davis researchers suggest.

University of California, Davis

Research briefs

21 December 2022

New tectonic plate model could improve earthquake risk assessment

A new model of tectonic plates in New Zealand may identify areas of increased earthquake likelihood.

Eos - AGU

A woman protects herself from the hot sun in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Update

21 December 2022

Climate change made record breaking early season heat in Argentina and Paraguay about 60 times more likely

A large area centred around the central-northern part of Argentina, and also southern Bolivia, central Chile, and most of Paraguay and Uruguay, experienced record-breaking temperatures during two consecutive heatwaves in November and early December 2022.

World Weather Attribution