As storms, wildfires, and floods strike in ever-closer succession, an architect with disaster risk science expertise explains why resilience is built between hazards, not during them.
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AusAlert is a significant improvement to Australia’s emergency warnings, but the question isn’t just about whether it works.
We paired a GPS tracker with a probe that measures temperature when the turtle dives.
Freak tropical-like storms are highly sensitive to climate change and as a result, could be coming soon to the Mediterranean.
The northwest of Australia is one of only a few places in the world that experience tropical cyclones in the desert.
The system is now twice the size it was when it reached far north Queensland, 5,700km and one week ago.
Extreme weather events are increasingly coming in waves, giving communities just days or hours to recover before the next disaster hits.
Cyclone Narelle is expected to cross the Queensland coast on Friday morning. It has followed a predictable westward path, which is highly unusual.
When floods happen, disadvantages mount and people fall further behind.
Like many other regions in the Global South, Aceh’s vulnerability can be traced back to colonialism. Post-colonial development continues to reinforce it.
Extreme rain wasn’t the only cause of Sumatra’s deadly floods. Years of forest loss, eroded soils, and weakened watersheds turned a storm into a tragedy — one that could repeat.
How Sri Lanka can move from reactive disaster management toward proactive climate resilience.
Equatorial cyclones are rare. That’s one reason Cyclone Senyar has done so much damage in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Tropical storms are guided by many different wind patterns: big, like the Bermuda high, and small. A hurricane researcher explains their role in why so many storms veered off into the Atlantic in 2025.
Nearly eight in ten homes facing severe to extreme flood risk are now not insured. We need to rethink how to keep communities safe.
South Africa’s G20 presidency is working on getting communities ready to survive disasters.
The latest report from Australia’s tropical marine research agency shows hard corals on the Great Barrier Reef have been hit hard by an extreme marine heatwave.
A damaged home and the psychological stress that comes with living through a major cyclone can prompt people to buy private health insurance.
Species-rich islands are in the crosshairs of stronger storms as the climate crisis escalates.
Malawi’s experience of the strongest cyclone ever in 2023 shows that communities, government, and donor agencies must plan together for future floods and mudslides.
Top contributors
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Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Monash University
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Principal Research Scientist in Extreme Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Centre for Disaster Studies, James Cook University
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Professor of Physical Geography, James Cook University
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor (Practice) in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
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Assistant Professor, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique
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Honorary Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney
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Climate scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professor of Intersectional Justice, UCL
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Edinburgh
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Senior Climatologist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology