International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction #DRR is a good day to share the newly published book The Demography of Disasters https://t.co/Na0HUUzsFb. My chapter looks at the compounding impacts of #lifeline#infrastructure failure during natural hazard events.
What can we learn from the 2022 eruption and tsunami in Tonga about disaster #riskmanagement?
A need to address:
🔺 Critical infrastructure redundancy
🔺 Integrated governance
🔺 Risk communications
Uncover more ⬇️
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Here it is: a full-fat explainer for the eruption in the Kingdom of Tonga.
What caused that huge explosion? How's it breaking lightning records? What made the tsunami? And where has the island gone? Answers & possibilities found within.
Me, for @NatGeo https://t.co/adldCZw9og
There has been a major explosive eruption from Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in Tonga. The volcano has been actively erupting since 20 Dec 2021. There are already many news stories and posts about this event. We will add info here to provide context & links.
https://t.co/Z2tuXNIea8
Heavy rain has caused a road to crack and collapse in Port Stephens, near Newcastle.
Forecasters say as much as 100mm of rain could have fallen in a short time.
Latest: https://t.co/X0PkxvS7BJ
Full weather wrap tonight at 6.00pm on #9News
Can't believe it has been 14 years since we chased the Mt. Ruapehu crater lake breakout lahar! Learned so much about volcanic mass flows and their deposits that day and in the weeks after. About to finally finish that paper as well, oops @VolcanicRiskNZ@scronin70@EmmaAnneSingh
Last Friday three large earthquakes occurred offshore Aotearoa New Zealand. They all produced tsunami that overlapped and were recorded all around New Zealand. We have the latest science on the tsunami for you here: https://t.co/zP7M6saeD7 #eqnz
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Webcam captures start of #Kīlauea summit eruption. First image is from Dec 20 at 9:20 p.m. HST, approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the eruption. Final image taken at 1:06 a.m. HST on Dec 21. #Kilauea2020