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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.

Antigua and Barbuda Hurricane Damage
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Hurricane Beryl’s rapid intensification, Category 5 winds so early in a season are alarming: Here’s why more tropical storms are exploding in strength

The damage Beryl caused, particularly on Carriacou and Petite Martinique, was extensive, Grenada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell told a news briefing. “In half an hour, Carriacou was flattened.”
Conversation Media Group, the
Aerial View of homes under water in Australia's flooding disaster. Also features paddlers surveying damage.
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Rising risks of climate disasters mean some communities will need to move – we need a national conversation about relocation now

As climate-related disasters intensify, more people will be find their homes unlivable or uninsurable. Australia needs to start planning now, to relocate our most at-risk communities before it's too late. The long-term benefits are incalculable.
Conversation Media Group, the
Flooded street, Quensland, 2011
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Just 15 centimetres of water can float a car – but we are failing to educate drivers about the dangers of floodwaters

Across half of Australia’s states and territories, the driver handbook ignores flooding. That’s a missed opportunity, considering the handbook contains road rules and provides advice on how to navigate safely.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Documents and publications

Building code checklist for structural resilience

This set of checklist assesses the comprehensiveness and depth of their building code provisions, focusing on four major elements: structural resilience, fire safety, green buildings, and universal accessibility.
Prescribed burn at the Upper Applegate Watershed, Oregon
Research briefs

Future climate change will impact opportunities for prescribed fires

Prescribed burning is one of the most effective tools to prevent catastrophic fires. Some locations in the United States are facing a future where safe conditions to burn are fewer and farther between.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Hand stopping wooden blocks from falling on a house
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To insure or self-insure? The question homeowners must answer amid impact of climate change

If catastrophic weather events continue to escalate, so-called “self-insurance” – buying no insurance and paying for any losses yourself – might be the only viable option for homeowners living in disaster-prone areas.
Conversation Media Group, the
School in Nepal
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How education systems respond to extreme climate and environmental events

With ever increasing events of high heat and pollution across the Asian region, prompting school closures more frequently than before, education stakeholders must reconsider the suite of available policies.
Center for Global Development
A child drinks water in Mali, Kenya
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Advancing water resilience: The CARE4WATER initiative

UNESCO's CARE4WATER initiative aims to boost climate resilience and secure water resources in East Africa by integrating science, socio-economic insights, and community empowerment.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
Cello taxis in the flooded streets in China.
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How China is adapting to increasingly frequent flooding

In this Q&A, Carbon Brief looks at the reasons for China’s recent floods, how the country is adapting and whether it will need to re-examine and future-proof its flood defence systems.
Carbon Brief
Women harvest coffee near Lake Kivu, Rwanda
Research briefs

Climate change to shift tropical rains northward

A study led by a UC Riverside atmospheric scientist predicts that unchecked carbon emissions will force tropical rains to shift northward in the coming decades, which would profoundly impact agriculture and economies near the Earth's equator.
University of California, Riverside
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