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Risk identification and assessment

A qualitative or quantitative approach to determine the nature and extent of disaster risk by analysing potential hazards and evaluating existing conditions of exposure and vulnerability that together could harm people, property, services, livelihoods and the environment on which they depend.

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An AI dataset carves new paths to tornado detection

TorNet, a public artificial intelligence dataset, could help models reveal when and why tornadoes form, improving forecasters' ability to issue warnings.
MIT Press, the
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Remote sensing and GIS-based inventory and analysis of the unprecedented 2021 forest fires in Türkiye’s history

This study aimed to document and analyze the 30 large fres (affecting over 100 hectares) of 2021 using remote sensing and GIS techniques.
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Midwest tornadoes: What a decaying El Niño has to do with violent storms in the central US

Spring is tornado season in the U.S., but the tornadoes in Nebraska and Iowa were quite a bit farther north and east of what would be typical for tornadoes in late April, when tornado activity is more common in Oklahoma and Texas.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Historical analysis of tropical and non-tropical induced flooding within the James River Basin, Virginia

This paper identifies flooding patterns within the James River Basin based strictly on flood frequency and causative weather events.
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Convection-permitting climate models offer more certain extreme rainfall projections

In this publication, researchers exploit the km-scale convection-permitting multi-model ensemble, generated within the FPS Convection project, to provide a new understanding of the changes in local precipitation extremes and related uncertainties.
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Rivers in the sky’ have drenched California, yet even more extreme rains are possible

For years, scientists have said that atmospheric rivers can either make or break the water supplies of thirsty California cities and farms.
Los Angeles Times
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An efficient, multi-scale neighbourhood index to quantify wildfire likelihood

This study aimed to develop an approach for quantifying wildfire likelihood that is both computationally efficient and able to consider contagious and directionally specific fire behaviour properties across multiple spatial ‘neighbourhood’ scales.
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Extreme cold temperatures in domiciliary care: the study

The aim of this study was to explore client and care worker risks and preparedness for cold weather, with a view to identifying mitigations and incorporating these into advice and cold weather planning.

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