Disaster risk communication

This study addresses the limitations of using social media analytics in disaster management, arguing that human analysis remains indispensable, especially when dealing with vulnerable populations.

The study is about developing a domain-adaptive approach to improve multilingual crisis communication in situations where high-quality parallel data are limited.

The BFI, Arts Council England, LIVE Green, and Julie’s Bicycle have partnered to roll out Cool Off in Culture, a UK-wide campaign signposting the public to cultural venues during increasingly frequent heatwaves.

England is sweltering under an red heat health alert and could see its hottest June day on record. In North America, football fans and players are suffering, with a quarter of this summer’s World Cup matches forecast to be played in dangerous heat.

This paper presents the outcomes of an initial investigation into the performance of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Neural Machine Translation (NMT) systems in translating high-stakes messages.

Experts say when people receive too many warnings, especially for events that do not directly affect them, they begin to tune them out.

Operation of a new system of "disaster prevention weather information" reorganizing warnings and advisories for hazards in Japan began May 28.