Critical infrastructure

El Niño-related shipping delays have left fans waiting for the game’s latest release.

Between 2010 and 2025 floods in Indonesia claimed more than 1,700 lives and caused an estimated USD 5.8 billion in losses. ADB-backed forecasting systems now warn communities up to nine hours ahead, alongside livelihood support for affected households.

In the aftermath of a disaster, affected areas are trapped in a severe information vacuum. When roads are damaged and communications fail, entering the disaster zone and conducting onsite surveys doesn't give an tell what help is necessary and where.

This paper reviews 35 studies on public interpretations of institutional presence in flood-prone areas, finding that perceptions of risk, trust, and preparedness are shaped by how communities experience flood management and governance visibility.

On September 26th, following nearly 48 hours of continuous heavy rainfall, Bangkok was officially designated a disaster-affected zone following severe meteorological disruptions driven by an active low-pressure cell stalled across central Thailand.

A roving crew installs cameras on California’s highest, craggiest ridgelines to catch wildfires early. Since 2023 artificial intelligence has scanned the network’s footage, and it now spots 51 per cent of the state’s wildfires first.

The Indonesian government is working with Japan to broadcast earthquake early warnings through mosque loudspeakers, with trials planned in Jakarta and other regions by 2030 before nationwide rollout.

Municipalities can prevent system failures through redundancy – intentional duplication of critical functions that increases reliability – and keep mission-critical communications functioning so public safety professionals can serve the community.

This study uses immersive VR simulations and machine learning to identify manual guidance by station staff as the most effective factor for reliable flood evacuation in suburban railway stations, emphasizing staff deployment and clear emergency broadcasts

With floods and contamination overwhelming Kathmandu’s water systems, communities are restoring traditional stone spouts that once served as the valley’s primary water source.

Extreme heat is becoming an operating condition. Keeping power, water and essential services running requires coordinated planning, data-sharing, governance and investment. The choices made now will shape resilience and competitiveness for years to come.

This paper proposes a Bridge Resilience System that integrates condition assessment, hazard exposure, vulnerability, risk, lifecycle costs and MCDM. A Kolhapur pilot shows that bridge resilience planning should extend beyond condition-based management.

This paper examines how temporary community facilities can instead operate as longer-term recovery assets by analyzing the Kumamoto Home-for-All Reutilization Project in Japan.

This report presents a scalable, data-driven methodology to help North Macedonia transition from reactive crisis management to proactive risk reduction and investment planning.

MIT's Climate Grand Challenges has produced 29 papers and a set of digital tools now reaching deployment, helping communities, emergency agencies and insurers assess local flood, cyclone and heat risk and plan infrastructure accordingly.

Researchers at IIT Madras have built a standalone application that uses thousands of years of earthquake data to calculate site-specific seismic risk for India's 6,500-plus large dams, helping authorities prioritise urgent safety upgrades.

Power systems remain vulnerable to natural disasters that cause widespread outages. Leveraging outage records from recent large-scale blackouts, this study establishes an empirical relationship between daily nightlight-intensity loss and power outages

Britain’s railway system has already been under stress from extreme heat this summer, with several operators reducing timetables and train speeds.

Environment Agency says talks under way about increasing prices for industrial users to try to reduce poor water management

This paper calls for a shift from Bridge Management Systems to Bridge Resilience Systems, integrating disaster governance, critical infrastructure, climate risk, ecosystem management and connectivity to protect essential functions during disruption.

This study introduces a structured framework for compiling a multi-hazard inventory of transport disruptions using open access news media.

Zoning restrictions can prevent new manufactured home parks from opening in safer locations, forcing disaster survivors to return to flood-prone areas.

They’re trying to prevent power lines from sparking catastrophic fires. But there are also worries about how the added expense will fall on ratepayers.

Contemporary transportation infrastructure is not designed for the extreme levels of heat as the frequency and severity of high temperatures increases. Those in charge must respond to increased stress on infrastructure systems, with mitigation techniques

This paper uses a GIS-based Flood Simulation Analysis to evaluate flood vulnerability of seven inland airports in the Ohio River Valley under two extreme precipitation scenarios: a short-duration flash flood and a longer duration regional event.

Extreme weather is increasingly disrupting roads, railways, airports and waterways, exposing vulnerabilities in transport networks and supply chains and highlighting the growing need for climate-resilient infrastructure and adaptation measures.

Solar power proved the only major energy source that performed better than normal during Europe’s summer of extremes, experts found. When paired with batteries, it helped supply thousands of AC units during historic hot conditions.

The IDB is advancing regenerative roads in Latin America and the Caribbean by integrating nature-based solutions to reduce risks and costs due to poor logistics performance, growing exposure to natural hazards, and accelerating loss of natural capital.

This study aims to identify shelter management challenges, existing practices, and resident-driven recommendations in four unions of Sarankhola, southwest Bangladesh, while also developing a perceived cyclone risk map.

Smartphones have become part of just about everyone’s emergency infrastructure. We use them to receive warnings, follow evacuation routes and road closures, locate shelters, contact family and track rapidly changing conditions.

The UK's pothole problem could one day be tackled from beneath the road surface, as researchers at the University of Surrey launch a pioneering trial that uses heat stored underground to keep roads cooler in summer, warmer in winter.

Adapting to the new hot dry summers is not difficult. Many countries deal with these sorts of extreme conditions ever single year. But it takes planning and investment in basic infrastructure, not just another emergency Cobra meeting.

Loose power lines in fire-prone forests have disproportionately set the country ablaze.

This study investigates the catastrophic September 2024 flood in the Czech Republic, focusing on its impact on bridge infrastructure.