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The 2023 Carnival disaster in São Paulo: an all time record for rainfall in Brazil

May 22, 2023
The 2023 Carnival disaster in São Paulo: an all time record for rainfall in Brazil
Photo credit: Image by Mati Mango from Pexels (Pexels licence)

In February 2023, Brazil experienced its largest rainfall event on record, which devastated the northern coast of the state of São Paulo. This event caused landslides, floods, and numerous fatalities, making it even more tragic than previous disasters in the region, which already have been elaborated on in another blog post. The situation highlights the urgent need for effective emergency manageme ...[Read More]

Connecting the dots: the importance of recognising multi-hazard events in disaster reporting

and March 27, 2023
Connecting the dots: the importance of recognising multi-hazard events in disaster reporting
A photo reporter and a cameraman broadcasting during Hurricane Sandy, Jersey City, New Jersey (USA), 29 October 2012. Photo credit: Wally Gobetz, available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/8153742838 under Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/)

In the past year, the world has witnessed many severe disasters caused by multiple hazards whose impacts overlapped in time and space. February this year, two severe earthquakes hit Syria and Turkey shortly after each other, followed by two more powerful earthquakes and over a hundred aftershocks in subsequent weeks [1,2]. The disaster caused over 48 thousand fatalities, and many people are still ...[Read More]

New positions to join the Natural Hazards Division team!

March 8, 2023
New positions to join the Natural Hazards Division team!

Interested in being actively involved in shaping the EGU NH Division activities and organising the annual General Assembly?  Are you working in the Natural Hazards field? Then keep reading… we need you! Our Division is seeking: a new Science Officer for the NH10 Multi-Hazards sub-division a new Social Media Coordinator For both positions, the term is fixed for a two-year period with a possible ext ...[Read More]

Discovering the CoastSnap project – Interview with Dr Mitchell Harley

and February 13, 2023
Discovering the CoastSnap project – Interview with Dr Mitchell Harley

CoastSnap is a global citizen science project aiming at monitoring the changes in our coastlines due to processes such as storms, rising sea levels, and human activities using smartphones. We will discover more about this promising project by chatting today with Dr Mitchell Harley, founder of the CoastSnap program. Mitchell is a Researcher and Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil and Environment ...[Read More]