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UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 3d

Today is International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025: Fund Resilience, Not Disasters. It is time to work across silos & with expertise in the financial & insurance markets to think more creatively about how this can be done. #ResiliencePays #DRRday iddrr.undrr.org

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UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 8d

Take a look at the latest addition to our Warning Briefing Note series titled 'Enhancing Early Warning Systems for Nuclear Plant Water Contamination' by Yungi Jiang from @uofglasgow.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 8d

‘The river warns us, the government ignores us’ - Early flood warnings offer scant relief, as families in north Bihar's floodplains are left stranded every year-without evacuation plans or adequate relief camps ruralindiaonline.org/article/the-...

‘The river warns us, the government ignores us’

Early flood warnings offer scant relief, as families in north Bihar’s floodplains are left stranded every year—without evacuation plans or adequate relief camps

ruralindiaonline.org

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UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 9d

Why Bihar still sees high lightning deaths despite warnings: www.groundreport.in/extreme-weat...

Why Bihar Still Sees High Lightning Deaths Despite Warnings

On July 17–18, 2025, lightning strikes and storms killed 80 people across Bihar in just two days. Nalanda alone reported 23 deaths

www.groundreport.in

UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 9d

Leveraging WhatsApp to increase disaster preparedness in Malawi: increasing disaster preparedness and response through the timely sharing of early warning messages and weather forecasts via a WhatsApp group: www.concern.net/knowledge-hu...

Leveraging WhatsApp to increase disaster preparedness in Malawi

In Malawi’s Nsanje District, where flooding is a recurring threat during rainy seasons, communities have long grappled with the devastating impacts of extreme weather To increase disaster…

www.concern.net

UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 10d

Upgrading tsunami warning systems for faster and more accurate alerts - the potential for using gravitational perturbations generated by the mass movement of the earthquake that travel at the speed of light as warnings temblor.net/earthquake-i...

Upgrading Tsunami Warning Systems for Faster and More Accurate Alerts - Temblor.net

Tsunami early warning systems offer important information about impending waves. New systems can increase the timeliness and accuracy of warnings. By Rebecca Owen, Science Writer (@beccapox and…

temblor.net

UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 10d

Turning mobile networks into lifelines: Early Warnings for All reaches more countries in 2025
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Turning mobile networks into lifelines: Early Warnings for All reaches more countries in 2025

In 2025, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) continues to assist countries in strengthening early warning systems to ensure that no one is left…

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UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 11d

Fiber optic cables could act as early warning system for geohazards, especially sinkholes, study finds www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...

Fiber optic cables could act as early warning system for geohazards, study finds | Penn State University

Simple fiber-optic cables that are essential for powering the internet can be a useful tool in spotting geohazards such as sinkholes, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State.

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UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 13d

Multi-hazard early warning system - Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System www.preventionweb.net/publication/...

Multi-hazard early warning system - Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System

This report presents the updates and describes the Multi-Hazard and Early Warning System component (MHEWS) of the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS).

www.preventionweb.net

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UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 14d

USF professor leads push for hurricane scale to include storm surge, flood risk www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An experimental test of risk perceptions under a new hurricane classification system - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - An experimental test of risk perceptions under a new hurricane classification system

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UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 14d

GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning report: September 2025 www.preventionweb.net/publication/...

GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning report: September 2025

The September 2025 GEOGLAM Crop Monitor for Early Warning report provides an overview of global crop conditions with a focus on regions vulnerable to food insecurity.

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UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 15d

How to bolster food security through global early-warning systems www.preventionweb.net/publication/...

How to bolster food security through global early-warning systems

This paper focuses on the development of early-warning systems for food security that adapt current hazard monitoring practices to be better equipped to deal with more complex, cascading risks.

www.preventionweb.net

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UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 15d

Wildfire displacement is on the rise: 2025 sends a clear warning www.preventionweb.net/news/wildfir...

Wildfire displacement is on the rise: 2025 sends a clear warning

From the United States to Korea, from Canada to Türkiye and Greece, the data is clear: wildfires are becoming more frequent, more intense, more widespread, and they are forcing more people from their…

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UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 17d

Join us online for the book launch of 'Signs from the Future. A Philosophy of Warnings' by Prof Santiago Zabala @UPFBarcelona on 26 Nov 2025, 15:00 – 16:3 UK time. More info 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical... @stsucl.bsky.social @uclrdr.bsky.social @ifrc.org @preventionweb.bsky.social

UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 23d

Join us for an in-person workshop & roundtable 'Building Effective Health Warnings for Users: The First Mile' with CUAMM Doctors with Africa 30 Oct 2025, 14:00–18:00 @UCL. Detail and registration ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical... @stsucl.bsky.social @uclrdr.bsky.social @who.int @uclmedsci.bsky.social

Building Effective Health Warnings for Users: The First Mile Workshop and Roundtable Event

Join UCL WRC and CUAMM Doctors with Africa to discuss with a wide range of stakeholders on how to build effective warnings for health issues, with a focus on emergent infectious diseases (EID).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 26d

2/2 Join the launch event 'Warnings for Mental Health During Climatic Extremes' on 29th October 15:00–17:00, in person & online to learn more about this groundbreaking report. Register ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical... @crews-initiative.bsky.social @uclrdr.bsky.social @stsucl.bsky.social @who.int

Front cover of mental health report, with ranking of blue square tiles with faces ranking from smiling to sad alongside a ruler scale.

UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · 26d

1/2 We are delighted to announce the publication of worlds 1st 'Mental Health Vulnerability Index (MHVI): preparing communities, societies and authorities for the impacts of climate change on mental health' by Rhiannon Hawkins @uofglasgow.bsky.social ⏬ www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical... 😃🙂😐🙁😢

Mental Health Vulnerability Index (MHVI): preparing for the impacts of climate change

UCL WRC welcomes a new innovative report by Rhiannon Hawkins that provides an innovative review of current strategies to monitor mental health in the context of disasters proposing novel solutions.

www.ucl.ac.uk

UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · Sep 10

Amazing opportunity with
@royalcollegeofart.bsky.social & UCL Warning Research Centre for a Postdoctoral Researcher for AHRC funded project, 'Scoring Warnings'. Details: jobs.rca.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
@uclrdr.bsky.social @uclart.bsky.social @globalnetworkdr.bsky.social @preventionweb.bsky.social

Job Opportunity at The Royal College of Art: Postdoctoral Researcher (0.4FTE, fixed term)

Postdoctoral ResearcherDepartment: Contemporary Art Practice, School of Arts & Humanities (SoAH)Grade: 7, 0.4 FTE (2 days per week)Duration: Fixed-term contract, until 31 August 2028About the Royal Co...

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UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · Sep 9

From vision to reality: making early warnings ‘truly’ multi-hazard @MBudimir & Robert Sakic Trogrlic www.preventionweb.net/drr-communit...

From vision to reality: making early warnings ‘truly’ multi-hazard

Multi‑hazard early warning systems (MHEWS) dominate the narrative-from global frameworks to national plans. Yet what "multi‑hazard" means when applied practically to an EWS remains fuzzy, and realitie...

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UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · Sep 2

Tsunamis and atolls: why warnings must be locally meaningful
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Tsunamis and atolls: why warnings must be locally meaningful

The usual tsunami advice to move inland and to move to high ground might not be possible for many atolls. Generic, international, trans-oceanic warnings need to become locally meaningful. What advice…

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UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · Aug 27

Volcano alert: Scientists discover a signal that could transform early warning systems - the role of shear-wave splitting: www.earth.com/news/volcano...

Volcano alert: Scientists discover a signal that could transform early warning systems

Detecting a signal within earthquake waves called shear-wave splitting may improve early warning systems for volcano eruptions.

www.earth.com

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UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · Aug 26

Extreme weather alerts can move markets: 'Weather has always shaped how people live. Now it’s starting to shape how they invest. A storm warning, it turns out, can matter almost as much to the markets as the storm itself." theconversation.com/extreme-weat...

Extreme weather alerts can move markets – here’s what investors can learn from our new research

Businesses have no option but to become more resilient in the face of extreme weather events.

theconversation.com

UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · Aug 26

Why the Arthur’s Seat burn is a cautionary tale for the UK’s wildfire management strategy - "The Arthur’s Seat fire was a warning shot. The question is whether we’ll heed it." theconversation.com/why-the-arth...

Why the Arthur’s Seat burn is a cautionary tale for the UK’s wildfire management strategy

Fire isn’t the enemy. Poorly timed, unmanaged fire is.

theconversation.com

UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · Aug 22

Upcoming talk: @CarinaFearnley at the @UTwente Climate Centre titled 'From Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) to All-Vulnerability Warning Systems (AVWS)' based on her atest paper published with @IlanKelman. Registration: www.itc.nl/about-itc/ce...

UCL Warning Research Centre @uclwrc.bsky.social · Aug 19

We are now available on Instagram too - follow us for warning news and updates www.instagram.com/uclwrc/