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#Landslide in #Darfur #Sudan wipes out a village, killing more than 1k people

A landslide wiped out a village in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1k people in one of the deadliest #NaturalDisasters in the African country’s recent history, a rebel group controlling the area said late Monday.

The tragedy happened Sunday in the village of #Tarasin in Central Darfur’s #MarrahMountains after days of heavy #rain in late August.

#climate #ExtremeWeather
apnews.com/article/sudan-darfu

This is a locator map for Sudan with its capital, Khartoum. (AP Photo)
AP News · Landslide in Sudan kills more than 1,000Par Samy Magdy

NOAA Research: An experimental NOAA tool that predicts hourly wildfire hazards across the U.S.. “[Hourly Wildfire Potential Index] provides an assessment of wildfire potential updated every hour based on model-predicted weather conditions. The frequent updates allow HWP to forecast sudden increases or decreases in potential fire activity due to changing weather conditions, providing more […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/31/noaa-research-an-experimental-noaa-tool-that-predicts-hourly-wildfire-hazards-across-the-u-s/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · NOAA Research: An experimental NOAA tool that predicts hourly wildfire hazards across the U.S. | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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“We’ve said it all morning long,” said Rep. Ken King, R-Canadian, who chaired the House committee to look at disaster issues. “The locals can do better. We can do better. Being prepared and being ready to respond to a disaster is what we owe the citizens of Texas.”

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Parents of Camp Mystic girls lost during the Guadalupe River flooding of July 4, 2025  pack seats in the Senate Chamber to view passage of Senate Bill 1 which strengthens summer camp regulations to help prevent future tragedies.
The Texas Tribune · In response to failures and grieving parents, Texas lawmakers advance flood billsHere’s where the proposed laws to address camp safety, flood warnings and emergency response stand in the Legislature.

“This is going to be a bloodbath if something isn’t changed,” said Levine, a Republican who once led Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ health care transition team. “The issue isn’t just about Unicoi and whether it reopens, it will be about how many hospitals we can even keep open.”

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Texas Flood Relief Took a Back Seat to Trump’s Redistricting Demands: “It’s a travesty.”

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In early July, flash floods along the Guadalupe River killed 138 people and caused an estimated $1.1 billion in damage, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in Texas history. But just a week later, Texas found itself whiplashed into another crisis altogether: […]

murica.website/2025/08/texas-f

murica.websiteTexas Flood Relief Took a Back Seat to Trump’s Redistricting Demands: “It’s a travesty.” – The USA Potato
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Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans almost exactly 20 years ago, killing nearly 1,400 people, leaving thousands in horrific, terrifying conditions and doing more than $100 billion in damage. "While there were many unsung heroes during Katrina, the tragic missteps and missed opportunities at all levels of government emergency management are what no emergency manager ever wants to repeat," writes Eric Kevin Stern, a professor of political science in the Department of Emergency Management at the University of Albany. Here's his story for @TheConversationUS on three lessons that should have been learned.

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The ConversationHurricane Katrina: 3 painful lessons for emergency management are increasingly important 20 years laterThe 2005 hurricane was a disaster made worse by a lack of coordination and communication among governments and emergency leadership on the ground.

alojapan.com/1354552/japan-tri Japan trials giant robot hand to scoop buried items at quake sites #3DPrintedRobots #AIRobotics #ETHZurich #Japan #JapanNews #NaturalDisasters #news #RobotExcavator #RobotHand #robotics Researchers in Japan and Switzerland have revealed a giant robotic hand that could transform how communities prepare for and recover from natural disasters. Built through a collaboration between Kumagai Gumi, Tsukuba University, Nara Institute of Science and T