Report detailing risks to UK gas security was not one to bury on budget day | Nils Pratley Facts in Neso’s stark assessment have been ignored for years – yet running out could be government-toppling event

Key reading UK #EnergySecurity #Resilience #preparedness

"In the unlikely event of the loss of the single largest piece of gas infrastructure, gas supply falls short of demand for all pathways in 2030-31.”

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Wednesday briefing: The new, devastating flood risk facing nearly all of Britain In today’s newsletter: Flooding across Britain is predicted to become so bad that some towns may need to be abandoned, and it’s not even campaigners raising the alarm – but insurers

This was already on the table 10 years ago in Geneva UNDRR. Lack of political will is increasingly devastating. #UKflooding #flooding #preparedness

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National UK #EmergencyAlert in London not covered @vodafonegroup.bsky.social ?

#WildFire devastation 💔 near Whitby yesterday, an invaluable natural moor landscape lost. Talking to locals, why does declaring a major incident take so long to leverage resources? The community, farmers and firefighters were amazing but #preparedness and response must adapt to #drought #heatwave

London map of water fountains. Bookmark the link, handy for #heatwaveuk
#prepared 🥵💧👍

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Exploring King's Lynn. That small plaque marks the high tide level 5Dec 2013 #UKflooding

The time to upgrade your personal #preparedness is now. Understand your risks, assess vulnerabilities , sign up for alerts, make a plan, rehearse, communicate, network and more. Hone in like a pro with expert, personalised guidance. Find out more: blueskyresilience.co.uk
#ReadyForAnything #Coaching

Nights are warming even faster than days as carbon pollution drives global heating.

🌡️ Hot nights make it harder for people to recover from daytime heat & is eroding sleep globally.

More: Climate Change's Influence on 'Sleepless Nights': www.climatecentral.org/report/sleep...

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An important listen. Great to see 'The Wargame' out.
#resilience #preparedness #EmergencyPlanning

BBC Radio 4 - At Your Own Peril Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk.

Lovely to hear @lucygobag.bsky.social "s voice through BBC4 this morning. If you've not tuned in yet, add it to your playlist
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#preparedness #resilience #understandRisk

SPEECHLESS BEFORE / AFTER #BLATTEN

The magnitude of destruction after the 3:24 pm collapse of Birch Glacier is immense! 😱

All the forest has been razed and the ice/wood/debris dammed the Lonza river 🌊

Some buildings of Blatten are buried 🏠

📷 Pomona

EM and DRR colleagues must see this!
#preparedness #DisasterRiskReduction

West Nile virus detected in UK mosquitoes for first time A UK Health Security Agency spokesperson said the risk to the general public is

West Nile virus detected in UK mosquitoes for first time
#health #preparedness
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Just got this #emergencyalert on my Swiss app: total evacuation because of expected #landslip #rockfall
#preparedness

Readers reply: If you were prepping, what would your top five items be? The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts. This week’s followed the S...

14.5.2025 "The blackout in Spain and Portugal reminded me of the need to include cash." When the power's off, your debit or credit card is just a piece of plastic. #Prepare #Resilience #CivilDefence www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Update:
UNBELIEVABLE ALMOST 27 DEGREES IN ICELAND

Climatic history rewritten.
And sadly, another terrible failure by all models, none of which saw 24C+ in Iceland for this warm episode, although it was obvious it was going to be historic and much warmer than that.

Timely release of the #London Surface Water Strategy yesterday. With current #drought conditions and a changing climate with more extreme #rainstorms and #flooding this is urgent for this summer and going forward. Read at www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...

#DisasterRiskReduction #FloodReady

Toxic wildfire pollution infiltrates homes of 1bn people a year, study finds Dangerous indoor pollution could be tackled with air purifiers but costs are too high for many, researchers say

.. tiny particles produced by #wildfires can travel thousands of miles and are known to be more toxic than urban #airpollution, due to higher concentrations of chemicals that cause inflammation
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#health

Exceptionally low river flows forecast across UK as drought threat grows Predicted dry, warm weather likely to increase pressure on rivers, whose flows are already far below normal

"..customers have been told by government they will be fined £1,000 if they break a hosepipe ban. Yet again, the public will bear the costs of a failing water industry.”
#droughtUK
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That's Saturday evening sorted: "Families like ours" a meditation on humanity and coping.

#resilience #flooding

‘Blackouts can happen anywhere’: how power systems worldwide can collapse After Europe’s biggest blackout in over 20 years, experts warn that while such incidents are rare, no grid is infallible

Blackouts can happen anywhere’: how power systems worldwide can collapse
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#preparedness

The Role of Imagination in Flood Preparedness In a previous post, I looked at how a failure of imagination potentially contributed to a tragic loss of life in the 2021 floods across Northern Europe. Because people were not able to grasp the po…

What is the role of imagination in flood disaster preparedness?

My latest post looks at important research by Joy Ommer and others on how a lack of imagination contributed to the impacts of the 2021 floods in Europe:

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If you find mosquitoes in Scotland please report them for our Mosquito Scotland project @mosquitoscotland.bsky.social! @ukceh.bsky.social

With the temperature at Kew Gardens reaching 28.0 °C and still climbing, it is now officially the warmest start to May on record for the UK

The previous May 1st record high temperature was 27.4 °C at Lossiemouth in Scotland in 1990

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ASIAN HEAT WAVE

The extraordinary heat is moving East.
Records in MONGOLIA and SIBERIA
Minimum of +11.8C at Olgi 1700m asl in Mongolia highlands.
Maxes up to +31C in Siberia !

Next days insane unbelievable heat in CHINA with 40/42C in the North and nights up to 30C

Chart shows a big drop in electricity demand in Spain around 1pm from 25GW to close to 10GW. Actual demand now well below scheduled/expected.

Wow! Huge power outage in Spain/Portugal. Just managed to pull this from the Spanish grid operator's website before it timed out. Demand cratered from 25GW to less than 10GW in an instant. 🔌💡

Spain hit by blackouts after massive power outage, with Portugal also reportedly affected Red Eléctrica says all resources are dedicated to solving problem that has caused loss of power across Spain

Spain hit by #blackout after massive power outage, with Portugal also reportedly affected
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
#BlackSky

Lithuanian capital Vilnius unveils invasion evacuation plan Plans for the evacuation of Vilnius were published as fears over Russia's military ambitions continue to grow.

Lithuanian capital #Vilnius unveils invasion evacuation plan
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#preparedness #lithuania #readyforanything

BBC South Today on flooding in Oxford On 23 April BBC South Today broadcast a substantial report on flooding and flood resilience in Oxford (starts 10 mins into the programme). The item, researched and presented by Alexis Green, begins…

Flood resilience in #Oxford - listen: oxfordfloodalliance.org.uk/2025/04/24/b...

#flooding #preparedness