InSAR-Based Monitoring and Susceptibility Assessment of Land Subsidence in Jinan
Available online 29 October 2026
Jinan spans a karst spring catchment in the southern uplands and Quaternary alluvial lowlands to the north, providing contrasting settings for surface deformation. We processed 95 mosaicked ascending-track...
Development of Attenuation Equations for Earthquake Ground Motion in Indonesia
Available online 28 October 2026
Indonesia is situated in a highly active seismic region, where reliable ground-motion prediction is essential for seismic hazard assessment, earthquake-resistant structural design, and disaster risk...
Plasma Flow Control in Flying Systems: Platform-Based Applications, Modeling Approaches, and Performance Evaluation
Available online 26 October 2026
Plasma flow control has attracted considerable attention as an active aerodynamic technology because it enables flow manipulation without mechanical actuation. This review examines plasma flow control...
When Groundwater Recovery Creates New Urban Risks
Available online 23 October 2026
Groundwater recovery is essential for environmental restoration but may introduce new risks to existing urban underground infrastructure. A recent study in Beijing highlights how rising groundwater...
Hydrological Pathways Linking Vegetation to Rainfall-Induced Shallow Landslides: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis
Available online 17 October 2026
Vegetation influences rainfall-induced shallow landslides through coupled hydrological and mechanical processes, yet evidence linking vegetation-regulated hydrological pathways to slope stability remains...
Interpretable Machine Learning for Regional-Scale Landslide Susceptibility Modeling in Central Vietnam
Available online 17 October 2026
Landslides are among the most destructive natural hazards in the mountainous regions of Central Vietnam, causing substantial losses to human life, infrastructure, and socioeconomic development. Accurate...
Groundwater rebound and renewed contact with existing underground space in Beijing
Available online 16 October 2026
Groundwater recovery can bring existing underground structures into contact with a water table depressed during urban development. We examine the timing and spatial variation of this contact in Bei...
Propagation of drought to groundwater in natural aquifers of Southern Spain: a multi–case study analysis
Available online 13 October 2026
Groundwater drought is an increasing hydrological hazard in Mediterranean regions, but its assessment is often limited by sparse and discontinuous piezometric records. This study analyses climate-driven...
Advances in Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) Risk Assessment: From Physical Processes to Physical–Social Coupling
Available online 12 October 2026
Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are among the most severe cryospheric hazards in high-mountain regions, making robust risk assessment essential for disaster risk reduction. This review synthesizes...
Paleotempestological record from an arid coastal desert: multi-proxy evidence for marine storms, aeolian pulses, and flash floods in the lower Drâa Valley, Moroccan Sahara, over the last century.
Available online 9 October 2026
Understanding the past variability of extreme events is essential for assessing their evolution in the context of the ongoing climate change. This study aims to distinguish types of extreme-event deposits...
A cloud-based geospatial machine learning framework for real-time 1 km hourly precipitation downscaling in complex terrains
Available online 5 October 2026
Accurate high-resolution precipitation information is essential for flash-flood and landslide early warning in mountainous regions, yet reliable quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) remains challenging...
Explainable Machine Learning-Based Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment and Upazila-Level Intervention Prioritization in the Chattogram Region, Bangladesh
Available online 1 October 2026
The increasing occurrence of natural hazards, either individually or in combination, has intensified disaster risk worldwide, with the Chattogram Region of Bangladesh representing a prominent multi-hazard...
Equity-sensitive utility planning for post-earthquake shelter sanitation under incomplete capacity evidence
Available online 1 October 2026
Post-earthquake sanitation is an urban utility-continuity problem because water, waste handling, deployable equipment, and safe access jointly determine whether toilets can serve shelter occupants....
Storm surges in the Arabian Gulf: Characteristics and atmospheric drivers
September 2026
Storm surges are major natural hazards that threaten coastal communities worldwide. This study examines storm surge characteristics and driving mechanisms in the Arabian Gulf using a two-dimensional...
Developing a framework for large hail prediction utilizing monthly occurrence probability and storm environments
September 2026
Climate change is expected to influence the frequency and intensity of severe convective storms, with implications for large hail (LH) and associated economic losses. This study develops an empirical...
Residents, enterprises and government: An evolutionary game model of extreme weather warning communication
September 2026
Extreme weather events increasingly threaten communities, necessitating effective collaboration among residents, enterprises, and local government to enhance early warning systems. However, micro-level...
Urban resilience through IoT-Based disaster preparedness and infrastructure monitoring: A systematic literature review
September 2026
Natural disasters increasingly jeopardize urban infrastructure, underscoring the need for adaptive monitoring and preparedness systems. This study presents a systematic literature review of 349 peer-reviewed...
Physics-guided deep learning for radar rainfall nowcasting in flash-flood early warning: Lead-time skill and an illustrative utility proxy
September 2026
Urban flash floods can be triggered by highly localised convective storms, for which 10–60 min of additional warning can materially affect emergency response. We study short-lead radar rainfall nowcasting...
Predicting China's forest fire regimes at various spatial and temporal scales based on drought characteristics under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways
September 2026
Future climate change will lead to extreme weather events, such as droughts, which may exacerbate forest fire regimes. However, the impact of future drought characteristics on forest fire regimes has...
Glacial lake outburst flood modelling of the Tikip Lake, Sikkim Himalaya, India
September 2026
Glaciers in the Himalaya are experiencing a high rate of melting due to ongoing climate change. The melting waters of the glaciers accumulate in depressions, forming high-volume glacial lakes. Natural...
Trends and advancements in disaster preparedness research: A global bibliometric analysis (1951–2024)
September 2026
Preparedness is a core concept in disaster research, encompassing proactive actions and strategies to enhance an individual's, community's, or organization's ability to respond to and recover from a...
Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis based on microtremor data: A site effect study for earthquake disaster mitigation at Malang Regency, Indonesia
September 2026
The 6.1 magnitude earthquake on April 10, 2021, with its hypocenter near the southern coast of Malang Regency, Indonesia, caused extensive damage, including in the Turen District. Turen District is...
Floods in Ethiopia: A review
September 2026
Flooding in Ethiopia is projected to intensify under climate change, yet progress in climate adaptation and disaster risk management remains limited. This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview...
Rainfall intermittency in the Colombian Andes and its modulation by ENSO
September 2026
Rainfall intermittency is a key feature of precipitation variability in mountainous regions, influencing hydrological dynamics across multiple temporal scales. This study analyzes the spatial and temporal...
Development of a rapid post-earthquake pancake collapse detection and mapping method based on threshold determination of building height information: A case study of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake
September 2026
During the “Information Gap” period immediately following a large-scale earthquake, rapidly and quantitatively assessing the damage across a wide area is extremely important for optimizing rescue operations....