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25/08/2026

💡Know your seismic hazards: Liquefaction

Earthquake-induced liquefaction can cause buildings and infrastructure supported by the soil to sink, or undergo cracking and structural damage; foundations may buckle or tilt; and buried masses such as pipelines may float to the surface.

In general, sites closer to an earthquake’s epicentre are more likely to liquefy, and susceptibility increases with the moment magnitude and duration of ground motion.

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25/08/2026

Today's lesson: There is no such thing as a natural disaster.🧑‍🏫

Teachers have a responsibility to empower the next generation to understand what actually drives disaster losses.

Hazards may occur naturally. But disasters unfold when hazards meet exposure and vulnerability. These are shaped by where people live, how infrastructure is built, and who has access to early warning systems.💡

Teaching the human causes behind disasters – rather than framing them as natural – gives students a stronger starting point: risk reduction is something people can learn and practise.

📍 Where communities are located shapes who faces risk.
🏗️ How infrastructure is planned shapes how hazards translate into loss.
📡 Access to early warning determines who has time to act.

The students of today do not have to accept a future of disasters. They can grow up reducing risk, building resilience and practising preparedness.

Understanding the human decisions that shape disasters is the first step towards a resilient future.

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25/08/2026

25/08/2026

🏜️Drought: Relationship status – it's complicated!

Several hazards contribute to droughts: low rainfall, extreme and prolonged heat, land degradation, and poor water management. Together, these factors reduce soil moisture and stress vegetation.

Droughts also have lasting knock-on effects, causing environmental losses, agricultural and livestock losses, energy shortages, food insecurity, water scarcity, malnutrition and disease, economic hardship, displacement of affected people, and wildfires.

🔄The impacts and drivers of droughts can create feedback loops, making people and land less resilient to further droughts, and making the impacts of droughts even more severe.

🌱Sustainable water and land management, strong governance, and early interventions can break this cycle by building resilience.

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25/08/2026

25/08/2026

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25/08/2026

🌡️Extreme heat + ⚠️Earthquake: Bad combination.

After a recent earthquake in Japan, thousands of displaced people faced another threat as temperatures climbed towards 40°C.

Damaged water supplies met greater demand for drinking water. Power outages limited access to cooling. And extreme heat made rescue, debris removal, and recovery more difficult.

🚨 This is compound risk — when hazards interact, their combined impact can be greater than either alone.

Preparing for one hazard at a time is no longer enough. Building resilience requires planning for hazards that can interact and amplify their impacts.

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25/08/2026

El Niño is predicted by monitoring conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Using climate models, experts can estimate how they might evolve over the coming months.

Monitoring relies on a global network of observations, including satellites, ocean buoys, research ships and atmospheric measurements operated by National Meteorological and Hydrological Services and international partners. They observe sea-surface temperatures, winds, rainfall, air pressure and ocean heat content to produce these forecasts.

Did you know that improved seasonal forecast models can now predict climate patterns one to six months in advance?

One of the main tools used to track ENSO events is the Oceanic Niño Index (ONI). It measures whether sea-surface temperatures in a key area of the equatorial Pacific called the Niño 3.4 region are warmer or cooler than their long-term average over a three-month period. Warmer-than-average conditions point to El Niño, while cooler-than-average conditions point to La Niña.

In a warming climate, scientists are also looking at the Relative Oceanic Niño Index (RONI). It measures how warm or cool the Niño 3.4 region is compared to the rest of the tropics at the same time. This helps separate ENSO conditions from the broader warming of the global ocean.

Watch this space for the latest updates on El Niño. Stay tuned as we launch the release the next El Niño update on 3 September!

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25/08/2026

📚 Disasters are eroding the future of the next generation.

Climate-related extreme events are a clear and present threat to learning, enrolment, and future prospects of students.

📈 These impacts are both direct – in the form of school closures – and indirect, restricting access to education and learning readiness. The World Bank provides 4️⃣ concrete ways in which governments can protect education systems:
🤝 Managing education for resilience
🏫 Building resilient school infrastructure
📝 Ensuring learning continuity in the face of climate shocks
🧑‍🏫 Leveraging students and teachers as change agents

Children with better education are better able to prepare for, cope with, and recover from shocks in the future. 💪

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