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8 July 2026 Author(s): Terrence Walker [...] Cross-Sector Disruption Recent incidents demonstrate that disruptions originating within a single infrastructure sector can rapidly cascade across interconnected systems. The 2021 Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack interrupted fuel distribution across multiple southeastern states, resulting in fuel shortages, emergency declarations, and operational impacts extending well beyond the affected company.

Your experience on PreventionWeb Please help us improve PreventionWeb by taking this brief survey. Your input will allow us to better serve the needs of the DRR community. See the survey 9 July 2026 Author(s): Emily Atkinson [...] Biologically, women’s greater risk comes down to two things: the natural rise and fall of our hormone levels and our body's response to heat, which are different to men's, Dr Arif said.

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9 July 2026 Author(s): Shauna Murray Cheong Xin Chan Craig Styan Greta Gaiani Gustaaf Hallegraeff Over the past 15 months, one of the country’s worst marine environmental disasters has been unfolding in South Australia. A harmful algal bloom expanded in many coastal seas, killing thousands of fish, birds, shellfish and marine mammals. Even iconic species such as giant cuttlefish and seadragons have washed up dead on beaches.

Scientists have found that ocean temperature patterns may help keep droughts from spreading across the world all at once. The research, led by the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) with international collaborators, suggests that natural climate shifts in the oceans act as a kind of global brake on synchronized drought. Published in Communications Earth & Environment, the study examined climate records from 1901-2020.

9 July 2026 Snigdha Bashyal/People in Need Mobile drinking water distribution in Siraha, Gaur and Jaleshowr, Nepal.

Rising temperatures are no longer a distant threat. They are an immediate, season-by-season reality forcing farmers into difficult trade-offs. A new study of groundnut farming in Ghana, Mali, and Nigeria asks : when temperatures soar, how do farmers change what they put into the ground? The report reveals risks to food security, agricultural productivity, and rural livelihoods, and points to ways to mitigate them.

Your experience on PreventionWeb Please help us improve PreventionWeb by taking this brief survey. Your input will allow us to better serve the needs of the DRR community. See the survey 9 July 2026 Author(s): Alastair Johnstone-Hack Melinda Nagy/Shutterstock As people across the UK feel the effects of what could be one of the longest-lasting heatwaves since 1976, communities around the world are also suffering from periods of extreme heat.

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