Monika Al-Mufti
@mrsgrabbag.bsky.social
Community Resilience rests on Collective Preparedness, and that starts with individuals. Preparedness is social AND personal. Advocate, co-founder #30days30waysUK
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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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
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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 ?
September 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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
September 3, 2025 at 5:51 AM
#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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#prepared 🥵💧👍
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August 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
London map of water fountains. Bookmark the link, handy for #heatwaveuk
#prepared 🥵💧👍
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#prepared 🥵💧👍
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Exploring King's Lynn. That small plaque marks the high tide level 5Dec 2013 #UKflooding
August 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Exploring King's Lynn. That small plaque marks the high tide level 5Dec 2013 #UKflooding
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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
#ReadyForAnything #Coaching
June 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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
#ReadyForAnything #Coaching
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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...
🌡️ 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...
June 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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...
🌡️ 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...
The Wargame from Sky News and Tortoise is out today. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how we made it happen.
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The Wargame podcast: What if Russia attacked the UK?
YouTube video by Sky News
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June 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Lovely to hear @lucygobag.bsky.social "s voice through BBC4 this morning. If you've not tuned in yet, add it to your playlist
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#preparedness #resilience #understandRisk
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#preparedness #resilience #understandRisk
BBC Radio 4 - At Your Own Peril
Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Lovely to hear @lucygobag.bsky.social "s voice through BBC4 this morning. If you've not tuned in yet, add it to your playlist
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#preparedness #resilience #understandRisk
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#preparedness #resilience #understandRisk
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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
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
May 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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
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
INCREDIBLE !!
Here we are... 😱😱😱
After days of overloading and cracks propagating, Birch Glacier collapsed today at 3.24 pm over Blatten and the dammed Lonza river...
Devastating! 😭
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Here we are... 😱😱😱
After days of overloading and cracks propagating, Birch Glacier collapsed today at 3.24 pm over Blatten and the dammed Lonza river...
Devastating! 😭
www.letemps.ch/suisse/valai...
May 29, 2025 at 5:28 AM
West Nile virus detected in UK mosquitoes for first time
#health #preparedness
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#health #preparedness
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West Nile virus detected in UK mosquitoes for first time
A UK Health Security Agency spokesperson said the risk to the general public is
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May 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
West Nile virus detected in UK mosquitoes for first time
#health #preparedness
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#health #preparedness
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Just got this #emergencyalert on my Swiss app: total evacuation because of expected #landslip #rockfall
#preparedness
#preparedness
May 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Just got this #emergencyalert on my Swiss app: total evacuation because of expected #landslip #rockfall
#preparedness
#preparedness
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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...
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...
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May 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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...
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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.
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.
May 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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.
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
#DisasterRiskReduction #FloodReady
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May 15, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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
#DisasterRiskReduction #FloodReady
.. 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
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#health
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
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May 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
.. 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
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#health
"..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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#droughtUK
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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
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May 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"..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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#droughtUK
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That's Saturday evening sorted: "Families like ours" a meditation on humanity and coping.
#resilience #flooding
#resilience #flooding
May 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
That's Saturday evening sorted: "Families like ours" a meditation on humanity and coping.
#resilience #flooding
#resilience #flooding
Blackouts can happen anywhere’: how power systems worldwide can collapse
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#preparedness
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#preparedness
‘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
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May 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Blackouts can happen anywhere’: how power systems worldwide can collapse
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#preparedness
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#preparedness
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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:
floodskinner.games/2025/05/01/t...
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:
floodskinner.games/2025/05/01/t...
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…
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May 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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:
floodskinner.games/2025/05/01/t...
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:
floodskinner.games/2025/05/01/t...
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If you find mosquitoes in Scotland please report them for our Mosquito Scotland project @mosquitoscotland.bsky.social! @ukceh.bsky.social
Delighted to have BBC feature our citizen science mosquito reporting project. Huge thx to members of the public who have got in touch since last year with sightings from all across Scotland. Great if we can keep it going this summer: report at www.mosquito-scotland.com
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Mosquitoes in Scotland as far north as Shetland
The extent of Scotland's mosquito population is being understood thanks to a successful citizen science project.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
If you find mosquitoes in Scotland please report them for our Mosquito Scotland project @mosquitoscotland.bsky.social! @ukceh.bsky.social
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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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The previous May 1st record high temperature was 27.4 °C at Lossiemouth in Scotland in 1990
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May 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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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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
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
April 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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
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
Reposted by Monika Al-Mufti
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. 🔌💡
April 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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. 🔌💡