The following posts are useful for general awareness of current physical security threats, natural disaster resilience, preparedness resources, mitigation guidance, and other security-related news or updates. These resources have been curated by the WaterISAC analyst team as items of broad relevance and benefit that do not need supplemental analysis at this time.
Natural Hazards/Climate Change
- Burst of exceptional heat in Northeast to linger through midweek - Accu Weather
- Hurricane Idalia: Aerial Imagery - NOAA
- Home insurers cut natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow - The Washington Post
- Unveiling global warming's impact on daily precipitation with deep learning - Smart Water Magazine
- Climate-changing human activity could lead to 1 billion deaths over the next century - Smart Water Magazine
Operational Resilience
- In Drought-Plagued New Mexico, a City Loses Nearly Half Its Water — To Leaky Pipes - The Good Men Project
- Ambitious ‘Ike dike’ project aims to protect the Houston from storm surge - Yale Climate Connections
Extremism/Terrorism
- Washington Men with Ties to Boogaloo Anti-Government Militia Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Make a Destructive Device - Homeland Security Today
- Amid Robert Rundo’s Extradition, the White Supremacist Active Clubs Network Remains a Threat - Just Security
- Afghanistan Terrorism Report: July 2023 - Counter Extremism Project
- Conspiracy Theories, Extremism and Violence: Why and When do Conspiracy Beliefs Lead to Violence? - Global Network on Extremism and Technology
- PERSPECTIVE: 3 Steps from OSINT to AI to Help Stem the Tide of Mass Shootings - Homeland Security Today