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

• Northeast storm with rain, ice and snow to disrupt travel prior to weekend - Accu Weather
• Saturated California gets more rain and snow but so far escapes severe damage it saw only weeks ago - AP
• AccuWeather sounding alarm bells: Super-charged hurricane season possible in 2024 - Accu Weather
• How declining humidity contributes to wildfire risk in the U.S. Southwest - Climate.gov
• The Northeast is snow-starved again this winter and time is running out - Washington Post
• New study sheds new light on forests' role in climate and water cycle - Smart Water Magazine
• NASA Images Show Where US East Coast Is Sinking - Newsweek
• Once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we will see extreme climate change within decades, study shows - Phys.org
• NOAA-funded project explores new drought prediction models - Water World Magazine

Operational Resilience

• Cellphone outage hits AT&T customers nationwide; Verizon and T-Mobile users also affected - Fox Business
• A new model for measuring global water storage - Smart Water Magazine
• Reclaimed water reuse: dealing with water scarcity in Spain - Smart Water Magazine
• U.S. to Invest Billions to Replace China-Made Cranes at Nation’s Ports - Wall Street Journal
• A Foreign Government, Oprah, And Fires in Maui: The Impact Of Misinformation On Community Resiliency - Domestic Preparedness
• Assessing the Need for New Regulatory Standards for Automatic and Remote-Control Shutoff Valves on Existing Liquid and Gas Transmission Pipelines ― New Report - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 
• Utilities, EV charging companies must collaborate to avoid bulk power system disruptions: NERC - Utility Dive
• Repeated Intelligence Failures – Not Connecting the Dots - Domestic Preparedness

Extremism/Terrorism

• US Marshals director calls increase in threats to judges and prosecutors ‘a substantial risk to our democracy’ - CNN
• The Israel-Hamas War and Resurgent Jihadist Threats to Europe and the United States - Lawfare
• Tech Triumphs or Terrors: The Implications of Emerging Technologies on Bioterrorism - GNET
• A Greek militant group claims an attempted parcel bomb attack last week against a judge - AP