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
- Huge California wildfire chews through timber in very hot and dry weather - AP
- Magnitude 5.2 earthquake rattles Southern California followed by over 50 aftershocks - Fox Weather
- Fast-moving Southern California wildfire torches hillside homes, forcing evacuations - AP
- ‘Dangerous’ Heatwave Mapped as ‘Lethal’ Temperatures Sweeping U.S. Bring Major Droughts - Homeland Security Today
- Tropical Storm Debby stalls along the Carolinas, bringing days of heavy rain and flooding – a climate scientist explains why - The Conversation
- Tropical weather brings record rainfall. Experts share how to stay safe in floods. - AP
- Residents in Alaska capital clean up swamped homes after an ice dam burst and unleashed a flood - AP
- A megafire overwhelmed even some of the best preparations. What’s next? - Washington Post
- U.S. climate outlook for August 2024 - NOAA
Operational Resilience
- Pioneering project uses nature to reduce flood risk in UK - Smart Water Magazine
- Extreme Heat, Hurricanes, Wildfires: How Summer’s Extremes Disrupt the Power Grid - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Heatstroke death of Baltimore worker during trash collection prompts calls for workplace safety - AP
- Intensifying Pace and Severity of Extreme Events Increases Risks of Compounding Disasters and Demands Rethinking of U.S. Emergency Management - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- FEMA Approves $1.7 Million for Boynton Beach Stormwater Infrastructure - FEMA
- The Key Bridge Collapse – Through the Lens of Community Lifelines - Domestic Preparedness
- The Rise of Drones and Counter-Drone: A Double-Edged Sword in the Skies - Security Management Magazine
- Drones warn New Yorkers about storm dangers - VOA News
- 55 miles of high-voltage transmission lines added in 2023 as US buildout slows: report - Utility Dive Magazine
Extremism/Terrorism
- 2 arrested for planning terror plot at Taylor Swift show in Vienna: Police - ABC News
- Alabama AG office bombing suspect changes plea to guilty - WSFA
- Toronto father and son face multiple terror-related charges - CBC News
- ASIO raises threat level to ‘probable’ due to increasing extremism, chief says - The Conversation
- Winchester Man Arrested for Making Threats Against Vice President - DOJ
- Extremists Exploit Vulnerabilities at the U.S.-Mexico Border - New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness
- Potential terrorists can be identified from social media posts, new research shows - phys.org
