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
- Risk for severe storms, flooding downpours to be renewed in the Plains this week - Accu Weather
- Weekend progress made against Southern California wildfires - AP
- The volatile recipe behind the Southern California summer fire outbreak - Washington Post
- Tropical Storm Gordon weakens to a depression - AP
- The Gulf Coast is sinking, making hurricanes like Francine even more dangerous - Grist
- Why have there been so many tornadoes in New York this year? - Accu Weather
- Extreme weather to strengthen rapidly over next two decades - Smart Water Magazine
- Get set for more extreme weather across Australia this spring and summer - The Conversation
- New USGS Map Shows Where Landslides are Most Likely to Occur in U.S. - USGS
- Heat wave in Southern California and the Southwest in early September 2024 - NOAA
Operational Resilience
- Hurricane Francine Damage Assessment Imagery - NOAA
- Fall safety: Prepare for wildfires and pending winter weather - NOAA
- Global study shows that most cities receive more rainfall than surrounding rural areas - Smart Water Magazine
- Flames from massive pipeline fire near Houston subside but continue burning - AP
- It took 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish Tesla Semi fire in California, US agency says - Fox 4KC
- U.S. EPA announces $7.5 billion in available financing for water infrastructure projects - WaterWorld
- Innovative Technologies For Water Conservation And Management - Water Online
- How a stream restoration project in Indiana is helping to reduce flooding - Yale Climate Connections
- Shootings Soar in One of North America’s Safest Cities. The Culprit: Tow-Truck Gangs - A turf war has fueled a 50% rise in Toronto shootings, mostly with guns smuggled from the U.S. - Wall Street Journal
- Exclusive: US sees increasing risk of Russian ‘sabotage’ of key undersea cables by secretive military unit - CNN
Extremism/Terrorism
- Another Attempted Assassination of Former President Trump Signals Rising Tide of Political Violence - Soufan Center
- 5 things to know about the apparent assassination attempt on Trump - AP
- Germany in the Jihadists’ Crosshairs as Islamic State Ramps Up Attacks - Soufan Center
- Murder of Dallas Police Officer Latest in String of Violent Sovereign Citizen Encounters with Law Enforcement - ADL
- Two Foreign Nationals Charged in Swatting Conspiracy Targeting Lawmakers, Private Victims, Houses of Worship, and Businesses - DOJ
- Sweden detains person suspected of terrorism offence - Reuters
- The Accelerationists’ App: How Telegram Became the “Center of Gravity” for a New Breed of Domestic Terrorists - ProPublica
