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

• Tropical threat in Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico to fuel Florida downpours regardless of development - Fox Weather
• Helene and other storms dumped a whopping 40 trillion gallons of rain on the South - AP
• Shock of deadly floods is a reminder of Appalachia’s risk from violent storms in a warming climate - AP
• Record heat makes for a sweltering start to October in the West - NBC News
• Why Helene’s floods caught North Carolina off guard - Washington Post
• Health risks are rising in mountain areas flooded by Hurricane Helene and cut off from clean water, power and hospitals - Conversation
• Hurricanes’ hidden toll: Thousands of deaths years after they strike - Washington Post
• Rainfall analysis of the May 2021 southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana flood - NOAA
• U.S. climate outlook for October 2024 - NOAA

Operational Resilience

• Why Can't America Fix Its Water Infrastructure - Water Online
• What products could be affected by the port strike? - CBS News
• Lessons from Cyclone Gabrielle: 5 key health priorities for future disaster response - Conversation
• Where flood policy helps most — and where it could do more - MIT News
• Researchers uncover cause of a rapidly changing remote water system - Smart Water Magazine
• Unmanned Aircraft Systems for First Responders in Rural Environments - DHS
• Australian security cameras at risk of broadcast hacks - Cyber Daily (Australia)
• Plan to reopen Three Mile Island plant could be ‘rebirth’ of nuclear energy, Northeastern experts say - Northeastern Global News
• Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA funds over $22.78 M to advance research of water-related climate impacts - NOAA

Extremism/Terrorism

• 'Diverse set of threat actors' could take advantage of Oct. 7 anniversary: Sources -  ABC News
• Somerset County Man Sentenced to 64 Months’ Incarceration for Concealing Material Support to Hamas- DOJ
• Queens DA staffer tried to make a bomb to blow up migrant shelter: police - NBC New York
• Capitol rioter who wanted to be ‘lone wolf killer’ taken back to jail for stalking DC activist - WUSA-9
• Far-right group using sports to 'build militia', experts warn - BBC News
• Houthis Expand Ties Beyond Iran’s Axis - Soufan Center