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
- Severe Thunderstorms, Flooding Rain Return To South Through Thursday - The Weather Channel
- Over 300,000 power outages in Colorado as hurricane-force wind gusts fuel increased fire dangers in Rockies - Fox Weather
- April nor’easter with heavy, wet snow pounds Northeast, knocks out power to hundreds of thousands - AP
- Storms, floods cause 1 death, knock down tombstones at West Virginia cemetery - AP
- US East Coast earthquake rattles millions, but region escapes sweeping damage - AP
- 7 quakes, including a magnitude 4.4, strike Northern California - SFGATE
- Taiwan’s massive earthquake could happen in California. What we can learn from it - Los Angeles Times
- California Map Shows Where State Will Become Underwater From Sea Level Rise - Newsweek
- Why is Australia’s east coast copping all this rain right now? An atmospheric scientist explains - The Conversation
- New South Wales, Australia, uses AI to predict flood risks - Smart Water Magazine
- March wrapped up nation’s 5th-warmest, 10th-wettest year so far - NOAA
Operational Resilience
- Emerging Technology and Risk Analysis - Artificial Intelligence and Critical Infrastructure - RAND
- Interoperability During Mass Casualty Incidents - Domestic Preparedness
- Red-Teaming the Risks of Using AI in Biological Attacks - RAND
- A spill of firefighting foam has been detected in three West Virginia waterways - AP
- Gross Dam Ready To Go Up - Water Online
- Research team provides water planning tool with future forecasts up to 2055 - Smart Water Magazine
- Solar-powered technology converts saltwater into drinking water emission-free - Smart Water Magazine
- America’s new high-risk, high-reward $20 billion climate push - Washington Post
Extremism/Terrorism
- Sen. Bernie Sanders’s office in Vermont caught fire. Arson is suspected, but the motive is unclear - AP
- New York man charged with sending threats to state attorney general and judge in Trump civil suit - AP
- The Deepfake Threat to the 2024 US Presidential Election - Global Network on Extremism & Technology
- Australian neo-Nazis must be monitored better, Senate inquiry told - The Guardian
- ISIS and al-Qaida Seek Lone Wolves Online as Security Operatives Work To Prevent Terrorist Attacks - The Media Line
- ARTICLE: The Shift from Globalization to Regionalization in Terrorist Strategies and Operations: Understanding the Escalating Threat of ISIS-K Attacks - Homeland Security Today
- Worrying signs exist that IS growing stronger in Syria - VOA News
