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 to rattle Plains, Midwest - Accu Weather
- Firefighters gain 40% containment of California’s fourth-largest wildfire on record - AP
- Oregon Wildfires: More Than 1.4 Million Acres Scorched - Time Magazine
- Why wildfires are getting more dangerous - The Conversation
- Hurricane Ernesto drops torrential rain on Puerto Rico while pummeling northeast Caribbean - AP
- Debby overwhelmed Tampa Bay sewers, spilling millions of gallons of pollution - Tampa Bay Times
- Climate Change Will Increase Coastal Tropical Cyclone Intensification Rates Globally - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- 2024 Glacial outburst flood near Juneau sets record for second year in a row - NOAA
- How military installations prepare for extreme weather - NOAA
Operational Resilience
- Industry and shippers brace for Canada rail stoppage, fear 'catastrophe' - Reuters
- Building Flood Resilience: A Grand Challenge for U.S. Water Policy - RAND
- Will We Have Enough Groundwater for Crops and Drinking Water? PNNL Studies the Demand - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Urban growth is leading to more intense droughts for most of the world’s cities – and Sydney is a case study for areas at risk - The Conversation
- EPA announces $171m loan to upgrade water infrastructure in Birmingham, Alabama - Smart Water Magazine
- As Colorado River states await water cuts, they struggle to find agreement on longer-term plans - AP
- Data shows Rio Grande water shortage is not just due to Mexico’s lack of water deliveries - AP
- Reviving the Los Angeles River: Engineering Alongside Nature and Society - National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
- Water circularity as a green recovery facilitator - WaterWorld Magazine
- EPA announces $171m loan to upgrade water infrastructure in Birmingham, Alabama - Smart Water Magazine
- What Level of Ugly Are Communities Prepared For? - Domestic Preparedness
- CrowdStrike snafu was a ‘dress rehearsal’ for critical infrastructure disruptions, CISA director says - Utility Dive
- Hawaiian man charged after police discover homemade bomb near Maui school - ABC News
Extremism/Terrorism
- Teen wearing 'neo-Nazi' bulletproof vest stabs 5 in live-streamed attack near mosque: officials - Fox News
- Germany: Islamist Terror Poses 'Persistently High' Risk - DW News
- Two Tucson Men Admit to Conspiring to Travel to the Middle East to Fight for Isis - DOJ
- Texas woman who traveled to DC arrested for allegedly making threats against Trump - CNN
- Far-right extremist convicted of terrorism offences - BBC News
- Learning from Islamic State-Khorasan Province’s Recent Plots - Lawfare
- Extremist Content Online: Extreme Right Celebrates Anti-Muslim and Anti-Immigrant Riots on Telegram and X - Counter Extremism Project
