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
- Wet winter storm hits California, closing regional airport and trapping people in swollen rivers - AP
- Severe weather outbreak may target central US next week - Accu Weather
- It’s time for Northeast to prep for floods like those that hit this winter. Climate change is why - AP
- 4.7 magnitude earthquake outside of small Texas city among several recently in area - AP
- Earthquakes can strike faster than a New York minute - what to do when the ground shakes - USGS
- Great Lakes ice coverage reaches historic low - NOAA
- Wildfire Typing Improves Wildfire Predictions in the Western United States - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Forest Service warns of budget cuts ahead of a risky wildfire season – what that means for safety - The Conversation
- Projecting compound tropical cyclone-heat extremes in a changing climate - Climate.gov
- Climate change endanger underground freshwater reserves - Water World Magazine
Operational Resilience
- Biden-Harris Administration shares new land cover data to help communities understand coastal change - NOAA
- Desalination as a source of drinking water: success stories from across the world - Smart Water Magazine
- Did the BOM get it wrong on the hot, dry summer? No – predicting chaotic systems is probability, not certainty - The Conversation
- Biden-Harris Administration announces $5.8 billion from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure upgrades - EPA
- Using idle trucks to power the grid with clean energy - University of Waterloo
- 200-foot radio station tower stolen without a trace in Alabama, silencing small town’s voice - AP
Extremism/Terrorism
- U.S. Citizen Charged With Providing Material Support To ISIS And Receiving Military-Type Training At ISIS Fighter Camp - DOJ
- Columbus man sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for attempting to support terrorist plot to murder former President - DOJ
- PERSPECTIVE: The Evolving Violent Extremist Threat - Homeland Security Today
- COLUMN: Is Pakistan a New Safe Haven for ISIS and Al Qaeda? - Homeland Security Today
- The Islamic State group poses rising threat in Africa despite progress, UN experts say - AP
- Online Extremism is a Growing Problem, But What’s Being Done About It? - GAO
