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
- Snowy and icy conditions for millions likely to unfold across eastern US - AccuWeather
- Crews make progress after lull in winds, but ‘off the charts’ dryness approaches - Los Angeles Times
- Windy, flame-fanning weather eases up as progress made on LA-area fires - AP
- Temperatures to plummet from polar vortex-related Arctic blast - Axios
- LA fires: Why fast-moving wildfires and those started by human activities are more destructive and harder to contain - Conversation
- When risks become reality: Confronting flooding and drought in 2024 - Smart Water Magazine
- 2024: An active year of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters - NOAA
- January 2025 update: La Niña is here - NOAA
- H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation - CDC
Operational Resilience
- The Compounding Benefits Of Driving A Safety-Conscious Culture - Water Online
- A national, nonpartisan study of the Los Angeles fires could improve planning for future disasters - Conversation
- The Los Angeles Fires and the Need for Long-Term Strategy Building Wildland Fire Resilience - RAND
- Mississippi River towns pilot new insurance model to help with disaster response - Grist
- See if your city is poised to bounce back from the next climate disaster - Washington Post
- New NOAA dataset to help improve flood mitigation tools, flood-risk assessment - NOAA
- International underwater cable attacks by Russia, China are no ‘mere coincidence’ warns EU’s top diplomat - Fox News
- Russian mercenary arrested at US-Mexico border with drone - News Nation
- ‘A flood of disinformation’: rumors and lies abound amid ongoing LA wildfires - Guardian
Extremism/Terrorism
- US must not become complacent to a growing terrorism threat, a Counterterrorism Center official says - AP
- US officials reached out to Putin over fears of Russia ‘enabling terrorism,’ report says - Independent
- FBI Releases Investigative Update in Bourbon Street Attack - FBI
- North Carolina man arrested for ISIS Support - Court Watch
- The Rise of Lone-Actor Terrorism: Analyzing Recent Attacks and the Influence of ISIS - Homeland Security Today
- Extremist Content Online: ISIS Propaganda Allegedly Helped Inspire New Orleans Attacker - Counter Extremism Project
