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
- Storms to gather on US East coast with rain, wind and snow to start weekend - Accu Weather
- Bushfire in City of Swan in Perth's north-east downgraded to watch and act - ABC - Australia
- A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide’s impact - AP
- 10 years after the deadliest US landslide, climate change is increasing the danger - AP
- Things to know about the risk of landslides in the US - AP
- Why experts think tornado season could soon spring to life - Washington Post
- Fires along the wildland-urban interface on the rise - Climate.gov
- Earth just had its warmest February on record - NOAA
- Scientists fear planetary shift as record ocean heat enters second year - Washington Post
- As threats to air quality rise, communities deploy low-cost air monitoring networks - Yale Climate Connections
Operational Resilience
- Bridging the gap: Computer scientists develop model to enhance water data from satellites - Smart Water Magazine
- Battered by hurricanes and tired of rebuilding, 90% of population has left this coastal town - NBC News
- Safeguarding Our Agriculture and Food Supply - DHS
- Balancing water supply resilience and ecology - Stanford University
- Sustainable Living: How Energy Choices Influence Water Quality - Water Online
- Darkness from April's eclipse will briefly impact solar power in its path. What to know. - USA Today
Extremism/Terrorism