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

• Storm tracker: System in the Caribbean could become Hurricane Sara by next week - USA Today
• Torrential downpours threaten flash flooding in southern, central US - AccuWeather
• Natural gas flares sparked 2 wildfires in North Dakota, state agency says - AP
• Mapping flash drought patterns across the U.S. - NOAA
• Drought expands in the East following exceptionally dry October - NOAA
• Massive dust storm reduces visibility, causes vehicle pileup on central California highway - AP
• Dreaming of snow this winter? Look up the forecast in your area - Washington Post
• Hurricane Helene’s extreme rainfall and catastrophic inland flooding - NOAA
• Bird flu begins its human spread, as health officials scramble to safeguard people and livestock - Fortune

Operational Resilience

• UCLA evaluates L.A.'s plan to invest billions of dollars in wastewater recycling infrastructure - Smart Water Magazine
• Water Management Tips For Natural Disasters - Water Online
• Fast Facts: A Landscape Designer’s Checklist for CPTED Success - Security Management Magazine
• Hydropower Digital Twins Solution Helps with Operator Challenges - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Amid Hurricane Milton’s devastation, a sliver of good news - Cellphone data suggest evacuation mandates, warning systems worked - Harvard Gazette
• Biden administration sets plan to triple US nuclear energy capacity by 2050 - Utility Dive
• How solar microgrids could power the future - Yale Climate Connections
• Understanding Resilience in Coastal Wetlands Using a Multi-Method Model - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• U.S. citizen arrested in Germany on suspicion of offering military intelligence to China - NBC News

Extremism/Terrorism

• Jury Convicts Militia Members of Conspiracy to Murder Border Patrol Officers, Attempted Murder of FBI Agents - DOJ
• U.S. Domestic Terrorism Is Increasingly Motivated by Partisan Politics - Lawfare
• Serving police officer arrested on suspicion of supporting Hamas - BBC
• Houthis Continue Regional and Global Expansion, Networking with Terror Groups and State Sponsors of Terrorism - Soufan Center
• Hezbollah, Hamas down but not out, US says - VOA News