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
- 2nd bomb cyclone, atmospheric river in three days to blast US West Coast - AccuWeather
- Winter Weather Warnings for 15 States As 20 Inches of Snow To Hit - Newsweek
- ‘Bomb cyclone’ kills 2 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the northwest US - AP
- Atmospheric river meets bomb cyclone: The result is like a fire hose flailing out of control - Conversation
- How wildfires leave communities vulnerable to flooding, mudslides for years - AccuWeather
- Human-caused ocean warming intensified recent hurricanes, including all 11 Atlantic hurricanes in 2024 - Yale Climate Connections
- Second teen charged in New Jersey forest fire as rain should help douse New York blaze - AP
Operational Resilience
- New York City faces historic drought: A wake-up call for resilient water management - Smart Water Magazine
- The Impact of Global Conflicts on Local Crime Prevention Measures - Security Management Magazine
- Researchers focus on tipping points in river deltas to better manage flood risks - Smart Water Magazine
- FEMA head sounds the alarm over disaster funding after double hurricanes - AP
- Melbourne Water trials autonomous drones to protect drinking water quality - Smart Water Magazine
- NASA Satellites Reveal Abrupt Drop in Global Freshwater Levels - NASA
- Texas Winter Grid Strain Spared by High-Efficiency Heat Pumps - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Five Ways to Disaster-Proof the Energy Grid - Wall Street Journal
- COLUMN: The Future of Infrastructure Security: Emerging Trends in Technology and Resilience - Homeland Security Today
Extremism/Terrorism
- Convicted Jan. 6 rioter now found guilty of plotting to kill FBI agents - ABC News
- Canada foiled Iran plot to assassinate former minister - VOA
- A Violent Surge – Sovereign Citizens Vs. Government Authority - Domestic Preparedness
- Trial of alleged neo-Nazi terror propagandist 'Dark Foreigner' begins in Ottawa - CBC News
- A quantitative analysis of domestic extremist responses to the US elections - Institute for Strategic Dialogue
