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

• New Mexico authorities rescue hundreds after flooding strands many in high water and leaves 2 dead - AP
• After Oscar, watching Caribbean for yet more tropical development - AccuWeather
• The potential ‘grand finale’ for the 2024 hurricane season - WKMG (Orlando)
• Lighter winds, cooler temperatures, rising humidity aid battles against fires in California - Los Angeles Times
• Moderate flooding is expected from a glacial dam outburst in Alaska’s capital city - AP
• Forest fires are shifting north and intensifying – here’s what that means for the planet - Conversation
• What to know about red tide after Florida’s back-to-back hurricanes - AP
• Helene and Milton are both likely to be $50 billion disasters, joining ranks of most costly storms - AP

Operational Resilience

• Asheville’s Dirty Water Warns of Climate Risk to Aging US Infrastructure - Insurance Journal
• Efforts to build wildfire resilience are heating up - Stanford University
• Is Your Company Culture Inhibiting Effective Workplace Safety Training? - Security Management Magazine
• Unraveling the Secrets of River Sinuosity - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Untapped potential: Study shows how water systems can help accelerate renewable energy adoption - Stanford University
• Achieving energy resilience: Deep insight into threats, assets and national policy is the first step - Utility Dive
• Five surprising ways that trees help prevent flooding - Conversation
• Computational method works backwards from observations to track down river polluters - Smart Water Magazine
• Come Hell or High Water: The National Security Risks of Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events - Soufan Center

Extremism/Terrorism

• ISIS-K threat grows as it targets disaffected Muslims with sophisticated propaganda - NBC News
• Maryland man arrested for allegedly attempting to join ISIS - Fox 5 (DC)
• Philadelphia Resident Charged for Election-Related Threat to State Party Representative - DOJ
• German authorities arrest Libyan man suspected of planning attack on Israeli Embassy - AP
• The Kids Are Not Alright - Aspiring terrorists are getting younger and younger. There isn’t a simple policy answer for it - Lawfare