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

• Clipper and coastal storms to deliver snow, slippery travel to Northeast prior to Christmas - AccuWeather
• Christmas Travel Forecast: Potential Problem Areas Ahead Of The Holiday - Weather Channel
• Crews make progress with 30-acre Soto Fire in Jurupa Valley, containment up to 80% - CBS News
• Cars pile up on Louisiana's Causeway Bridge after thick fog blankets region - USA Today
• No flood gauges, no warning: 99% of US streams are off the radar amid rising flash flood risks – we saw the harm in 2024 - Conversation
• Record-breaking lake effect snow arrives as winter starts - NOAA
• AI Model Indicates Global Temperatures Will Rise Faster Than Expected - Gizmodo
• Reflecting on 20 years of the Aceh tsunami: From ‘megathrust’ threat to disaster mitigation - Conversation
• CDC confirms 1st case of severe bird flu in US - ABC News

Operational Resilience

• The ILA Could Strike Again in January: What You Need to Know - U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• NASA-DOD Study: Saltwater to Widely Taint Coastal Groundwater by 2100 - NASA
• Floods, insufficient water, sinking river deltas: hydrologists map changing river landscapes - Smart Water Magazine
• How A City's Sewage System Can Generate Renewable Natural Gas Production And Earn Royalties - Water Online
• Even with Months-Long “Energy Droughts,” the Power Grid Remains Resilient - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• UK Environment Agency releases updated flood and erosion risk assessment - Smart Water Magazine
• Radioactive spill reported in Northeast Ohio nuclear power plant - Cleveland.com
• Chinese man arrested, accused of flying drone over and taking photos of Vandenberg Space Force Base - CBS News
• Houthi Shipping Attacks: Patterns and Expectations for 2025 - Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Extremism/Terrorism

• Arizona Man Associated with Online Terror Network Arrested for Production of Child Sex Abuse Material and Cyberstalking - DOJ
• California man told Wisconsin shooting suspect about plan to attack a government building, gun order says - NBC News
• Border Patrol arrests South African national on terrorist watchlist who entered US illegally - Fox News
• U.S. officials worry about ISIS jailbreak in Syria: ‘Ticking time bomb’ - Politico
• Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO as an act of terrorism - AP