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
- 'Dozens of tornadoes likely' Tuesday as week-long severe weather threat kicks off - Accu Weather
- Surge of summerlike warmth and humidity across the Northeast on the way - Accu Weather
- 2 tornadoes tore through Houston with 100 mph winds. Here's the path of destruction that they left - Houston Chronicle
- Hot weather poses new risk as thousands remain without power after deadly Houston storm - AP
- What made the deadly thunderstorms in Houston so violent? - Washington Post
- Wildcat Fire in Tonto National Forest grows to 14K acres as more resources fight blaze - The Arizona Republic
- Extreme weather is battering the world. What's the cause? - DW News
- Summer 2023 was northern hemisphere’s hottest for 2,000 years, tree rings show - The Conversation
- Texans should prepare for hotter temperatures, greater risk of fire and flooding - Smart Water Magazine
- The sun just unleashed the strongest flare in nearly a decade - Washington Post
Operational Resilience
- Water is the Foundation of Life: Using Indirect and Direct Potable Reuse to Address Water Scarcity - WaterWorld Magazine
- New tool designed to move towards sustainable water use - Smart Water Magazine
- CPKC to resume contract negotiations with Canadian rail workers union - Reuters
- Strengthening Supply Chains Through Supplier Diversification - Homeland Security Today
- Resilience-Based CI and Domestic Preparedness: A Long-Overdue Imperative - Domestic Preparedness
- 6 Ways Communities Are Streamlining Water & Wastewater Asset Lifecycle Management - Water Online
- California’s water tunnel to cost $20 billion. State officials say the benefits are worth it - AP
- Research team develops an impact-based forecasting system for improved early flood warning - Smart Water Magazine
- Water, water everywhere ... most is now safe to drink in an English village after parasite outbreak - AP
- UCS Study Uncovers Tyson Foods' Massive Pollution Footprint - Water Online
- A water war is brewing between the U.S. and Mexico. Here’s why. - Washington Post
- Hawaiʻi Residents Fighting Wildfires Before They Happen - Homeland Security Today
- COLUMN: Realistic Preparedness Part I: Individual Preparedness - Homeland Security Today
- What to do when facing extended summer power outages - AP
- New analysis platform shines light on utilities’ solar energy future - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Extremism/Terrorism
- Marinette man charged with terror threats, accused of threatening office with AR-15 - WLUK (Green Bay, WI)
- Man jailed for life after Gaza ‘revenge’ murder in Hartlepool - The Guardian
- French police fatally shoot a man suspected of setting fire to a synagogue - AP
- A New Recruiting Ground for ISIS: Why Jihadism Is Thriving in Tajikistan - Foreign Affairs
- The Three Phases of Terrorgram - Accelerationist Research Consortium
- These ISIS news anchors are AI fakes. Their propaganda is real. - Washington Post
- Two Paths, Same Destination: Analysing White Nationalist X Accounts Amid the War in Gaza - Global Network on Extremism and Technology
- Extremist Content Online: White Supremacists Celebrate Anniversary Of Buffalo Terror Attack on Social Media - Counter Extremism Project
