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 homebrew tropical threat emerging along southeast US coast - Accu Weather
- A ‘particularly dangerous situation’ develops as wildfires rage in the West - CNN
- Firefighters hope cooler weather will aid their battle against 3 major Southern California fires - AP
- A Colorado man is charged with arson in a wildfire that destroyed 29 homes - AP
- What happened to predictions of a ‘historic’ hurricane season? - Washington Post
- Warm oceans strengthened Hurricane Francine and could power more Fall storms - AP
- As Tornado Alley shifts east, bracing for impact in unexpected places - Grist
- More extreme heat plus more people equals danger in these California cities - AP
- ENSO and the southwest United States "megadrought” - NOAA
Operational Resilience
- Traditional infrastructure design often makes extreme flooding events worse - University of Michigan
- How to Prepare for a Hurricane - FEMA
- The risk of global water scarcity is greater when accounting for the origin of rain - Smart Water Magazine
- Federal Interagency Working Group on Water Reuse published first report to Congress - WaterWorld
- Research highlights drought risk and awareness gaps in global society - Smart Water Magazine
- Wild weather is costing billions of dollars and putting the future of insurance in doubt - The Conversation
- Facebook is blocking emergency warnings as wildfires roar through West - Washington Post
- Community Engagement – Strength in Numbers - Domestic Preparedness
- A Venezuelan Gang Is Expanding Its Deadly Reach to the U.S. - Tren de Aragua involvement is suspected in 100 U.S. cases, bringing its violent brand of robbery and drug trafficking north - Wall Street Journal
Extremism/Terrorism
- 23 Years After 9/11, What Does the Terror Threat Facing the U.S. Look Like? - Soufan Center
- Pakistani National Charged for Plotting Terrorist Attack in New York City in Support of ISIS - DOJ
- Accelerating Hate: The Impact of the Israel-Hamas War on the Terrorist Threat Landscape on the West - Soufan Center
- Neighbors say Kentucky highway shooting suspect threatened them with rifle: “I’ll just kill you” - CBS News
- Maryland elections officials deal with threats of violence, turnover concerns ahead of presidential election - CBS News
- France Foiled 3 Attack Plots Targeting The Paris Olympics, Prosecutor Says - AP
