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
- Storm siege to raise flooding, avalanche risks across Pacific Northwest - AccuWeather
- Snow showers, squalls to make for dangerous travel in part of eastern US into Thursday evening - AccuWeather
- Kentucky experiences water outages amid flooding - Water World
- At least 14 dead in multi-state floods as rivers rise and rescues continue - CNN
- Snowy roads lead to hundreds of Virginia and North Carolina crashes as Arctic air brings record cold - AP
- How a few inches of rain turned ‘catastrophic’ in Kentucky and West Virginia - Washington Post
- The weather and climate influences on the January 2025 fires around Los Angeles - NOAA
- CDC finds evidence that bird flu spread silently to veterinarians, suggesting undercount of cases - PBS
Operational Resilience
- Drought Resilience and Water Conservation - EPA
- Gap between water supply and demand will increase as climate shifts - Smart Water Magazine
- DJI Will No Longer Stop Drones From Flying Over Airports, Wildfires, and the White House - Homeland Security Today
- How to protect more Australian homes from the growing risks of floods, fires and other climate disasters - Conversation
- Back to the Basics: Navigating Crisis Leadership - Domestic Preparedness
- Algae-based method purifies chemically polluted water effectively, study finds - Smart Water Magazine
- The Forefront of Innovation in Training & Exercises: Disaster Gaming - Domestic Preparedness
- What it takes to regrow a community after wildfire - Grist
Extremism/Terrorism
- Leader of cultlike Zizians linked to 6 killings ordered held without bail in Maryland - AP
- Austria arrests teen over foiled plot to attack Vienna station - VOA
- Suspect in fatal stabbing in Austria had an ‘Islamic terror motive,’ officials say - AP
- Member of the 764 Criminal Enterprise Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy and Other Charges - DOJ
- CENTCOM Forces Kill Senior Operative of Al-Qaeda Affiliate Hurras al-Din - Homeland Security Today
- Trump’s Gaza plan unites jihadist and far-right circles, experts warn - Guardian
