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
- Warmer days are coming soon, but severe weather and polar vortex lurk - AccuWeather
- Rare cyclone threatens millions on Australia’s east coast - CNN
- Powerful US storms create blizzard conditions and threaten to spawn more tornadoes - AP
- ‘Don’t panic, do prepare’: why it’s not too late to plan for Cyclone Alfred - Conversation
- How to prepare for a cyclone, according to an expert - Conversation
- Carolina fire maps show where wildfires burn in North and South Carolina - CBS News
- Multiple fires started around Central Texas during Red Flag Warning - KVUE
- Carolina wildfires followed months of weather whiplash, from drought to hurricane-fueled floods and back to drought - Conversation
- Why winter was colder than average in the U.S., and what spring will bring - Washington Post
- U.S. climate outlook for March 2025 - NOAA
- La Niña Event Likely ‘Short Lived’, WMO Says Following Third-Hottest February on Record - Earth.org
- Health officials say number of measles cases climbs to 163 across Texas, including 1 Austin - Austin American-Statesman
Operational Resilience
- The new standard in facility protection: Enhancing perimeter security - Security Magazine
- Explosion knocks out power to entire town of St. Paul; electricity restored - KSNB
- ASIS Research Aims to Measure Security’s Evolving Business Role - Security Management Magazine
- Officials reveal shocking shift in major water source that millions of Americans depend on — here's what's happening - TCD
- These Smart Cameras Spot Wildfires Before They Spread - Wall Street Journal
- US Supreme Court eases restrictions on raw sewage discharges into waterways - Smart Water Magazine
- Bridging Innovative Water Solutions And Practical Needs For Water Infrastructure Upgrades - Water Online
- US governors press for infrastructure permitting reform - Utility Dive
- Key factors in forecasting and managing floods in rivers and urban areas - Smart Water Magazine
- El Paso Water breaks ground on U.S. first direct-to-distribution water reuse facility - Smart Water Magazine
- Cable damage causes Southeast Alaska internet and cellphone outage, impacting state websites - Anchorage Daily News
- Insider threat - Exclusive: US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say - CNN
Extremism/Terrorism
- Alabama white supremacists charged with trespass, burglary at nuclear power plant - Alabama Political Reporter
- Minneapolis Man Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS- DOJ
- Insurance CEO's home riddled with bullets; gunman remains on the run - Fox News
- Federal charge filed against woman with incendiary devices following vandalism incidents at Colorado Tesla dealership - CNN
- German car ramming attacks: Why do they keep happening? - DW
- Morocco says it dismantled Islamic State cell that was planning attacks - ABC News
- 21-year-old allegedly plotted mass casualty attack on police - ABC News
- 2 teen girls accused of planning pipe bomb attack at Houston-area high school - NBC News
- Extremist Content Online: Leader of Nazi Group the Base Posts Video and the Group Requests Cryptocurrency; German-Language Pro-ISIS Group Celebrates and Encourages Attacks - Counter Extremism Project
