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.

• More than one tropical depression could form in Atlantic Ocean this week - Accu Weather
• Endless-seeming heat wave to keep broiling the southern U.S. this week - The Washington Post
• Here’s how hot and extreme the summer has been, and it’s only halfway over - AP News
• 4 factors driving 2023’s extreme heat and climate disasters - The Conversation
• It’s not just hot. Climate anomalies are emerging around the globe. - The Washington Post
• What’s the link between climate change and environmental disasters? - The Brookings Institute
• How to move communities away from flooding risks with minimal harm - Smart Water Magazine
• One in five Texans lives in a floodplain, state’s first-ever analysis shows - The Texas Tribune
• New ASCE publication offers guidance on stormwater control measures - Smart Water Magazine
• Improving wildfire predictions with Earth-scale climate models - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Research supports use of managed and prescribed fires to reduce fire severity - U.S. Forest Service
• New tech brings resilience to small-town hydropower - Idaho National Laboratory
• MAINTAINING PLANNING STRATEGIES FOR EVOLVING THREATS - Domestic Preparedness Journal
• White supremacist calling for the mass murder of Jews arrested in Reseda raid - CBS News
• Cults and Online Violent Extremism - Global Network on Extremism and Technology
• Research Rooted in Machine Learning Challenges Conventional Thinking About the Pathways to Violent Extremism - National Institute of Justice