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
- Severe storms to rumble across southern US into Tuesday - Accu Weather
- Severe storms blitz the US South again after one of the most active tornado periods in history - AP
- Wildfire in Canada’s British Columbia forces thousands to evacuate. Winds push smoke into Alberta - AP
- Strong geomagnetic storm reaches Earth, continues through weekend - NOAA
- Tornadoes tore across the country. Why weren’t they deadlier? - Washington Post
- What is a tornado emergency and how is it different from a warning or a watch? - AP
- La Niña is coming, raising the chances of a dangerous Atlantic hurricane season – an atmospheric scientist explains this climate phenomenon - The Conversation
- It’s not a matter of if a hurricane will hit Florida, but when, forecasters say - AP
- Drought fuels wildfire concerns as Canada braces for another intense summer - Yale Climate Connections
- Canadian wildfire smoke chokes upper Midwest for second straight year - AP
- U.S. struck with more than 100 tornadoes, heavy snow in April - NOAA
- Fact Sheet: USDA, HHS Announce New Actions to Reduce Impact and Spread of H5N1 - U.S. Health and Human Services
Operational Resilience
- As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’ - The Conversation
- Deadly Flooding Strikes Worldwide, Undercutting Infrastructure and Underscoring Resilience Needs - Security Management Magazine
- International SWOT Mission Can Improve Flood Prediction - NASA
- Precipitation may brighten Colorado River's future, says modeling study - Smart Water Magazine
- COLUMN: Hurricane Fatigue - Homeland Security Today
- Rainfall allows Spain’s Catalonia to ease water restrictions for 1st time during drought - AP
- ORNL at the Climate READi workshop: Resilient power systems in the context of climate change - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Idaho National Laboratory seeks small hydropower utility for case study - Idaho National Laboratory
- How artificial intelligence can transform U.S. energy infrastructure - Argonne National Laboratory
- 4-hour batteries best replacements for aging Maine peaker plants: study - Utility Dive
- The Missing Plague Vials - Domestic Preparedness
Extremism/Terrorism
- Foreign Terrorist Organizations and their Supporters Likely Heighten Threat Environment during 2024 Pride Month - FBI
- UK Men arrested for ‘preparing acts of terrorism’ - BBC News
- Group Burns Portland Police Vehicles Over Pro-Palestinian Protests - Police Magazine
- Man Who Carried Out Machete Attack on NYPD Officers in Times Square on New Year’s Eve 2022 Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison - DOJ
- Sacramento man sentenced for financing foreign terrorist organization - KTVU (Bay Area, CA)
- American woman repatriated from Syria accused of training with ISIS - CNN
- AI-Powered Jihadist News Broadcasts: A New Trend In Pro-IS Propaganda Production? - Global Network on Extremism and Technology
