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

• Multiple days of severe weather to focus on US Great Plains to end May - Accu Weather
• 23 are dead across the US after weekend tornadoes. Texas is getting battered again - AP
• Why the Greenfield tornado was so powerful - Washington Post
• What you can do to try to stay safe when a tornado hits, and also well beforehand - AP
• The surprising reasons thunderstorms are more destructive than ever - Washington Post
• Wind towers crumpled after Iowa wind farm suffers rare direct hit from powerful twister - AP
• Dangerous brew: Ocean heat and La Nina combo likely mean more Atlantic hurricanes this summer - AP
• Hurricane forecast points to a dangerous 2024 Atlantic season, with La Niña and a persistently warm ocean teaming up to power fierce storms - The Conversation
• What is wind shear? An atmospheric scientist explains how it can tear apart hurricanes - The Conversation
• Warming climate intensifies flash droughts worldwide - Smart Water Magazine
• US 'Underprepared' for Bird Flu Outbreak, Epidemiologists Warn - Newsweek

Operational Resilience

• USGS research brings new focus to strategic monitoring of wildfire impacts on water supplies - Smart Water Magazine
• COLUMN: Realistic Preparedness Part II: Community Preparedness - Homeland Security Today
• St. Charles County gas exposure leaves 4 hospitalized at water treatment plant - KSDK
• Sites with radioactive material more vulnerable as climate change increases wildfire, flood risks - AP
• After a deadly heat wave last summer, metro Phoenix is changing tactics - AP
• Man accused of starting wildfire in national wildlife preserve near Arizona-California border - AP
• Hawaii officials stress preparedness despite below-normal central Pacific hurricane season outlook - AP
• South Florida officials remind residents to prepare as experts predict busy hurricane season - AP
• Making batteries takes a lot of lithium. Some of it could come from wastewater. - University of Pittsburgh
• Key Bridge Collapse: Unity Of Effort - Domestic Preparedness
• Plans to spend billions on a flood-prone East Texas highway may not solve the problem - AP
• Using Gunshot Detection Technology to Mitigate Human Fallibility - Security Management Magazine
• The global clean water crisis looms large - Smart Water Magazine

Extremism/Terrorism

• ‘Ready for Civil War’: Illinois Man Arrested With Bombs Posted Right-Wing Content - Rolling Stone
• Crime report reveals Scotland 'terror attack' plan - BBC
• Nine in Germany, accused of 'Reichsbuerger' coup plot, go on trial - Reuters
• Terrifying warning issued that Britain’s ‘unprepared’ for ISIS ‘drone attack plot on UK’ - Express
• Republican National Committee’s headquarters evacuated after vials of blood are addressed to Trump - AP
• IS turns to artificial intelligence for advanced propaganda amid territorial defeats - VOA
• White Supremacist Propaganda Incidents Soar to Record High in 2023 - ADL
• The Blood Equation: Hamas’ Strategy to Radicalize Youth Through Emotional Narratives - Homeland Security Today