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
- Quick-moving, gusty storms to race across Upper Midwest - Accu Weather
- Potentially damaging frosts and freezes moving into Northeast midweek - Accu Weather
- What causes earthquakes in the Northeast, like the magnitude 4.8 that shook New Jersey? A geoscientist explains - The Conversation
- A long, hot U.S. summer is looming, forecasters say - Axios
- Researcher studies worst western US megadrought in 1,200 years - Smart Water Magazine
- Study finds decline in the stability of water yield in watersheds - Smart Water Magazine
- April 2024 ENSO update: gone fishing - Climate.org
- It never rains but it pours: intense rain and flash floods have increased inland in eastern Australia - The Conversation
- High and dry: Federal budget 2024 misses the mark on water-related investments - The Conversation
- Don’t blame Dubai’s freak rain on cloud seeding – the storm was far too big to be human-made - The Conversation
- Risk of bird flu spreading to humans is ‘enormous concern’, says WHO - Guardian
Operational Resilience
- Enhancing Water Infrastructure Resilience Against Seismic Activity - Water Online
- Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction: Unveiling Nature-Based Strategies for Resilience Enhancement - Homeland Security Today
- Takeaways from this week’s reports on the deadly 2023 Maui fire that destroyed Lahaina - AP
- 911 outages in several states caused by company installing a light pole - ABC News
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces up to $295 Million Available to Activated States Through FY23 Swift Current to Help Communities Withstand Impacts of Climate Change - FEMA
- In a first, California cracks down on farms guzzling groundwater - Grist
- NAWI Awarded Funding to Continue to Accelerate Research and Development for a Secure Water Future - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Rooftop solar panels are flooding California’s grid. That’s a problem. - Washington Post
- Beyond Lithium: What Will the Next Generation of Batteries Be Made Of? - CNET
Extremism/Terrorism
- White Supremacist Leader Sentenced to 44 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Make Death Threats Against Brooklyn Journalist - DOJ
- IntelBrief: 29th Anniversary of Oklahoma City Bombing a Painful Reminder of the Threat Posed by Domestic Terrorism - Soufan Center
- Rockville student arrested for threatening to shoot up elementary school in 129-page manifesto - WUSA9
- Security agencies warn election officials to brace for attacks on US presidential race - VOA News
- Man accused of arson at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office facing federal charges - NBC 5
- IntelBrief: Islamic State Khorasan Province Poses a Unique Counterterrorism Challenge - Soufan Center
