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
- Slow-Moving Storm Poses Flood Threat To California, Including Los Angeles And San Diego - The Weather Channel
- A wildfire in Australia on the outskirts of Perth destroys at least 2 homes and injures 2 people - AP
- Number of People Affected by Tropical Cyclones Has Increased Sharply Since 2002 - RAND
- Supercharged Heat Waves Like Washington’s Deadliest Will Strike Harder and More Often; New Study Reveals How - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland after weeks of earthquake warnings − a geologist explains what’s happening - The Conversation
- Highly resolved precipitation maps based on AI - Smart Water Magazine
- Climate change risks triggering a spike in infectious disease outbreaks: three reasons why - The Conversation
- USGS Determining Extent of Flooding in Maine Caused by Large Coastal Storm Worsened by Snowmelt - USGS
- The nation’s capital, built on water, struggles to keep from drowning - The Washington Post
Operational Resilience
- Drinking toilet water may be the future of drought-stricken California - The Washington Post
- Seaworthy solution yields green energy, fresh water - Cornell University
- Smart microgrids can restore power more efficiently and reliably in an outage - University of California Santa Cruz
Extremism/Terrorism
