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

• More severe thunderstorms to prowl the central US - Accu Weather
• Residents cut off as flood warnings issued, conditions ease in Sydney and Illawarra - ABC News (Australia)
• Weeklong heat wave loosens grip slightly on US Southwest but forecasters still urge caution - AP
• Why this summer’s forecast is bad news for the US after an exceptionally disastrous start to the year - CNN
• The US fire season is heating up. Are we in for severe blazes and burns? - Guardian
• Real-Time Satellite Data Improves Earthquake Early Warning System in the United States - USGS
• String of earthquakes rattles Southern California. Are they telling us something bigger? - Los Angeles Times
• Tornadoes shifting east in the U.S., study finds, putting more people at risk - Washington Post
• Las Vegas logs another record-high but weeklong heat wave losing grip on US Southwest - AP
• Climate records keep getting shattered. Here is what you need to know - AP
• A meteorologist’s warning: Hurricanes are intensifying more quickly now - Yale Climate Connections
• Canada expands and improves warning system for coastal flooding - Smart Water Magazine
• A man in Mexico died with one form of bird flu, but US officials remain focused on another - ABC News

Operational Resilience

• Large chunk of Wyoming’s Teton Pass road collapses; unclear how quickly it can be rebuilt - AP
• A punishing heat dome will test Phoenix’s strategy to reduce heat-related deaths - Washington Post
• ‘Grey infrastructure’ can’t meet future water storage needs - Stanford University
• Mitigate The Impacts When Communities and Nature Collide - Domestic Preparedness
• Water recycling in Southern California receives $100M funding from federal government - Smart Water Magazine
• Train carrying hazardous sulfur derails in Whatcom County - KUOW
• Could spraying sea salt into the clouds cool the planet? - Washington Post
• Environmental Group to Study Effects of Artificially Cooling Earth - New York Times
• Taking flight: How drones accelerate utility disaster recovery efforts - Utility Dive
• COLUMN: Untapped Crisis Communications Inreach - Homeland Security Today
• Some countries could meet their total electricity needs from floating solar panels - ScienceDaily
• This is the dangerous Venezuelan gang infiltrating the US that you probably know nothing about but should - CNN

Extremism/Terrorism

• The Terrorism Warning Lights Are Blinking Red Again - Foreign Affairs
• California Man Found Guilty of Sending Threatening Emails to FBI that Included Threats to Bomb Its L.A. Field Office - DOJ
• Washington man sentenced for 20 ‘swatting’ calls of false threats in US, Canada - AP
• France charges ex-Russian soldier with plotting hotel terror attack - Telegraph
• Suspected IS supporter arrested at Cologne airport - DW
• Appeals court upholds conviction of British national linked to Islamic State - AP
• Scholz Vows to Fight Surge of Political ‘Terror’ in Germany - Bloomberg