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
- An El Niño winter is coming. Here’s what that could mean for the US - CNN
- New super-fast flood model has potentially life-saving benefits - University of Melbourne
- Canada’s unprecedented fire season burns into fall - The Washington Post
- Severe thunderstorms to rumble across the Midwest through midweek - Accu Weather
- Why September’s record-warm temperatures have scientists so worried - The Washington Post
Operational Resilience
- Deadly dam failures: cause, effect and prevention - DW News
- The threat of wildfires is rising. So are new artificial intelligence solutions to fight them - AP
- Disrupting the myth of water abundance in Ontario - Smart Water Magazine
- 1.5 million people asked to conserve water in Seattle because of statewide drought - AP
- New Federal Funding Program Now Available To Support Water Projects - Water One
- Bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee Report Warns of New Threats from China and Russia - Homeland Security Today
- With automated treatment, affordable water from nontraditional sources can flow to underserved communities - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Extremism/Terrorism
- Research Warns White Supremacists Are Building a Shadow Militia - VOA News
- Rightwing extremist views increasingly widespread in Germany, study finds - The Guardian
- US military captures key Islamic State militant during helicopter raid in Syria - AP
- An Evolving Threat Landscape: Composite Violent Extremism and Prevention Efforts - Global Network on Extremism and Technology
