Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – September 21, 2023

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

• Multiday severe weather event to target Plains, threatening tornadoes – Accu Weather
• NOAA monthly U.S., global climate report call: September 21 – NOAA
• Australian wildfire danger causes fire ban in Sydney and closes schools – AP
• As extreme downpours trigger flooding around the world, scientists take a closer look at global warming’s role – The Conversation
• Climate change is reducing global river water quality – Smart Water Magezine
• 100-YEAR FLOODS COULD OCCUR YEARLY BY END OF 21ST CENTURY – American Geophysical Union

Operational Resilience

• 5 Cities In The U.S. Just One Disaster Away From A Catastrophic Water Crisis – Water One

Extremism/Terrorism

• Germany bans neo-Nazi group with links to US, conducts raids in 10 German states – ABC News
• American Hatred Goes Global – How the United States Became a Leading Exporter of White Supremacist Terrorism – Foreign Affairs
• Pro-Kremlin Propagandist Ties to White Nationalist Movement Deeper Than Previously Known – Southern Poverty Law Center
• Renton, Washington, man sentenced to 3+ years for bringing box of Molotov cocktails to protest march in summer of 2020 – DOJ
• Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Groups Continue To Exploit TikTok To Spread Propaganda – Counter Extremism Project