Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – January 9, 2024

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

• Intense winter storm causes power outages, snares travel across U.S. – Axios
• Hundreds evacuate homes, 38 rescued from floods in southeast Australia after heavy storms – AP
• Critical Infrastructure Is Sinking Along the US East Coast – Wired
• Flames on the Horizon: How Climate Change Is Supercharging Wildfire Risks – Sci Tech Daily
• In coastal communities, sea level rise may leave some isolated – Smart Water Magazine
• Extreme weather cost $80 billion this year. The true price is far higher. – Grist
• 2023 costliest climate disasters reveal ‘global postcode lottery’’ study says – Smart Water Magazine
• These U.S. cities had their hottest year on record in 2023 – The Washington Post

Operational Resilience

• Mountains in the West have a lot less snow than they should right now – The Washington Post
• Monitoring the well-being of reservoir water through an uncrewed surface vehicle – Smart Water Magazine
• To rehab or replace aging pipes? – Water World Magazine
• Two large offshore wind sites are sending power to the US grid for the first time – AP

Extremism/Terrorism

• Argentina detains three foreigners on terrorism suspicions – Reuters
• Islamic State attempts a comeback – Reuters
• Intelligence to Address Extremism: Look for What Matters Most – Security Management Magazine