Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – May 2, 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

• Another tornado outbreak looms for Plains states just days away – Accu Weather
• 1 person dead, homes destroyed after tornado rips through northeastern Kansas – AP
• Growing wildfire risk leaves states grappling with how to keep property insurers from fleeing – AP
• Unraveling the Mysteries of Consecutive Atmospheric River Events – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• NASA-Led Study Provides New Global Accounting of Earth’s Rivers – NASA
• An El Niño-less summer is coming. Here’s what that could mean for the US – CNN
• Sea off New England had one of its hottest years in 2023, part of a worldwide trend – AP
• U.S. climate outlook for May 2024 – Climate.gov

Operational Resilience

• Rivers are the West’s largest source of clean energy. What happens when drought strikes? – Grist
• Securing buy-in from leadership in a change-resistant industry – WaterWorld Magazine
• Asset Management Basics: Building A Strong Foundation – Water Online
• New Dataset Provides Critical Ecological Information for Lakes across the U.S. – USGS
• U.S. EPA supplies Vermont with $15 million for groundwater cleanup – WaterWorld Magazine
• Preparing For the Next Public Health Emergency – Domestic Preparedness
• Mental Awareness to Enhance Preparedness – Domestic Preparedness
• Extreme winter weather grid performance improves, and 5 other takeaways from FERC’s open meeting – Utility Dive Magazine
• Russia is trying to exploit America’s divisions over the war in Gaza – NBC News

Extremism/Terrorism

• Sovereign citizen dies in gunfight after shooting 2 Polk County deputies, sheriff says –  WKMG (Orlando, FL)
• Virginia man ousted from militia charged with making deadly toxin – Washington Post
• Man charged with helping white supremacist gang member escape prison appears in court – The Independent
• Minnesotan will be sentenced for fighting for ISIS: ‘I joined a death cult’ – Minneapolis Star-Tribune
• Teens plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people after Sydney bishop was stabbed, police allege – AP
• Man with sword arrested after multiple people stabbed near London tube station – ABC News
• Extremist Content Online: Antisemitic, Anti-Muslim, And Pro-Nazi Content Located On TikTok – Counter Extremism Project