Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – January 14, 2025

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

• Storm with snow, rain eyeing eastern US this weekend – AccuWeather
• Dangerous winds could fuel blazes as Los Angeles beefs up firefighting force – AP
• Southern areas hit by winter storm thaw and power slowly returns – AP
• Hurricane-force winds cause widespread damage in Alaska’s largest city – AP
• How Santa Ana winds fueled the deadly fires in Southern California – Conversation
• Floods, droughts, then fires: hydroclimate whiplash is speeding up globally – Smart Water Magazine
• The role of climate change in the catastrophic 2025 Los Angeles fires – Yale Climate Connections
• Southern California is extremely dry, and that’s fueling fires − maps show just how dry – Conversation
• 2024 was warmest year in the modern record for the globe – NOAA

Operational Resilience

• Timeline: How Richmond’s water crisis unfolded – Axios
• Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals − here’s what Los Angeles needs to know – Conversation
• The LA county wildfires could be the costliest in US history, early estimates say – AP
• Modernizing America’s water infrastructure: EPA’s groundbreaking progress – Smart Water Magazine
• Why Supply Chains are Key to Tackling Snow Storms – Supply Chain Digital
• 9 US electric power sector issues to watch in 2025 – Utility Dive
• Drones spotted at nuclear power plant in southern Minnesota – News Nation

Extremism/Terrorism

• Threat of Copycat Attacks after ISIS-Inspired Vehicle Attack in New Orleans – IC3
• Rise in vigilante attacks in US highlight growing online DIY terrorism resources – Guardian
• Yellowstone Park shooting gunman spewed racist views before thwarted attack, prosecutors say – CBS News
• Meta’s Glasses, ChatGPT, and the Rise of High-Tech Extremist Violence – National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center
• Avoiding a Resurgent Islamic State: Repatriation, Rehabilitation & Reintegration – Soufan Center