(TLP:CLEAR) Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – April 9, 2026

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

• Storms to bring rain, thunder and Sierra Nevada snow to California – AccuWeather
• CSU: Forecast for 2026 Hurricane Activity – Colorado State University
• Millions at risk of large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes as multi-day severe storm threat targets Plains – Fox Weather
• Crews battle fast-growing wildfire in windy Southern California that’s forced some to evacuate – AP
• Record Snow Drought Limits Western Water Supplies – Climate Central
• Spring Outlook: Drought forecasted to expand in U.S. West, parts of Plains – NOAA
• A powerhouse El Niño event appears to be brewing for 2026-27 – Yale Climate Connections

Operational Resilience

• Advancing Climate-Resilient Stormwater Management – RAND
• San Francisco Bay Area utilities enhance stormwater management with advanced radar network – Smart Water Magazine
• White House proposes significant cuts to EPA, SRFs in budget proposal – Water World Magazine
• AT&T Faced Huge Surge in Copper Wiring Thefts Last Year – PC MAG
• Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a glimpse of the future – Conversation
• Winter Storm Fern highlighted need for expanded interregional transmission, Senate hears – Utility Management Magazine
• Employee accused of arson after paper goods warehouse destroyed in massive fire in Ontario – ABC 7 LA
• Why Iran targeted Amazon data centers and what that does – and doesn’t – change about warfare – Conversation

Extremism/Terrorism

• Suspects who allegedly threw bomb outside NYC mayor’s home wanted to kill 60 people, prosecutors say – BBC News
• Tucson case first in nation to pursue federal terrorism charges against member of 764 – AZ Family
• ‘No Data Centers’: Indy councilor’s home hit with 13 shots in targeted attack – WRTV
• Claimed or Unclaimed: Patterns of Attribution in Global Terrorism – Irregular Warfare Initiative
• Mexico’s Escalating Cartel Violence and Expanding Cross-Border Threats – Homeland Security Today