(TLP:CLEAR) Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – July 23, 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

• Repeated storms to unleash high winds, flash flooding across Midwest and Northeast – AccuWeather
• Level 3 ‘Go Now’ evacuation orders expand in Central Oregon as Akawa Butte Fire heads east – Oregon Public Broadcasting
• Flash floods inundate West Virginia after 7 inches of rain; National Guard deployed – CBS News
• 5.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Texas panhandle – Guardian
• U.S. measles cases hit 35-year record with months left in 2026 – Washington Post

Operational Resilience

• America’s Water Infrastructure Reckoning Has Arrived – Water Online
• Senate committee unveils bipartisan $35 billion water infrastructure package under WRDA 2026 –  Smart Water Magazine
• U.S. Secret Service official: ‘Threat environment is the highest we’ve ever seen’ – CNBC
• Building dams to protect Lismore from flooding would cost billions. Could nature do it better? – Conversation
• How Municipalities Can Modernize Aging Wastewater Infrastructure Without Disrupting Service – Water Online

Extremism/Terrorism

• ‘Anti-ICE’ army veteran started fire outside Manhattan federal building, say officials – BBC News
• ‘Hamas sleeper cell terrorist’ is found working at luxury Crete hotel ‘while preparing cruise ship attack’ – Daily Mail
• Police charge 14-year-old boy over alleged terror plot targeting London mosques – Guardian
• Eco-Radicalism, Insurrectionary Anarchism, and Eco-Fascism: A History of Anti-Tech Extremism – Homeland Security Today