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
- Southeast coast eyed for potential tropical impacts around July 4th - AccuWeather
- Hundreds of heat records set across U.S. this week - Axios
- Wildfire breaks out on mountainside near homes east of Cedar Hills in Utah County - KUTV
- How to stay safe during heat waves – and heat stroke warning signs to watch for - Conversation
- 34 million people in the U.S. may be exposed to dangerous heat today - Washington Post
- Droughts will be 35% more costly by 2035, warns latest OECD report - Smart Water Magazine
Operational Resilience
- FEMA Updates Free Tool to Help Local Emergency Managers Assess Hazards - FEMA
- Map Shows Where Power Outages Have Spread Amid Life-Threatening Heat - Newsweek
- How restoring river catchments can minimize drought and flood risks - Conversation
- Australian researchers prove world-leading flood sensing technology - Smart Water Magazine
- Microgrids keep the lights on for wildfire-prone California facilities - Utility Dive
- Summer power bills are going up, federal government warns - Utility Dive
- Overshadowed by border dispute, India-Pakistan water security risks grow - Australian Strategic Policy Institute
- 5G mast in west Belfast deliberately set on fire - BBC News
Extremism/Terrorism
- California Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS - DOJ
- Conway teen expressed support for ISIS, obtained plans to make explosive device, SLED says - WBTW
- Recent US political violence aided by DIY murder tradecraft available on internet - Guardian
- Palestine Action 'to be banned' as terror group, home secretary says - Sky News
- ‘Our era of violent populism’: the US has entered a new phase of political violence - Guardian
