Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – August 10, 2023

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.

• Millions face repeated rounds of severe weather in central, eastern US – Accu Weather
• Why Hawaii’s wildfires are so devastating — and ‘predictable’ – The Washington Post
• Distant Category 4 Hurricane Dora kicks up winds, stirs dangers in Hawaii – Accu Weather
• Earth Just Had Its Hottest Month Ever. How Six Cities Are Coping. – The Wall Street Journal
• July 2023 brought record-high temperatures, devastating floods across the U.S. – NOAA
• Beaver-like dams can enhance existing flood management strategies for at-risk communities, study finds – Cardiff University
• After a glacial dam outburst destroyed homes in Alaska, a look at the risks of melting ice masses – AP News
• Canadians are unprepared for natural hazards. Here’s what we can do about it – The Conversation
• Interior makes $195M available for drought, climate resiliency projects – WaterWorld Magazine
• In the future, we could snuff out cyclones. But weather control comes with new risks – The Conversation
• Political violence in polarized U.S. at its worst since 1970s – Reuters
• Man killed during FBI raid in connection with threats against Biden, other officials – ABC News
• The Compound Era of U.S. Counterterrorism – The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point