Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – August 15, 2023

Author: Alec Davison

Created: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 - 19:20

Categories: General Security and Resilience

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

Temperatures to soar as massive heat dome builds over central US – Accu Weather
What new data reveal about how hurricanes kill – Yale Climate Connections
NASA Clocks July 2023 as Hottest Month on Record Ever Since 1880 – NASA
FEMA maps said they weren’t in a flood zone. Then came the rain. – Grist
On the Highway to Climate Hell – The world’s infrastructure was built for a climate that no longer exists. – Foreign Policy

Operational Resilience

UK National Risk Register 2023 – United Kingdom
Austin Enters Stage 2 of Drought Contingency Plan – City of Austin, Texas
As water-related disasters mount, experts push for early warning systems – Smart Water Magazine
A Regional Response to Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Civil Unrest – Homeland Security Today

Extremism/Terrorism