Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – August 8, 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.

• One-two punch of severe weather to blast central, eastern US – Accu Weather
• Record glacial flooding swept away two homes in Alaska’s capital – The Washington Post
• Storms could escalate fire dangers in Southwest late this week – Accu Weather
• Fighting Canada’s Unending Fires – The New York Times
• Exceptional heat and rain, wildfires and floods mark summer of extremes – Smart Water Magazine
• One of 2023’s most extreme heatwaves is happening in the middle of winter – The Conversation
• Idaho’s water supply is declining. Officials discuss challenges at state summit. – Idaho Capital Sun
• Placer County Water Agency approves funds for increased water security – Fox 40 News
• Drought Forces Spain to Source Drinking Water From the Sea – The Wall Street Journal
• THREE KEYS TO LIFE-SAVING HURRICANE SEASON COMMUNICATION – Domestic Preparedness Journal
• ‘Clash of the titans’: Hurricane forecasters lay odds on an epic battle – Yale Climate Connections
• Improving weather forecasts by one degree could slash heat wave deaths – The Washington Post
• False Claims Attacks on Infrastructure Focus of NSF-Funded Research – The University of Oklahoma
• Cyber, nuclear strikes target U.S. infrastructure – The Washington Times
• Two U.S. Navy Servicemembers Arrested for Transmitting Military Information to the People’s Republic of China – Homeland Security Today
• Known neo-Nazi building training ground in Springfield – Bangor Daily News
• This New England neo-Nazi group is getting bigger and scarier, experts say. Most troubling: Military vets fill its ranks. – The Boston Globe
• Lead Defendant in Federal Case Charging White Supremacist Group with Violence at Political Rallies Extradited from Romania – Homeland Security Today
• The Islamic State group says its leader was killed by militants in Syria and names his successor – AP News
• What to know about EG.5, the most prevalent covid subvariant in the U.S. – The Washington Post