Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – December 19, 2024

Author: Alec Davison

Created: Thursday, December 19, 2024 - 15:39

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

Clipper and coastal storms to deliver snow, slippery travel to Northeast prior to Christmas – AccuWeather
Christmas Travel Forecast: Potential Problem Areas Ahead Of The Holiday – Weather Channel
Crews make progress with 30-acre Soto Fire in Jurupa Valley, containment up to 80% – CBS News
Cars pile up on Louisiana’s Causeway Bridge after thick fog blankets region – USA Today
No flood gauges, no warning: 99% of US streams are off the radar amid rising flash flood risks – we saw the harm in 2024 – Conversation
Record-breaking lake effect snow arrives as winter starts – NOAA
AI Model Indicates Global Temperatures Will Rise Faster Than Expected – Gizmodo
Reflecting on 20 years of the Aceh tsunami: From ‘megathrust’ threat to disaster mitigation – Conversation
CDC confirms 1st case of severe bird flu in US – ABC News

Operational Resilience

The ILA Could Strike Again in January: What You Need to Know – U.S. Chamber of Commerce
NASA-DOD Study: Saltwater to Widely Taint Coastal Groundwater by 2100 – NASA
Floods, insufficient water, sinking river deltas: hydrologists map changing river landscapes – Smart Water Magazine
How A City’s Sewage System Can Generate Renewable Natural Gas Production And Earn Royalties – Water Online
Even with Months-Long “Energy Droughts,” the Power Grid Remains Resilient – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
UK Environment Agency releases updated flood and erosion risk assessment – Smart Water Magazine
Radioactive spill reported in Northeast Ohio nuclear power plant – Cleveland.com
Chinese man arrested, accused of flying drone over and taking photos of Vandenberg Space Force Base – CBS News
Houthi Shipping Attacks: Patterns and Expectations for 2025 – Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Extremism/Terrorism