Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – December 26, 2024

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

• Eastern US: Upcoming rainstorm to bring flooding, fog and ice risks – AccuWeather
• Hurricane-force winds bear down on California, latest in stretch of extreme weather – AP
• Heat wave leads to warnings of potentially devastating wildfires in southern Australia – AP
• Powerful thunderstorms rumble across Texas, delaying holiday travel – AP
• Drought deepens in the Southwest, driven by little rain and extreme heat – Washington Post
• New damage delays I-40 reopening in North Carolina closed by Helene – AP
• Why seas are surging – Washington Post
• Catastrophic sea level rise possible within our lifetime? Yes, here’s how – Australian Strategic Policy Institute

Operational Resilience

• Valencia floods showed why coastal cities should restore their wetlands – Conversation
• Cutting-Edge Satellite Tracks Lake Water Levels in Ohio River Basin – NASA
• Machine learning framework improves groundwater recharge estimates in Western Australia – Smart Water Magazine
• Arizona agency takes action to regulate groundwater use in rural southeast – AP
• USDA invests $642 million to improve rural water infrastructure across 41 states – Smart Water Magazine
• Employee stabs Michigan company president in possible ‘copycat’ of Brian Thompson attack – Detroit News
• BIL-IRA Awards Explorer: Find investments making a big difference for U.S. communities – NOAA
• Opportunities For Artificial Intelligence In Emergency Management – Domestic Preparedness
• DHS Leadership to Support Subsea Cable Security & Resilience – Homeland Security Today

Extremism/Terrorism

• Jordanian National Pleads Guilty to Explosives Threats and Attack on Energy Facility – DOJ
• College student allegedly plotted ‘mass casualty attack’ targeting Jews – ABC News
• The Islamic State Will Exploit the Current Situation in Syria to Its Advantage – Soufan Center
• Suspect in German Christmas market attack held on murder charges – Reuters
• Man charged with distributing terrorist material and supporting ISIS – UK Metropolitan Police