Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – January 11, 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

• Pipe-bursting cold, snow and ice threat to reach into the South by next week – Accu Weather
• Deadly storm sends water levels skyrocketing on Northeast rivers and at the coast, forcing evacuations – CNN
• Earth shattered global heat record in ’23 and it’s flirting with warming limit, European agency says – AP
• Extreme UK flood levels are happening much more often than they used to, analysis shows – The Conversation
• U.S. Saw Record-Breaking Thunderstorm Damage in 2023 – The Wall Street Journal
• Thousands of U.S. homes have flooded over and over again. Here’s where. – The Washington Post

Operational Resilience

• Climate change could slash Colorado stream flows, with effects across the US West: report – The Hill
• Resilience Versus Emergency Management – Domestic Preparedness
• How to prepare your home for extreme cold, and stay warm in a power outage – The Washington Post
• Arctic blast tied to polar vortex to test Texas grid again – Axios
• Violence over water increases globally according to new data – Smart Water Magazine
• Violent political threats surge as 2024 begins, haunting American democracy – The Washington Post

Extremism/Terrorism

• American intel officials warn of risk of Hezbollah attacking U.S. – Politico 
• Man charged with domestic terrorism following alleged plan to take over Barry Township – Fox 17
• Don´t get fooled – The extreme-right Active Club network is not about combat sports – Counter Extremism Project
• Russian National Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization – DOJ