Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – January 9, 2025

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

• Major winter storm to bring dangerous ice and snow from Texas to Georgia, Carolinas – AccuWeather
• Northeast braces for more snow, slippery roads and travel trouble – AccuWeather
• Los Angeles County Is Burning. Are U.S. Wildfires Increasing? – U.S. News
• What are California’s Santa Ana winds? – AP
• This week’s unholy mix of drought, wind, and fire in Southern California – Yale Climate Connections
• La Niña back this summer? Not likely – and unofficial declarations are jumping the gun – Conversation
• Is the polar vortex causing the U.S. cold air outbreak? – NOAA

Operational Resilience

• Potentially crippling port strike averted after dockworkers, ports and shipping companies reach a tentative deal – CNN
• Glossary of Terms for Dam Safety – FEMA
• New research reveals groundwater pathways across continent – Smart Water Magazine
• Earth System Model Simulates a Raised Coastal Groundwater Table Caused by Sea-Level Rise – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• A New Era For Water Management: Harnessing GIS Innovations And Collaboration For A Resilient Future – Water Online
• LA Breaks Ground On Indirect Reuse Project To Tackle Water Vulnerability And Climate Resilience – Water Online
• Biden-Harris Administration Announces More Than $514 Million to Ensure Clean, Reliable Drinking Water for Western Communities – Department of Interior
• Why Public Works Needs a Seat at the Planning Table – Domestic Preparedness
• Nation-States Suspected of Cutting the Cords in Emerging Form of Warfare – Security Management Magazine

Extremism/Terrorism

• What is the Current State of Domestic Terrorism in the United States? – Soufan Center
• Cybertruck driver used ChatGPT to plan Las Vegas attack, police say – News Nation
• Terrorist threat to Canada ‘has rarely been higher,’ report says – Global News
• Key Oath Keepers leader revealed as former Las Vegas police detective – Guardian
• US, Iraqi forces unleash airstrike on ISIS targets, kill terrorists hiding in cave – Fox News