Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – July 16, 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

• Severe thunderstorm risk to stretch from Midwest to Northeast – Accu Weather
• East Coast braces for record heat wave: Latest forecast – ABC News
• Storms with likely tornadoes slap the Chicago area, killing 1 and cutting power – AP
• Extreme heat waves broiling the US in 2024 aren’t normal: How climate change is heating up weather around the world – The Conversation
• Vermont floods raise concerns about future of state’s hundreds of aging dams – AP
• Just a Category 1 hurricane? Don’t be fooled by a number — it could be more devastating than a Cat 5 – AP
• La Niña is coming. Here’s how it could change the weather. – Washington Post
• ‘Southerly busters’ are becoming more frequent but less severe as the climate changes, stirring up east coast weather watchers – The Conversation
• How do Atlantic sea surface temperatures this year compare to 2020, the most active hurricane season on record? – NOAA
• Things to know about heat deaths as a dangerously hot summer shapes up in the western US – AP

Operational Resilience

• How to Foster Resilience When Diversifying Supply Chains – Security Management Magazine
• Why Can’t Houston Keep the Power On? – Wall Street Journal
• US would keep more hydropower under agreement with Canada on treaty governing Columbia River – AP
• Devastated by record flooding and tornadoes, Iowa tallies over $130 million in storm damage – AP
• Tornadoes Are Deadly. These New Building Codes Will Save Lives. – National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Five Key Domains of Incident Management – Domestic Preparedness
• Top Ten Social Media Considerations in Emergency Management – Homeland Security Today
• Nuclear electricity supply would be less vulnerable to attack than renewables –  Australian Strategic Policy Institute
• Grid operator tells Californians to prepare for power conservation – Reuters

Extremism/Terrorism

• German authorities arrest a Lebanese man accused of procuring drone components for Hezbollah – ABC News
• Hagerstown man charged after threat to blow up Maryland MVA – Herald-Mail
• Man Sentenced for Sending Death Threat to Michigan Election Worker – DOJ
• Terror groups operating out of Afghanistan pose significant threat, UN report says – The National
• Kernatium Division: Canadian Teenagers Create Militia Intended To “Kill Jews and Immigrants” – Canadian Anti-Hate Network
• Canada police charge Syrian returnee with terrorism offenses – Reuters