Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – July 2, 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

• FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Workers and Communities from Extreme Weather – The White House
• Fourth of July forecast calls for extreme heat for most of US – ABC News
• ‘Not prepared’: Why the Midwest floods are a warning for the nation – The Washington Post

Operational Resilience

• China is seeking ways to disrupt daily American lift should a conflict erupt, Pentagon’s IT leader says – Defense One
• Why unsafe chemical tank cars remain on the rails after East Palestine – The Washington Post
• Scientists wary of bird flu pandemic ‘unfolding in slow motion’ – Reuters

Extremism/Terrorism

• US bases in Europe on high alert for possible terrorist attack: DOD – Fox News
• The Caliphate Complaint Box: Stories of Islamic State Governance in the Words of Those Who Lived It – Combating Terrorism Center at West Point)
• Team Approach to Keeping Potential Attackers Off ‘Pathway to Violence’ – FBI