Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – June 27, 2023

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.

• No sign of threat from the hazardous train that plunged into Yellowstone River, regulators say – AP News
• A heat wave in Texas is forecast to spread scorching temperatures to the north and east – AP News
• A brief introduction to climate change and torrential rainstorms – Yale Climate Connections
• Unusual June Tropical Storms Bret and Cindy stir up the Atlantic – Yale Climate Connections
• Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, boosting long-term ocean warming, new research shows – The Conversation
• Updated Rural Capacity Map to help identify communities that need climate resilience support – NOAA
• Flooding tackled thorugh citizen-led adaptation – Smart Water News
• How sensors could help catch wildfires before they spread – The Washington Post
• Heat is battering Texas’s power grid. Are giant batteries the answer? – The Washington Post
• Latest Threat to the Electricity Grid: White Supremacists – Sierra
• As far right party surges, Germany’s intelligence agency warns of growing extremism – AP News