Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – June 27, 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

• Flooding, rounds of severe weather to persist in central US – Accu Weather
• Wind-driven wildfire spreads near popular central Oregon vacation spot and prompts evacuations – AP
• Swollen river claims house next to Minnesota dam as flooding and extreme weather grip the Midwest – AP
• Dangerous heat is shifting this week. Here’s where it will go next – CNN
• California early fire season has been active. What we know about risks ahead. – Washington Post
• Extreme heat waves aren’t ‘just summer’: How climate change is heating up the weather, and what we can do about it – The Conversation
• What happened to Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam? Here’s what to know about its flooding and partial failure – AP
• This new satellite is preparing us for a looming threat: Large solar storms – Washington Post
• 2024’s violent tornado season has been one of the most active on record − a meteorologist explains the weather behind the outbreaks – The Conversation

Operational Resilience

• The best way to cool down quickly and safely in a heatwave – The Conversation
• Lithium Batteries Are Set to Power the World—and Pose New Fire Risks – Wall Street Journal
• Three weeks after a landslide, Wyoming will reopen a highway critical for commuters – AP
• Will climate change make insurance too expensive? – DW
• Why Isn’t Extreme Heat Considered a Disaster in the U.S. – Homeland Security Today
• Biden-Harris Administration awards $4.9 million to advance drought monitoring and prediction in U.S. West through the Investing in America agenda – NOAA
• Railroads must provide details of hazardous cargo immediately after a derailment under new rule – AP
• Protecting the City of Charleston with the Low Battery Seawall and modern drainage design – Smart Water Magazine
• Criticality And Risk Analysis Helps Mojave Water Agency Optimize Maintenance Activities And Realize Cost Savings – Water Online
• A big boost for a climate solution: electricity made from the heat of the Earth – AP
• Bringing GPT to the grid – Harvard University
• ‘It’s All Happening Again.’ The Supply Chain Is Under Strain. – New York Times

Extremism/Terrorism

• The Southern Border, Terrorism Fears and the Arrests of 8 Tajik Men – New York Times
• DHS identifies over 400 migrants brought to the U.S. by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network – NBC News
• Plans for mass shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee office building ‘failed,’ police say – USA Today
• Expanding extremist groups in Africa fuel worries that they could attack the US or Western allies – AP
• A Greek police officer guarding a top judge’s house is injured in a predawn gasoline bomb attack – ABC News
• The terrorism threat to the 2024 Paris Olympics: Learning from the past to understand the present –  International Centre for Counter-Terrorism
• New Reports Evaluate U.S. Readiness to Prevent, Counter, and Respond to Threats of Nuclear and Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction – National Academies