Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – June 29, 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.

• Warming causes more extreme rain, not snow, over mountains. Scientists say that’s a problem – AP News
• USGS report outlines the current state of water resources trend assessments in the U.S. – USGS
• US Teamsters demand final contract offer from UPS – Reuters
• Wildfire Smoke and High Heat Have Something in Common – The New York Times
• More than a third of the US population, from the Midwest to the East Coast, under air quality alerts from Canadian wildfire smoke – CNN
• El Niño digs in its heels – Yale Climate Connections
• Coastal Water Temperature Guide – NOAA
• Interior begins to develop post-2026 Colorado River guidelines – Water World Magazine
• Understanding Conspiracist Radicalisation: QAnon’s Mobilisation to Violence – International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)
• Fame-seeking mass shooters diversify their attacks to gain attention, study suggests – PsyPost
• FACT SHEET: National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism Strategic Implementation Update – The White House
• Secretary Mayorkas Calls for Extension and Expansion of Counter-UAS (Drone) Authorities – DHS
• Locally Acquired Malaria Cases Identified in the United States – CDC