Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – March 26, 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

• Risk of severe weather to continue into midweek – Accu Weather
• Spring storm lashes central US with snow and threatens South with severe weather – AP
• Spring Outlook: Warmer for most of U.S., wetter in the Southeast – NOAA
• Atmospheric rivers over eastern US affected by Pacific/North America pattern – Climate.gov
• NASA Analysis Sees Spike in 2023 Global Sea Level Due to El Niño – NASA
• Researching the spread of drought and its potential negative impacts – Smart Water Magazine
• U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for March 19, 2024 – NOAA
• Water woes in southern Alberta could spell disaster for aquatic ecosystems, and the people who rely on them – The Conversation

Operational Resilience

• Key Bridge collapses into Patapsco River in Baltimore after vessel hits support column; state of emergency declared – The Baltimore Sun
• Toward continuous reservoir monitoring from space – Smart Water Magazine
• Researchers take deep dive into how much water is stored in snow – Smart Water Magazine
• New warning system could save lives during wildfires – Yale Climate Connections
• Geomagnetic Storm From Solar Flare Could Disrupt Radio Communications – VOA News
• Powering Up to Solve Challenges in Energy Storage – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Old power lines plus climate change mean a growing risk of utilities starting fires – NPR
• Recovery – “Coming Back” After Disasters and Emergencies – Domestic Preparedness
• Tariff Trends: Utility Affordability In America – Water Online

Extremism/Terrorism

• Does deadly terror attack in Russia raise threat level in America? – NBC 24
• Rubio: FBI Director ‘Confirmed To Me’ A Trafficking Network Exists That Smuggles ISIS-Linked People Into U.S. – Homeland Security Today
• Terrorism threat against Denmark has increased, security service says – Reuters
• Preparing for the Boogaloo: How Far-Right Communities Rallied on Discord for the Unite the Right Rally –  Global Network on Extremism & Technology
• Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Supporters Celebrate Moscow Terror Attack – Counter Extremism Project