Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – November 19, 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

• Taste of winter: Storm to deliver snow, rain and wind to Midwest, Northeast – AccuWeather
• Winter storms set to blast millions with rain, snow ahead of early Thanksgiving travel – Fox Weather
• Over 150 homes evacuated as wildfire risk persists across historically dry Northeast – NBC News
• What is a Bomb Cyclone? Atmospheric River and Severe Storm Head for US – Newsweek
• A third November storm, Sara, serves notice that a busy hurricane season isn’t over yet – AP
• Investigating Compound Flood Risk for the Coastal United States – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Wildfires and Drought Ravage the Northeast, in Maps – Wall Street Journal
• Why the U.S. has gotten so dry, so fast — and what could reverse it – Washington Post
• Why wildfires in the eastern U.S. can be more destructive than you may think – Washington Post
• U.S. climate summary for October 2024 – NOAA

Operational Resilience

• Western North Carolina’s water system is finally back online after Helene – AP
• Machine learning predicts highest-risk groundwater sites to improve water quality monitoring – Smart Water Magazine
• Valencia floods: How proper response can stop a natural disaster from becoming a public health crisis – Conversation
• Global Catastrophic Risk Assessment – RAND
• How To Use Water Quality Monitoring To Increase Operational Efficiency – Water Online
• New York City police will send drones to sites of reported robberies and gunshots – Guardian
• A new hurricane cone was meant to improve storm warnings. Many challenges remain. – Washington Post
• How Climate Change Impacts Affect Renewable Energy – Columbia Climate School
• Germany suspects sabotage behind severed undersea cables – BBC

Extremism/Terrorism

• Houston man charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS – DOJ
• Charges: Alleged ‘sovereign citizen’ arrested with pipe bombs in vehicle in Oak Park Heights – St. Paul Pioneer Press
• Germany: 17-year-old arrested over alleged terror plot – DW
• Explosives and timer found on suspect’s body after attack on Brazil’s top court – CNN
• The Global Terrorism Landscape with the Acting Director of the National Counterterrorism Center – CSIS