Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – November 7, 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

• November hurricane forecast says more storms could be brewing after Rafael – USA Today
• When will rain relieve dryness and fire threat in the Northeast? – AccuWeather
• Missouri flash flooding kills 5, including 2 poll workers – CBS News
• Hurricane Rafael makes landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm – CNN
• Why Rafael could fuel heavy rain in parts of the U.S. while far away – Washington Post
• Hundreds flee and homes burn as powerful winds feed wildfires in Southern California – AP
• 15 homes evacuated as crews battle another wildfire in New Jersey – AP
• Why future droughts will not be about rain – Washington Post
• The extreme floods which devastated Spain are hitting more often. Is Australia ready for the next one? – Conversation
• Climate change made 2023 wildfire conditions in Canada three times as likely, study finds – Yale Climate Connections

Operational Resilience

• Rail cars derail near Wallula, over 600 gallons of diesel spilled into Columbia – NBC (Washington)
• Industrial Wastewater Treatment: A Remedy To Freshwater Scarcity? – Water Online
• 6 Behaviors That Indicate Heightened Agitation and Risk of Violence – Security Management Magazine
• Pennsylvania American Water asks customers in select counties to voluntarily limit water usage – CBS News
• Building Disaster Resilience: A Systems Approach to Leadership Communication – RAND
• Growing Foreign Threats to National Security, Part 2: Emergency Management Approaches and Choices – Domestic Preparedness
• APS, Duke, other utilities pursue new climate resilience strategies as some await upcoming tools – Utility Dive
• Yes, burning gas is bad for the climate. But keeping it in Australia’s energy mix is sensible – Conversation

Extremism/Terrorism

• New York Man Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS – DOJ
• Ann Arbor Man Charged with Making Online Threat – DOJ
• German Police Arrest 8 Suspected Members Of A Far-Right Militant Group – AP
• Neo-Nazi group targeted as police make four arrests – The North West Star
• ‘Collapse is how we win’: US far right aims to make gains on election division – Guardian