Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – October 10, 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.

Natural Hazards/Climate Change

• Texas to Florida faces soaking as tropical system brews in Gulf of Mexico – Accu Weather
• How An El Niño Could Impact Winter Snow – The Weather Channel
• El Niño Storms Gain Strength As California Scrambles To Prepare For More Stormwater – Water One
• Glacial lake outburst floods in Alaska and the Himalayas show evolving hazards in a warming world – The Conversation
• Simultaneous Large Wildfires Will Increase in Western U.S.– University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• After weeks of increasing COVID hospitalizations, is the summer peak over? – ABC News

Operational Resilience

• Why the New York City floods should be a wake-up call – The Washington Post
• Climate change is a fiscal disaster for local governments − our study shows how it’s testing communities in Florida – The Conversation
• Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission Report Publicly Released – DHS 
• Covid-19 – Emergency Plans and Readiness Exercises – Domestic Preparedness Journal
• Gun violence rises with the temperature – Yale Climate Connections

Extremism/Terrorism

• 3D-Printed Weapons and the Far-Right: The Finnish Accelerationist Cell – Global Network on Extremism and Technology
• White Supremacist Active Clubs Are Breeding on Telegram – WIRED