Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – October 17, 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

• What to expect for the rest of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season – ABC News
• 5 reasons Hurricane Milton’s tornado outbreak was historic – AccuWeather
• There’s dangerous fire weather in California late this week. What to know – Washington Post
• U.S. Winter Outlook: Warmer and drier South, wetter North – NOAA
• La Nina could soon arrive. Here’s what that means for winter weather – AP
• Severe thunderstorms are sweeping through southern Australia. But what makes a thunderstorm ‘severe’ – Conversation

Operational Resilience

• Studies to understand the transport of contamination in stormwater and inform decisions following a radiological disaster – EPA
• After hurricane, with no running water, residents organize to meet a basic need – AP
• The disaster no major U.S. city is prepared for – Washington Post
• Lower oil and natural gas prices, higher electricity demand expected over next five years: IEA – The Hill
• COLUMN: Long-Term Disaster Recovery is Less Provocative Than Response, but Just as Essential – Homeland Security Today
• These 5 ‘post-truth’ claims are fueling the water wars in Australia – Conversation
• Russia on mission to cause mayhem on UK streets, warns MI5 – BBC News
• Russia suspected of planting device on plane that caused UK warehouse fire – Guardian

Extremism/Terrorism

• ISIS-K behind foiled Election Day terrorism plot, U.S. officials say – NBC News
• Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza by Israeli forces, officials say – ABC News
• Pro-Hamas group that helped organize college protests is a ‘sham charity,’ Treasury says – NBC News
• How Hamas Infiltrated Europe – Free Press
• Blockchain and Bloodshed: The Role of Cryptocurrencies in Terrorist Financing – Soufan Center