Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – October 26, 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

• How Hurricane Otis stunned forecasters with its leap to a Category 5 – The Washington Post
• ‘It’s Like Our Country Exploded’: Canada’s Year of Fire – The New York Times
• Cleaner Snow Boosts Future Snowpack Predictions – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Floods Kill Long After the Water Has Gone – Homeland Security Newswire
• West Antarctic ice sheet faces ‘unavoidable’ melting, a warning for sea level rise – The Washington Post

Operational Resilience

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Next Steps to Protect Stability and Sustainability of Colorado River Basin – U.S. Department of Interior
  The Rio Grande isn’t just a border – it’s a river in crisis – The Conversation 
• Novel framework improves resilience to extreme weather – Idaho National Laboratory
• Residents unprepared for wildland fires, face barriers in implementing prevention measures: Study – Phys.org
• Implementing Large Microgrid Projects for Water Purification Plants – WaterWorld Magazine
• Electric grids could be the ‘weak link’ of clean energy transition, IEA warns – Utility Dive
• Born after Superstorm Sandy’s destruction, 2 big flood control projects get underway in New Jersey – AP
• New Funding For Water And Wastewater Projects In Less Populated Parts Of The U.S. – Water Online

Extremism/Terrorism

• A suspect in the fatal shooting of 18 in Maine is still at large. Residents are sheltering in place – AP
• Experts fear hate, extremism on social media amid Israel-Hamas war – ABC News
• Germany: Duisburg police arrest terror suspect — reports – DW News
• ‘El Talibán,’ Europe’s top jihadi recruiter, arrested in Melilla – Politico 
• Terrorist Exploitation of Online Gaming Platforms – First Responders Toolbox
• Crypto’s role in terrorist financing – Reuters