Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – October 3, 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

• Tropical Storm Philippe makes landfall in Barbuda as heavy rains drench northeast Caribbean – AP
• Abnormal October heat in Midwest to fade by midweek as severe weather takes the reins – Accu Weather
• October to usher in dramatic weather change for South Central – Accu Weather
• What a ‘super’ El Niño could mean for winter weather in each U.S. region – The Washington Post
• Warming oceans are fueling destructive hurricanes earlier, study finds – The Washington Post
• Arizona’s biggest city has driest monsoon season since weather service began record-keeping in 1895 – AP
• Confirmed heat deaths in Arizona’s most populous metro keep rising even as the weather turns cooler – AP

Operational Resilience

• Big Power Outages Will Become a More Common Problem, Energy Study Warns – Cord Cutters News
• Germany: Copper theft hits crucial infrastructure, business – DW News
• US Joins List of Top 50 Conflict-Ridden Countries – VOA News
• Johnson Controls cyberattack disrupting operations, may involve sensitive DHS info – Recorded Future News

• Police: Reports of bomb threats throughout Vermont – WCAX New

Extremism/Terrorism

• Ph.D. Student Found Guilty of Terrorism After Building a Drone to Give to ISIS – Homeland Security Today
• U.S. Army reservist with KKK ties faces military review after Raw Story report – Raw Story
• The Southern Border Poses Terrorism Risks. Homegrown Threats Still Loom Larger. – Council on Foreign Relations
• Turkey stops ‘terror attack’ after suicide bomber detonates at Ankara police headquarters, 2nd assailant shot – Fox News