Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – October 8, 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

• Milton to bring new round of beach erosion, storm surge to southern Atlantic coast – AccuWeather
• An unusual hurricane season goes from ultra quiet to record busy and spawns Helene and Milton – AP
• How Hurricane Helene became a deadly disaster across six states – Conversation
• How Helene became a ‘worst case scenario’ – Washington Post
• Hurricanes Could Cause Thousands More Deaths Than Federal Statistics Show – Wall Street Journal
• Weekend wildfires lead to 1 death, large areas burned in western North Dakota – AP
• Dunedin, New Zealand, records its wettest day in a century as flooding cuts the city off by road – AP
• Australia may be facing another La Niña summer. We’ve found a way to predict them earlier, to help us prepare – Conversation

Operational Resilience

• A week after Helene hit, thousands still without water struggle to find enough – AP
• The world’s rivers faced the driest year in three decades in 2023, the UN weather agency says – AP
• The Tempo Tempest Facing Emergency Management – Security Management Magazine
• Confronting Misinformation During Disasters: Strategies for Crisis Communicators – Homeland Security Today
• EPA Announces $30 Million to Help Small and Rural Communities Protect Public Health, Drinking Water, and Local Waterways – EPA
• Turning seawater into fresh water through solar power – Smart Water Magazine
• In areas hardest hit by Helene, rural cooperatives could need weeks to restore power – Utility Dive
• Study shows how water systems can help accelerate renewable energy adoption – Smart Water Magazine
• Cause of Maui Wildfire That Killed 102 Revealed – Homeland Security Today

Extremism/Terrorism

• Tajikistan nationals with alleged ISIS ties removed in immigration proceedings, U.S. officials say – CBS News
• Man charged for threatening US judge in Florida district that heard Trump case – DOJ
• Minnesota man arrested after allegedly threatening to ‘shoot up’ synagogue – ABC News
• 68 Defendants Charged in Indictment of Dozens of Members and Associates of San Fernando Valley White Supremacist Gang – DOJ
• Far-right extremists flee from Telegram to SimpleX over privacy features – Guardian