Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – September 24, 2024

Author: Alec Davison

Created: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 - 20:03

Categories: General Security and Resilience

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

Soggy conditions return to the Northeast – Accu Weather
Seattle weather: The worst Northwest wildfire season in decades – Fox 13
Hurricane John strikes Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with ‘life-threatening’ flood potential – AP
Experts predicted more hurricanes in the Caribbean this summer – where are the ‘missing’ storms? – The Conversation
Stronger Sea Surface Cooling Produced by Hurricanes along the U.S. Southeast Coast – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
First-ever interagency sea level rise website is live – NOAA
‘We are not testing enough’: new US bird flu cases stoke fears over poor response – Guardian

Operational Resilience

Register Today to ShakeOut on Oct. 17 – FEMA
Planning for Impacts of Floods and Clouds on Power – Brookhaven National Laboratory
Who’s to blame when climate change turns the lights off? – The Conversation
Water, Water Everywhere…And Upgrades Are Rampant – Water Online
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Funding to Enhance Resilience of Critical Infrastructure, Protect Against Extreme Weather Events – FEMA
COLUMN: Enhancing Resilience Through Emerging Trends in Preparedness – Homeland Security Today
Three Mile Island nuclear plant to reopen, sell power to Microsoft – CBS News
FBI finds violent crime declined in 2023. Here’s what to know about the report – AP

Extremism/Terrorism