Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – September 26, 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

• How far north will Helene’s rain reach? – Accu Weather
• Hurricane John came back as a ‘zombie’ storm – Accu Weather
• Why places hundreds of miles from Helene’s center should be worried about this storm – Washington Post
• A key ingredient has been missing from California’s wildfires this year. Experts worry things will get worse if it arrives – CNN
• Future Climate Change Predicted to Shift Flood-Generating Mechanisms and Intensify Extreme Flooding Events – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Climate Change Doubled Likelihood, Intensified Deadly Europe Floods: Study – Newsweek
• Drought leaving Ohio’s rivers and reservoirs running significantly low – WKYC
• World Risk Report: Where are natural disasters most common? – DW

Operational Resilience

• 2024 Ecolab Watermark Study reveals water concerns shift consumer buying behavior – Smart Water Magazine
• Florida County Prepares for Hurricane With New Tool – GovTech
• Public-private partnership for eliminating water losses in water transport networks – Smart Water Magazine
• Fluoride in drinking water poses enough risk to merit new EPA action, judge says –  AP
• Understanding Risks to DAF Installations from Cascading Hazards and Interconnected Energy and Water Infrastructures – RAND
• Evacuation order remains in effect for Ohio town where dangerous chemical leak occurred – AP
• Planning the future of America’s vast electric grid – Argonne National Laboratory
• WestTEC to develop West-wide ‘actionable’ transmission plan – Utility Dive
• Electronic Warfare Spooks Airlines, Pilots and Air-Safety Officials – Wall Street Journal

Extremism/Terrorism

• Neo-Nazi Telegram Users Panic Amid Crackdown and Arrest of Alleged Leaders of Online Extremist Group – ProPublica
• Trump warned by US intelligence of Iran assassination threats – campaign – BBC
• Ryan Wesley Routh Indicted for Attempted Assassination of Former President Trump – DOJ
• Harris campaign office damaged by gunfire in Arizona – NBC News
• Finland Detains Trio Suspected Of IS Involvement: Police – Barron’s
• Why West Africa Is Now The World’s Terrorism Hotspot – Reuters
• Terrorgram’s Propaganda – An Overview of Publications Designed to Incite Accelerationist Terrorism Attacks – Accelerationism Research Consortium