Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – September 3, 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

• Slow-moving Gulf Coast storm to drench Houston to Tallahassee, Florida – Accu Weather
• Wildfires Are Contaminating Water Supplies – WIRED Magazine
• Heat wave to bake Southwest; temperatures could soar as high as 120 degrees – USA Today
• Extreme rainfall brings catastrophic flooding to the Northeast in August 2024 – NOAA
• Power cut to 245 homes in coastal California community where landslides are worsening – NBC News
• Research shows reducing future global flooding hinges on cutting greenhouse gas emissions – Smart Water Magazine
• Using AI to link heat waves to global warming – Stanford University
• U.S. climate outlook for September 2024 – NOAA

Operational Resilience

• Assessing the potential of a port strike – Supply Chain Management Review
• Canadian Rail Union Appeals Decision Ordering Binding Arbitration – Wall Street Journal
• Public trust in drinking water safety is low globally – Northwestern University
• Underwater drone provides innovative way to inspect tanks – Smart Water Magazine
• Dual-World Tabletop Exercises – Addressing Unmet Infrastructure Needs – Domestic Preparedness
• As wildfires intensify, the taxpayer burden is growing – Yale Climate Connections
• Interregional power transfer capability ranges from 1% to 92% across North America: NERC – Utility Dive

Extremism/Terrorism

• Terrorism threats on the rise 3 years after Afghanistan exit – The Hill
• European terror attacks alarm US intelligence, NYPD briefing shows – ABC News
• Colorado man arrested in connection with threats against Trump opponents on right-wing websites – NBC News
• U.S. Captures ISIS Leader in Syria – Homeland Security Today
• Extremist Content Online: Posts on X Encourage Violence Against Muslims and Jews, Promote Neo-Nazi Accelerationist Groups and White Supremacist Terrorists – Counter Extremism Project