The FEMA Response and Recovery Climate Change Planning Guidance was recently released and is intended to provide emergency managers with an overview of changes to the risk profiles of climate-related hazards for every region to enable appropriate response and recovery planning.
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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.
As the world continues to experience more frequent and intense extreme precipitation events due to the effects of climate change, communities and organizations need to better understand their flood risk now more than ever. To help provide awareness of local risk, Yale Climate Connections has compiled a list of 30 flood analysis tools available online for emergency managers and other stakeholders.
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.
Homeland Security Today has written an article discussing the importance of building infrastructure with more climate-resilient materials, using the aftermath of the 2017 Tubbs Wildfire in Santa Rosa, CA as an example. At the time, the Tubbs wildfire was the most destructive wildfire in the state’s history, killing 22 people and destroying 4,600 homes.
Multiple public water systems (PWSs) in Texas have either had to interrupt their services or are at risk of having their services interrupted given water shortages brought on by drought conditions. For many, they have implemented restrictions on water consumption to make the most out of dwindling supplies.
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.
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.
The White House has released a fact sheet containing a slate of new initiatives to protect Americans from extreme heat waves the nation is currently suffering from. As heat waves are expected to grow in intensity due to climate change, this will be a multi-year effort.
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