Both the Washington Post and AP News have written articles discussing a new study by researches from Dartmouth College that finds the Northern Hemisphere is soon approaching a “snow loss cliff,” or a set of conditions where the snowpack associated with many river basins will experience rapid declines.
CISA recently published the “Personal Security Considerations Action Guide: Critical Infrastructure Workers,” to help critical infrastructure workers assess their security posture and provide options to consider whether they are on or off the job. This guide provides actionable recommendations and resources intended to prevent and mitigate threats to a critical infrastructure worker’s personal safety.
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
The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) has posted a blog discussing a recently released study which found that current climate models are significantly underestimating how much global warming intensifies extreme rainfall events.
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
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
Two new resources, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Yale Climate Connections, highlight some of the most significant natural disasters and unusual weather phenomena of 2023.
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
FEMA has announced it will accept applications from state, local, tribal, and territorial government organizations seeking exercise support from January 4 to March 1, 2024. As WaterISAC has previously emphasized, exercises are an important part of a preparedness program, helping organizations build, improve, and validate their incident response and recovery capabilities.
FEMA has published "The Planning Guidance for Responding to and Recovering from Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) Incidents: After the Initial Response," which provides planners with a framework for the sustained response to and recovery from an RDD incident.
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