(TLP:CLEAR) Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – August 6, 2025

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

• Southeast faces dangerous flash flooding as heavy rain returns – AccuWeather
• Explosive wildfires tear through the West as megafires emerge – AccuWeather
• California wildfire scorches 83,000 acres and threatens hundreds of structures – Guardian
• Will a hurricane impact your state in 2025? A final forecast has been released. – USA Today
• Dexter becomes the Atlantic’s fourth named storm of 2025 – Yale Climate Connections
• We Knew Increasing Heat Was Bad For Our Health. A New Study Reveals How Much. – Weather Channel
• Why did Russian mega earthquake not cause more tsunami damage? – BBC
• Is ‘heat dome’ overhyped? Why some meteorologists dislike this term – Yale Climate Connections
• Flames to floods: how Europe’s devastating wildfires are fueling its next climate crisis – Conversation

Operational Resilience

• FBI Releases 2024 Reported Crimes in the Nation Statistics – FBI
• US companies spending record amounts to protect executives as threats rise – Reuters
• NYC mass killing raises new security concerns for corporate America – Washington Post
• No Chlorine, No Contamination: A Cleaner Future For Wastewater Reuse – Water Online
• Water wars: a historic agreement between Mexico and US is ramping up border tension – Conversation
• The weather is changing. Here’s how utilities can adapt. – Utility Dive
• Satellites and drone swarms: The new high-tech quest to fight wildfires – Washington Post
• FERC orders changes to PJM’s grid interconnection process, plus 3 other open meeting takeaways – Utility Dive
• Cartel Members Fought in Ukraine to Learn FPV Drone Skills, Report Says – Homeland Security Today
• A Trojan Horse Approach? Chinese Infrastructure Investment in Europe – Soufan Center

Extremism/Terrorism

• Tennessee man threatened to kill public officials, kept explosive devices in his home, authorities say – CBS News
• Long Beach Man Arrested on Federal Criminal Complaint Charging Him with Sending a Dozen Payments to Suspected ISIS Terrorists – DOJ
• Bexar County man faces terrorism, weapons charges after deputies found explosive devices, firearms, extremist writings in his home – Texas Public Radio
• FBI: Dayton man arrested after making threat to kill tens of thousands in Cincinnati – Cincinnati Enquirer
• Gore, Propaganda, and Radicalization Overlap in Extremely Accessible Sites, Researchers Find – Security Management Magazine
• Extremist Content Online: New ISIS Propaganda Video Released, Over 30 TikTok Accounts Glorifying White Supremacist Mass Shooters, Accelerationist Groups, Patriot Front, Youth Clubs Located – Counter Extremism Project