(TLP:CLEAR) Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – December 18, 2025

Author: Alec Davison

Created: Thursday, December 18, 2025 - 15:05

Categories: General Security and Resilience

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

Atmospheric Rivers Will Spread Flood Threat To Oregon, California, After Soaking Washington State – Weather Channel
Powerful Northeast storm to usher in springlike warmth, heavy rain and wind before chill – AccuWeather
Extreme winds kill 1, injure 2 in Idaho before shifting east across US – USA Today
Maps show where polar vortex drove unusually snowy conditions – Washington Post
Winter 2025-26 Outlook – NWS
2025’s extreme weather had the jet stream’s fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes – Conversation
Indian scientists predict how bird flu could spread to humans – BBC

Operational Resilience

Bridging the skills gap: A growing threat to water infrastructure innovation – Smart Water Magazine
FEMA Updates National Risk Index and Transitions Data and Functions to Other Agency Tools – FEMA
COLUMN: Beyond the Emergency Preparedness Plan – Homeland Security Today
Why Unified Workplaces Are a Leadership Priority – Security Management Magazine
From Officer to Leader: Rethinking Leadership Development in Security – Security Management Magazine
How Severn Trent is using satellite technology to fight floods and protect homes – Smart Water Magazine
NOAA deploys new generation of AI-driven global weather models – NOAA
What’s the best way to expand the US electricity grid? – MIT
Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Is Having a Renaissance – WIRED

Extremism/Terrorism