(TLP:CLEAR) Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – December 4, 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

• Where will late-week rainstorm turn into snow, ice in the eastern US? – AccuWeather
• A triple-dip Polar vortex is coming. Will your state feel the chill? – USA Today
• Winter storms blanket the East, while the US West is wondering: Where’s the snow? – Conversation
• From earthquakes to wildfires, Canada is woefully ill-prepared for disasters – Conversation
• 2025 Winter Package – Climate Central
• How snowy could it be where you live this winter? Look up your area. – Washington Post
• Washington resident dies of complications from bird flu strain never before reported in humans – CNN

Operational Resilience

• 4 Tips to Prepare for Winter Weather Risks – FEMA
• Wargaming: the surprisingly effective tool that can help us prepare for modern crises – Conversation
• Is This The End Of Affordable Water? – Water Online
• Iran’s president calls for moving its drought-stricken capital amid a worsening water crisis – how Tehran got into water bankruptcy – Conversation
• Environment Agency warns water efficiency must become national priority in new performance report – Smart Water Magazine
• AI, Data Centers, And Water – Water Online
• The Data Center Dilemma: Understanding America’s New Grid Challenges – Domestic Preparedness
• Building Codes Enforcement Playbook – FEMA
• NYPD apprehends suspect in copper cable theft that caused numerous subway delays – PIX11

Extremism/Terrorism

• Afghan National Sentenced to Serve 15 Years in Federal Prison After Plotting Election Day Terror Attack in the United States – DOJ
• New Jersey Man Charged with Cyberstalking in Connection with Violent Network ‘764’ – DOJ
• Portland man pleads guilty to arson of Portland’s ICE facility – The Oregonian
• Afghan Citizen Federally Charged for Posting Threats to Build Bomb and Kill Americans – DOJ
• From sextortion to violence: The evolving threat of the 764 network in the US – Institute for Strategic Dialogue
• Extremist Content Online: ISIS Online Supporter Releases Anonymous Cryptocurrency Guide, White Supremacist Group Offers Alleged Online Paramilitary Training Via Telegram – Counter Extremism Project