(TLP:CLEAR) Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – February 12, 2026

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

• More big storms heading for California, US West starting in mid-February – AccuWeather
• Flash flooding, severe storm threat brewing for South from massive cross-country storm set to dump heavy rain – Fox Weather
• Record snow drought in Western US raises concern for a spring of water shortages and wildfires – AP
• It’s been a brutal winter, but now it’s prime time for blockbuster Northeast storms – CNN
• Mississippians near two weeks without power after winter storm – AP
• Landslides are NZ’s deadliest natural hazard. Why does it still tolerate the risk? – Conversation
• After reaching a 30-year high in cases last year, measles is soaring again in 2026 – UCLA

Operational Resilience

• Train cars with liquid propane topple into river in Mansfield CT – Norwich Bulletin
• Executive Targeting Incidents Doubled in 2025, Report Finds – Security Management Magazine
• Mexico agrees to make more predictable water deliveries to the US – AP
• The global freshwater crisis fueled by pollution overuse and climate change – Smart Water Magazine
• Reclaiming Water From Contaminated Brine Can Increase Water Supply And Reduce Environmental Harm – Water Online
• Natural gas installations more than doubled in 2025: FERC – Utility Dive
• Cartel drones become flashpoint between US and Mexico – Reuters
• Pentagon-FAA dispute over lasers to thwart cartel drones led to airspace closure, AP sources say – AP
• States reeling from winter storm encounter a smaller FEMA – Stateline

Extremism/Terrorism

• Tumbler Ridge shooter had interest in gore, guns, and white supremacy – ADL
• Australia says attempted bombing of national day protest was act of terror – Reuters
• Al-Qaeda 50 times bigger than at time of 9/11, UN warns – The Times (UK)
• Quebec teen faces terrorism charge after allegedly promoting neo-Nazi group ideology – CBC
• New York Man and Alleged Member of Nihilistic Violent Extremist Organization 764 Charged with Receiving Child Pornography – DOJ
• U.S. Forces Strike ISIS Targets in Syria as Partners Sustain Pressure – CENTCOM