(TLP:CLEAR) Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – February 13, 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

• Severe thunderstorms, flooding rain to hammer southern US this weekend – AccuWeather
• Eastern storm cuts power to tens of thousands as California braces for flooding – AP
• From coast to coast, winter weather is making a mess of things – NBC News
• 5 things to know about mudslide risk as major rains hit Los Angeles County – Los Angeles Times
• Australia braces for ‘very destructive winds’ as Category 5 cyclone nears landfall – NBC News
• Raging wildfires, Arctic blast struck the U.S. last month – NOAA
• January temperature marks new global milestone – NOAA
• Bird flu strain that just jumped to cows infects dairy worker in Nevada – Ars Technica

Operational Resilience

• Drought resilience demands urgent global actions and cooperation – Nature
• Transformer supply bottleneck threatens power system stability as load grows – Utility Dive
• Imagining the U.S. Without Power: A Dual-World EMP Exercise – Domestic Preparedness
• United Utilities will use energy from processed sewage sludge to power heavy goods vehicles – Smart Water Magazine
• Lack of Northeast gas pipeline capacity poses ‘severe threats to reliability’ in cold weather: NERC – Utility Dive
• Germany reportedly suspects Russia after drone sightings over key airbase – Politico
• How satellites and AI help fight wildfires today – Conversation
• The United States Needs to Stress Test Critical Infrastructure for Different AI Adoption Scenarios – RAND
• FBI searching for man wanted for breaking into a power plant in West Virginia – WTAP

Extremism/Terrorism

• Russia uses messaging apps to recruit terrorists, Ukraine’s police says – The Record
• Swedish Police Arrest Suspect in Stockholm Over Islamist Terror Plot – EU Today
• Durham Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Support to Terrorists – DOJ
• State Dept. Draws Up List of Cartels to Be Labeled Terrorist Groups – New York Times
• Extremist Content Online: ISIS-K-Linked Voice of Khorasan Web Magazine Recommends Use of Telegram Communications App Despite Terms of Service Change, U.S. White Supremacist Groups Continue to Promote Mass Deportations – Counter Extremism Project