(TLP:CLEAR) Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – January 22, 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

• Ice storm threatens Texas to Virginia with widespread power outages, travel shutdowns – AccuWeather
• The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists warn – Smart Water Magazine
• What is the global water cycle and how is it amplifying climate disasters? – Conversation
• What a Solar Superstorm Could Mean for the U.S. – USGS
• ‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: A winter drought grips the U.S.  – Washington Post
• Global Natural Disaster Damage Topped $220 Billion in 2025 – Security Management Magazine
• 2025 in Review: U.S. Temperatures – Climate Central
• Largest US measles outbreak connected to new cases in Washington state – USA Today

Operational Resilience

• COLUMN: Winter Is Not a Surprise for Emergency Management Professionals – Homeland Security Today
• Building resilience beneath the surface: Metro Vancouver’s deep tunnel water program – Smart Water Magazine
• How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Is Transforming Water Loss Management For Utilities – Water Online
• Contemporary Foundation AI Models Increase Biological Weapons Risk – RAND
• 2026 Predictions: The Next Frontier Of Water Starts Now – Water Online
• More floods are coming. Here’s what actually works to help people prepare – Conversation
• Lessons Earned, Lessons Learned – Domestic Preparedness

Extremism/Terrorism

• The Continuing Threat of Doxing as an Extremist Tactic – Counter Extremism Project
• 3D-Printed Warfare: A New Phase in Jihadist “Do-It-Yourself” Innovation Targeting the West? – Global Network on Extremism & Technology
• Boy planning terrorist acts wanted ‘white supremacist utopia’, Leeds court told – Guardian
• Federal prison for alleged sovereign citizen found with ‘cricket bombs’ after east-metro arrest – Twin Cities Pioneer Press
• U.S. Forces Kill Al-Qaeda Affiliate Leader Linked to ISIS Ambush on Americans in Syria – Homeland Security Today