(TLP:CLEAR) Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – January 8, 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

• Storms bringing snow, flooding rain and severe weather across central, eastern US – AccuWeather
• Flu-like illness activity now at highest rate on record, new CDC data shows – ABC News
• Flu is rising rapidly, driven by a new variant. Here’s what to know – AP
• Record snowfall sinks 8 boats in Juneau harbor, closes schools and businesses – KTUU
• This state had the most lightning strikes last year, says a new report – Washington Post
• Where will the next megafire break out? Climate change is making it tougher to predict – Conversation
• Facing Future Droughts: Lessons from the Southeast’s 2023 Fall Flash Drought – Drougt.gov

Operational Resilience

• New FEMA Tsunami Loss Study – FEMA
• 6 Steps to Design Tabletop Exercises – Security Management Magazine
• For Compelling Emergency Management Exercises, Culture Is Key – Security Management Magazine
•  Outage restored after cable theft affecting Estill and Laurel counties – WKYT
• Copper prices are rising. Thieves are taking notice – CNN
• COLUMN: Trends That Impact Emergency Management in 2026 – Homeland Security Today
• U.S. murders on pace for largest one-year drop on record – Axios
• Unprecedented global river data now available from space – Smart Water Magazine

Extremism/Terrorism

• FBI Disrupts Alleged New Year’s Eve Attack, Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS  – DOJ
• Foiled LA terror plot highlights ‘mishmash’ of beliefs that can fuel violence – Christian Science Monitor
• COLUMN: A Quarter Century After 9/11: Terrorism Trends in the United States and West in 2026 – Homeland Security Today
• A Terrorism of Vengeance – Lawfare
• ‘764’ Extremist Group Leader Pleads Guilty to RICO, Child Exploitation Charges – DOJ