(TLP:CLEAR) Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – July 10, 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

• Rounds of flooding downpours, severe storms to target Eastern US – AccuWeather
• Lake County faces telecom issues due to Elk Fire – KDRV
• Historic rainfall leads to deadly flooding in New Mexico: a timeline of emergency alerts – AP
• Why Texas Hill Country, where a devastating flood killed dozens, is one of the deadliest places in the US for flash flooding – Conversation
• Flood deaths are rising in the U.S., fueled by heavier rainfall – Washington Post
• Forecast Update – Forecast for 2025 Hurricane Activity (July 9, 2025) – CSU
• What does it mean if early Atlantic hurricane season is relatively calm? – Washington Post
• Hurricane Helene set up future disasters, from landslides to flooding – cascading hazards like these are now upending risk models – Conversation
• U.S. measles cases hit highest level in 33 years, CDC reports – NPR

Operational Resilience

• PNNL Releases Database Tracking Wildfire Mitigation Plans Nationwide – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Novel model improves predictions of flood severity, place and time in continental U.S. with AI – Smart Water Magazine
• What made the Texas flash flood so deadly and how AI could improve forecasting – Northeastern University
• How Santa Monica Became A Sustainable Water Leader – Water Online
• Batteries are making the grid more reliable: NERC – Utility Dive
• Load growth, plant retirements could drive 100x increase in blackouts by 2030: DOE – Utility Dive
• Dutch authorities investigate possible sabotage against rail network as NATO summit opens – AP
• Justice Department Charges Two Individuals with Acting as Agents of the PRC Government – DOJ

Extremism/Terrorism

• What we know (so far) about the plot to seize land in Quebec and the military men allegedly behind it – CBC
• Suspects used graffiti, firearms, body armor in Fourth of July ambush outside North Texas ICE facility, officials say – CBS News
• French prosecutors charge ‘incel’ for plotting attacks on women – Le Monde
• Too Young to Drive, Old Enough for Extremism: Youth Radicalization’s New Reality – Homeland Security Today
• Extremist Content Online: Pro-ISIS Online Supporters Celebrate Syria Attack, New Neo-Nazi Accelerationist Web Forum Located – Counter Extremism Project