(TLP:CLEAR) Supplemental General Security & Resilience Highlights – October 16, 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 to form, shift eastward across the central US – AccuWeather
• Rushing water, flooding leads to evacuations in southwestern Colorado as record-breaking rain falls – CBS News
• More than 1,500 people displaced after typhoon remnants devastate Alaska villages – Guardian
• Breaking: New wildfire reported in Los Angeles County on Oct. 15 – Sacramento Bee
• What could the tropics have in store for the rest of October? – AccuWeather
• Super-intense earthquakes more prevalent, some scientists say. Does it heighten San Andreas risk – Los Angeles Times
• Karen becomes the Atlantic’s northernmost named storm on record – Yale Climate Connections

Operational Resilience

• Before the Rain: Flood Preparedness Relies on Regular Risk Reassessments – Security Management Magazine
• New AI flood model gives water managers up-to-the-minute decision-making tool – FIU
• Building resilient utilities: UCLA issues report on key water and power infrastructure needs – UCLA
• Satellite program aims to track every wildfire on Earth – Yale Climate Connections
• How Hyper-Detailed Modeling Is Strengthening Worker Safety And Water Infrastructure Resilience – Water Online
• Revamping Outdated Water Systems – RAND
• NIST Engineers Design 5 New Ways to Connect Concrete Pieces for More Resilient Buildings – NIST
• Fiber optic cable vandalism to blame for Verizon service outage, company says – Los Angeles Times

Extremism/Terrorism

• Suspected jihadist drone plot against Belgian PM foiled – BBC
• Terrorgram: Police Worldwide Are Still Fighting the Neo-Nazi Crime Network – Vice News
• Teen accused in July 4th attack indicted on terrorism, explosives, and murder charges – KFDA
• OSINT: The Digital Force-Multiplier for Extremist Violence – Global Network on Extremism and Technology
• Al Qaeda’s Renewed Threat Shows International Terrorism Has Come Home – Homeland Security Today