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Julie Hobbs, a USGS hydrologic technician, installs a wave sensor near Venice, Fla., Monday, October 7, 2024, ahead of Hurricane Milton’s projected landfall in Florida’s Gulf Coast Wednesday. USGS photo by Sean Townsend. 

Topobathymetric digital elevation model of the Santiam River in the Willamette Valley southeast of Salem, Oregon.

An image of a USGS streamgage hydrograph showing a provisional record flood of 24.67 feet on the French Broad River in Asheville, North Carolina September 27, 2024. USGS image. 

The Landslide Observation Dashboard, a multi-agency effort to map where landslides have occurred in the southern Appalachian Mountains, launched September 30, 2024, as a “timely best science” provisional interface that can be used by the general public and local authorities as they prioritize resources. 

U.S. Geological Survey landslide experts conduct an aerial reconnaissance flight October 3, 2024, over the southern Appalachian Mountains to get a better understanding of the extent and severity of landslide impacts in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which brought widespread flooding and destruction. (USGS photo by Ben Mirus). 

Pigeon River in Newport, Tennessee after flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. Photo by Logan Combs, USGS. 

USGS Hydrologic Technician Pamela Loftin looks on at the aftermath of severe flooding on Pigeon River in Newport, Tennessee. USGS crews were onsite October 1 to measure high-water marks to determine how high the flood waters reached at this location. Photo by Logan Combs, USGS. 

Tim Fiori, a USGS hydrologic technician, installs a  barometric pressure sensor at Venice, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024 ahead of Hurricane Helene's projected landfall in Florida Thursday. (USGS photo by Julie Hobbs)

Julie Hobbs, a USGS hydrologic technician, installs a wave sensor at Long Boat Key, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024 ahead of Hurricane Helene's projected landfall in Florida Thursday. (USGS photo by Tim Fiori)

Tim Fiori, a USGS hydrologic technician, installs a wave sensor at Long Boat Key, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024 ahead of Hurricane Helene's projected landfall in Florida Thursday. (USGS photo by Julie Hobbs)

An image captured from the U.S. Geological Survey's Coastal Change Hazards portal on Sept. 24, 2024, illustrates how much of Florida's west coast is set to experience erosion, overwash, and inundation. (USGS image). 

This image shows the cloud-water interception process in an island environment like the Hawaiian islands.

A map of the United States including Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico shows landslide susceptibility from yellow (low) to red (high), where the areas without shading represent negligible potential for landslides.

¿Dónde Ocurren los Deslizamientos de Tierra?

(Mapa Nacional de Susceptibilidad a Deslizamientos de Tierra, 2024)

This map, accessible to the public through the U.S. Geological Survey's Coastal Change Hazards Portal, depicts areas along the coasts of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi that are forecast to experience sand dune erosion, overwash and inundation when Hurricane Francine strikes the U.S. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (USGS image). 

Boulders deposited by post-fire debris flow at the site of the 2020 Dolan Fire in California.

Scientist Adam Perez collects guano samples to test with the CRISPR-Cas biosensor that can detect the pathogen that causes white-nose syndrome in bats.

Recipients of 2024 Pecora Group Award. The Optical Oceanography Laboratory of the University of South Florida, left to right: Keyu Mao, Cheng Xue, Yao Yao, Madjid Hadjal, Yingjun Zhang, Chuanmin Hu, Siarah Hall, Jennifer Cannizzaro, Brad Nemeth, Junnan Jiao, Brian Barnes, Jing Shi, Sarah Sullivan, Yuyuan Xie, David English. 

Andrew Robinson, a USGS hydrological technician, is making a measurement at Ebenezer Creek at Springfield, GA. This site number is 02198690. (Photo by Andrew Robinson, USGS.)

Mike Ludwig, a U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic technician, reads measurements from a streamgage while sitting on a partially submerged park table  in Zephyrhills, Fla., Aug. 7, 2024 just days after Tropical Storm Debby struck Florida's Gulf Coast. (Photo by Todd Dunkle, USGS). 

Colette Morris, a U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic technician, takes measurements from a streamgage in Flatford Swamp, Fla., Aug. 7, 2024 just days after Tropical Storm Debby struck Florida's Gulf Coast. (Photo by Don Hampton, USGS).