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Assessing the Impacts from Hurricane Sandy

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Assessing the Impacts from Hurricane Sandy
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USGS researchers used jet skis to assess the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the shoreline and measure the depth of the ocean floor off the coast. Photograph credit: Owen Brenner, USGS

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