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The inside of the Westhope gage house 05124000 located along the Souris River on April 19, 2011. With a discharge of 13,300 cfs and a gage height of 19.82 feet.

Embden farm landowners durring Maple River flooding.

James River above Arrowwood Lake near Kensal, North Dakota flooding on April 13. James River had a streamflow of 6,550 cubic feet per second and stage of 13.84 feet.

Looking at the Sorlie Bridge at Grand Forks, ND from downstream.

Overland flooding on Interstate 29 in North Dakota caused by the Red River of the North (nearest town Oslo, Minnesota).  This photograph was taken by the USGS National Flood Hazard Coordinator in one of the last small vehicles to drive on this stretch of the Interstate.  About 15 minutes later, the North Dakota State Highway Patrol closed a stretch of the

A television news journalist records work being done by USGS scientists at the Red River in downtown Fargo, ND.

The 2011 Red River flood was the third largest in Fargo, ND since 1900. In the background of this photo, USGS authorized personnel take a boat out on the river to record streamflow and water level measurements.

USGS scientists use an acoustic doppler current profiler to measure streamflow and water currents at Ditch 14 near Fargo, ND.

USGS hydrologist Brent Hall measures the water level at Ditch 14 near Fargo, ND.

USGS scientists use an acoustic doppler current profiler to measure streamflow and water currents at Ditch 14 near Fargo, ND.

USGS scientists use an acoustic doppler current profiler to measure streamflow and water currents at Ditch 14 near Fargo, ND.

USGS scientist John Miller retrieves acoustic doppler current profiler data for streamflow and water levels at the flooded Ditch 14 near Mapleton, ND.

Water covers a cornfield and dirt road that leads to the USGS Maple River near Mapleton, ND streamgage.

USGS scientists take measurements at Ditch 14 near Fargo, ND.

USGS scientists use an acoustic doppler current profiler to measure streamflow and water currents at Ditch 14 near Fargo, ND.

Research vessel (R/V) Marcus G. Langseth, operated by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Office of Marine Operations, can deploy several kilometers of cable to collect seismic data from beneath the seafloor.

HVO staff and volunteers map run-up elevations and inundation distances of tsunami waves that reached the shores around Hawai‘i Island following the magnitude-9.0 earthquake in Japan.

Flood of April 25, 2011, at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamflow-gaging station 07048490, Town Branch tributary at Highway 16 at Fayetteville, Arkansas. Photograph by D.M. Wagner, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center.

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Flood of April 25, 2011, at USGS streamflow-gaging station 07048600, White River near Fayetteville, Arkansas. Photograph by K.M. Hubbs, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center.

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Aerial photograph of Cinder Lake, San Francisco Mountain, and adjoining neighborhoods, Coconino County, Arizona.

An early morning view of the fountaining we encountered at the western fissure on Sunday, March 6, at 7:20 a.m. Particles were thrown up to 15 m (50 ft) high at this point and the intensity and height increased over the next two hours.