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The Mameyes River in flood. Eastern Puerto Rico.

Damage to a house in Louisa County, Virginia, after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake on August 23, 2011.

Damage to a house in Louisa County, Virginia, after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake on August 23, 2011.

The images reveal significant erosion of the island, likely due to inundation by waves and surge.This erosion resulted in the disappearance of an oil-protection berm constructed follow the BP oil spill.  Due to this island's cumulative damage from previous storms like Hurricane Katrina, it remains in question whether this beach system will ever be able to fully

Building damage inside Lushan station.

Damage to village house. Longmenxiang.

Damage to a village house. Longxingcun.

Damage to a village house. Longxingcun.

USGS scientists Paul Frederick and Mike Descant make sure there is enough clearance for their boat to drive under a bridge on the Atchafalaya River near Melville, La. 

Would you know there is a boat ramp here?  Launching a boat during high water on the muddy Missouri River requires intimate knowledge of boat ramps.  The Glasgow, MO, boat ramp (pictured) is underwater when the local gage is approximately 29 feet. 

Scientist Joe Svetek pauses to record notes in his dump-truck-turned-mobile-office at one of the many seismic shot hole locations of the 2011 Salton Seismic Imaging Project.

Employee uses a Flowtracker to measure cross-sectional profile of a rivulet draining a mangrove forest.

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck the island of Anjouan in the Union of the Comoros on March 12, 2014.  Heavy rainfall trigger landslides and damages were incurred to buildings, roads, and water supplies. As a precaution, more than 3,000 citizens living below the landslides were moved to a refugee camp.

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck the island of Anjouan in the Union of the Comoros on March 12, 2014.  Heavy rainfall trigger landslides and damages were incurred to buildings, roads, and water supplies. As a precaution, more than 3,000 citizens living below the landslides were moved to a refugee camp.

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck the island of Anjouan in the Union of the Comoros on March 12, 2014.  Heavy rainfall trigger landslides and damages were incurred to buildings, roads, and water supplies. As a precaution, more than 3,000 citizens living below the landslides were moved to a refugee camp.

Heavy rains from a tropical cyclone struck the islands of the Comoros in March, 2014. On the island of Anjouan in the Union of Comoros, these rains triggered landslides that displaced over 3000 people to refugee camps. The USGS and the OFDA with USAID are providing support and research assistance on these events.

Heavy rains from a tropical cyclone struck the islands of the Comoros in March, 2014. On the island of Anjouan in the Union of Comoros, these rains triggered landslides that displaced over 3000 people to refugee camps.

A crew of USGS Georgia Water Science Center hydrologic technicians had to use "alternate" transportation on Interstate 20 west of Atlanta to measure the epic 2009 Atlanta floods.

High resolution satellite imagery showed the landscape and building damages before and after the magnitude-7 earthquake hit Haiti in the beginning of 2010. This image was taken after the earthquake.

Graphical abstract of the new research paper. The scientists collect samples from the rocks forming near hot springs and geysers. They dissolve small amounts of the rock in acid and organic carbon (created by living organisms) remains behind.

Floodwater at Wild Rice River. Photo taken from bridge at 174th Ave and 124th St southwest of Horace, ND.