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Screenshot of title page for "Hurricane Ida: USGS Response in Pennsylvania to September 1-2, 2021, Flooding Related to Remnants of Hurricane Ida" geonarrative. 

Abandoned cars on a flooded street in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY during a storm in 2023.

USGS staff documenting a high-water mark in Montpelier, Vermont, after significant flooding.

New England WSC scientist calibrating a continuous water quality monitor at 410606073245700, Norwalk River at the Norwalk Aquarium.

Ryan Bottorff servicing a continuous water quality monitor at US Coast Guard Academy on the Thames River in Groton, CT.

The USGS New England Water Science Massachusetts/Rhode Island Office is located in Northborough, MA. 

A USGS hydrologist stands in front of debris and damage of Cobble Ridge Road Bridge over the West River in Londonderry, Vermont. This destruction occurred from flood waters that rose from a heavy-rainfall event in July 2023.

The peripheral fence of Hanscom Air Force base that is located downstream from the USGS streamgage on Shawsheen River at Hanscom Field in Bedford, Massachusetts.

A groundwater well in a grassy field near Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts.

A USGS hydrologic technician points to a high-water mark he just installed on the side of a building in Barre, Vermont after flooding in July 2023. The mudline on the exterior of the building indicates how high the flood waters rose, and the high-water mark is a data reference USGS supplies to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

A high-water mark was installed on the Cooley Bridge along Furnace Brook in Pittsford, Vermont after a flood event in July 2023. Furnace Brook is a small tributary of Otter Creek.

The Cobble Ridge Road Bridge in Londonderry, Vermont, along the West River was badly damaged during significant flooding precipitated by a heavy rainfall event.

A hydrologic technician points to a high-water mark on the building of Weston Town Offices days after a significant flood event, which damaged the adjacent road.

Heavy flooding, caused by two-day rainstorm in July 2023, transported boulders down a hillside to cover a resident's car and move their hot tub.

A USGS hydrologic technician points to a high-water mark attached to the tree indicative of the height of the flood waters following a flash flood event in July 2023. This location was near the Dog River in Berlin, Vermont.

A USGS hydrologist marks a high-water mark on a red barn door frame just off the Lamoille River in Milton, Vermont. This high-water mark indicates how high and far the river waters flooded onto the land after a heavy-rain event in July 2023.

A USGS hydrologist stands next to the high-water mark the team designated on the side of a building in Montpelier, Vermont. The flood waters rose from the Winooski River into the state capital causing massive flooding after a heavy-rain event in July 2023.

A high-water mark tag nailed to a tree in Vermont days after a flood-event in July 2023.

A roadway bridge collapsed in Cavendish, Vermont, from significant flooding of the Black River in July 2023.

Part of Route 4 in Bridgewater, Vermont, collapsed from significant flooding in July 2023. 

USGS hydrologic technician pointing to a high-water disk on the house porch in Woodstock, Vermont after the historical flood in July 2023.