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Monitoring Storm Tide and Flooding From Hurricane Irma Along the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Southeastern United States
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, deployed a temporary monitoring network of storm-surge and barometric pressure sensors at 249 locations along the Puerto Rico, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina coasts to record the timing, areal extent, and magnitude of hurricane storm tide and coastal flooding generated by Hurricane Irma.
Hurricanes
Preventing flood hazards, such as hurricane-induced tidal surge, from becoming human disasters requires an understanding of the relative risks floods pose to specific communities and knowledge of the processes by which flood waters rise, converge, and abate. Historically, hurricane-induced tidal surge has been documented through measurement of high-water marks left on structures or vegetation...
CFWSC Science Highlights
The purpose of this section is to draw your attention to important information that the CFWSC are conducting in your city.
Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center Watercams for Florida
Webcams have been installed at several real-time stream-gaging sites. The webcams provide valuable information to the National Weather Service, emergency managers, and area residents to evaluate real-time conditions in river environments during storms. The visual record of flooding and other river events also provides valuable research data for the USGS. Many of these webcam installations are...
Hydrology Monitoring Tools
The U.S. Geological Survey provides local and national web-based tools so that policy makers and the public can easily access the information they need to enhance preparedness, response, and resilience.
Real-time and Historical Data
These pages provide access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.9 million sites in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Online access to this data is organized around the categories listed at the bottom.
The USGS investigates the occurrence, quantity, quality...
Real-Time Data Links
The U.S. Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center operates and maintains approximately 929 real-time sites in Florida, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands which provide long-term, accurate, and unbiased information that meets the needs of many diverse users. The USGS collects the streamflow data needed by Federal, State, and local agencies for planning and operating water-resources projects and...
USGS Installs Storm-Tide Sensors Along Gulf Coast for Hurricane Nate
To learn more about USGS’ role providing science to decision makers before, during and after Hurricane Nate, visit the USGS Hurricane Nate page at https://www.usgs.gov/nate.
Florida Streamgages Measure Record Peaks Following Hurricane Irma
Editor’s note: this news release will be updated online with more information on the streamgage records being set in Florida as it becomes available
USGS field crews in Puerto Rico are preparing for Hurricane Maria
To learn more about USGS’ role providing science to decision makers before, during and after Hurricane Maria, visit the USGS Hurricane Maria page at https://www.usgs.gov/maria.
USGS Installs Storm-Tide Sensors along Florida’s Coasts prior to Hurricane Irma’s Arrival
To learn more about USGS’ role providing science to decision makers before, during and after Hurricane Irma, visit the USGS Hurricane Irma page.
USGS Installs Storm-Tide Sensors along Florida’s Coasts prior to Hurricane Irma’s Arrival
To learn more about USGS’ role providing science to decision makers before, during and after Hurricane Irma, visit the USGS Hurricane Irma page.
USGS Installs Storm-Tide Sensors in Puerto Rico for Hurricane Irma
To learn more about USGS’ role providing science to decision makers before, during and after Hurricane Irma, visit the USGS Hurricane Irma page.
USGS Installs Storm-Tide Sensors in Preparation for Hermine’s Arrival
USGS teams install storm-tide sensors in Florida before Hurricane Hermine makes landfall