Hurricane Equipment Hardening and Data Restoration
In FY 2022, USGS received disaster supplement funds (Public Law 117-43) for the following activities:
Hurricane equipment repair: tasks and benefits 2022
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- Hurricanes Delta, Ida, Laura, Sally, and Zeta, and Tropical Storm Eta damaged or destroyed gages and storm sensors in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Louisiana. Equipment reserves were depleted to return affected gages and sensors to operational status. Funding will be used to replenish reserves and harden specific gages.
- Flooding from Hurricane Ida caused suspected channel alterations or service degradation at sites in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Field measurements and hydraulic modeling work will be completed to re-establish accurate streamflow information.
- These data restorations are critical to ensure proper and timely forecasts to protect lives and property and track the hydrologic recovery of the storm-altered watersheds