This is how the USGS’ continuing response to Hurricane Dorian has progressed:īefore a coastal storm is predicted to make landfall, the USGS begins collecting data that can improve forecasting, guide relief work, and speed up recovery from the powerful storms’ effects. This included the ability to forecast coastal change track storm tides, river and stream levels and flow measure coastal and inland flooding across entire regions capture high-resolution ground elevation and topographic data and create detailed maps used by disaster teams responding in the aftermath of storms. During Dorian’s nearly two-week passage from the Caribbean to Canada, the USGS provided the public and emergency managers with comprehensive scientific capabilities and information. The scientific assessments already beginning can help decision makers, emergency responders and communities recover from the effects of Hurricane Dorian and prepare for future storms. Research oceanographers are examining photographic evidence of storm-caused coastal erosion. Field crews are recovering the more than 350 scientific instruments that documented storm-tides triggered by the hurricane, and are processing the instruments’ recorded data. After a rapid response to Hurricane Dorian that involved scientists from multiple science centers in five states, the USGS is beginning to gather and analyze the evidence of storm tides and coastal erosion left behind by the hurricane.
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