# @usgs on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJcZy6pTyTg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69013877-usgs-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-09T19:01:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (@USGS) — https://gondola.cc/USGS

## Caption

Hurricane season is coming—are you prepared? 

The USGS is on the front lines when storms hit, working with nwsnhc_hurricanes and other agencies to monitor hurricanes before, during, and after they strike.

Hurricanes don’t just bring wind—they unleash storm surge, coastal erosion, and inland flooding that can destroy homes, roads, bridges, and entire landscapes.

That’s why the USGS deploys field crews and high-tech tools to track real-time water levels and model flood risks. One of those tools? The Flood Inundation Mapper (link in today's story). 

With it, you can:

✅See how different flood levels affect your community
✅Access past flood data
✅Estimate potential losses based on severity

Stay dry. Stay smart. Stay storm-ready.

📸: NOAA satellite image for larger view of Hurricane Katrina taken Aug. 28, 2005, as the storm’s outer bands lashed the Gulf Coast of the United States a day before making landfall. Credit: NOAA

#HurricanePreparednessWeek #FloodSafety #BePrepared #StormReady

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stormready, floodsafety, beprepared, hurricanepreparednessweek

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