USGS Photos Reveal Severity of Hurricane Sandy’s Coastal Impacts
November 13, 2012 in Associate Membership, Business, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Links, Members, News
Hurricane Sandy Pre- and Post-Storm Photo Comparisons – New Jersey
Photos Reveal Severity of Hurricane Sandy’s Coastal Impacts
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The USGS has released a series of aerial photographs showing before-and-after images of Hurricane Sandy’s impacts on the Atlantic Coast.
The photos, part of a USGS assessment of coastal change from as far south as the Outer Banks of North Carolina to as far north as Massachusetts, show that the storm caused dramatic changes to portions of shoreline extending hundreds of miles. Pre- and post-storm images of the New Jersey and New York shoreline in particular tell a story of a coastal landscape that was considerably altered by the historic storm.
“Sandy taught us yet again that not all Cat-1 hurricanes are created equal: the superstorm’s enormous fetch over the Atlantic produced storm surge and wave erosion of historic proportions,” said USGS Director Marcia McNutt. “We have seized this opportunity to gather unique data on a major coastline-altering event.”
USGS Oblique aerial photographs of Long Branch, NJ
