Disaster Impact and Recovery

Images capturing the aftermath of natural disasters, including flood defenses and community recovery efforts, underscoring the challenges in environmental management.

Silvester Mül auf Spielplatz und Bolzplatz Müll aus der Silvesternacht am Neujahrsmorgen. Leere Kartons, Flaschen, Feuerwerkskörper, Batterien, Feuerwerksbatterien und Ähnliches liegen verstreut über das Gelände. Es ist ein sonniger Neujahrstag, teilweise liegt Raureif *** New Years Eve garbage on the playground and football pitch Empty cardboard boxes, bottles, fireworks, batteries, firework batteries and the like are scattered around the site Its a sunny New Years Day, with hoarfrost in places

STATEN ISLAND, USA - NOVEMBER 4: The images of devastation caused by the Hurricane Sandy and rescue services response November 4, 2012 on the streets of Staten Island, USA.

Merritt Parkway - Tree Plantings Alongside Merritt Parkway. Young and old trees show the care taken by highway maintainers to keep the roadsides of the Merritt Parkway beautiful. One of the bridges is visible, as is the road itself. Location: Connecticut (41.091° N 73.619° W)

Damages from Tropical Storm Lee. New York Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Silvester Mül auf Spielplatz und Bolzplatz Müll aus der Silvesternacht am Neujahrsmorgen. Leere Kartons, Flaschen, Feuerwerkskörper, Batterien, Feuerwerksbatterien und Ähnliches liegen verstreut über das Gelände. Es ist ein sonniger Neujahrstag, teilweise liegt Raureif *** New Years Eve garbage on the playground and football pitch Empty cardboard boxes, bottles, fireworks, batteries, firework batteries and the like are scattered around the site Its a sunny New Years Day, with hoarfrost in places

Flooding Winter Storm - Lisbon, N. D. , May 13, 2009 Dikes produced from Army Corps of Engineers HESCOs still line streets in Lisbon. The community remains under threat, following the March floods, if more severe weather develops. Michael Raphael/FEMA. North Dakota Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-294-150. Hurricane Katrina

Critical Incident Stress Management - Mississippi - 26-HK-140-229. Hurricane Katrina

Damaged Bridge in Columbia, SC. South Carolina Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Tree Removal Completed. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement staff working at site of abandoned coal mine, the Horse Creek Mine, near Pinckneyville, Illinois

Katrina - General - 26-HK-409-84. Hurricane Katrina

Ohio & Erie Canalway - Site Entry Road from Ohio Canalway. A sunny day greets cars in a parking lot surrounded by green grass and trees at Mill Creek Falls. Location: Mill Creek Falls, Ohio & Erie Canalway, Garfield Heights, Ohio (41.445° N 81.626° W)

Installation community members pick up trash on the cantonment area April 29, 2022, as part of an Earth Day cleanup effort at Fort McCoy, Wis. The event was postponed from Earth Day to April 29 because of weather. More than 60 people participated and removed dozens of bags of trash.

An electric fish barrier installed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, designed to prevent the invasive Asian carp from swimming up from the Mississippi River system through the canal and into the Great Lakes, Lockport, Illinois, USA, North America

Volunteers cleaning at 15th Avenue, Joplin. Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Great River Road - Signage on Little Dixie. Signs on the roadside mark the road as a scenic byway, as well as part of the Great River Road - Missouri. Missouri (39.456° N 91.063° W)

Grand Forks, ND, March 27, 2007 - These homes are protected by a new levee system using berms and walls. The Red River of the North is to the left. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Seaford, N.Y., Dec. 3, 2012 More than a month later, Hurricane Sandy survivors are still bringing their ruined possessions to the curb. FEMA provides benefits to eligible disaster survivors. Howard Greenblatt/FEMA. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

NY Flood Control Works project. New York Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator - EPA-RTP Facility - Administrator Gina McCarthy's visit to the EPA-Research Triangle Park (RTP) facility in Durham, NC , Environmental Protection Agency

Grand Forks, ND, March 27, 2007 These homes are protected by a new levee system using berms and walls. The Red River of the North is to the left. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Caruthersville, MO, 4-19-06 John Allison, the site manager for the temporary housing units, leads the first manufactured home into the staging area in Caruthersville, MO. Temporary housing is being provided to residents who lost their homes when a tornado hit the town on April 2, 2006 .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Aftermath - Displaced Boats - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-28-107. debris in water and on land near boat launch and dock. Hurricane Katrina

Blocked Trails Prohibit Hiking in Some Areas. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Contractors work on building a new comfort station May 2, 2022, at Pine View Campground at Fort McCoy, Wis. The project consists of constructing a new 1,500-square-foot comfort station similar to another recently completed facility at Pine View Campground, and it includes mens and womens restrooms and showers areas as well as a fish cleaning station. The contractor for the project is MDM Construction, which is headquartered in Rockford, Ill. The contract amount to build the station is $475,736.

Aftermath - Flooding - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-36-278. flooded residential street--dated Sept 23 2005. Hurricane Katrina

Sector New Orleans - Aftermath - 26-HK-149-25. Hurricane Katrina

221028-N-PX557-0147MECHANICSBURG, Pa.(October 28, 2022)Sailors and civilians assigned to Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center (BSC), remove trash and debris from a two-mile stretch of road on Sporting Hill Road as part of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation state-wide Adopt A Highway program. The cleanup project served as an opportunity for Sailors and civil servants to act as environmental stewards of their community by cleaning up the road outside of Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg. U.S. Navy photo by James E. Foehl (Released)

Katrina - General - 26-HK-408-66. Hurricane Katrina

Line of Trees in Urban Setting

Lincoln Highway - Fox River Trail Sign in Winter. A sign marks the snow-bound Fox River Trail, managed by the Kane County Forest Preserve. Location: Kane County Forest Preserve, Geneva, Illinois

National Mall monuments, facilities, grounds, viewed during tour by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, aides, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar

An electric fish barrier installed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, designed to prevent the invasive Asian carp from swimming up from the Mississippi River system through the canal and into the Great Lakes, Lockport, Illinois, USA, North America

Prattsville NY Recovery Meeting. New York Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Dam/Levee Break Flooding - Minot, N. D. , June 5, 2012 A year after the Souris River Flood, the Souris River flows quietly through downtown Minot. Many Minot families lost their homes after the historic June 2011 Souris River Flood. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

This Neighborhood is Destroyed. Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Installation community members pick up trash on the cantonment area April 29, 2022, as part of an Earth Day cleanup effort at Fort McCoy, Wis. The event was postponed from Earth Day to April 29 because of weather. More than 60 people participated and removed dozens of bags of trash.

Chesapeake Bay Program Office - Harrisons Farm , Environmental Protection Agency

Maintenance of public green spaces with leaf blowers and lawnmowers in spring in a park on the Alster, Hamburg, Germany

Drought on the dike of Zingst

Office of Research and Development - People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3)_EPA at 40 , Environmental Protection Agency

USA, Utah, Salt Lake City, USA, Social distancing sign

Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 5, 2012 The Liberty State Park managers and the FEMA Public Assistance Task Force tour the park facilities and assess the damages caused by hurricane Sandy. Through the Public Assistance Program, FEMA provides supplemental Federal disaster grant assistance for debris removal, emergency protective measures, and the repair, replacement, or restoration of disaster-damaged, publicly owned facilities. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Silvester Mül auf Spielplatz und Bolzplatz Müll aus der Silvesternacht am Neujahrsmorgen. Leere Kartons, Flaschen, Feuerwerkskörper, Batterien, Feuerwerksbatterien und Ähnliches liegen verstreut über das Gelände. Es ist ein sonniger Neujahrstag, teilweise liegt Raureif *** New Years Eve garbage on the playground and football pitch Empty cardboard boxes, bottles, fireworks, batteries, firework batteries and the like are scattered around the site Its a sunny New Years Day, with hoarfrost in places

Army Corps of Engineers Residential Debris Removal Fire Island,. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

National Mall monuments, facilities, grounds, viewed during tour by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, aides, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar

An area along Ditch 2A on the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis., is shown April 21, 2022, after improvements to the area were made. Fort McCoy's Directorate of Public Works coordinated work on the ditch to return the area to standards originally designed when the cantonment area was built in 1942.

Detroit, Michigan, Volunteers fill sandbags to protect homes along the Detroit River from expected flooding due to high water levels in the Great Lakes.

Flooding - Fargo, N. D. , March 28, 2009 Homes in the Southwood area of southern Fargo. Photo: Michael Rieger. North Dakota Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Detroit, Michigan, Winds gusting above 60 miles per hour caused downed electrical lines and extensive power outages in Detroit and southeast Michigan.

People look over Christmas trees to take home after a Federal Express (FedEx) semi tractor-trailer loaded with Christmas trees dropped off the trees as part of Trees for Troops on Dec. 2, 2022, at the South Post Housing area at Fort McCoy, Wis. According to www.christmasspiritfoundation.org, 15,300 total trees were picked up from 54 locations in 2022 and given to 84 total bases, including Fort McCoy. Trees are donated by individual farms and lots, the collective efforts of state and regional Christmas Tree associations, local sponsoring groups, and the customers of participating locations. Hundreds of donors and volunteers participate each year to make Trees for Troops happen, the website states.

ADA Compliance.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Aftermath - Keesler Damage - 26-HK-288-17. Hurricane Katrina

Earth Conservation Corps , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - Investigation and Removal Action DDOE, Leaking Underground Storage Tank. Project Funded by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) , Environmental Protection Agency

Dam/Levee Break Flooding - Minot, N. D. , June 5, 2012 A year after the Souris River Flood, downtown Minot's 16th St. NW is busy during the noon lunch hour. Many Minot families lost their homes after the historic June 2011 Souris River Flood. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Gardens in the Fenway , Parks, Community gardens, Gardening. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Community Relations Outreach.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Flooding - Fargo, N. D. , March 17, 2010 Sandbags are staged in Oaks Park neighborhood ready for use as the Red River rises. Photo: Michael Rieger/FEMA. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Flooding - Minot, N. D. , July 26, 2011 A FEMA Temporary Housing Unit arrives to a private residential site in Minot, North Dakota. Temporary Housing Units are being provided to those affected by the flooding in North Dakota. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Natchez Trace Parkway - Use of Byway Funds. A parking lot in Tupolo receives a facelift with byway funds on the Natchez Trace. Location: Tupelo, Mississippi (34.252° N 88.758° W)

Signing ceremony, outside the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland, for Executive Order protecting and conserving the striped bass and red drum fish populations, with President George W. Bush joined by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Maryland Congressman Wayne Gilchrest, Coastal Conservation Association Chairman Walter Fondren, American Sportfishing Association President Mike Nussman, Stripers Forever President Brad Burns, Shimano America Corporation President Dave Pfeiffer, and other dignitaries

meandering biking trail in Fort Collins, Colorado with distant people walking at warm calm winter afternoon, Cathy Fromme Prairie Natural Area

Seagulls Enjoy Temporary Parking Lot. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Detroit, Michigan, The city has installed orange flood control barriers around the canals on the city's east side to protect homes from flooding expected due to record high water levels in the Great Lakes. The ""Tiger Dam"" barriers are flexible tubes, filled with water.

Hurricane Ike, Houston, TX, September 15, 2008 Local residents impacted by Hurricane Ike arrive at a FEMA point of distribution center to get commodities such as food and water. Houston, TX, September 15, 2008-- Local residents impacted by Hurricane Ike arrive at a FEMA point of distribution center to get commodities such as food and water.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Detroit, Michigan, Workers from the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation deliver diapers, water, and other supplies as they walk past trash cleaned out of flooded homes. Hundreds of homes were affected because of a major water main break in southwest Detroit.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., for touring, discussions with National Park Service and U.S. Park Police staff

Marine City, Michigan, A U.S. Border Patrol sign at a boat landing on the St. Clair River asks people to report ""suspicious activity."" The river is the international border between the United States and Canada.

FEMA Temporary Housing Units on Site in Alabama. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of Enforcement and Compliance - Office of the Inspertor General (OIG) Training , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., for touring, discussions with National Park Service and U.S. Park Police staff

Installation community members pick up trash on the cantonment area April 29, 2022, as part of an Earth Day cleanup effort at Fort McCoy, Wis. The event was postponed from Earth Day to April 29 because of weather. More than 60 people participated and removed dozens of bags of trash.

221028-N-PX557-0041MECHANICSBURG, Pa.(October 28, 2022)Sailors and civilians assigned to Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center (BSC), remove trash and debris from a two-mile stretch of road on Sporting Hill Road as part of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation state-wide Adopt A Highway program. The cleanup project served as an opportunity for Sailors and civil servants to act as environmental stewards of their community by cleaning up the road outside of Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg. U.S. Navy photo by James E. Foehl (Released)

People look over Christmas trees to take home after a Federal Express (FedEx) semi tractor-trailer loaded with Christmas trees dropped off the trees as part of Trees for Troops on Dec. 2, 2022, at the South Post Housing area at Fort McCoy, Wis. According to www.christmasspiritfoundation.org, 15,300 total trees were picked up from 54 locations in 2022 and given to 84 total bases, including Fort McCoy. Trees are donated by individual farms and lots, the collective efforts of state and regional Christmas Tree associations, local sponsoring groups, and the customers of participating locations. Hundreds of donors and volunteers participate each year to make Trees for Troops happen, the website states.

PIO and Flood damage.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - START Contractors - 26-HK-393-73. Hurricane Katrina

011070811 Homes in Mandan ND are prepared in case of flooding. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Installation community members pick up trash on the cantonment area April 29, 2022, as part of an Earth Day cleanup effort at Fort McCoy, Wis. The event was postponed from Earth Day to April 29 because of weather. More than 60 people participated and removed dozens of bags of trash.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Williamsburg, Virginia, for Colonial National Historical Park touring, discussions with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Colonial National Historical Park staff, and keynote address at the 2007 National Association of State Park Directors and National Park Service Leadership Council Conference

011070811 Parks in Biscmarck ND are flooding. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Green tape on a lamp post marks the high water mark of the Cedar Reiver during the 2008 Iowa flood. The flood damaged nearly 4,000 houses in Cedar Rapids. The tape was placed on lamp posts for the first anniversary of the flood.

People look over Christmas trees to take home after a Federal Express (FedEx) semi tractor-trailer loaded with Christmas trees dropped off the trees as part of Trees for Troops on Dec. 2, 2022, at the South Post Housing area at Fort McCoy, Wis. According to www.christmasspiritfoundation.org, 15,300 total trees were picked up from 54 locations in 2022 and given to 84 total bases, including Fort McCoy. Trees are donated by individual farms and lots, the collective efforts of state and regional Christmas Tree associations, local sponsoring groups, and the customers of participating locations. Hundreds of donors and volunteers participate each year to make Trees for Troops happen, the website states.

People look over Christmas trees to take home after a Federal Express (FedEx) semi tractor-trailer loaded with Christmas trees dropped off the trees as part of Trees for Troops on Dec. 2, 2022, at the South Post Housing area at Fort McCoy, Wis. According to www.christmasspiritfoundation.org, 15,300 total trees were picked up from 54 locations in 2022 and given to 84 total bases, including Fort McCoy. Trees are donated by individual farms and lots, the collective efforts of state and regional Christmas Tree associations, local sponsoring groups, and the customers of participating locations. Hundreds of donors and volunteers participate each year to make Trees for Troops happen, the website states.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Earth Day Anacostia , Environmental Protection Agency

Stony Brook, branch of Charles River runs into Stop River, Blake Reservation , State parks & reserves, Children. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Midway Atoll, U.S. Territory

An area along Ditch 2A on the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis., is shown April 27, 2022, after improvements to the area were made. Fort McCoy's Directorate of Public Works coordinated work on the ditch to return the area to standards originally designed when the cantonment area was built in 1942.

FEMA Public Assistance (PA) and Mitigation Specialists on a site visit with Long island Power Authority (LIPA) representatives inspect improvements to the system following guidelines set up in the FEMA Storm Hardening Initiative. Newly installed automatic switching devices will reduce power interuptions and shorten outage durations. FEMAs PA and Mitigation Grant Programs provide assistance to State, Tribal and local governments so that communities can quickly respond to and recover from major disasters.. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

An area along Ditch 2A on the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis., is shown April 25, 2022, after improvements to the area were made. Fort McCoy's Directorate of Public Works coordinated work on the ditch to return the area to standards originally designed when the cantonment area was built in 1942.

Stony Brook, branch of Charles River runs into Stop River, Blake Reservation , State parks & reserves, Children. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

Team members oversee a prescribed burn April 25, 2022, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The post prescribed burn team includes personnel with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department; Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security; and the Colorado State University Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, under a cooperative agreement with the post. Prescribed burns also improve wildlife habitat, control invasive plant species, restore and maintain native plant communities, and reduce wildfire potential. Prescribed burns benefit the environment many ways and are one of the tools we can use on a large scale to improve our wild habitat, said Fort McCoy Forester Charles Mentzel with the Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch. Mentzel said prescribed burns help set back invasive species, and they burn up their seed banks. Burns also give native

Installation community members pick up trash on the cantonment area April 29, 2022, as part of an Earth Day cleanup effort at Fort McCoy, Wis. The event was postponed from Earth Day to April 29 because of weather. More than 60 people participated and removed dozens of bags of trash.

Monmouth County, N.J., Jan. 28, 2013 At Fort Monmouth doors to the renovated housing units that will become temporary homes for some of the survivors of Hurricane Sandy stand open, waiting for the placement of new furnishings provided by funding from FEMA. The direct housing program is administered by FEMA. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Staten Island, N.Y., Dec. 23, 2012 FEMA Community Relations Teams are still providing assistance and support to survivors in Staten Island. FEMA Community Relations teams continue to go door to door providing information on how to register for Disaster Assistance. Eliud Echevarria / FEMA. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

People look over Christmas trees to take home after a Federal Express (FedEx) semi tractor-trailer loaded with Christmas trees dropped off the trees as part of Trees for Troops on Dec. 2, 2022, at the South Post Housing area at Fort McCoy, Wis. According to www.christmasspiritfoundation.org, 15,300 total trees were picked up from 54 locations in 2022 and given to 84 total bases, including Fort McCoy. Trees are donated by individual farms and lots, the collective efforts of state and regional Christmas Tree associations, local sponsoring groups, and the customers of participating locations. Hundreds of donors and volunteers participate each year to make Trees for Troops happen, the website states.

An area along Ditch 2A on the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis., is shown April 25, 2022, after improvements to the area were made. Fort McCoy's Directorate of Public Works coordinated work on the ditch to return the area to standards originally designed when the cantonment area was built in 1942.

Forest Park, trash clean up event volunteers with politician Lynn Shulman, on Earth Day, Queens, New York.

Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland military and civilian members hold positive messages of support at base gates during the morning inbound commute as part of their on-going initiative, We Care, at JBSA-Lackland, Texas, Sept. 16, 2022. They spent the morning at various gates letting each person know that the simple, yet powerful display allows for everyone to stand together in support of those struggling with depression and thoughts of suicide. If you are struggling with thoughts of suicide, please go directly to the Mental Health Clinic or to your closest Emergency Room. You can also reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.

Rural postboxes, West Virginia, United States of America, North America

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