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USGS employees installing a temporary stream gage near 13th Ave. and J Street

USGS Employees getting ready to deploy a boat in rising waters near 16th Ave. SW and M Street

USGS Employees getting ready to deploy a boat in rising waters near 16th Ave. SW and M Street

USGS employees deploying boat in rising waters near 16th Ave. SW and M Street

USGS Employees getting ready to deploy a boat in rising waters near 16th Ave. SW and M Street

USGS Employees getting ready to deploy a boat in rising waters near 16th Ave. SW and M Street

USGS employees deploying boat in rising waters near 16th Ave. SW and M Street

USGS employees returning from a trip to a stream gage near 13th Ave. and J Street

Cacti and dryland vegetation beside a Caribbean trail in the British Virgin Islands.

Cacti and dryland vegetation beside a Caribbean trail in the British Virgin Islands.

Cacti and dryland vegetation beside a Caribbean trail in the British Virgin Islands.

Assorted cacti and dryland vegetation beside a Caribbean trail in the British Virgin Islands.

Caribbean trail at "The Baths," a coastal National Park in the British Virgin Islands.

Cacti and dryland vegetation beside a Caribbean trail in the British Virgin Islands.

Citizens of Jiangyou set up their emergency tents inside a concrete structure after the 12 May 2008 earthquake.

Emergency tents have been set up along a roadway that connects Jiangyou and Jianxin.

The emergency tents given to the Chinese after the 12 May 2008 earthquake serve as living spaces for those who cannot stay in their homes.

The citizens of Jianxin have already started reconstruction after the 12 May 2008 earthquake.

An elderly Jianxin woman in her emergency shelter.

A Jianxin shrine damaged in the 12 May 2008 earthquake.

Workers continuing to pile up sandbags during the flooding