This feature page highlights imagery of U.S. Customs and Border Protection helping to provide relief to areas impacted by Hurricane Ian.
More than 130 members of Joint Task Force Alaska deployed to the hub communities of Bethel and Nome, as part of Operation Merbok Response, to support recovery efforts across Western Alaska. The task force includes members of the Alaska Air and Army National Guard, the Alaska Naval Militia and the Alaska State Defense Force.
Hurricanes are dangerous storms. The impact of each storm is unique and dependent, among other things, on wind speed, direction and speed of movement, the height of the tide at impact, and location of impact. Flooding may be sporadic, based not only on the storm itself but also on any storms that may have preceded a hurricane that could have saturated the soil. Wind and flood damage can be...
A unified command consisting of the U.S. Coast Guard, Amplify Energy Corp., California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response (CDFW-OSPR), and supporting agencies of Orange and San Diego Counties, are coordinating to ensure effective management and mitigation of any oil pollution threats to the public, wildlife, and the environment and to efficiently clean...
This feature page highlights imagery and video of U.S. Military helping to provide relief to areas impacted by Tropical Storm Nicholas.
The U.S. Armed Forces are supporting U.S. foreign disaster assistance to the people of Haiti following the 7.2 earthquake that struck that nation Aug. 14, 2021. The goal is to save lives, alleviate human suffering, and demonstrate our enduring commitment to our partners in the region. USAID is the lead U.S. federal agency for foreign disaster assistance.
U.S. Coast Guard response to 2021 Hurricane Season
At the request of multiple governments in Central America, at the direction of SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force-Bravo, joined by NAVSOUTH, SOCSOUTH, ARSOUTH and AFSOUTH, is supporting immediate, life-saving efforts and humanitarian aid to communities impacted by Hurricane Iota.
