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Capt. Rebecca Ore, commanding officer of Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach, assesses water and shoreline impacts along the Orange County coast, Oct. 3, 2021.

NOAA supporting oil spill off Newport Beach, California

October 6, 2021

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Capt. Rebecca Ore, commanding officer of Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach, assesses water and shoreline impacts along the Orange County coast, Oct. 3, 2021.

On March 24, 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Within six hours of the grounding, the Exxon Valdez spilled approximately 10.9 million gallons (259,500 barrels) of its 53 million gallon cargo of Prudhoe Bay crude oil. The oil would eventually impact more than 1,100 miles of non-continuous coastline in Alaska, making the Exxon Valdez the largest oil spill in U.S. waters at the time.

Look back at 30 years of oil spill response

August 7, 2020

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On March 24, 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Within six hours of the grounding, the Exxon Valdez spilled approximately 10.9 million gallons (259,500 barrels) of its 53 million gallon cargo of Prudhoe Bay crude oil. The oil would eventually impact more than 1,100 miles of non-continuous coastline in Alaska, making the Exxon Valdez the largest oil spill in U.S. waters at the time.

This aerial image shows extensive damage along the coast in Mexico Beach, Florida, caused by Hurricane Michael. NOAA's National Geodetic Survey began collecting damage assessment imagery in the aftermath of the storm October 11, 2018.

Aerial images of damage from Michael available

October 12, 2018

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This aerial image shows extensive damage along the coast in Mexico Beach, Florida, caused by Hurricane Michael. NOAA's National Geodetic Survey began collecting damage assessment imagery in the aftermath of the storm October 11, 2018.

A NOAA navigation response team from New London, CT, surveys the Port of Morehead City, NC, after Hurricane Florence. Photo taken September 19, 2018.

After landfall: 4 ways NOAA is helping your community recover from Florence

September 20, 2018

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A NOAA navigation response team from New London, CT, surveys the Port of Morehead City, NC, after Hurricane Florence. Photo taken September 19, 2018.

Force Blue divers underwater lifting coral heads.

Operation: Coral Rescue is under way

December 7, 2017

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Force Blue divers underwater lifting coral heads.

The NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson at sea in 2010.

NOAA travels to Puerto Rico to help ports recover from Hurricane Maria offsite link offsite link

September 25, 2017

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The NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson at sea in 2010.

Photo of the affected site in Navassa, NC. Credit: Sara Ward, USFWS. Source = http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=FEE980F4-5056-AF00-5BE6708DEF414DED

NOAA, USFWS, North Carolina to restore natural resources affected by wood treatment plant

February 4, 2015

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Photo of the affected site in Navassa, NC. Credit: Sara Ward, USFWS. Source = http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=FEE980F4-5056-AF00-5BE6708DEF414DED

NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program research will focus on the health of the Gulf of Mexico whose resources, such as these salt marshes near Grand Isle, LA, were impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program issues funding call for Gulf projects

December 17, 2014

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Deepwater Horizon

NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program research will focus on the health of the Gulf of Mexico whose resources, such as these salt marshes near Grand Isle, LA, were impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Pom-Pom Clean-Up: Following manual cleanup at Fourchon Beach, La., on May 27, 2010, booms made out of pom-poms are set to protect the sandy beach area. Plastic pom-poms are effective and low-cost tools that attract and hold oil.

Public comment sought on proposed Deepwater Horizon oil spill early Gulf restoration plan and projects

December 6, 2013

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Pom-Pom Clean-Up: Following manual cleanup at Fourchon Beach, La., on May 27, 2010, booms made out of pom-poms are set to protect the sandy beach area. Plastic pom-poms are effective and low-cost tools that attract and hold oil.

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Updated software to better protect responders to chemical hazards, spills

April 3, 2013

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