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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Map. The Arctic is mostly an ocean surrounded by land. The Arctic is relatively covered by water, much of it is frozen. The glaciers and icebergs in the Arctic make up about 10% of Earth's land area. Most of the Arctic's liquid saltwater is from the Arctic Ocean's basin. Some parts of the ocean's surface are ...
The hardest-hit areas were in Lee County, where catastrophic damage occurred as Ian pushed a destructive 10–15 ft (3.0–4.6 m) storm surge into Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel Island, and Bonita Springs, just south of where its eye made landfall. [72]
The Mollie Beattie Wilderness is located in the northeastern section of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It is the second-largest designated wilderness area in the United States, after the Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness. It has an area of approximately 8,000,000 acres (3,200,000 ha), and comprises over 40 percent of the area of Arctic NWR.
A view of Fort Myers Beach after Hurricane Helene moved through. Goodland, a fish village in Florida, was subject to flooding on Thursday as a result of high tide and outer bands from Hurricane ...
Ten days after Hurricane Ian tore through his small, tight-knit waterfront community of Fort Myers Beach with a storm surge estimated as high as 18 feet, Jerry Altrip boarded a bus and made his ...
Aerial footage released by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office on Friday, September 30, shows the devastation in Fort Myers Beach after Hurricane Ian swept through the area.Officials continued to ...
The Southport-to-Fort Fisher ferry was closed Monday because of poor weather conditions. First responders rescue the occupants of several vehicles stranded in floodwaters on US 17 near NC 87 in ...
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge: Virginia Beach: 1938 9,062 acres (36.67 km 2) [515] Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge: Accomack County Worcester County, Maryland: 1943 14,000 acres (57 km 2) [516] Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge: Northampton County: 1984 1,127 acres (4.56 km 2) [517] Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck ...