Coast Guard Conducts Tropical Storm Nicholas Post-Storm Damage Overflight

A Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft crew joined by Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Avvenire, an intelligence specialist from Sector Houston-Galveston, conducts a damage overflight Sept. 15, 2021, of the Intracoastal Waterway from Galveston, Texas, to Lake Charles, Louisiana, following Tropical Storm Nicholas. Damage assessments following major storms are essential to ensuring port infrastructures and navigable waterways are safe for vessels. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Dickinson)