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Columbus Day, also called Indigenous Peoples Day, may be a federal holiday, but it’s also one of the nation’s most inconsistently celebrated days, according to Pew Research.

Even thoughthe event, which falls annually on the second Monday in October, is one of the nation’s 11 federally recognized holidays, it’s not observed by some businesses, states and institutions, especially amid a push to shift recognition away from explorer Christopher Columbus and instead honor the original inhabitants of North America  via Indigenous Peoples Day.

As a result, Columbus Day isn’t as widely marked as it once was. Still, the day remains a federal holiday, meaning that some types of services and businesses will be shuttered on October 14 this year. 

Here’s what to know about what is open and closed on Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day. 

Is today a federal holiday? 

Yes, October 14 is a federal holiday, which means that federal offices will be closed and federal workers have the day off. 

Are banks open today on Columbus Day? 

Some banks will be closed to commemorate Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day, with October 14 counting as a holiday for the Federal Reserve system. Among those that will be closed are Bank of America and Wells Fargo. 

Some banks, however, say they will remain open on October 14, including Chase, which says its branches will remain open, and TD Bank.

Is mail delivered on Columbus Day?

No, the U.S. Postal Service observes Columbus Day as a holiday, which means there will be no regular residential or business mail delivery. Its retail branches will also be closed. 

However, the USPS says that its Priority Mail Express will still be delivered in some regions for an additional fee.

Is the stock market open on Columbus Day?

Yes, the stock market is open on Monday, October 14. The New York Stock Exchange does not observe Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day as a holiday, nor does the Nasdaq.

Is Walmart open today? 

Walmart tells CBS MoneyWatch its locations will be open during their regular hours on Columbus Day. 

Is Target open on Columbus Day?

Target says its stores will be operating on Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day with its regular store business hours, although those hours vary by location. Local hours can be found at Target.com’s “Find a store” feature.

Is Costco open today?

Costco is closed for seven holidays each year, but Columbus Day isn’t one of them, which means the retailer’s doors will be open on October 14. 

Is Chick-fil-A open on Columbus Day? 

Chick-fil-A’s restaurants are open on October 14, but “they may have limited operating hours,” a spokesperson said. “Please check with your local restaurant for specific hours of operation.” 

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Atlanta — When Hurricane Helene struck the Southeast about two weeks ago, devastating parts of North Carolina, it also triggered hundreds of landslides according to federal geologists who have been flying over the Appalachians to find all the places where swaths of the Earth moved under heavy rainfall.

Dr. Ben Mirus and Dr. Francis Rengers with the U.S. Geological Survey have been using laser scans and GPS cameras, accurate down to one inch, to map out landslides caused by Helene. They hope mapping out Helene’s destruction will help predict future disasters.           

“This seems historic,” Rengers said. “It’s unclear that there’s ever been a storm this widespread that caused this much damage in this area.”         

So far, they have mapped more than 600 landslides caused by Helene.  

“Once we get up into the air and once we get satellite imagery, we expect to find hundreds, if not thousands of landslides,” Mirus said. “…If this event is consistent with previous events where this much rain fell, then yes, we expect there might be thousands of landslides.”

Meanwhile, at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center outside Washington, D.C., Dr. Dalia Kirschbaum is looking down from space.

“What we’re seeing is that rainfall events are getting more extreme,” said Kirschbaum, who is the director of the Earth Sciences Division.                

NASA has more than two dozen satellites and instruments orbiting Earth, Kirschbaum explains. On a large map mounted on a wall in Goddard, those satellites show where rain is falling in real-time, as well as where landslides have happened around the world.   

“What we try to do at NASA is understand the different conditions around which landslides may happen,” Kirschbaum said.

Data collected from NASA, the USGS and other scientists, with the help of artificial intelligence, could soon help predict landslides. And those better predictions and preparations could help save lives.

The death toll from Helene, which made landfall Sept. 26 in Florida, had risen to at least 241 as of Saturday, according to numbers compiled by CBS News, including at least 122 deaths in North Carolina.    

“My hope is that a community can take this model and effectively apply it and use it running in their community to better understand, and even anticipate, where we have the highest hazard for landslides,” Kirschbaum said.             

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