With today’s online mapping technology, there are a wide number of sites available to help visualize and track the path of Hurricane Irene, which threatens a large swath of the North American coast from North Carolina to Newfoundland. Below are some links to both large-scale and localized mapping resources.
Nationwide:
- New York Times Hurricane Irene Tracker
- Google Crisis Response for the 2011 Hurricane Season
- Esri Hurricanes & Cyclones Latest News Map
- GeoCommons: USNORTHCOM Hurricane Irene
- NOAA Storm Survey Probabilities Map
- NOAA Hurricane Irene Public Advisory
- Stormpulse storm tracks and forecasted paths
- MSNBC Hurricane Tracker
- Weather Underground Tracking Map
- IBISEYE Hurricane Tracking
- StormAdvisory Hurricane Tracking
- AppGeo Hurricane Tracking
- Ushahidi: Hurricane Irene Response Reporting
- Tweak the Tweet Twitter Mapping from Project Epic
Local:
- North Carolina Evacuation Maps: Department of Transportation
- North Carolina Crime Control & Public Safety
- City of Virginia Beach Hurricane Flood Surge Maps
- Governor Orders Visitors to Leave Delaware and Urges Residents to Evacuate
- NJ Coastal Evacuation Maps
- NJ Office of Emergency Management
- Coastal Storm Impact Risk Mapped in NYC
- Coastal storm impact risk mapped on Long Island
- New York City Office of Emergency Management: Evacuation Instructions
- New York City Hurricane Evacuation Zones PDF
- Connecticut Coastal Hazards Portal
- State of Rhode Island Hurricane Evacuation Maps and Information
- Rhode Island Hurricane Evacuation Maps and Information: State of Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency
- Massachusetts Evacuation Steps for a Hurricane
- New Hampshire’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Site
- Maine Geolibrary Geoportal Hurricane Surge Inundation dataset
