Coastal Services Center

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Resource Links

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This section provides links to various resources pertaining to hurricanes, evacuation zones, storm surge, and emergency management.

General Hurricane Information

Historical Hurricane Tracks Tool Resource Links
This site features a variety of links to hurricane-related Web sites featuring safety and climate information, and real-time satellite imagery.

Historical Hurricane Tracks Tool
Follow the paths of tropical storms and hurricanes that have traversed our oceans and coastal communities. View storm tracks in the Atlantic Basin back to 1851 and in the East-Central Pacific to 1949.

National Hurricane Preparedness Week Web Site
A comprehensive Internet resource to support hurricane preparedness including instructions on developing a family plan, creating a disaster supply kit, having a place to go, securing your home, and having a pet plan.

Hurricane Planning and Impact Assessment Reports
This site provides access to over 60 historical documents relating to various aspects of hurricanes, including planning and response, post-storm assessments, evacuation planning and studies, and general information.

Emergency Management

Choose a state emergency management site from the drop-down box below.

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Department of Transportation

Choose a state transportation site from the drop-down box below.

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NOAA Coastal Services Center Coastal Hazards Information

Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool (CVAT) New Hanover County, North Carolina Case Study
Knowing where a town or region is most vulnerable is essential when creating a hazard mitigation plan. This methodology serves as a model for conducting a risk and vulnerability assessment.

Coastal Storms Program Florida Pilot, Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Tool (RVAT)
Learn how to use Internet mapping applications to help educate emergency managers, planners, decision-makers, and the public about their risks and vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Assessment Techniques and Applications (VATA)
This Web site provides a central location to learn how and why risk and vulnerability assessments are being conducted, network with researchers, and practitioners and explore RVA methodologies that have been successfully applied to case study locations.

Flood Forecast Mapping, Tar River Basin, North Carolina
This site shows examples of future National Weather Service graphical forecast products that will enable communities to better prepare for potential flood conditions.

Storm Information for Coastal Officials
Linking to the data and tools practitioners need before, during, and after a storm.

NOAA Coastal Services Center Data and Standards
Geospatial data developed at the NOAA Coastal Services Center is available from this site; links to other data providers also are available. The standards section contains information about best practices and guidelines for data development and documentation.

Coastal Observing Systems
There is a wealth of information collected from the nation's network of buoys, sensors, satellites, meteorological stations, and other coastal observing systems. The NOAA Coastal Services Center is working with information providers to help state coastal programs get the data and information they need.

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