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When
Seconds Count, StormReady® Communities are Prepared
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How Much Severe
Weather Occurs in My Community?
Each year across America there are on average
10,000 thunderstorms, 5,000 floods, 1,000 tornadoes, and
6 named hurricanes. Additionally, about 90 percent of all
presidentially declared disasters are weather related, leading
to around 500 deaths per year and nearly $14 billion in
damage.
The web links provided on this page will help
you determine how your own home town can be affected by
the ravages of severe weather. The NWS StormReady and TsunamiReady
programs can help you be better prepared to save lives during
threatening weather through better planning, education,
and awareness.
All Weather Hazards Information
Severe Thunderstorm/Tornado Information
- Hurricane
Direct Hits on Mainland U.S. and for Individual States
(1900-96) by Saffir-Simpson Category
- National
Hurricane Center Archive of past Atlantic, Caribbean,
and Gulf of Mexico
- Central Pacific Hurricane Center Information
- Hurricane Seasons: including
past tracks, by year
- Historical
Hurricane Tracks (from NOAA Coastal Services Center);
hurricane climatology search capability (including past
tracks) for Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico
(requires later versions of Netscape or Internet Explorer)
- Positions
of Land-Falling Hurricanes: National Climatic Data
Center; data for Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico
- Historical
Hurricane Tracks for All Regions, including Northeast
Pacific: by year, 1994 - Note not a NOAA web site
- Inland
Flooding: During the last 30 years, inland flooding
has been responsible for more than half the deaths associated
with tropical cyclones in the United States.
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http://www.stormready.noaa.gov/lab_action.htm
Last
Updated: February 27, 2001
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