Pre and Post Hurricane
For up to date information visit:
The National Hurricane Center
We hope you find this site helpful in the days and weeks leading up to a hurricane as well as in the hours or days after a hurricane has struck land.
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced conditions in the atmosphere and the ocean favor a near-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin this season. For the entire six-month season, which begins June 1, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says there’s a 70 percent chance of nine to 15 named storms (with top winds of 39 mph or higher), of which four to eight will strengthen to a hurricane (with top winds of 74 mph or higher) and of those one to three will become major hurricanes (with top winds of 111 mph or higher, ranking Category 3, 4 or 5). Based on the period 1981-2010, an average season produces 12 named storms with six hurricanes, including three major hurricanes.
Continual updates are available at the NOAA site. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is a division of the National Weather Service.
Click on the map below or the link above for coastal states' web site that provide hurricane evacuation zone maps and/or other information.
The National Hurricane Center's
archived information about the storm.
2012 Eastern Pacific Named Storms |
|---|
2012 Atlantic Named Storms |
|---|
Helpful Links:
American Red Cross
American Red Cross Disaster Online News Room
American Red Cross Hurricane Awareness
American Red Cross Hurricane Safety Checklist (PDF)
FEMA
FEMA - What to do before, during and after a hurricane
The National Hurricane Center
The National Hurricane Center Disaster Supply Kit
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Hurricane Portal
Saffir/Simpson Hurricane Scale
Category One Two Three Four Five |
Wind Speed 74-95 mph 96-110 mph 111-130 mph 131-155 mph Greater than 155 mph |