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Hurricane Resources and Information

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Maria Aerial Imagery
View National Geodetic Survey aerial imagery.
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Maria Highest Water Levels
View highest water levels from NOAA tide stations.
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NOAA Storm QuickLooks: Maria
Near real-time oceanographic conditions.
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FEMA
Maria information and resources from FEMA.
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flooded area near Lynchburg, Texas

View before/after Harvey images of Texas coastal areas.

  • AERIAL IMAGERY
marine debris removal in Alaska

NOAA funds 11 new projects to remove marine debris.

  • MARINE DEBRIS
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How coral reefs respond to stressful events like coral bleaching.

  • PODCAST
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Online Tool
Historical Hurricane Tracks

Enter your zip code in NOAA's Historical Hurricane Tracks to view a map with more than 150 years of Atlantic hurricane tracking data in your region. NOAA's Historical Hurricane Tracks is a free online tool that offers data and information on coastal county hurricane strikes through 2016. It also provides links to detailed reports on the life histories and effects of U.S. tropical cyclones since 1958, with additional U.S. storm paths traced as far back as 1851. The site contains global hurricane data from as far back as 1842.
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Hurricane Survival Guide

Don't miss the latest Ocean Today Hurricane Survival Guide video series. Being aware of the power of these destructive forces, and the science behind them, can help you stay safe this hurricane season. When the maximum sustained winds of a tropical storm reach 74 miles per hour, it's called a hurricane. Hurricane Season begins on June 1 and ends on November 30, but these powerful storms can occur before and after the official season. A hurricane can be an awesome and destructive force of nature. Be prepared.

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Mark Your Calendar
International Coastal Cleanup

It's almost that time of year — time for the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC)! This annual event, put on by the Ocean Conservancy and supported by the NOAA Marine Debris Program (MDP), works to bring people together from across the globe to clean up marine debris in their local communities. Last year's cleanup resulted in more than 18 million pounds of trash collected by over 504,000 volunteers covering almost 15,000 miles! NOAA staff will be participating at locations throughout the country — which location will you be at?

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COASTAL CONDITIONS
NOAA's nowCOAST™

Did you know that national coastal conditions are available online with nowCOAST? NOAA's nowCOAST is a GIS-based webmap service that provides frequently updated ocean observations along with coastal and marine weather forecasts 24 hours a day. The free online map offers point-and-click access to 60 NOAA data products and services all in one place. With nowCOAST, you can get a one-stop-shop look at coastal conditions — real-time and forecast — before you do or plan anything on the water.
a bumphead parrotfish

What does this fish have to do with beach sand?

  • BEACH SAFETY
humpback whale and whalette

Visiting Hawaiian Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.

  • Get Into Your Sanctuary!
oyster aquaculture in Chesapeake bay

New K-12 Student Curriculum: Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay.

  • EDUCATION
a NOAA team deploys a current meter to survey along the bottom of Puget Sound.

A NOAA oceanographer explains why (and how) we study the "motion in the ocean."

  • AUDIO PODCAST
At 8,776 square miles, this year's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is the largest ever measured. (Courtesy of N. Rabalais, LSU/LUMCON)

Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ is the largest ever measured

  • ECOLOGICAL FORECASTING
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See amazing images from a 2017 expedition through remote regions of the Pacific.

  • CORAL SURVEY