HURREVAC (short for Hurricane Evacuation) is a storm tracking and decision support tool of the National Hurricane Program, administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the NOAA National Hurricane Center.
Hazus is a nationally applicable standardized methodology developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). A downloadable software package called Hazus-MH (for Multi-Hazard) gives users access to FEMA's models for estimating potential losses from earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes. The software package uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to estimate physical, economic, and social impacts of disasters.
As part of its civil works mission, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is responsible for the design, construction, and maintenance of federally-authorized shore protection projects. To solve the complex problem of modeling and measuring the costs and benefits of protecting existing infrastructure against erosion, inundation, and wave attack damages, researchers at the USACE ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory and the Institute for Water Resources created Beach-fx.
Climate Central built this screening-level public web tool to help communities, planners, and leaders better understand sea level rise and coastal flood risks. The multi-part tool provides local sea level rise and flood risk projections, searchable interactive maps, “fast look” community reports, data downloads, and exposure tabulations by zip codes, municipalities, counties, and more.
Hurricane Sandy is a vivid reminder that coastal communities are vulnerable to the risk of damage from storms and flooding. Sea level rise increases the frequency and severity of coastal flooding in human and natural systems, even if storm patterns remain the same. FEMA provides information about flood risk based on current conditions. By statutory requirement, FEMA’s Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and other mapping products depict today's flood risk.
This Sea Level Change Calculator from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports predicted sea level change for three scenarios from 1992 forward. Select the closest NOAA tide gage to your location of interest and view a detailed report. This tool was developed to support screening efforts to assess the vulnerability of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects to the effects of sea level change.
The Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) simulates the dominant processes involved in wetland conversions and shoreline modifications during long-term sea level rise. Map distributions of wetlands are predicted under conditions of accelerated sea level rise, and results are summarized in tabular and graphical form. SLAMM has been used in several geographies and applications across the nation since its development in the mid-1980s.
The Coastal Change Hazards Portal offers interactive access to coastal change science and data organized into three coastal change hazard themes:
This interactive mapping website was designed and created to provide a user-friendly visualization tool that will help get information into the hands of local communities who need to make decisions concerning flooding hazards and sea level rise.
This website should be used to promote enhanced preparedness and land use planning decisions with considerations for possible future conditions.
These online interactive maps help emergency managers and decision makers visualize where inundation will affect their communities. When flood forecasts are released by the National Weather Service, officials have the option to refer to these maps and scroll through the different river flood stages to see how inundation could impact local roads, building infrastructure, and resources. Users are then able to make better informed decisions on bridge and road closures, as well as evacuations.