USGS Hurricane Irene Activities

USGS scientists, engineers, and technicians worked along the eastern U.S. coast in response to Hurricane Irene, deploying stage sensors and rapid deployment real-time streamgages and flying oblique aerial photography of the coastline in anticipation of Hurricane Irene's arrival. The USGS made storm tide, streamflow, and water quality measurements related to hurricane floods and provided geospatial products of Hurricane Irene's movement and the storm aftermath. USGS scientists assessed landslide potential for areas in the path of Hurricane Irene's rainfall. The USGS, in concert with our partners, is providing scientific assessments of the challenges wrought by Irene. Click the following link for a report about the storm-tide monitoring:

Other Hurricane Resources:

• National Hurricane Center (NHC) at the National Weather Service

• NHC Storm Surge Probability Map

• NHC GIS Data and Products

• NOAA Hurricane Irene Images

• NOAA Historic Hurricane Tracks

• NOAA Accurately Predicted Irene's Path 4 Days in Advance

• FEMA Hurricane Information

• University of North Carolina Coastal Emergency Risks Assessment

• USACE/NWS SLOSH MODEL to calculate potential surge heights from hurricanes

• Miami Museum of Science-Hurricane Page

• U of Wisconsin Tropical Cyclone Home Page

• Monterey Naval Research Laboratory Tropical Cyclone Home Page

• Johnny Mercer Pier live Webcam at Wrightsville Beach, NC