Tracking Hurricane Sandy: Handy Maps And Apps : The Two-Way. Hurricane Sandy is bearing down on the East Coast of the U.S., bringing sustained wind, heavy rain, and flooding that's forcing roads, bridges and mass transit systems to close from New York City to Washington.
We're following the storm's progress and its impacts here on The Two-Way . The National Weather Service is providing updated forecasts and maps regularly on its website. And there's a close-up, color-coded status of the weather conditions along the East Coast. We've dug up a few more resources: a selection of storm-tracking maps, graphics and animations from across the web. You can leave links for other web resources in the comments section below. Storm Tracking Maps Google.org's Crisis Response Map. Ouragan Sandy : à New York, "le temps s'est arrêté" Rues désertes, sacs de sables au pied des immeubles : les Etats-Unis sont aux aguets.
A quelques heures de l’arrivée de l’ouragan Sandy, les Etats de la côte est, dont New York, se préparent à affronter l’une des plus importantes tempêtes de l’histoire. 375 000 personnes ont déjà été évacuées à New York. La plupart de ces habitants sont hébergés dans les centres mis à disposition par la ville. Aucun transport en commun ne fonctionne, et les écoles, les parcs et les plages ont été fermés.
"C’est ridicule", confie une habitante à BFMTV. A New York, les gens vont travailler et essaient de vivre normalement. Obama appelle à prendre le danger "très au sérieux" Même la bourse de New York sera totalement fermée lundi et probablement aussi mardi, a annoncé dimanche soir son opérateur, Nyse Euronext. L'ensemble de la côte Est en alerte L'ensemble de la côte Est se trouve aussi en état d'alerte. Hurricanes and Tropical Storms (Hurricane Sandy) Hurricane Sandy: Live Updates - Interactive Feature.
Mickey and Minnie, Woody and Buzz, and Elmo and Cookie Monster were out in force in Times Square Sunday morning, but there were not many tourists to greet them. “It’s the Frankenstorm economy,” said Mike Tyler, one of the many ticket agents canvassing the area’s pedestrian malls in search of someone — anyone — who wanted to a ticket to a show, a game or a tour. “It’s just way emptier.” The crowds that normally clog Times Square were noticeably thin ahead of Hurricane Sandy’s arrival in New York, which has already prompted the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to announce a shutdown of subways, buses and railroads beginning Sunday evening. Map of Hurricane Sandy’s Path - Interactive Map. Hurricane Sandy: View From Above - Interactive Feature. Hurricane Sandy Predicted to Bring ‘Life-Threatening’ Surge. Hurricane Sandy (Google CrisisMap)
Hurricane Sandy: NYC (Google CrisisMap) Hurricane SANDY (NHC) Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Forecast Cone for Storm Center Click image to zoom in – Download GIS data Other images: 5-Day track on – 3-Day track on – 3-Day track off – Interactive Click Here for a Printer Friendly Graphic Note: If a storm is expected to dissipate within 5 days, its track will be shorter About this product: This graphic shows an approximate representation of coastal areas under a hurricane warning (red), hurricane watch (pink), tropical storm warning (blue) and tropical storm watch (yellow).
The orange circle indicates the current position of the center of the tropical cyclone. D: Tropical Depression – wind speed less than 39 MPHS: Tropical Storm – wind speed between 39 MPH and 73 MPHH: Hurricane – wind speed between 74 MPH and 110 MPHM: Major Hurricane – wind speed greater than 110 MPH NHC tropical cyclone forecast tracks can be in error. There is also uncertainty in the NHC intensity forecasts. Sandy @National Hurricane Center. Www.nhc.noaa.gov/news/20121027_pa_sandyTransition.pdf. Hurricane Sandy (NASA) Hurricane Sandy (Nasa) Geostationary Image Browser. Le cyclone Sandy vu par Metop-A.
Hurricane Sandy (Wunderground) Sandy remains a hurricane, slowly leaving the Bahamas. Reuters reports that the death toll from Sandy in the Caribbean is now up to 41 people as Hurricane Sandy continues its track toward the U.S.
East Coast this afternoon, slowly leaving the Bahamas. States of Emergency have been declared in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and New York. The hurricane is just barely still a Category 1 with surface winds of 75 mph and a minimum central pressure of 971 mb. Ocean buoys off the coasts of Florida and the Carolinas are recording sustained winds of around 45 mph this afternoon, with gusts steadily increasing and now up to 60 mph. Sandy's rainfall, which is limited to the north and northeast parts of the storm, is reaching eastern Florida, though most of it is staying offshore.
Satellite loops show an asymmetric Sandy, with almost all of the thunderstorm activity on its north side. Figure 1. Massive Hurricane Sandy building a huge and destructive storm surge. Massive and dangerous Hurricane Sandy has grown to record size as it barrels northeastwards along the North Carolina coast at 10 mph.
At 8 am EDT, Sandy's tropical storm-force winds extended northeastwards 520 miles from the center, and twelve-foot high seas covered a diameter of ocean 1,030 miles across. Since records of storm size began in 1988, only one tropical storm or hurricane has been larger--Tropical Storm Olga of 2001, which had a 690 mile radius of tropical storm-force winds when it was near Bermuda (note: I earlier reported this was a subtropical storm, as per the original NHC advisory, but it was later re-analyzed as a tropical storm.)
Sandy has put an colossal volume of ocean water in motion with its widespread and powerful winds, and the hurricane's massive storm surge is already impacting the coast. Figure 1. A fright to behold: morning satellite image of massive Hurricane Sandy. Figure 2. Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 5. Figure 6. Corolla, NC webcam Atlantic City beach cam. Dangerous Hurricane Sandy continues north past North Carolina. Hurricane Sandy has changed little in intensity today, and remains a very large, powerful hurricane.
Sandy is going to cause billions of dollars in damage Monday and Tuesday in the Eastern U.S. due to storm surge, high winds, and heavy rains. Sandy is of near record-size, with tropical storm-force winds extending up to 520 miles from its center, covering an area larger than a Texas-and-a-half. This afternoon, Sandy brought winds gusting to 64 mph at Cape Hatteras, NC, 60 mph at Kitty Hawk, NC, and 60 mph at Cape Henry, VA.