New Where Disasters Happen


The New York Times has discovered that 90% of federal assistance given afterwards natural disasters is paid to ZIP codes that incorporate less than twenty pct of the population. In The Places inwards the U.S. Where Disaster Strikes Again as well as Again the Times debates whether providing federal assistance to communities afterwards disasters simply encourages Americans to proceed living inwards disaster prone areas.

The Times article begins amongst a large static map showing where disasters bring occurred inwards the USA from 2002-2017. The map shows were federal assistance has been made past times the Small Business Administration. It thence provides a reasonably accurate movie of where communities bring been affected past times natural disasters.

The Times article goes on to render a twelvemonth past times twelvemonth breakdown of the designing of natural disasters across the USA using a pocket-size multiples mapped visualization. On these pocket-size maps tropical storms, severe weather condition (tornadoes & flooding) as well as wildfires, earthquakes & other disasters are color coded to exhibit where each occurred. These pocket-size multiples are repeated at the terminate of the article every bit larger maps.

These annual maps clearly exhibit that for sure types of natural disaster create look to hap inwards for sure parts of the country. These patterns tin move to a greater extent than clearly shown past times overlaying private types of disaster on a map. For illustration past times showing historical hurricane tracks on ane map of the USA.


NOAA's Historical Hurricane Tracks map allows yous to persuasion global hurricane information dating dorsum every bit far every bit 1842. Using the map yous tin search as well as visualize hurricane information past times tempest name, place as well as past times date. If yous larn into the cite of a hurricane (for illustration 2012's Hurricane Sandy) yous tin selection out the private hurricane's rails on the map.

The map clearly shows that the East Coast as well as the Gulf of United Mexican States are nearly susceptible to tropical storms inwards the USA. Clearly if yous alive on the Gulf of United Mexican States or the East Coast the sensible affair to create is motion inland a little. At to the lowest degree yous could motion inland if yous don't necessitate heed tornadoes.


Exploring Three Decades of Violent Storms is a mapped visualization of xxx years of tornado strikes inwards the USA. The map uses historical tornado information to render an overview of where tornadoes bring struck over the concluding xxx years.

The map allows yous to filter the information past times location. The details inwards the map sidebar update automatically every bit yous pan as well as zoom the map, to alone exhibit the information from the electrical flow map bounds. You tin also pick out an private tornado on the map to persuasion its strength, length as well as the unwrap of injuries & fatalities caused.


Tornado Tracks, 1950-2014 also allows yous to persuasion historical tornado information on an interactive map. This map visualizes each tornado's private path. You tin filter the tornadoes shown on the map past times scale, past times twelvemonth attain as well as past times the unwrap of casualties caused. You tin also pick out an private tornado rails on the map to persuasion its strength, date, length & width as well as the unwrap of injuries & fatalities.
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