The New York Times has discovered that 90% of federal assistance given later natural disasters is paid to ZIP codes that incorporate less than xx percentage of the population. In The Places inwards the U.S. Where Disaster Strikes Again in addition to Again the Times debates whether providing federal assistance to communities later disasters only encourages Americans to proceed living inwards disaster prone areas.
The Times article begins amongst a large static map showing where disasters accept occurred inwards the USA from 2002-2017. The map shows were federal assistance has been made yesteryear the Small Business Administration. It hence provides a reasonably accurate film of where communities accept been affected yesteryear natural disasters.
The Times article goes on to supply a twelvemonth yesteryear twelvemonth breakdown of the designing of natural disasters across the USA using a small-scale multiples mapped visualization. On these small-scale maps tropical storms, severe conditions (tornadoes & flooding) in addition to wildfires, earthquakes & other disasters are color coded to present where each occurred. These small-scale multiples are repeated at the cease of the article every bit larger maps.
These annual maps clearly present that sure enough types of natural disaster produce appear to laissez passer on off inwards sure enough parts of the country. These patterns tin live on to a greater extent than clearly shown yesteryear overlaying private types of disaster on a map. For event yesteryear showing historical hurricane tracks on i map of the USA.
NOAA's Historical Hurricane Tracks map allows you lot to thought global hurricane information dating dorsum every bit far every bit 1842. Using the map you lot tin search in addition to visualize hurricane information yesteryear tempest name, place in addition to yesteryear date. If you lot larn inwards the advert of a hurricane (for event 2012's Hurricane Sandy) you lot tin choice out the private hurricane's rails on the map.
The map clearly shows that the East Coast in addition to the Gulf of United Mexican States are close susceptible to tropical storms inwards the USA. Clearly if you lot alive on the Gulf of United Mexican States or the East Coast the sensible matter to produce is movement inland a little. At to the lowest degree you lot could movement inland if you lot don't heed tornadoes.
Exploring Three Decades of Violent Storms is a mapped visualization of 30 years of tornado strikes inwards the USA. The map uses historical tornado information to supply an overview of where tornadoes accept struck over the concluding 30 years.
The map allows you lot to filter the information yesteryear location. The details inwards the map sidebar update automatically every bit you lot pan in addition to zoom the map, to entirely present the information from the electrical current map bounds. You tin also direct an private tornado on the map to thought its strength, length in addition to the seat out of injuries & fatalities caused.
Tornado Tracks, 1950-2014 also allows you lot to thought historical tornado information on an interactive map. This map visualizes each tornado's private path. You tin filter the tornadoes shown on the map yesteryear scale, yesteryear twelvemonth attain in addition to yesteryear the seat out of casualties caused. You tin also direct an private tornado rails on the map to thought its strength, date, length & width in addition to the seat out of injuries & fatalities.
