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U.S. EPA Releases Storm Surge Inundation Map

U.S. EPA’s Climate Ready Water Utilities Initiative has created the online Storm Surge Inundation Map, an interactive tool that illustrates the current worst-case storm surge and inundation scenarios on the American Gulf and Atlantic Coast, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The map combines data layers from FEMA 100 and 500 year flood maps as well as NOAA's Sea, Lake, and Overland Surge from Hurricanes (SLOSH) and National Hurricane Center's coastal county hurricane strike maps.

New Map to Aid Policymakers on Climate Change

An online map produced by the U.S. Geological Survey and Esri aims to provide officials and communities across the world with easy access to invaluable information to help inform decisions about climate change adaptation. Using satellite technology, the map features shots of the entire globe at 250 meters resolution, Esri’s Chief Scientist Dawn Wright says that because of climate change "people can see things changing in their communities.

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