I ran across a helpful resource for tracking natural disasters via RSS from FEMA for those who are emergency response surveyors. You can track these feeds also using Google Earth because the feeds are in GeoRSS format and other location-based file formats.
FEMA GIS Data Feeds
| Name | Provider | Metadata | Preview | Shapefile | Map | KMZ | WMS | geoRSS/ Excel |
| Current Disaster Declarations |
FEMA GIS |
Metadata | View | shp | Map | KMZ | WMS | geoRSS |
| Historical Disaster Declarations |
FEMA GIS |
Metadata | View | shp | 1964- 2012 2000- 2012 |
KMZ | WMS | xlsx |
| FEMA Regions and Offices |
FEMA GIS |
Metadata | View | shp | Map | KMZ | WMS | |
| Hurricane Evacuation Routes |
HSIP Gold '11 |
Metadata | View | shp | Map | KMZ | WMS |
2013 Declared Disasters
|
State | Disaster Type | Shapefile | KMZ | geoRSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR-4118 | North Dakota | Flooding | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4117 | Oklahoma | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4116 | Illinois | Severe Storm, Straight-line Winds and Flooding | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4115 | South Dakota | Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4114 | Iowa | Severe Storm And Snowstorm | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4113 | Minnesota | Severe Storm And Snowstorm | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4112 | Kansas | Severe Storm And Snowstorm | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4111 | New York | Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4110 | Massachusetts | Severe Storm And Snowstorm | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4109 | Oklahoma | Severe Storm And Snowstorm | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4108 | Maine | Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm and Flooding | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4107 | Rhode Island | Severe Storm And Snowstorm | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4106 | Connecticut | Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4105 | New Hampshire | Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4104 | Navajo Nation | Severe Freezing | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4103 | Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians | Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides and Mudslides | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4102 | Louisiana | Severe Storms and Flooding | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4101 | Mississippi | Severe Storms | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4100 | Arkansas | Severe Winter Storm | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4099 | Pennsylvania | Severe Storms and Flooding | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
| DR-4098 | Ohio | Severe Storms and Flooding | shp | KMZ | geoRSS |
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