{"id":1789174,"date":"2020-08-26T19:17:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T23:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1789174"},"modified":"2020-08-26T19:17:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T23:17:26","slug":"hurricane-laura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/08\/hurricane-laura\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Laura"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hurricane Laura information and resources, including maps of the observed and forecasted storm track, potential rainfall, storm surge and flooding, and other warning maps, can be found via NOAA\u2019s Laura event page<\/a>, the National Hurricane Center\u2019s Hurricane Laura page<\/a>, and the Esri Disaster Response Program\u2019s Hurricane Hub<\/a>. [GIS Lounge<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hurricane Laura information and resources, including maps of the observed and forecasted storm track, potential rainfall, storm surge and flooding, and other warning maps, can be found via NOAA\u2019s Laura event page, the National Hurricane… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1465,662,159],"class_list":["post-1789174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-weather-and-climate","tag-hurricane-laura","tag-hurricanes","tag-noaa","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1786253,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/09\/hurricane-florence-a-link-roundup\/","url_meta":{"origin":1789174,"position":0},"title":"Hurricane Florence: A Link Roundup","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"14 September 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"The Washington Post has maps tracking Hurricane Florence's forecasted path and its potential impact. 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