NEW YORK CITY HURRICANE EVACUATION ZONE MAP - 2012

Residents in Zone A face the highest risk of flooding from a hurricane's storm surge. Zone A includes all low-lying coastal areas and other areas that could experience storm surge from ANY hurricane making landfall close to New York City.

Residents in Zone B may experience storm surge flooding from a MODERATE (Category 2 and higher) hurricane.

In 2011, New York City "Zone A" residents faced mandatory evacuation. Major affected neighborhoods included: Manhattan’s Battery Park City, Coney Island and other Brooklyn beach communities, The Rockaways in Queens, Shore areas of Staten Island. The NYPD enforced the evacuation mandate.

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