HURREVAC, an essential web-based tool used by both meteorologists and emergency managers, may be owned and paid for by FEMA, but it is administered by the Army Corps. of Engineers through an interagency agreement. This agreement has not been renewed.
“The HURREVAC program enables local officials to simulate historical hurricanes as well as conjure synthetic future storms with great detail,” explains Andrew Freedman, in an article for CNN. It is a crucial tool in emergency training, as well as informing evacuation decisions.
With the federal contract governing it lapsing, the database will likely be cut off and may even affect other modeling tools like SLOSH, which looks at storm surge flooding.
Read on to learn more.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/24/weather/hurricane-evacuation-planning-lapse-fema
