Where to go for reliable information on Sandy's…

Where to go for reliable information on Sandy's aftermath and recovery efforts

sandy cleanup — Bernadino Cruz sweeps water out of his apartment while cleaning up after flooding on New York's lower east side on Tuesday. Photograph: Andrew Burton/Getty

Superstorm Sandy combined with social media has incited hasty and occasionally inaccurate information sharing on the web. For the most up-to-date information on forecasts, relief and power outage maps it can be best to go straight to the source. Here we've compiled a growing list of some of the best resources for getting information on Sandy. Feel free to suggest any other reliable sites in the comments.

General storm information

• Google crisis map
• National hurricane center
• National oceanic and atmospheric administration
• Fema disaster assistance site
• Nasa maps

New York electricity

• Con Edison most recent news releases here
• New York Times aggregated power outage data
• ConEd power outage map
• Orange and Rockland counties
• Long Island power outage map
• Upstate New York outages map from NYSEG and RG&E.

New York transit

• WNYC has put together a transit tracker for the most up-to-date news on all New York transportation.
• Check the verified MTA Twitter feed for updates on public transport. They provide the most accurate updates, quickly.
• MTA's site is not operating well, but the homepage has a statement from chairman Joe Lhota.

New York flooding

• WNYC's flood tracker is updated every two minutes and works best in Chrome.

New York City local reporting

• WNYC has been doing some of the most reliable local reporting of anyone and is doing continued radio broadcasts on the storm here.
• The Daily News has reporters and photographers everywhere, and updates more frequently than anybody. Mostly original content, so unlikely to be false, especially their photos.