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

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

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A collection of state emergency resources and media sources that are going above and beyond in keeping users informed

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.