In 2013, Rhode Island's 21 coastal communities received community-wide evacuation maps from the United States Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) as a product of the Hurricane Evacuation Study. The maps show Hurricane Evacuation Zones that are recommended to be evacuated from during potential worst-case Hurricane Surge Inundation.
Evacuation Zone “A”, shown in red, is recommended to be evacuated prior to an expected category 1 or 2 hurricane. Evacuation Zone “B”, shown in yellow is recommended to be evacuated prior to an expected category 3 or 4 hurricane. For more information on the hurricane categories view the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
To view a local evacuation map click on the corresponding community name below.
Barrington
Little Compton
Portsmouth
Bristol
Middletown
Providence
Charlestown
Narragansett
South Kingstown
Cranston
Newport
Tiverton
East Greenwich
New Shoreham
Warren
East Providence
North Kingstown
Warwick
Jamestown
Pawtucket
Westerly