Crisis Response maps from Google: http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy marks disaster areas. Also highlights local emergency twitter feeds. Separate maps for the whole of the USA and NYC are available. They include geographical markers for different types of emergencies.
Location tracking, including the current and forecasted paths were provided on the NOAA-National Hurricane Center national weather service. Search the website for past forecasts.
FEMA has links to US government crisis reponse social media. There is also a separate geoportal with satellite maps.
Storyful is a news platform developed by and for journalsist which focuses on how immediate social media can be used to develop news stories. It has coverage of images of Sandy with links to playlists charting its progress.
Finally agencies such as the Red Cross used mappings for individuals to locate safe shelters.and developed Apps for those involved to contact relatives.
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