You can track Hurricane Bill and other hurricane activity in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at the National Weather Services‘ National Hurricane Center. You can also subscribe to a RSS feed that will automatically update you on changes in the storms status and provide you with GIS Shapefiles.

In 1938 A large hurricane made landfall in New England , visit the following resources for more information:

PBS
NOAA Coastal Services Interactive Map (GIS Data Download)
The University of Connecticut’s 1938 Hurricane Story
The Connecticut State Library 1938 Aerial Photos