Hurricanes have only become more dangerous — and expensive — over the last 26 years.

The folks working at Entergy Arkansas are no strangers to natural disasters. But five years ago, some employees found themselves in the center of one of the worst hurricanes the country has ever seen.

The Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research is an interdisciplinary research center in which environmental engineers, environmental health scientists, philosophers, and other groups work ...

Children’s memories of Hurricane Katrina faded after they lived through Hurricane Gustav, a new study has found. The research, led by University of New Orleans psychology professor Carl Weems and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hurricane season is just around the corner. In recent years, hurricanes have been getting worse. The costliest US hurricanes of ...

The role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in emergency response is part of the national response plan for disasters. The agency is involved in the preparedness and planning ...