In August, 2005, Anand Irimpen, a cardiologist and a professor at Tulane University, evacuated New Orleans during the approach of Hurricane Katrina. He and his family watched it make landfall from a ...

Hurricane Melissa has cut a path of destruction through the Caribbean this week, hitting Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas with winds of up to 185mph. Aid groups are still working to assess the full ...

Hurricanes can push species toward extinction, spread invasive animals and bury critical habitat — but they can also create ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Hurricane Melissa continues to maintain its strength as a monster Category 5 hurricane in the final hours before an expected catastrophic landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday. On Monday ...

Wilmington, NC (WWAY)– The North Carolina emergency management association held its meeting on Wednesday at the Wilmington convention center. It’s an opportunity for delegates to exchange information ...

What follows in the wake of tropical cyclones—strong, rotating storms that start above tropical oceans? Many people likely imagine destruction, if not even death. Hurricane Katrina, for example, was a ...

Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 storm that made landfall off the Louisiana coast on August 29, 2005, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 120 miles per hour. Because of the ensuing destruction and ...