Hurricane rains that come once winds subside may actually have more intensity than when the storm is at its strongest.

Breast cancer patients who lived through Hurricane Katrina have a 15% higher death rate. An expert says that highlights issues with health care access.

Monitoring bridges during hurricanes will give researchers real-time information about the effects of waves and rising water.

"More than half of all Americans do not prepare for disasters." Are you one of them? Here's what you can do.

An OB-GYN addresses a common myth, that barometric pressure during a hurricane causes early labor, and shares how pregnant women should prepare for big storms.

"We wanted to know if hurricanes really need water. And we've shown that they don't—but in a very different world."

A new paper explains how doctors cared for patients without electricity, clean water, or power in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

Heavy rainfall events that occur on July 1 result in 70% fewer cases of mosquito-borne disease than those that occur just a month earlier, research finds.

FEMA sent nearly $100 million to areas hit by hurricanes Harvey and Irma, but Puerto Rico received only $6 million after Hurricane Maria.