Hurricanes: Health Information Guide
Overview
Hurricanes
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hurricanes
Also available in Spanish and Vietnamese.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Hurricanes: Health and Safety
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hurricanes and Other Tropical Storms
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hurricane Preparedness
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hurricane Preparedness and Response
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
National Hurricane Center
National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Information by Topic Area
The searches below find resources from two National Library of Medicine databases:
- Disaster Lit®: links to disaster medicine and public health documents for a professional audience, available on the internet at no cost. Includes expert guidelines, research reports, conference proceedings, training classes, fact sheets, websites, databases, and more.
- PubMed: more than 28 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. May include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
Click on the searches below, or go directly to the databases and develop your own searches.
General Health-Related Information
Disaster Lit
Preparedness
Disaster Lit
Cleanup
Disaster Lit
Wounds and Injuries
Disaster Lit
Responder Safety
Disaster Lit
Mass Casualties
Disaster Lit
Sanitation and Disease Related to Flooding
Disaster Lit
Coping
Disaster Lit
Multilingual Resources
HealthReach, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
- Boil Water Notice (Also available in Haitian Creole and Spanish.)
- Floods and Flash Flooding (Also available in Arabic, Bosnian, Somali, and Spanish.)
- Frequently Asked Questions: Boil Water Advisories (Also available in Haitian Creole and Spanish.)
- Health Risks After a Flood: Tips on How to Protect Your Family (Also available in Haitian Creole, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian.)
- Mold in Water-Damaged Buildings (Also available in Haitian Creole and Spanish.)
- Precautionary Measures to Prevent Mosquito-Borne Illnesses (Also available in Haitian Creole and Spanish.)
- Precautions for Food Safety (Also available in Haitian Creole and Spanish.)
- Risks to Water Supply Due to Storm or Flood (Also available in Haitian Creole and Spanish.)
- More multi-language resources related to hurricanes, floods, and disasters on HealthReach
Resources for the General Public
Health information for the general public about hazards, emergencies, and disasters is available in MedlinePlus from the National Library of Medicine. MedlinePlus resources are also available in Spanish.