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# 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 PreparednessOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

National Hurricane CenterNational Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Cochrane & Evidence Aid: resources for flooding and poor water sanitationCochrane Library

## 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

                          - Visit to Sint Maarten and Saint Martin Following Hurricane Irma: December 2017
                          - Mortality in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: Household Survey Instrument

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##### PubMed

                          - Information and communication technology and climate change adaptation: Evidence from selected mining companies in South Africa
                          - Insurance mechanisms for tropical cyclones and droughts in Pacific Small Island Developing States

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### Preparedness

##### Disaster Lit

                          - Select Hurricane-Related Resources
                          - 2018 Annual Preparedness Poll Key Findings

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##### PubMed

                          - Examining the influence of professional emergency management coordinators driving preparedness and resilience on university campuses
                          - Hurricane Katrina: A nurse practitioner's experience

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### Cleanup

##### Disaster Lit

                          - Organic Peroxide Decomposition, Release, and Fire at Arkema Crosby Following Hurricane Harvey Flooding: Crosby, Texas
                          - Health Care in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands: A Six-Month Check-Up After the Storms

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##### PubMed

                          - Trees down, hazards abound: Observations and lessons from Hurricane Sandy
                          - Lower Respiratory Symptoms Associated With Environmental and Reconstruction Exposures After Hurricane Sandy

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### Wounds and Injuries

##### Disaster Lit

                          - Emergency Wound Care After a Natural Disaster
                          - Tetanus in Areas Affected by a Hurricane: Risk, Prevention, and Management Guidelines for Clinicians

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##### PubMed

                          - Tree-Related Injuries Associated With Response and Recovery From Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey, 2011-2014
                          - Trees down, hazards abound: Observations and lessons from Hurricane Sandy

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### Responder Safety

##### Disaster Lit

                          - Guidance for Emergency Responders in U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico
                          - Examples of Pre-Deployment Screening Tools Used by Selected Emergency Response Units

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##### PubMed

                          - Deployment of field hospitals to disaster regions: Insights from ten medical relief operations spanning three decades
                          - Common Ground on Responsibility for Health

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### Mass Casualties

##### Disaster Lit

                          - Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy and Recommendations for Improved Healthcare and Public Health Response and Recovery for Future Catastrophic Events
                          - MCI (Mass Casualty Incident) Staffing Information Fact Sheet

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##### PubMed

                          - Hurricanes: Are You Prepared?
                          - Management of the dead in Tacloban City after Typhoon Haiyan

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### Sanitation and Disease Related to Flooding

##### Disaster Lit

                          - 2018 Annual Preparedness Poll Key Findings
                          - Topic Collection: Social Media in Emergency Response

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##### PubMed

                          - Cholera Epidemic - Lusaka, Zambia, October 2017-May 2018
                          - Scale-dependent climatic drivers of human epidemics in ancient China

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### Coping

##### Disaster Lit

                          - Voices from Puerto Rico: Reflections Two Months After Maria
                          - Disaster Behavioral Health Information Series (DBHIS) Resource Collections

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##### PubMed

                          - Trauma-informed schools: Child disaster exposure, community violence and somatic symptoms
                          - Lack of access to medical care during Hurricane Sandy and mental health symptoms

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## 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

MedlinePlus from the National Library of Medicine has health information for the general public about hazards, emergencies, and disasters. MedlinePlus resources are also available in Spanish. 

 

**Specific Events**

Hurricanes of 2017 (Archive) 

Hurricane Matthew, 2016 (Archive) 

Hurricane Sandy Recovery, 2012 (Archive) 

Hurricane Sandy, 2012 (Archive)  

Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, 2005 (Archive) 

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