The National Institutes of Health is backing doctoral student Jessica Smith’s commitment to improve access to specialty care, ...

Dr. Calvin Mackie, a New Orleans native whose post-Hurricane Katrina experience helped shape a national focus on STEM ...

For the next 12 months, WDSU will feature stories on the people who played key roles before, during and after the storm.

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 ...

For years, David Waggonner designed courthouses and other public buildings at his architectural practice, Waggonner & Ball, in New Orleans. Then Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, and Waggonner became ...

When New Orleans native and entrepreneur Courtney Kelly was growing up, she dreamt of one day becoming a veterinarian. But when Hurricane Katrina ravaged her hometown, the storm altered the course of ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...

Hurricane Melissa's wind gusts reached a record-breaking speed shortly before the storm made landfall in the Caribbean last month, according to data recorded during the deadly event. The data was ...

A record-breaking 252-mph wind reading measured by a dropsonde launched from an NOAA Hurricane Hunter airplane during a mission into Hurricane Melissa has been verified, making it the strongest wind ...

Hurricane Melissa set a new world record for the highest wind gust ever recorded at 252 mph. The storm made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, killing at least 90 people. Melissa's path ...

GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO KIDS CARE. THIS IS OUR SEGMENT WHERE WE HIGHLIGHT KIDS ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE WHO ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WE ARE JOINED TODAY BY GABBY NICHOLS. SHE’S ...

Author’s Note: This will be the last routine issuance of the daily Talking Tropics newsletter for the 2025 hurricane season unless conditions warrant otherwise. I extend my deepest gratitude to all ...