The Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts are the latest factor. But funding concerns date back to Biden’s term, when ...

In a nutshell New Orleans’ $15 billion flood protection system is sinking up to 28 millimeters per year—nearly 10 times faster than sea level rise The Louis Armstrong International Airport area shows ...

While it’s been a quiet hurricane season thus far, New Orleans residents are always anxious about the state of hurricane ...

Saturday, New Orleans residents will observe the 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the storm that unleashed deadly floods throughout the city in 2005 after man-made levees and flood walls failed.

New Orleans' flood barriers are sinking, study finds 02:18. New Orleans — As the Atlantic hurricane season has gotten underway, a new study published Friday by researchers at Tulane University ...

The research comes nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.

Army Corps investigating New Orleans flood protection system after drainage pump corroded in 5 years ... With hurricane season less than 3 months away, crews are working to ensure the city is ready.

It was the storm long feared in a city situated on the vulnerable Gulf Coast, with many areas built below sea level. Making landfall on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans with ...

NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane season is approaching with major challenges at the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East. The authority is responsible for a complex system of levees ...

NEW ORLEANS — Peak hurricane season is just weeks away along the Gulf Coast, and the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board is scrambling to fix key flood protection equipment. According to the ...

Corrosion in parts of New Orleans' hurricane protection system will force the Army Corps of Engineers to install temporary pumps at a key location ahead of the June 1 start of hurricane season ...

NEW ORLEANS, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Hurricane Francine came ashore in southern Louisiana on Wednesday, pounding New Orleans with heavy rains and gusty winds while threatening the wider Gulf Coast ...