Gov. Jeff Landry's point person in New Orleans is taking a hands-on approach to reform at the east bank's flood control ...

Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at 6:10 a.m., but the flooding of residential areas in greater New Orleans actually ... easternmost length of the ring of hurricane-protection levees ...

People use the saying that it is like an apocalypse, it is like a movie set in Los Angeles,” said Danielle Lovell-Walsh to ...

Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans with enormous force. The city had faced deadly storms previously, including Hurricane Betsy in 1965, which caused extensive flooding and killed dozens of ...

The city was seeing glimmers of optimism for what the new year might bring before the horrendous attack on the French Quarter ...

There’s usually a warning. Before Hurricane Katrina, multiple reports cautioned that New Orleans risked massive flooding.

As the nation’s leading experts in weather, water and climate converge on New Orleans this week for the annual meeting of the ...

The city of New Orleans has a long history of overcoming tragedy, and it will again in the wake of a deadly attack. This is a tough city.

For Christine St. Cyr and her husband Ron, community outreach is second nature. They have been all around the world, visiting ...

In a world where floods are becoming alarmingly frequent, buoyant foundations can keep buildings safely above the waters ...