The levees lining Louisiana’s waterways designed to protect ... t the only factor driving many property owners' decision to cut off the public's access to levee roads. John Grezaffi, chairman ...

In a stretch of wild land in Iberville Parish, a small dirt dam built across an out-of-the-way bayou is at the center of a ...

A proposed Louisiana law could dramatically reshape how wetlands are defined and protected—drawing concern from environmental groups, legal experts and floodplain advocates, Louisiana Illuminator ...

To be more precise, he dug up dirt on his property in Cut Off, Louisiana ... under Louisiana laws strengthened after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Without the levee system, Jarreau's property ...

Residents of New Orleans who live along the 17th Street Canal say that water was leaking from the canal and into their yards months before Hurricane Katrina caused the levee system to collapse.

The Morganza levee system is a planned state-federal project designed to shield 98 miles of Louisiana coast from ... but Landrieu’s proposal to cut Americans off at the gas pump is not going ...

raising new levees and restoring more of the coast and wetlands. The bill also could get Louisiana off the hook for as much as $600 million in interest that the state now must pay over 30 years ...

Ten miles from landfall of the storm, the southern Lafourche Parish communities of Larose, Cut Off ... hope': Louisiana firefighters still struggling in Hurricane Ida's wake 'The levees held ...

ST. JAMES PARISH, La. (WVUE) - The skies over the River Parishes will glow Tuesday night (Dec. 24) as dozens of towering bonfires light up the levees along the Mississippi River, continuing a ...