NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The “Help Wanted” sign is out at the Southeast Louisiana Flood Authority East, after the resignations of ...

A fourth board member at the New Orleans area levee authority resigned on Thursday, escalating the fallout over controversial ...

The wave of resignations risks leaving the flood control agency paralyzed, with hurricane season's start just weeks away.

1. Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at 6:10 a.m., but the flooding of residential areas in greater New Orleans actually begins an hour and a half earlier. Between 4:30 and 5 a.m., levees ...

High water levels for the Mississippi River in New Orleans spurred increased levee inspections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, its New Orleans District announced Monday. The river rose above 11 ...

By 1726, the levee remains incomplete, though a section fully 18 feet tall stands before the Place d'Armes (now Jackson Square) in the heart of the nascent town. After New Orleans floods in 1731 ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has uncharacteristically been working with nature instead of bulldozing it into submission.

This means the USACE New Orleans District will be patrolling levees twice a week until the water level falls below 11 feet again. Phase 1 is activated when the water level reaches 11 feet and is ...

Their forced labor built New Orleans as they drained swamps, constructed levees, grew rice, harvested sugarcane, crafted ...

High water levels for the Mississippi River in New Orleans spurred increased levee inspections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, its New Orleans District announced Monday, Feb. 24. The river ...

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