In Louisiana, the federal flood protection system in New Orleans failed in 53 different places. Nearly every levee in metro New Orleans breached as Hurricane Katrina passed east of the city ...

Meagan Williams was only a teen when Hurricane Katrina hit ... according to The City of New Orleans’ Resilience and Sustainability website, uses plant species to “reduce flood risks and ...

Hurricane Katrina ... significantly flooding the low-lying city and causing much of the damage. In 2015, then-President Barack Obama said of Katrina, "What started out as a natural disaster ...

Gov. Jeff Landry has effectively removed an outspoken member of the New Orleans flood authority board — a move that could ...

Leaders in metro New Orleans say they have tested, checked and prepped everything they can for hurricane season, which starts Sunday. Why it matters: They say the lessons learned in Hurricane Katrina ...

August 29th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina unleashed catastrophic destruction on New Orleans, flooding the city and leaving a trail of unimaginable loss and despair in its wake. Councilman Oliver Thomas ...

The New Orleans city council declared on Thursday, June 12 that Aug. 29, the date Hurricane Katrina made landfall, will be a holiday for city workers for this year. It marks the 20th anniversary ...