Weathering and working through Hurricane Katrina sharpened me as a parent and a professional. Yet it's nothing compared to ...

As New Orleans officials brace for yet another potent hurricane season, stockpiling supplies and holding briefings with ...

The Army Corps says it’s finished fixing corroded flood pumps at New Orleans' outfall canals — a $760 million system built ...

USA TODAY spoke with National Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan about what you should do to prepare for hurricane season, which starts June 1.

Millions of homes across the U.S. face risk of damage from hurricane-force winds and storm-surge flooding this year.

After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a $15 billion levee and surge protection system ...

Technically, the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS) consists of 150 miles of improved levees, flood walls and gates. Below are some of the key features: During Katrina ...

A homeowner in Oakland, California is gaining attention for their enormous, 27-foot tall Agave Americana plant that is now in ...

With hurricane season officially underway, worries are mounting around whether President Trump’s cuts to the federal government have endangered the nation’s disaster response. The concern is ...

Gen. Honore. He said the infrastructure and flood mitigation has improved since Hurricane Katrina. “The federal government gave the state a lot of money, and the Corps of Engineers to build the ...

The levee failures following Hurricane Katrina resulted in citywide flooding and the destruction of over 130,000 homes in the city. Approximately eighty-one percent of these homes have been ...

The StormTracker Team at Louisiana First News has everything you need to know for hurricane preparedness. On the “Ahead of ...