The New Orleans Levee Protection System was designed to protect the city from massive flooding. The levee system was born out ...

After the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office acknowledged water leaks and shut-off s at the jail over Memorial Day weekend, the ...

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

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

The system was born out of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Besty, and then destroyed and redone following Hurricane Katrina.

The only way to pinpoint the lowest center of pressure inside a hurricane is to put a manned aircraft in it. Right in the ...

As the 2025 hurricane season approaches, New Orleans leaders reflect on Katrina’s legacy, highlight major storm protection ...

Low-income neighborhoods have the hardest time recovering from disasters without help. FEMA used to require cities to pay ...

IN OUR LATEST INSTALLMENT OF FACES OF KATRINA, WDSU TRAVERS MACKEL HAS MORE FROM PLAQUEMINES PARISH AND THE MAN WHO LED THEM THROUGH THE WORST NATURAL DISASTER TO EVER HAPPEN. THERE. FOR AS FAR AS ...

Leaders in metro New Orleans say they have tested, checked and prepped everything they can for hurricane season, which starts ...

Black New Orleans withstood the battle ... The levee failures following Hurricane Katrina resulted in citywide flooding and the destruction of over 130,000 homes in the city.