but levees along the Intercoastal Canal and 17th Street Canal ultimately were breached by storm surge, flooding about 80 percent of the city. To date, 1,325 people have been confirmed dead across five ...

For more than two decades, Elliott has been one of NPR's top breaking news reporters. She's covered dozens of natural disasters – including hurricanes Andrew, Katrina and Harvey ... of lighting ...

In a fiery, profanity-filled interview, Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré does not hold back when he describes his experience during Hurricane Katrina. Viewer discretion is advised.

The fatal flaw in Gov. Jeff Landry's attempt to pass four constitutional amendments was that he never got voters to just ...

TOGETHER. IOWA’S AGRICULTURE SECRETARY SURVEYS IMPROVEMENTS MADE TO AREA LEVEES IN THE WAKE OF, REPEAT DEVASTATING FLOODS. MIKE NAIG MADE SEVERAL STOPS TODAY, INCLUDING SHELBY AND POTTAWATTAMIE ...

Columbia University’s interim president, Katrina Armstrong, resigned after facing pressure from the Trump administration to enforce a campus mask ban at protests. Armstrong assured faculty she ...

Louisiana is ground zero for a slew of potentially landmark environmental lawsuits, some supported by the state's pro-energy governor.

Armstrong was announced as the interim president in August 2024. Katrina Armstrong will be stepping down "effective immediately" as Columbia University's interim president, the school said on Friday.

Katrina Armstrong has stepped down as interim president of Columbia University amid a high-profile battle with the Trump administration over the school’s federal funding. The university board ...

Between 1852 and 1874, New Orleans clawed back some of its old territory, annexing three cities above Felicity Street: ...