Moving New Orleans Forward anchor LBJ took a look at how geography shaped the parish’s growth.

It is important to prepare for the possibility of extreme weather conditions. Officials brace for hurricane season ahead of ...

The Trump administration’s new FEMA policy talks about public involvement in planning but strips any mention of equity, ...

A look back at some of the most destructive and deadliest hurricanes to ever hit Louisiana.

With those disasters in mind, the Federal Emergency Management Agency made a big change to its Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide in 2023. The agency began encouraging cities, towns and counties ...

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

of the cost of completing levees and floodwalls on the parish's east bank before August 2005. The money comes from New Orleans property taxes. Following Katrina, the Orleans, East Jefferson and ...

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That marshland once soaked up storm surge and slowed hurricane winds before they arrived ... The plan for New Orleans’ post-Katrina levees was the “economy model,” says Horowitz—it ...

NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida tested the levee system in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes. Leaders with the Southeast Flood Protection Authority East said the levees withstood Ida's strength.

Some 70 percent of the city’s houses were destroyed or severely damaged. Before Katrina, New Orleans’ levees were known as the city’s Hurricane Protection System. After Katrina, the rebuild ...

A $14 billion system of fortified levees and floodgates that were launched after Katrina successfully protected New Orleans from flooding. But at the same time, other infrastructure, including the ...