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Opinion: The Louisiana State Senate should not just rubber-stamp the appointment of Roy Carubba, the acting president of the ...
Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco asked President Bush to declare an emergency for her state Tuesday ahead of Hurricane Rita's arrival somewhere on the Gulf Coast. Earlier, Blanco declared a state of ...
There has been a river of tears since the EF3 tornado hit the St. Louis area on May 16. Tears are still being shed by the ...
JUNEAU — Over the past few months, contractors in Juneau have been constructing roughly 2 miles of temporary barriers, in ...
An April report by a nonprofit environmental advocacy group named the Mississippi River as the most endangered in the United ...
The Trump administration’s new FEMA policy talks about public involvement in planning but strips any mention of equity, ...
After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built a $15 billion levee and surge protection system ...
When powerful storms hit your city, which neighborhoods are most likely to flood? In many cities, they're typically ...
The Army Corps says it’s finished fixing corroded flood pumps at New Orleans' outfall canals — a $760 million system built ...
The flood plains of Sacramento are a geologic world away from the more cinematic California of coastal crags and lofty peaks. Yet that sometimes overlooked region could be home to one of California’s ...
When powerful storms hit your city, which neighborhoods are most likely to flood? In many cities, they’re typically ...
By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens The Mississippi River is the nation’s most ...